I create new techniques for composing music by deriving musical phrases that contain intricate texture and broad dynamic range. Beautiful sounding music shouldn’t be overly difficult and complex to compose or perform. Utilizing fundamental properties of symmetry and self similarity, all systems can be reduced to simplistic or fundamental terms, this basic principle is what creates the foundation and building blocks of my compositions.
As Frédéric François Chopin points out: “Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
I have a B.S. in chemistry from UCLA, a Ph.D in physical chemistry from the University of Washington, a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular dynamics from UCSF, and I studies classical and jazz violin with Scott Tixier.