Composition

In, Out, and Around (2026)

Music for an interdisciplinary dance play with minimalist influences.

Scored in Logic Pro.

Screenshot of Forgetful MIDI score
1. Opening
Valerie Tauro
5. Quiet (quiet)
Valerie Tauro
2. Forgetful
Valerie Tauro
6. Thinker
Valerie Tauro
3. Faithful
Valerie Tauro
7. Creator
Valerie Tauro
4. Quiet (loud)
Valerie Tauro
8. Closing
Valerie Tauro

Lull of the Wind (2025)

Selections from a song cycle composed for the 2024 Fordham University Dean’s Creative Practice Grant.

For piano and voice.

Tabby Cat
Valerie Tauro, Sara Paar, Sangmi Chung Lim

TABBY CAT

There sat a tabby cat carefully watching,

sleek tail swishing and narrowed eyes gleaming.

“Help me,” the little leaf begged.

“Of course, of course.

You see over there, that path?

Follow it due north.

Let the wind carry you along, it means you no harm.

You’ll soon be home.”

Wind
Valerie Tauro, Sara Paar, Sangmi Chung Lim

WIND

“Don’t go, don’t go,

I’m not so bad, you see.

I just want a friend, someone to play

with me.

The sky feels far too plain when there’s just clouds.

No birds, no leaves, not a single crowd.

Stay with me, and we can fly,

together we’ll twirl, oh, so high!”

Calm
Valerie Tauro, Sara Paar, Sangmi Chung Lim

CALM

The path was now clear as all rushed away,

none left but the little leaf, alone

and frayed.

Sylvan Historian (2024)

A piece written for evenings spent wondering what lay in the woods behind our house. Title inspired by John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

For piano, cello, and Bb clarinet.

Sylvan Historian
Valerie Tauro, Exponential Ensemble