10 Transcendental Etudes melds sampling, sound design, and physical theater and looks at how songs dominate how we talk about each other. The 10-movement theater piece begins with a phonemic breakdown of a single Elvis phrase (“I can’t help falling”), then blooms into dense fugues of text, song fragments, and visceral movement using familiar pop and recorded sources while recursively sampling itself, creating a work that is “operatic in scope, unfolding in layers that constantly reveal new meanings.” (Culturebot).

Transcendental Etudes was premiered at Mass MoCA and HERE Arts Center in NYC for a full run in March and April 2024. Check out the links below!