A finalist for The American Prize for Chamber Music, String Quartet No. 1 (”City Walks”) has been performed at the HellHot Festival in Hong Kong and by members of the Magik*Magik* Orchestra as part of the You Are Hear festival at San Francisco International Airport. This 12-minute piece for string quartet in one movement was premiered by the Eidolon Quartet in Berkeley, California in May, 2009.