The works listed below represent a large portion of the composer's catalogue. Pieces are broken into categories of instrumental music (subdivided into solo/small ensemble and large ensemble works), music with voice (subdivided into chamber works and works for chorus/large ensemble) and music in the electronic medium (subdivided into fixed media pieces and pieces with performers.) Pieces for performer and electronic media are listed in both the instrumental and electronic categories. Several of the pieces have a recording that can be heard by clicking the link to the right of the piece's listing.
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Instrumental Pieces:
Solo and Small Ensemble:
4X4
for percussion quartet (four tom–toms); 2015, circa 9’.
Prelude, Canon and Fugue
for string quartet; 2014, circa 12’.
Five Action Verbs: Flip, Walk, Sing, Hop, Thrash
for solo tuba; 2013, circa 10'.
…and so the I threw the stone.
for trumpet and live electronics; 2012, circa 10'.
A Place I’ve Never Been
for flute, violin and harp; 2012, circa 9'.
Sweet Suite: All Amanda, Pass a Call to Lea, Sarah's Band, Can Anne?, Gigi
for flute and oboe; 2012, circa 7'.
commissioned for the River School Conservatory's 34th Annual Seminar on
Contemporary Music for the Young
/peel/ mp3
for brass quintet; 2011, circa 8'.
Gemini Structures
for four-player percussion ensemble; 2011, circa 9'.
Standing in Seven Corners mp3
for wind quintet; 2011, circa 14'.
Pas de Trois mp3
for flute, bass trombone and percussion (vibraphone and three toms); 2010, circa 9'30".
Tangled mp3
for solo piano and live signal processing; 2009, circa 10'30".
3 Scenarios: Vehicular Juxtaposition, Pachadermus Fuguealis, Knee Deep
for brass quintet, circa 8'. 2008
Five Views from an Island mp3
for viola and piano; 2008, circa 11'.
Bacchus
for violin and fixed electronic media; 2004, circa 9'.
Contemplation No. 1 mp3
for cello and piano; 2003, circa 6'.
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano: Allegro con fuoco, Adagio appassionata, Adante cantabile
2002, 15'.
Postpartum: Conception, Contradiction, Conjunction
for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano; 2002, circa 12'.
String Quartet No. 1
2001, circa 7'.
Large Ensemble and Orchestra
Sitting in the House of a Giant - in memoriam G.S.
for wind ensemble; 2016, circa 5'30”.
Three Baystate Water Views: the Cape Cod Bay at Provincetown, the Stockbridge Bowl at Tappan House, the Charles River at MIT
for string; 2014, circa 12’.
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…and as these wings expand…
for chamber orchestra; 2012, circa 9'30".
Contemplation No. 2
for full orchestra (winds in 3's); 2008, circa 5'.
New England Overture mp3
for mixed ensemble (fifteen players); 2008, circa 7'.
Pursuance: Roots, Progression, Suspension, Resolution
for string orchestra; 2002, circa 20'.
Vladic Impressions
for mixed wind ensemble 2002, circa 15'.
Vocal Pieces:
Solo and Small Ensemble:
twelve/fourteen/twenty-twelve
for SSAA quartet; 2013, circa 9'.
text by composer.
Poems Done on a Late Night Car: Chickens, Used Up, Home mp3
for soprano and piano 2009, circa 9'.
text by Carl Sandburg (public domain)
Songs by a Drunk
ten short songs for mezzo-soprano and piano trio; 2001, circa 10'.
text by composer.
The Broken Bell
for soprano and string quartet; 2002, circa 3'.
text by Boudelaire (public domain)
The Junk Man
for baritone and piano; 2002, circa 3'.
text by Carl Sandburg (public domain)
Ghost House
for mezzo-soprano and piano; 2001, circa 3'.
text by Robert Frost (public domain)
Choir and Large Ensemble:
...Not but a seed...
SATB a capella choir; 2015, circa 5’.
Text by composer.
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A Single Decade Rosary mp3
for three female soloists (SMA), five-voice female choir (SSMAA), children's choir and live signal
processing; 2010, circa 8'30".
Traditional texts: Pater Nostre, Ave Maria, Gloria Patri.
A Light Exists in Spring mp3
for SATB choir; 2007, circa 4'30".
Text by Emily Dickinson (public domain)
Pieces With Electronics:
Fixed Media:
Americana No. 2 mp3
2007, circa 4'30".
Americana No. 1
2002, 6'15".
With Live Performer:
…and so the I threw the stone.
for trumpet and live electronics; 2012, circa 10'.
A Single Decade Rosary mp3
for three female soloists (SMA), five-voice female choir (SSMAA), children's choir and live signal
processing; 2010, circa 8'30".
Traditional texts: Pater Nostre, Ave Maria, Gloria Patri.
Tangled mp3
for solo piano and live signal processing; 2009, circa 10'30".
Bacchus
for violin and fixed electronic media; 2004, circa 9'.
Parallel Opposites
for electric violin, amplified piano and trap kit; 2000, circa 7’.