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, poetry by Philip Larkin, Emily Dickinson, & W.S. Merwin

             premiered April 2008; New York, NY

 

Fogs and Fires (in progress)

      1. Pearl Fog

      2. Two

      3. Follies

      4. I Sang

      5. Monotone

mezzo-soprano and piano, poetry by Carl Sandburg

commissioned by Elizabeth Kerstein

to be premiered July 2012, Los Angeles, CA; September 2012, Baltimore, MD

 

Untitled Chamber Opera (in progress)

             five voices and chamber ensemble, 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