Compositions
Chamber Works
La fête de l’été (2009)
For violin and cello, 25’
Commissioned by Salchow and Sons Bowmakers, NYC
Premiered September, 2010 by Julia MacLaine and Owen Dalby
Recording here
String Quartet No. 1 (2004)
Dedicated to Carlos Padula
Premiered by the Sirius String Quartet, 20’
Recording here
Clouds Above the Heather-Line (2007)
Premiered by and commissioned by the Carolina Chamber Music Festival
Harp & String Trio, 14’
Boat People (2007)
Commissioned by Julia MacLaine
Premiered by the Ikarus Chamber Players
Clarinet & Cello, 9’
Makoro Boat (2007)
Commissioned by the Bank Street School for Children
Premiered March, 2007
Brass Quintet, 8’
Three in Six for Five (2006)
Commissioned and premiered by the Tradewinds Wind Quintet
Wind Quintet, 15’
Meditation on the 23rd Psalm (2006)
Trumpet and Organ, 6’
Tuesday: a lament (2001)
Brass Trio, 5’
Riverside Park (2002)
Commissioned and premiered by the Orfeus Duo
Violin and Piano, 12’
Vocal Works
Rilke Songs for Soprano (2006-8)
— O Komm Und Geh (Soprano, Viola da Gamba, Theorbo), 11’
— Fast Und Mädchen Wars (Soprano and Piano), 7’
Songs of Ishmael (2011)
Commissioned by the Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York City
Two sopranos and Piano, 65’
White Goddess (2008)
Commissioned and premiered by Silvie Jensen
For Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, and Bass/Contrabass clarinets, 13’
Caballero Solo (2007)
Commissioned and premiered by Dennis Blackwell
Setting of the poem by Pablo Neruda
Baritone and Piano, 12’
Songs for Tenor (2005-6)
Setting of Dante, Shakespeare, and Sir Philip Sydney
Tenor and Piano, 11’
Loving In Truth (2006)
Tenor, Horn, Clarinet, Cello, 10’
Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano (2004)
Settings of original texts
Mezzo-soprano and Piano, 12’
Solo Works
Meditation for Beth
solo cello, 8’
Performed by Andrew Yee
Meditation on Captain Kidd
for organ, 9’
Commissioned by Isabelle Demers
To be premiered January 23rd, 2011
Recording/DVD forthcoming
Three Miniatures for Piano
for solo piano, 7’
Large Ensemble Works
Folk Dances for String Orchestra (2011)
Premiered by the Firebird Chamber Orchestra, Miami, Florida
For string orchestra, 10’
La Jeune Fille (2006)
Commissioned by Carlos Padula
Full orchestra: 3222, 4331, timp + 2, strings, 14’
Caballero Solo: A Fantasy After the poem by Pablo Neruda (2008)
Chamber Orchestra: 1111, 1110, timp + 1, strings, 14’
Plus Sum (2008)
For String Orchestra and percussion,
with dancing, singing, and audience participation
Commissioned by the Academy of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute
Premiered in Zankel Hall, May 2008
Choral Works
Spiel der Kräfte (2011)
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s Book of Hours
Commissioned by Andrew Megill for Kantorei
Choir SATB and piano with Baritone solo, 4’
Not Peace, But A Sword (2010)
Anthem on texts from Matthew, Micah, and Isaiah
A cappella choir SATB with SAT soloists & French horn, 14’
Premiered by the Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street
Steven Fox, conductor; Nacole Palmer, soprano, Eric Brenner, countertenor, Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor, Alex Kienle, French horn
Live recording
Missa Brevis in Five Parts (2003-8)
Commissioned by Robert White
A cappella choir, SSATB, 22’
Christe, Qui Lux Es (2007)
Commissioned by J. Warfield Price
After Andreas da Silva
A cappella choir, SSATB, 6’
Live recording
A Riveder le Stelle (2009)
Text from Dante’s Inferno
A Cappella divisi à 8 with soprano soloist