* adaptation of the piece written in 2013-2014
for solo percussion


percussionist 1:
tumba, conga, quinto, bongos, woodblocks (2), cowbell, wooden frame drum (22"), crash cymbal (18"), ride cymbal (18"), china cymbal (18")


percussionist 2:
bass drum, gran cassa, kick drum, toms (3), cowbell, rain stick, wooden wind chimes, crash cymbal (16") ride cymbals (20", 22"), china cymbal (15")

* revision & re-mix of the piece written in 2014-2015

to be premiered on April 26, 2026 at the Greater Cleveland Flute Society annual concert

flutist: Kaleb Chesnic

horror cue

horror cue

premiered on April 27, 2025

Greater Cleveland Flute Society

Martha Somach (flute)
Kelly Mollnow Wilson (alto flute)
Dylan Masariego (bass flute)
Javier González (piano)

horror cue

horror cue

from the play “Trópico Macbeth, part 1 –
The Rise to Power”
August-September 2024

from the play “Trópico Macbeth, part 1 –
The Rise to Power”
August-September 2024

from the play “Trópico Macbeth, part 1 –
The Rise to Power”
August - September 2024

Spanish-language theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Written, produced, and directed by John Rivera-Resto

August-September 2024


Performed at the LatinUs Theater Company's Black Box Theater at the Pivot Center in Cleveland.

Classic tragedy in three acts, by Manuel Méndez Ballester, premiered in Puerto Rico in 1940.

Directed by John Rivera-Resto

April-May 2022



(from Cleveland Arts & Events)

”Set in the sugar cane fields of Aguadilla, during the off season or "dead time," the family’s morals are tested against severe economic needs, exposing what becomes of humans when all dignity is taken away by an oppressive system,” much of which persists today.

from the play “Tiempo muerto”
April-May 2022

from the play “Tiempo muerto”
April-May 2022

from the play “Tiempo muerto”
April-May 2022

Score submitted as part of the Dissertation for the
Ph.D. in Music Theory / Composition
Kent State University
November 2019

premiered on February 16, 2015
New Music Ensemble KSU
Ludwill Hall – Kent State University

premiered on May 10, 2010
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

electronics: CSound, DSP

premiered on January 26, 2009
performer: Carlton Vickers
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

performed on May 10, 2010 by Sean Gabriel
Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University

premiered in March, 2010
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

premiered on May 10, 2010
Carol Dieball (percussion)

Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

Pablo Gómez (electric piano)
Kevin Robertson (electric bass)
Carole Dieball (drum set)
Karl Konz (vibraphone, congas)

Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

premiered in March, 2009 by pianist Winston Choi Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio

sound synthesis (CSound), DSP

premiered on May 10, 2010
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

premiered on January 26, 2009
Patrick O’Keefe (bass clarinet), Pablo Gómez (electronics)
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

performed on May 10, 2010
Nikola Djurica (bass clarinet), Pablo Gómez (electronics)
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

sound synthesis

premiered on September 12, 2009
Drinko Hall – Cleveland State University

premiered on December 11, 2006
Fernando Luzardo (viola)
Escuela Universitaria de Música
Montevideo, Uruguay

sound synthesis, DSP

premiered on December 15, 2004
Escuela Universitaria de Música
Montevideo Uruguay

premiered on October 6, 2000
5to Festival de Música Instrumental
Instituto Musical Polimnia
Montevideo, Uruguay