The NYU Percussion Ensemble will premiere my piece “Tinikling” as part of the annual NYU Percussion Ensemble Call for Scores! The piece will be premiered on December 1st, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET at Iris Cantor Theater at NYU Paulson Center.

More information to come!

About “Tinikling”:
The Tinikling is a traditional dance from the Philippines that features two people beating bamboo poles onto the ground and clicking them against each other in a 3/4 meter while one or more dancers step over and between the moving bamboo poles.

This piece for eight percussionists is inspired by this traditional dance, recontextualizing the dance in a contemporary classical setting by combining the dance with a continuous musical dialogue between the mallet instruments and a driving rhythmic groove.