Works
Ballet
Primary Movements (2006) 30'
0-0-3-0, 4-3-3-1, timp, 4 perc, elec/ac bs, pno, strings
commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
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Opera
Naomi in the Living Room (1995) 20'
2 Sop, Bar, Piano
premiere: Curtis Opera Theater
performance: New Gallery Concert Series
0-1-1-1, 0-1-1-0, perc, hp, 2 sop, bar, strings
premiere: Orchestra 2001, Freeman
Halcyon Sun *(2003) 16'
4(IV=pic)-3(III=eh)-3(II+Eb cl)-3(III+cbsn),
4-4-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings
commissioned and premiered by
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra , Paavo JŠrvi, cond.
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excerpts:
Motor City Dance Mix (2003)
8'
3(III+pic)-3(III=eh)-3(III+bs
cl)-3(III=cnt bsn), 4-4-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings
commissioned and premiered by
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Neeme JŠrvi, cond.
performances: Greater
Baltimore Youth Orchestra , Jason Love, cond.; Memphis Symphony, David Lobel,
cond.
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excerpts:
Actions Rendered :
Interpretations of Pollock for Three Orchestras (2000/2002) 17'
orchestra A:
2(II/pic)-2-2(I/Eb cl)-2, 1-1-0-0, 2 perc, pno, strings
orchestra B: 0-0-0-0,
3-2-4-1, timp
orchestra C: 2-2(II=eng
hn)-2(II=bs cl)-2(II/cbsn), 1-1-0-0, 2 perc, hp, strings
premiere: South Bend Symphony
Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, cond.
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excerpts:
Movement II.
Untitled: Self Portrait
Concerto for Cello and
Orchestra** *(1999) 12'
2-2-2(II/bass cl)-2(II/cbsn),
4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings
commissioned by Wendy Warner
House of Dreams (1997) 10'
3(III/picc)-2-3(III=bass cl)-3(III=cbsn),
4-2-3-1, timp, 2 perc, hp, pno/cel, strings
commissioned and premiered by
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , Daniel Hege, cond
reading/: National Youth
Orchestra Festival, Benjamin Zander, cond.
Fanfares and Flourishes on an
Ostinato (1995) 5'
2-2-2-2,2-3-2-1, 3perc,
strings commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony, Neeme Jarvi, cond.
performance/: San Antonio
Symphony, Michael Morgan, cond.
Martha's Waltz (1994) 5'
available for rental from
Theodore Presser Publishing
2(II/Picc)-2-2-2,3-2-2-1,
perc, piano, strings
premiere: Curtis Orchestra ,
Takao Kanayama, cond.
performances: South Bend
Symphony Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, cond.; Charlotte Symphony , Marvin Curtis,
cond.; Indianapolis Symphony, Raymond Leppard, cond.; Florida Philharmonic ,
James Judd, cond.; Detroit Symphony, Neeme Jarvi, cond.; Cleveland Orchestra,
Leslie Dunner, Alan Gilbert, conds.; Baltimore Symphony, David Lockington,
cond.; Atlanta Symphony, Yoel Levi, cond.; Chicago Civic Orchestra, Cliff
Colnot, cond.; Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, cond.
reading: Cincinnatti Youth
Symphony, Sarah Ioaniddes, cond.
CHAMBER MUSIC (also see EDUCATIONAL WORKS)
Quatrains (2008)
2 euphoniums, 2 tubas
(quartet or ensemble)
commissioned by University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble
After the Wailing [Stephen
Caldwell Wright] (2007) 5Õ
sop, vln, vla, vlc
commissioned and premiered by
the Ritz Chamber Players
Overture: Scenes from a Quartet (2006) 3Õ
String quartet
commissioned and premiered by
the Ritz Chamber Players
Trio (2006) 8Õ
vln, vlc, pno
Commissioned and premiered by
Ritz Chamber Players
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excerpt
Monochrome (2005) 10
fl, vln, vlc, pno
commissioned and premiered by New Gallery Concert Series
Between Days** *(2003)
10'30"
alto fl, cl, vlc, pno
commissioned by Ensemble New
Amsterdam
premiere: Ritz Chamber
Players
Soli* (2001) 8'
4 vln, 2 vla, 2 vlc, cb
Love Songs (1999) 8'
fl, cl, vln, vla, vlc, perc,
sop
premiere: Auros Group for New
Music, Caprice Corona , sop, Jonathan Holland, cond.
Introit (1994) 2'
2 tpt, hn, tbn, tuba
premiere: Philadelphia Brass
Works
Sonata for Flute & Piano
(1993) 10'
Premiere: Demarre McGill, fl,
and Heather Connor, pno
Choral
Requiem Brevis (2008) 8Õ
SSATB
Watch for the New Thing
(2007) 5Õ
SATB, handbells, org
commissioned by Trinity
United Presbyterian Church
Visit to St. Elizabeth's
(1999) 6'
published by Gentry Publications
SSA, solo sop, pno
commissioned and premiered by
the Wellesley College Choir, Brian Hulse , cond.
performance: Racliffe Choral
Society, Jameson Marvin, cond.
from Mother Love (1997,
revised 2003) 7'
SATB commissioned and
premiered by Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota, Philip Brunelle, cond.
reading: Gregg Smith Singers
Ave Maria (1994) 1.5'
SATB
Solo Voice
Song Cycles:
ÒTo What Purpose, AprilÉ?Ó
[various] (2007)
sop, pno
commissioned by Sarah Long,
The Walt Whitman Foundation and The Riverside Church
premiered by Sarah Long,
soprano and Christopher Johnson, piano
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i thank you God most for this amazing (cummings)
After the Wailing [Stephen Caldwell Wright] (2007)
sop, vln, vla, vlc
commissioned and premiered by
the Ritz Chamber Players
Songs of Experience [various] (2005) 12'
sop, pno
commissioned by Caprice
Corona
Love Songs [Cisneros] (1999) 8'
sop, pno
premiered by Caprice Corona
Account of a Farmer Smith]
(1993, revised 2003) 12'
med vc, pno
premiered by Caprice Corona
Individual Songs
high voice:
Little Elegy [Wiley] (2002) Click here to
here this song
Youth, Day, Old Age and Night
[Whitman] (2002)
Fan for a Floating Woman
[Bishop] (2001)
Anaphora [Bishop] (2001)
Sonnet [Bishop] (1997)
Requiem [Stevenson] (1994)
Magnificat {with organ}
(1994)
medium voice:
Coffin Lake, Colorado [Smith]
(1993)
The Span of Life [Frost]
(1992)
Crucifixion [Anon] (1992)
low voice:
Starling [Smith] (1992)
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