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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
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
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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to 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., 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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to excerpts:
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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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to 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., 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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to listen to an excerpt
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
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
Opus One
(1990) 2Õ5Ó
vln
premiere:
Daniel Jordan
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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to excerpts
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
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