Dream Atlas was commissioned by the University of Kentucky Percussion Studio.

I began to write Dream Atlas at the beginning of 2022 as sketches for a full orchestra, inspired by a series of recurring dreams I had following the passing of my father in 2014. In the dreams, I would see vivid galaxies that evoked intense yet confusing emotions, which is why I named each movement after space-related environments. Later, I would discover that

The three movements are entitled:

I: A Sea of Stars | II: Approaching Nova | III: Breaking Nebula