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Chamber: Strings

 Abundance (2024)  13:00  vn, vla, vc, pno
 Oasis (2023)  5:00  cl, vc, db
 Sextet (2023)  13:00  2 vn, vla, vc, db, pno
 String Quartet No. 10 (2022)  12:00  string quartet
 String Quartet No. 9: we thought we heard (2021)  10:00  string quartet
 Impaled (2021)  8:00  fl, cl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 String Quartet No. 8: Last Spring (2020)  8:00  string quartet
 String Quartet No. 7: Consensus (2019)  6:00  string quartet
 Nest (2018)  7:00  gtr + string quartet
 Odd Encounter (2018)  7:00  gtr + string quartet
 Summer rain (2018)  10:00  gtr + string quartet
 Play on Words (2018)  12:00  vc, db
 Stillness and Velocity (2018)  11:00  vn, hn, pno
 Let Slip (2017) – 2 versions  9:00  vn, vla, fl, ob, perc, pno OR fl, cl, vn, vc, perc, pno
 Solitude (2016)  6:00  violin
 Broomstick (2014)  7:00  vn, pno
 Every Body (2014)  4:00  fl, cl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 Stoned (2014)  5:00  fl, bcl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 GPS Lady (2014)  8:00  cl, vla, pno
 String Quartet No. 6: Rapid Eye (2014)  22:00  2vn, vla, vc
 Sanctuary (2013)  18:00  2vn, vl, vc, db, hn, pno
 Resonance (2013)  4:00  vn, 3 vcs
 Seven Stories (2013)  22:00  soprano, 2 flutes, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
 Saturn Dreams of Mercury (2012)  6:00  violin, viola, cello
 Multiplicity (2011)  7:00  six violins
 Poke (2011)  7:00  cello and bass
 String Quartet No. 5: Through the Night (2009)  27:00  2 vn, vla, vc
 String Quartet No. 4: The Infinite Sphere (2009)  22:00  2 vn, vl, vc [recorded by Daedalus String Quartet]
 Sonata: Motion (2008)  16:00  vn, pno
 The Voice (2008)  4:00  vn, pno
 Mister Blister (2006)  3:00  violin
 The Better Angels of our Nature (2008)  14:00  narrator, piano trio
 Entrance (2007)  11:00  narrator, fl, afl, pno, vn, vla
 Exit (2007)  11:00  narrator, barisax, trumpet, pno, vc, db
 Still Point (2007) [text: Simpson]  6:00  msop, vla, pno
 Fifteen minutes (2006)  16:00  violin
 Singing silver (2006)  6:00  msoprano, narrator, hn, vc, gtr
 What Happened (2005)  14:00  vn, vla, vc, pno [recorded by Daedalus String Quartet with Benjamin Hochman]
 String Quartet No. 3: Air (2005)  10:00  2 vn, vla, vc [recorded by Daedalus String Quartet]
 The Dreaming Season (2002)  5:30  baritone, string quartet
 String Quartet No. 2: Flight (2002)  21:00  2 vn, vl, vc [recorded by Daedalus String Quartet]
 String Quartet No. 1: Jests and Tenderness (1998)  28:00  string quartet [recorded by Mendelssohn String Quartet]
 Dirges and Dances (1998)  22:00  vn, vc, pno
 Spring Passing (1997)  7:00  vn, marimba
 Furies and Muses (1997)  29:00  bsn, string quartet [recorded by Cassatt String Quartet]
 Devotion (1996)  7:45  fl, vn, vl, vc [recorded by Borromeo String Quartet]
 Andante espressivo (1995)  11:30  vn solo, 2 vns, vla, vc, hn (arr of vn cto II)
 Appendage (1993)  33:00  sop, cl, tsax, vn, vl, vc, pno [recorded by   Lauren Flanigan, ensemble conducted by Ransom Wilson]
 She was leaning (1992)  7:00  msop, fl, afl, cl, vn, pno
 Bacchus Chaconne (1991)  5:00  vn, vl
 Two Tapestries (1991)  12:00 2 vn 2 vl 2 vc
 Facade (1983)  8:00 vn, pno
 Six Scenes and a Fantasy (1983)  14:00 vc, pno [recorded by Jeffrey Krieger, Tzimon Barto]
 Reverie Scherzo (1981)  8:00 tpt, db, pno



