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STAGE WORKS

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

CHAMBER MUSIC

VOCAL MUSIC

EDUCATIONAL WORKS

 

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STAGE 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 and Dallas Black Dance Theater to celebrate the DBDTÕs 30th Anniversary

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Dixieland

 

Opera

 

Naomi in the Living Room (1995) 20'

2 Sop, Bar, Piano

premiere: Curtis Opera Theater

performances: New Gallery Concert Series; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Opera Workshop

0-1-1-1, 0-1-1-0, perc, hp, 2 sop, bar, strings

premiere: Orchestra 2001, Freeman

 

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

                                                                                         

WhitmanÕs War (2009) 12Õ

2-2-2-2, 4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, harp, sop, strings

 

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., in celebration of the opening of the Freedom Center National Underground Railroad Museum

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Slow and Calm

Moderately fast

Calm

 

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., to celebrate the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center

performances: Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra , Jason Love, cond.; Memphis Symphony, David Lobel, cond.

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Excerpt 1

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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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Movement II. Untitled: Self Portrait

Movement V. Lucifer

 

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., in honor of James Rouse

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: Cincinnati Youth Symphony, Sarah Ioaniddes, cond.

 

 

CHAMBER MUSIC (also see EDUCATIONAL WORKS)

Sonata Variation (2010) 5Õ

vln, pno

commissioned by Curtis Institute 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble on the occasion of Samuel Barber's 100th Birthday

 

Alchemy (2009) 9Õ

alto fl, vlc

 

American Voices (2009) 15Õ

8-part trombone choir, narrator

commissioned by the University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir

 

Tone-Grafting (2008) 7.5Õ

alto fl/fl, string quartet

commissioned and premiered by the Radius Ensemble

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Quatrains (2008) 10Õ

2 euphoniums, 2 tubas (quartet or ensemble)

commissioned and premiered 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

 

Trio (2006) 8Õ

vln, vlc, pno

Commissioned and premiered by Ritz Chamber Players for the opening of the Jacksonville Museum of Moderns ArtÕs exhibition of the works of Radcliffe Bailey

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Movement I

 

Monochrome (2005) 10

fl, vln, vlc, pno commissioned and premiered by New Gallery Concert Series

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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

 

Opus One (1990) 2Õ5Ó

vln

premiere: Daniel Jordan

 

VOCAL MUSIC

 

Choral

Requiem Brevis (2008) 8Õ

SSATB

premiered by University of Tennessee Chamber Choir

 

Watch for the New Thing (2007) 5Õ

SATB, handbells, org

commissioned and premiered by Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Flint, MI)

 

Visit to St. Elizabeth's (1999) 6'

published by Gentry Publications – click here for purchasing information

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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In Heaven

i thank you GodÉ

 

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

List available upon request

 

 

Dirge for Two Veterans [Whitman] (2009)

Little Elegy [Wiley] (2002) Click here to listen to this song