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I have provided my portfolio below in the order you should listen to them. The entire recording and score of each piece are provided, but excerpts will be listed before each work in consideration of your time. The first three pieces are crucial to my portfolio, and a fourth is given if there is time. If you listen to all four excerpts, there should be about 16.5 minutes of music to listen to.
1. Tiếng (2025) for orchestra with still images
If time is an issue, please listen to the following excerpt:
Movement II: Dấu Ngã / the exit wounds of every misfired word (mm. 1–75)
Recording: 5:04–10:06
Score: p. 16–30 (click on the box in the top right to open in a new tab)
2. These few specks of time (2023, rev. 2024) for reed quintet
If time is an issue, please listen to the following excerpt:
Movement II: Father [TIME]
Recording: 4:25–9:29
Score: p. 7–29 (click on the box in the top right to open in a new tab)
3. Gia Đình (2021, rev. 2022) for orchestra
If time is an issue, please listen to the following excerpt:
Movement III: Blood is thicker than water (mm. 54–140)
Recording: 11:22–15:38
Score: p. 38–56 (click on the box in the top right to open in a new tab)
4. Aubade with Ashen Clouds, Scarlet Sky (2020) for bass clarinet
If time is an issue, please listen to the following excerpt:
Movement I: Smolder
Recording: 0:15–2:55
Score: p. 1–2 (click on the box in the top right to open in a new tab)