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Opening and Closing

Detail view of line drawings of bridge spans arranged in rows. Each row contains overlapping spans of various sizes in cyan, magenta and yellow ink
Spans (CMY) 2025 – detail

I have work in two exhibitions–one opening this week and one closing:

Closing – The Time Being

Curated by Lauren Nye and Nandini Makrandi of the Hunter Museum of American Art, The Time Being is a group show in Chattanooga, Tennessee, of work from 2025 Stove Works residents. My work Spans (CMY), a set of three plotter prints, is included. All the work in the show is for sale with proceeds benefiting Stove Works. Pick up individual pieces (1, 2, 3) or buy the whole set. Act fast, because the show closes on Saturday, January 17!

Opening – UA Art & Art History 2026 Faculty Biennial Exhibition

I have a new set of bridge-related plotter art work in the faculty biennial show at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The exhibition opens Thursday, January 15 and runs through February 20. There’s an opening reception tomorrow, January 15 from 4-6pm.

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Vuorovesi Trio Performs Worldlines

Excerpt of the Worldlines score showing black music notation on a white background

The Vurorovesi Trio will perform my composition Worldlines on Monday, January 12 at 7pm in the Moore Gallery in Bryce Main on the campus of the University of Alabama. The Vuorovesi Trio is made up of University of Alabama School of Music faculty members Diane Boyd Schultz, Mary Lindsey Bailey, Osiris J. Molina.

Monday, January 12, 2026 7:00pm
Vuorovesi Trio
Moore Gallery in Bryce Main
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL

Like many of my scores, the musicians performing Worldlines determine the moment-to-moment shape of the music. In this case, all of the musicians share the same written material and use hand-signals to determine how they navigate through it. One hand signal may cue players to repeat their current phrase, while another may cause them to read backwards through the score. A worldline is a tool from physics which describes an object’s path in both three-dimensional space and in time.

Worldlines is scored for 3 or more sustaining instruments. I love how well it fits the wind trio format and Vuorovesi, in particular. Here’s a video from Vuorovesi’s April 2025 performance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts.

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