
Stories I Didn't Know, the documentary I scored last year about the entanglement of Irish immigrants and Native people of Minnesota, will be airing on TPT - Twin Cities PBS.
My good friend Oanh Vu and I were commissioned by MN Opera to write a mini opera, which will be available to stream for free starting February 9th at 1pm. It's part of a month-long series of short operas created by Minnesota artists.
Oanh wrote the story and co-created a beautiful shadow puppet show with Andrew Young, with the help of puppeteers liping vong and Ty Chapman. I composed the music and songs that came to life thanks to the MN Opera orchestra, vocalists Lady Midnight and Monique Bạch Hạc Nguyen, classical guitarist Milena Petkovic, percussionist Eri Isomura, music mixer Andy Thompson, and sound designer Mike Hallenbeck.
I've been working with the Crimes of the Centuries podcast to recreate some sweet old songs that don't exist in recorded form. The first song is 1875's "Bring Back Our Darling," about 4-year-old Charley Ross, the first child kidnapped for ransom. My vocal and piano renditions of the song appear in the first few minutes of Episode 9.
There are just a few hours left in the Kickstarter for my board game Four Humours, being published by Adam's Apple Games. One of the biggest treats of the entire process was working with the incredibly talented illustrator Shirley Gong to make these jumbo-sized location cards. I wanted to share an insider look at the progression of the game art, plus a list of my 10 favorite cards.