Ballade
for Solo Piano
2022 | for Allegra Chapman | 10 minutes
Sonata
for Solo Violin and Viola
2020 | Commissioned by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation for Luosha Fang | solo violin doubling viola | 14 minutes
An Illusory Image
for Viola, Cello, and Piano
2014 | Commissioned by the Phonochrome Collective and Guerrilla Composers Guild | 4 minutes
An Illusory Image was commissioned by the Phonochrome Collective and the Guerrilla Composers Guild and first performed at the San Francisco Center for New Music in June 2014.
Love Redux
Scene for Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, and Piano
2012 | libretto by Hannah Moscovitch | 4 minutes 30 seconds
Love Redux is an opera scene about Helen of Troy and Paris with a modern twist. It was written at Tapestry Opera’s Composer-Librettist Laboratory in Toronto and premiered at Tapestry Briefs, a staged showcase of opera shorts.
Directed by Michael Mori
Photos © Harald Benz
One of the best episodes was Moscovitch and Pesetsky’s Love Redux, a look at Helen of Troy and Paris some time into their relationship, when her ardour doesn’t quite match his.
—Now Magazine
In Just–
for Medium Voice, Marimba (or Piano), and Cello
2010 | text by E.E. Cummings | Commissioned by WordSong | 2 minutes 35 seconds