The Mosaic Project
The Mosaic
Project
The Mosaic Project is a unique collaborative music experience that brings together people of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures to create music.
A mosaic is a work of art made by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is the ultimate example of diversity in art: pieces that would rarely come together become one image. I set out to find that same beauty in music, because music makes me feel connected to everything and everyone at once.
2021–22 · Austin, Texas
Mosaic Variations
For guitar orchestra & electronics, with Austin Classical Guitar
The first installment: a new work for guitar orchestra in which 50 young guitar students were my co-composers. They wrote musical ideas based on a melody I created on a pentatonic scale, “the main theme.”
Composing with young musicians changed how they saw the creative process, and their engagement went to stratospheric levels. Seeing students tap into their creativity was magical.
About the work »Chamber version
Mosaic Variations, Quintet
Miró Quartet & Jorge Caballero
Mosaic Variations was also arranged for a smaller ensemble and premiered by the Miró Quartet and guitarist Jorge Caballero.
About the work »2023 · San Diego, California
Tapestry
Piano quintet, Mainly Mozart Festival
The festival’s theme was celebrating women in music, and I was the composer chosen for the occasion. I was thrilled with the invitation, and felt that hearing many women’s voices would be even more compelling. So I called for pieces of music on social media and worked with material from 40 women composers around the world.
The result was TAPESTRY, premiered at the festival in 2023.
About the work »2025 · Allentown, Pennsylvania
Frankenstein
Orchestra, with the Allentown Symphony
A single orchestral work composed by sixty people, most of them local, as part of my residency with the Allentown Symphony (2023–2027).
See how FRANKENSTEIN came together »2027
The next Mosaic Project is being cooked up right now. Stay tuned!
Do What's in Your Heart
"The best ideas often come from collaboration. When multiple people come together to brainstorm, they can build on each other's creativity and come up with more innovative solutions than anyone else could have done alone."
Clarice Assad
When is the next Mosaic Project?
The 2027 installment is being cooked up! What will it be? The latest, “FRANKENSTEIN” premiered in 2025, and was extremely well received by the audience and musicians alike. Commissioned by the Allentown Symphony, the piece has had the contribution of over 50 composers! The piece premiered on April 2025.Click here to learn more about this project.