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SOLO

Frozen Reminiscences for solo piano (2011), ca. 11'
Five Pieces from the Game for solo piano (2010), ca. 18'
Landscape in Stillness
for solo piano (2009) , ca. 9’

Here, in Solo
for solo trumpet in B flat (2008), ca. 6’
Here, in Solo
for solo clarinet in B
flat (2008/2010), ca. 6’
Ricercata
for solo piano (2006), ca. 15’
Shadows amid Light
for solo harp (2003/rev. 2005), ca. 10’
The Flutist Enchanting
for solo flute (2001), ca. 9’


CHAMBER ENSEMBLE


Reminiscences from the Game
for woodwind quintet (2010), ca. 10'
Intricate Wanderings
for flute, clarinet, and cello (2009), ca. 8’
Musica for two pianos (2009), ca. 15’
Fantasia in Wind and Strings
for flute and guitar (2008), ca. 9’
String Quartet No.1
(2008), ca. 12’
Romance
for alto flute and piano (2007/2008), ca. 10’
Away in a Breeze
(2007), ca. 8’


Two versions:
for oboe, cl. in B
b /Bass Cl., marimba, vln1, vln2, vla, cello, contra bass
for fl., ob., cl. in B
b , trombone, marimba, vln, vla, cello, contra bass

Possible Sightings (2007), ca. 6’
for flute, baroque oboe, clarinet, percussion, violin, viola da gamba

“…softly through the night… memories of music…”  (2007), ca. 11’
for flute, percussion, harp, and cello


Fragments of Music for Use
for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (2005), ca. 6’
Of Studies in Contrast
for flute/picc. fl, clarinet/Bass cl., perc., and cello (2005), ca. 10’
Romanza in variations
for violin and viola (2005), ca. 10’
Scintilla Two
for large ensemble (2004/2006), ca. 10’
Sonata No. 1
for violin and piano (2004), ca. 15’
just here and now
for flute, violin, and cello (2003), ca. 10’

An Afterthought for violin, cello and piano (2002), ca. 8’

(also version for  flute, cello, and piano)

Strings+ for clarinet/Bass clarinet, violin, viola, and cello (2002), ca. 10’
quasiSuite
for String Quartet (2000), ca. 10’

VisionUnbound   for fl. /alto fl., cl./ Bass cl., violin, viola, cello (2000), ca. 10’
La Follia Revisited
for Chamber Ensemble (1999), ca. 11’
(flute/alto fl., cl./Bass cl., harp, violin, viola, cello)                                            

ORCHESTRA

… from “Autumnal Lights” for orchestra (2007/2008), ca. 7’
22*2*2/4330/ timp, perc (1)/pno/harp/strings

Autumnal Lights for orchestra (2007), ca. 10’
22*2*2/4331/ timp, perc (1)/pno/harp/strings

Scintilla One for orchestra (2004), ca. 8’
2222/4220/timp, perc (1)/pno/strings

a journey forth retraced for orchestra (2003), ca. 13’
222*2/2220/timp, perc (2)/harp/strings

In Search of Tranquility for Chamber Orchestra (1999), ca. 11’
2+2+22/2000/perc (1)/strings

VOCAL

It Isn’t Music That . . . for soprano and chamber ensemble (2004), ca. 10’

Text by Paul Éluard, trans. by Richard M. Weisman

soprano, horn, piano, violin, cello

The Mysteries Remain, a Song Cycle on the poems by H.D. for Soprano and Piano (2001), ca. 12-13’

OPERA

The Game  (2010), ca. 1’15''

Libretto by Helena Michelson after The Game by Louise Bryant

with additional poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Major roles:  2S, Mez, Bar
flute, oboe, clarinet in B Flat, bassoon, horn in F, percussion (1 player),harp, piano, contrabass


CHORAL

A Night Thought, (2011), ca. 3’
Words by William W0rdsworth
for Mixed Voices a Cappella

Of Dreams and Echoes, (2005), ca. 5’
Three Songs on the Poems by Christina Rossetti and Emily Brontë
for Mixed Choir a Cappella

 



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