works

vocal

 

5 Blackbirds (2001)  6’

      1. Gently

      2. Energetic

      3. Circular

      4. Ominous

      5. Hushed

mezzo-soprano and piano, poetry by Wallace Stevens

premiered May, 2001; Walla Walla, WA

 

Ode (2005)  5’

soprano and piano, poetry by Ogden Nash

premiered May, 2005; New York, NY

 

Gloria (2006)  5’

SATB choir with brass quintet; poetry by Denise Levertov, and traditional texts

 

Late Summer Angles (2008)  10’

              soprano and piano

             premiered April 2008; New York, NY

 

Fogs and Fires (2012)  10’

      1. Pearl Fog

      2. Monotone

      3. Follies

      4. I Sang

      5. Monotone

mezzo-soprano and piano, poetry by Carl Sandburg

commissioned by Elizabeth Kerstein

premiered August 2012, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Sept. 2012, Baltimore, MD

 

The Witch of the Iron Wood (in progress)

             chamber opera for 5 voices and piano, libretto by playwright Claire Willett

 

 

larger ensemble

 

Meditation (2005)  5’

string octet

 

Downward to darkness, on extended wings (2006-7)  12’

pierrot ensemble

winner, 2006 CIRCE commissioning award

premiered March, 2007; New York, NY

 

Alecto (2008)  8.5’

              orchestra (2222, 4331, timp, perc., harp, str.)

premiere reading May, 2008; New York, NY

 

Fields (in progress)

      for chamber orchestra

 

            

keyboard

 

Primary Rhythms: 5 Dances for Solo Piano (2007-8)  14’

      1. Mazurka

      2. Rag

      3. Tango

      4. Pavane

      5. Circus Polka

solo piano

premiered April, 2008; New York, NY

 

Halloween Waltz (2011)  5’

             piano solo for beginning students

 

Labyrinths (in progress)

             solo piano

 

 

chamber music

 

Dance Suite (2001-2)  12’

      1. Fanfare

      2. Country Dance

      3. Waltz Song

      4. Tarantella

brass quintet

premiered May, 2003; Walla Walla, WA

 

Fantasia for Clarinet & Piano (2002)  8’

b-flat clarinet and piano

premiered May, 2003; Walla Walla, WA

 

Lament (2002)  5’

solo euphonium

premiered May, 2002; Walla Walla, WA

 

String Quartet I (2003, rev. 2004)  6’

premiered July, 2003; Pebble Beach, CA

 

Westward always, into the sun (2007-8)  20’

      1. burnt cliffs and lonely sky

      2. thinking river thoughts

      3. bright light and wind

              violin, viola, cello, & piano;

winner, Jean Schneider Goberman/Alaria Competition

premiered April, 2008; New York, NY

 

a green evening, clear and warm (2008)  2’

flute, violin, and cello

premiered August 2008; Hood River, Oregon

 

Tango Mercería (in progress)

Accordion, violin, bass

Commissioned by The Haberdashery Ensemble

 

 

film/theatre music

 

Down in the Deep   (2003)  6’

string quartet

accompaniment to the 1911 Pathé film of the same name

premiered May, 2003; Walla Walla, WA

 

Music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (2006) 

             percussion and voice

Incidental music for a production by The New England Shakespeare Festival

Also used by Original Practice Shakespeare/Portland, Oregon

premiered Summer, 2006; Deerfield, NH

 

Music for “A Dream Play” (2007) 

             electronic music

for The Dalliance Theater’s production of Strindberg’s play

premiered Summer, 2007; New York, NY

 

Score to the film “Imperfections” (2009)  10’

             Director, Rosa Navarette