Classical Music
Youngest composer to have work performed by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 16
Winner of the Marilyn K. Glick Young Composer’s Showcase at age 21 - second piece performed by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the late Maestro Raymond Leppard
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bachelor of Music in Composition with a Concentration in Voice
The Trio of Minuet, full length opera for children with children as main performers, premiered by the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and broadcast nationally on PBS stations
Multiple published children’s choir pieces, including “Night” set to the poem by William Blake
Song cycle, “Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7,” premiered by members of the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, March 2024
Classical Compositions
Most compositions available for purchase/rental for performance; please send a message via contact page.
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“Night,” lyrics by William Blake, for SSAA choir, piano, and clarinet
Recording
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“Piper’s Song,” lyrics by William Blake, for treble choir, piano, and alto flute
Purchase
“The Pasture,” lyrics by Robert Frost, for SSA choir, piano, and flute
Purchase“Mulberry Tree,” lyrics by James Whitcomb Riley, for SSA choir, piano, and clarinet
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Audio
Other unpublished children’s choir works available -
“Flight of the Raven,” poem by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, for AATB voices and English Horn
Available upon request
Video“Esa Einai,” from Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7
For SATB voices, violin, and piano
Available upon request
Video“Psalm 23”
For divisi SATB voices a cappella
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Zakhor: A Requiem for October 7
Song cycse, including solo vocal and choral works with violin and piano
Full playlist of song cycle
Nonsense poems, for solo voice and piano
Song cycle set to the poetry of Edward Lear
In progress, some songs available
Two songs in Yiddish for soprano and piano, available upon request:
Daffodils - געלע נאַרציסן - set to my translation of the Wordsworth poem
Video
To Myself - צו זיך - set to a poem by Israeli Yiddish poet Rivke Basman Ben-Haim
Video
“Rayati Yafati,” for soprano and piano, set to Hebrew of Song of Songs, Chapter 2 -
“The House of the Lord,” for Tenor, Baritone, 2 Trumpets, 2 French Horns, and Piano
“String Trio,” three movements, for Violin, Viola, and Cello
“Sextet,” for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion
“Two Miniatures” for solo piano
“Two Movements for Unaccompanied Flute” -
Available upon request
“Winter Mood”
Premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
2222 / 2221 / timp.2perc / hp / str“Refractions”
Winner of the Marilyn K Glick Young Composer’s Showcase
Premiered by Raymond Leppard and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
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History of Psychiatry series, Committee on Arts and Humanities, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
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Balcony Scene, by Mary Ann Frank, Andrew Rubenoff and David Sasso
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Available upon request
“The Trio of Minuet,” a children’s opera in 2 acts
For soloists, children’s choir, and chamber orchestra
ZAKHOR: A REQUIEM FOR OCTOBER 7
Song cycle, including solo vocal and choral settings of biblical, liturgical, and poetic texts
Premiered March, 2024 by members of the Israeli Opera
Available for purchase (contact)
Review in the Times of Israel
“Flight of the Raven”
For AATB voices and English Horn, set to a poem by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Two songs in Yiddish for soprano and piano
Daffodils - געלע נאַרציסן
Set to David’s translation of the Wordsworth poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud”
To Myself - צו זיך
Set to a poem by Israeli Yiddish poet Rivke Basman Ben-Haim
Other Recordings and upcoming projects
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Nu Haven Kapelye - Klezmer big band - upcoming CD release
Traditional and Modern Carols - Paul Hillier and The Pro Arte Singers - Harmonia Mundi
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ListenArvo Pärt - I Am the True Vine - Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices, and The Pro Arte Singers - Harmonia Mundi
Review
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Song cycle based on the Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear