Chronological List of Compositions, Commissioners, Prizes
Three Torch Songs (2024) for voice and piano (10:00)
Muriel’s Songs (2023) for soprano and eleven instruments (40:00) Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in honor of Andrew Imbrie
Alternative Facts (2023) for percussion quartet (21:00) commissioned by a consortium led by Talujon
The Wings That Bear The Night Away (2022) violin and fixed media (9:43)
Vista dal Giardino di Bogliasco (2022) electroacoustic (6:10)
What shade of green is our horizon? (2022) sound piece for museum spaces (42:00 loop) in collaboration with visual artist, Lisa D. Watson. Premiered 2022 The Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head, S.C.
Extinction, (2022) (text by Eric Chasalow and Barbara Cassidy) for Bb clarinet and fixed media (7:00)
Third Piano Trio, Rock Hill Variations, (2022) in honor of Aaron Copland (8:00)
Rounding the Keys (2022) In honor of the 200th anniversary of Key West (for two pianos) (6:00)
Rounding the Keys (2022) (alternate version recomposed for marimba duo) (6:00)
Fabliau of Florida (2022) (text by Wallace Stevens) for soprano, or mezzo-soprano, or tenor and piano (3:00)
Fabliau of Florida (2022) for SATB chorus (2:30)
Encounter (2022) (text by Barbara Cassidy) for soprano and piano (1:30)
The Trees (2022) (text by Barbara Cassidy) for soprano and piano (3:15)
Foster Mix (2021) violin and electronics; for a museum space (1 hour). Miranda Cuckson, December 2021
Fierce and Airy Occupations, (2021) for flute solo (3:00)
Violin Concerto (2021) for violin and chamber orchestra, for premiere by Miranda Cuckson and BMOP (20:00)
Violin Concerto piano reduction; for violin and piano (20:00)
Dreams Songs (2021) (5 poems of John Berryman) recomposed for tenor and piano (15:00)
Wallace Stevens Songs (2021) (three songs recomposed for singing and reciting cellist) (15:00)
Ghosts of Key West (2021) electroacoustic piece re-composed for guitar and voice (3:00)
Second Quartet (2019) spatially distributed, string quartet, for the Lydian Quartet and the Rose Museum (1 hour)
Ghost of Our Former Selves (2019-20) ten texts by E Chasalow - versions for fixed media and for live performance. (40:00)
Four Ghost Songs (2019) four songs (texts by E Chasalow), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano (8:00)
Buchla Pieces (2018) fixed media (10:30)
The Nothing That Is (2018) three poems by Wallace Stevens, recomposed for solo cellist who speaks and sings (14:00)
The Nothing That Is (2017-18) three poems by Wallace Stevens, soprano and guitar (14:00)
Ariel Fantasy (2017) text by William Shakespeare, monodrama for flute (5:00)
Preconditions Create the Event (2017) violin solo (20:00)
Homage, Donald Buchla (2016) tape (2:11)
Elegy and Observation, an environmental requiem (2016) twelve voices and electronics (30:00)
A Solution in Search of a Problem: (second piano sonata) (2015) piano (12:00)
This Day Will Be (2015) text by Eric Chasalow, flute solo (4:00)
As a Kind of Knowing (2014) 8.1 channel fixed media. In three movements. (17:00)
If True, Then… (2014) piano (4:00)
As a Kind of Always (2014) piano (4:00)
Where it Finds Nothing But the Wind (2013) texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls. for soprano, fl, gtr, perc. (30:00)
Shatter and Glide (2012-13) string trio and fixed media. Network for New Music commission. (11:00)
I’m Just Sayin’ (2012) string quartet and fixed media; 5 min. for the Lydian String Quartet. April 27, Waltham, MA.
Incident and Scatter (2012) chamber ensemble and fixed media; 18 min. Talea Ensemble. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment. March 17, 2012, New York.
On That Swirl of Ending Dust (2011) ) chamber ensemble and fixed media; 19 min. New York New Music Ensemble. Commissioned by Chamber Music America. April 16, 2012, New York.
Are You Radioactive, Pal? (2010) alto saxophone and fixed media; 13 min. Philipp Stauedlin. January 23, 2011, Miami.
Scuffle and Snap (2010). violin and fixed media; 6 min.
String Sextet (2009). In three movements. 18 min. commissioned by the Portland Chamber Music Festival, August 13, 2009.
Horn Concerto (2008-09). 15 min. B. Schneider and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, January 2012.
Symphony of Popular Misconceptions (2008-09), 5.1 surround; fixed media.
The Puzzle Master (2007), text by F.D. Reeve, one-hour multimedia piece for five singers, keyboard, electronics and video. May 5,6 premiere, Boston CyberArts Festival, Spingold Theater Center. Additional performance at University of Iowa, Grinnell, Coe College, Luther College 2008.
Flute Concerto (Three Love Poems) (2005), Flute solo, cl, vln, vc, prc, pn. November 19, 2005 premiere. Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation
Concerning Sunspots (2004), large orchestra. Boston Modern Orchestra Project, January 22, 2005.
