I Loved You First
Jan. 2026 (for SATB choir)“I Loved You First” is a tender three-minute setting of Christina Rossetti that reflects on love as a shared force that dissolves boundaries, rather than a possession that is measured or compared. 2025-26 Winner of the San Francisco Choral Artists’ New Voices Project for Composers Under 30. [Read more on my blog]Recording coming soon!
My Wishes
March 2024 (for SATB choir)For the lovely Princeton University Glee Club seniors I'll miss dearlyIn August 2023, I arrived on Princeton campus with high hopes, aspirations, and a flexible but calculated plan for my undergraduate years. What I wasn’t prepared for was the wonderful family of kind and inspiring peers in the Glee Club who welcomed me with open arms. I have never been upset at people…
The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
Sept. 2022 - Jan. 2023 (for SAT voices)Is the fierce and ferocious tiger scared of anything in this world? What could it be? Inspired by Pansori, a traditional Korean genre of musicalstorytelling, this piece seeks to tell the story of the Korean folk tale about a tiger that mistakes a dried persimmon for a terrifying, unearthly beast. The word “dried persimmon” is left in Korean (곶감 / “gojgam”)…