63 Across 81 Down, written for solo drum set and fixed media, was commissioned by percussionist Cameron Leach http://www.cleachmusic.com and was premiered at the 2020 Tutti Festival at Denison University.

The piece was translated from a crossword puzzle I spent time creating while home for a summer. The rhythmic and instrumental skeleton of the piece was generated by the vowel and consonant combinations in the crossword puzzle.