Chamber: Winds

 Bap (2024)  5:00  fl, ob, cl, asax, bsn
 Oasis (2023)  5:00  cl, vc, db
 Shelter (2023)  13:00  hn, pno
 Flash Drive (2023)  8:00  four flutes
 Portal (2022)  8:00  sax octet (2.2.2.2)
 Impaled (2021)  8:00  fl, cl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 Blur (2021)  7:00  cl solo, cl quartet (4. Bcl)
 Juxta (2019)  6:00  2 tpts, 1 perc
 Witnesses (2019)  8:00  ob, bsn, sop, pno
 Child’s Eye (2019)  11:00  fl, ob, cl, sx, bsn
 Stillness and Velocity (2018)  11:00  vn, hn, pno
 Child’s Eye (2018)  12:00  fl, ob, cl, ssx, bsn
 Anonymous TV Flight (2016)  6:00  cl, hn, bsn
 Bear Tongue Attack (2016)  6:00  fl, hn, bsn
 Desert Squeezebox Gallop (2016)  6:00  ob, cl, hn
 Driving Mist Ringtone (2016)  6:00  fl, ob, bsn
 Fountain Reflection Stinger (2016)  6:00  fl, cl, hn
 Laughter Echo Prank (2016)  6:00  ob, bsn, hn
 Lonely Preacher Clown (2016)  6:00  fl, ob, cl
 Missing Bicep Dance (2016)  6:00  ob, cl, bsn
 Slash Breeze Twelve (2016)  6:00  fl, ob, hn
 Suspenders Bounce Tag (2016)  6:00  fl, cl, bsn
 Ten Wind Devices (2016)  6:00 each   Ten trios for every possible combination of fl, ob, cl, hn, bsn (see above for individual titles)
 Distance (2017)  6:00  8 horns
 Disruption (2017)  5:00  2 trumpets in C, horn in F, trombone, tuba
 Lost and Found (2017)  15:00  2 trumpets in C, horn in F, trombone, tuba
 Let Slip (2017) – 2 versions  9:00  fl/picc/afl, ob, vn, vla, perc, piano OR fl/picc/afl, cl in Bb, vn, vc, perc, piano
 We saw her fall (2016)  6:00  sop, fl, pno
 Every Body (2014)  4:00  fl, cl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 Stoned (2014)  5:00  fl, bcl, tpt, vn, vla, vc
 GPS Lady (2014)  8:00  cl, vla, pno
 Sanctuary (2013)  18:00  2vn, vl, vc, db, hn, pno
 Seven Stories (2013)  22:00  soprano, 2 flutes, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
 Sparkling in the Dark (2011)  6:00  soprano sax, bassoon and electronics
 Terranean Meditation (2011)  13:00  sax quartet
 Entrance (2007)  11:00  narrator, fl, afl, pno, vn, vla
 Exit (2007)  11:00  narrator, barisax, trumpet, pno, vc, db
 Child’s play (2006)  6:00  fl, ob, cl, hn, bsn
 Singing silver (2006)  6:00  msoprano, narrator, hn, vc, gtr
 Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2005)  18:00  hn, pno reduction
 Big Brothers (2004)  7:00  sax/vibe/piano
 Motion: Sonata for Flute and Piano (2004)  16:00  flute/piano
 Perilous carols (2000)  6:00  sax quartet [recorded by New Century Sax Quartet]
 Spring passing (1997)  7:00  fl, mba
 Furies and Muses (1997)  29:00  bsn, string quartet [recorded by Jeff Keesecker]
 Devotion (1996)  7:45  fl, vn, vl, vc [recorded by Ransom Wilson]
 Father, Son (1995)  16:00  narrator, 4 flutes
 Andante espressivo (1995)  11:30  vn solo, 2 vns, vla, vc, hn (arr. of vn cto II)
 Appendage (1993)  33:00  sop, cl, tsax, vn, vl, vc, pno [recorded by   Lauren Flanigan, ensemble conducted by Ransom Wilson]
 Ascending Spiral (1993)  6:00  fl, hp
 She was leaning (1992)  7:00  msop, fl, afl, cl, vn, pno
 Dunigan Variations (1991)  16:00  4 fl
 Facade (1983)  8:00  fl, pno
 Six Scenes and a Fantasy (1983)  8:00  tpt, db, pno



