His setting of Hans Christian Andersen's tale The Snow Queen for narrator and string quartet, with text adapted by Marta Zekan, was premiered by the St. Helens String Quartet and Ms. Zekan at a concert of the Seattle Chamber Music Society in February 2014. Spirits of the Dead, a "rhapsody for narrator and orchestra" based on the early poem of Edgar Allan Poe, was premiered in October 2014 with narrator Edmund Stone and the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under Stern's direction.
His arrangement of Hans Christian Andersen's tale The Snow Queen for narrator and string quartet, featuring text adapted by Marta Zekan, had its initial performance at a concert of the Seattle Chamber Music Society in February 2014. Spirits of the Dead, a "rhapsody for narrator and orchestra" inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's early poem, was premiered in October 2014 with narrator Edmund Stone and the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under Stern's guidance.