The Fundamental Object (2004-05) viola and fixed media. Commissioned by David Bursack for American Academy in Rome premiere and CD to follow.
Concerning Sunspots (2004) orchestra. Fromm commission, Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Jan 22, 2005 premiere, Jordan Hall, Boston.
Fourth of Nature (2004) marimba duo. Commissioned by Dominic Donato and Stephen Paysen.
Into Your Ears (2004) electroacoustic. For Mario Davidovsky at 70.
Trois Espaces du Son (2004) piano, perc, fixed media. Commissioned by the Miroglio Aprodu duo, Paris.
Museum in D (2004), electroacoustic.
Wolpe Variations (2003) electroacoustic. Commissioned by the Stefan Wolpe Society to mark the Wolpe Centennial year. Premiered in New York City, March 2003 at an international conference on the music of Stefan Wolpe.
Lo Schermo (2002) flute, violin, piano. Commissioned by David Macculi. Rome premiere February 2003. Subsequent performances in Switzerland, Germany, Japan.
Due (Cinta)mani (2002) piano and fixed media. Commissioned by Vicki Ray. PianoSphere LA series premiere November 2002. Subsequent performances in the Czech Republic, Germany.
What is Danced…(and what is not) (2002) harp and fixed media. Commissioned by Lucia Bova (Rome). Warsaw Autumn Festival premiere September 2002. Subsequent performances in the US, Spain, Italy.
Clapping Game (2002), electroacoustic. Commissioned by Boston Modern Orchestra Project as part of their educational outreach program in Boston schools.
Dream Songs (2000-01) on poems of John Berryman. orchestra and fixed media. Commissioned by Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
In a Manner of Speaking (2000) bass clarinet and fixed media. Commissioned by Guido Arbonelli.
Crossing Boundaries (2000) acousmatic sound projection, commissioned for the new millennium by Bates College
Suspicious Motives (1999) fl, cl, vln, vc, and fixed media, commissioned for the new millennium by Boston Musica Viva
Seven Variations on Three Spaces (1998) electroacoustic
Yes, I Really Did (1998) piano trio.
Five Simic Songs (1998) soprano and string quartet (text, Charles Simic) commssioned by the Lydian String Quartet in honor of the 50th anniversary of Brandeis University.
‘Scuse Me (1998) electric guitar and fixed media, commissioned by Tim Brady
To The Edge And Back (1997) flute and piano; commissioned by the Pappoutsakis Flute Competition
Portrait of The Artist (1997), electroacoustic
Left to His Own Devices, tape (1996) to Milton Babbitt at 80.
A Loose Translation, piano (1995 - 96), for Ursula Oppens.
Pass it On, soprano and piano (1995), text by Rachel Hadas.
Out of Joint, trumpet and fixed media (1994), commissioned by Nuovo Consonanza (Rome) for Mauro Maur
And it flew upside-down, electroacoustic (1994). Commissioned by the Watertown Arts Council.
In The Works fl,cl,vln,vc,prc,pn (1993) commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for Music at Harvard University.
The Fury of Rainstorms electroacoustic (1992)
This Way Out electroacoustic (1991)
Little Word piano (1991) commissioned by David Kopp.
Winding Up horn (1990) (Edition Bim, publ) commissioned by Bruno Schneider,
First Quartet string quartet (1989-90), winner: ISCM Prize
The Shampoo soprano and piano (1989) text by Elizabeth Bishop.
Fast Forward percussion and fixed media (1988) commissioned by Amy Knoles
Leaping to Conclusions chamber orchestra (1987) commissioned by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston.
Groundwork piano (1986)
Over The Edge flute and fixed media (1986) Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts. For Harvey Sollberger. (McGinnis & Marx, publ.) winner: ISCM Prize, Washington Square Contemporary Music Prize, National Flute Association New Publication Prize.
The Furies soprano and fixed media(1984) based on poems by Anne Sexton. Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Triptych soprano and piano (1984)* based on poems by E. Bishop and R. Hadas.
Hanging in the Balance 'cello and fixed media (1983). Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts. For Fred Sherry
A Circumstance of Dancing for flute and eleven instruments (1982, 1984) withdrawn
Returning to the Point flute, violin, viola, 'cello (1981). Commissioned by Sato Moughalian for the Anush Quartet.
Two From Three violin, cello, piano (1980). premiered at The Composers Conference, Johnson VT summer 1981. Curt Macomber, vln, Chris Finckle, vc, Gary Smart, pn
Words a cappella chorus, texts by Robert Creeley (1980). Commissioned by the New Calliope Singers.
Falling Forward flute solo (1980). Commissioned by Sato Moughalian.
Reverses improvisers and fixed media (1980).
Verses and Fragments horn, percussion and fixed media (1979). Premiere by David Wakefield and Thad Wheeler, Macmillan Theater, Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center concert.
Anti-Chambers flute solo (1979). premiered by the composer, Columbia Composers concert.