 Chamber: Voice
[all texts by the composer, unless otherwise noted]

 Witnesses (2019)  8:00  sop, ob, bsn, pno
 We saw her fall (2016)  6:00  sop, fl, pno
 Reassurance (2015)  6:00  tenor, piano
 Seven Stories (2013)  22:00  soprano, 2 flutes, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
 The Better Angels of Our Nature (2008)     [text: Lincoln]  14:00  narrator, piano trio
 Entrance (2007)  11:00  narrator, fl, afl, pno, vn, vla
 Exit (2007)  11:00  narrator, barisax, trumpet, pno, vc, db
 Still Point (2007) [text: Simpson]  6:00  msop, vla, pno
 Singing silver (2006)  6:00  msoprano, narrator, hn, vc, gtr
 The Dreaming Season (2002)  5:30  baritone, string quartet
 Lessons of my youth (2001)  5:00  a capella men’s chorus
 The memory of light (2001)  5:00  a capella SATB chorus
 Il sole s’arrende (1999)  5:00  soprano, piano
 Dog Songs (1997)  13:00  tenor, piano
 Deliverance (1995)  6:00  sop, pno OR bar, pno
 Appendage (1993)  33:00  sop, cl, tsax, vn, vl, vc, pno [recorded by   Lauren Flanigan, ensemble conducted by Ransom Wilson]
 Another Mad Scene (1992)  12:00  sop, piano
 She was leaning (1992)  7:00  msop, fl, afl, cl, vn, pno



Chamber: Piano

 Abundance (2024)  13:00  vn, vla, vc, pno
 Shelter (2023)  13:00  hn, pno
 Sextet (2023)  13:00  2 vn, vla, vc, db, pno
 Witnesses (2019)  8:00  sop, ob, bsn, pno
 Stillness and Velocity (2018)  11:00  vn, hn, pno
 Let slip (2017) – 2 versions  9:00  vn, vla, fl, ob, perc, pno OR fl, cl, vn, vc, perc, pno
 We saw her fall (2016)  6:00  sop, fl, pno
 Reassurance (2015)  6:00  tenor, piano
 Broomstick (2014)  7:00  vn, pno
 GPS Lady (2014)  8:00  cl, vla, pno
 Honey (2014)  7:00  two pianos
 Sanctuary (2013)  18:00  2vn, vl, vc, db, hn, pno
 Seven Stories (2013)  22:00  soprano, 2 flutes, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
 Honey (2012)  6:00  piano
 Sonata: Motion (2008)  16:00  vn, pno
 The Voice (2008)  4:00  vn, pno
 The Better Angels of Our Nature (2008) [text: Lincoln]  14:00  narrator, piano trio
 Entrance (2007)  11:00  narrator, fl, afl, pno, vn, vla
 Exit (2007)  11:00  narrator, barisax, trumpet, pno, vc, db
 Still Point (2007) [text: Simpson]  6:00  msop, vla, pno
 What Happened (2005)  14:00  vn, vla, vc, pno
 Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2005)  18:00  hn, pno reduction
 Big Brothers (2004)  7:00  sax/vibe/piano
 Motion: Sonata for Flute and Piano (2004)  16:00  flute/piano
 Chicane (2002)  16:00  pno solo
 Il sole s’arrende (1999)  5:00  soprano, piano
 Dirges and Dances (1998)  22:00  vn, vc, pno
 Dog Songs (1997)  13:00  tenor, piano
 Deliverance (1995)  6:00  sop, pno OR bar, pno
 Appendage (1993)  33:00  sop, cl, tsax, vn, vl, vc, pno [recorded by   Lauren Flanigan, ensemble conducted by Ransom Wilson]
 Another Mad Scene (1992)  12:00  sop, piano
 She was leaning (1992)  7:00  msop, fl, afl, cl, vn, pno
 Sonata (November) (1986)  16:00  pno solo
 Facade (1983)  8:00  fl, pno or vn, pno
 Six Scenes and a Fantasy (1983)  14:00  vc, pno [recorded by Jeffrey Krieger, Tzimon Barto]
 Reverie Scherzo (1981)  8:00  tpt, db, pno 



