Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery
2025 • Composer (music and text), co-written with Ogi
An eight-movement work for SATB chorus, three soloists, spoken text, and chamber ensemble, written in memory of Ahmaud Arbery in collaboration with his mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones. Additional music by Charlie Coffeen, Thomas Kotcheff, Jonathan Bartz, and Clark Rhee.
The suite includes the standalone movement "Oak and Pine Trees." Co-commissioned by The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts. Recorded on the album Songs of Remembering (Bright Shiny Things, 2026). Duration approximately 32 minutes.