Chamber: Other

 Juxta (2019)  6:00   2 tpts, perc
 Nest (2018)  7:00  gtr + string quartet
 Odd Encounter (2018)  7:00  gtr + string quartet
 Summer rain (2018)  10:00  gtr + string quartet
 Manic (2017)  5:00  percussion ensemble (11 players)
 Let Slip (2017) – 2 versions  9:00  fl, ob, vn, vla, perc (vibe, glock, chimes, 2 susp cym), piano OR fl, cl, vn, vc, perc, piano
 Seven Stories (2013)  22:00  soprano, 2 flutes, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
 Genealogie (2009)  15:00  sop, msop, ten, actor, fl, cl, vn, vc, pno, mba
 The Better Angels of our Nature (2008)  14:00  narrator, piano trio
 Singing silver (2006)  6:00  msoprano, narrator, hn, vc, gtr
 Big Brothers (2004)  7:00  sax/vibe/piano
 Spring passing (1997)  7:00  fl, mba OR vn, mba
 Ascending Spiral (1993)  6:00  fl, hp



Large ensembles

 Vanishing (2025)  18:00  orchestra 3.2.2.2 – 4.3.2.1 – timp – 3 perc – hp – strings
 Nest (2018)  7:00  chamber orchestra (5 ww, 3 brass, 3 perc, gtr, strings)
 Manic (2017)  5:00  percussion ensemble (11 players)
 Silent Bond (2016)  7:00  fl, ob, cl, bsn, sax, hn, 2 perc, piano, string quartet
 Sure (2015) for soprano and orchestra  12:00  2.2.2(Bcl).2(Cbsn) – 4.2.3.1 – 3 perc – harp – strings
 Air (2014) for string orchestra  11:00  string orchestra
 Katabasis (2014), double concerto for cello, bass and orchestra  13:00  vc solo, db solo, 2.2.2(A).1.cbsn; 4.0.0.0; 3 perc; harp; strings
 Poke (2014), solo vc, solo db with string orchestra  8:00  vc solo, db solo, strings
 Shadow on the Sun (2010)  7:00  wind ensemble
 Figments and Fragments (2010)  10:00  2.2.2.2 – 2.2.1.0 – perc, pno, strings
 Blown Away (2005)
 6:00  wind ensemble
 Revenant: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2005)  18:00  2122 – 2000 – perc – str
 Wright Flight (2003)  30:00  3 actors, projections and chamber orchestra
 Buffa (2001) an opera  2.5 hrs.  8 vocal roles, mime, chorus, chamber orchestra
 Amadeus ex machina (2001)  10:00  1222 – 2000 – str
 Lessons of my youth (2001)  5:00  a capella men’s chorus
 The memory of light (2001)  5:00  a capella SATB chorus
 Snegglish Dances (2000)  6:00  3333 – 4331 – 3 – pf – str
 Symphony No. 1 (1998)  30:00  1202 – 2000 – str
 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1996)  35:00  3243 – 4221 – timp – vn solo – str
 Orpheus in the Afterworld: Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (1994)  26:00  0001 – 2000 – fl solo – str