in a wistful setting for
a cappella SATB choir.
Complete Works Listing:
| Title | Genre | Year | Description | Additional details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Things Rush On | choral | 2019 |
A setting of some of Rabindranath Tagore’s most spiritual and inspiring words, drawn from his Nobel-Prize-winning collection Gitanjali. |
All Things choir choral chorus piano SATB SATB chorus & piano |
| We Have Been Justified | choral | 2002 |
An a cappella setting of Romans 5:1–11. |
a cappella choir choral sacred SATB WHBJ SATB a cappella |
| Three Portraits | art song cycle | 2017 |
A song cycle weaving together text settings and instrumental interludes into a narrative of nostalgia, emotional recollection, and a journey towards comfort. Each of the three songs (“Speech From A Novella”, “Photograph of My Mother As A Young Girl”, and “The Country Wife”) is a setting of a poem by Dana Gioia. |
art song clarinet piano song song cycle soprano Three Portraits vocal voice voice and instruments
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| Speech From A Novella | art song | 2017 |
A setting for soprano, clarinet, and piano of the poem by Dana Gioia. The first song in the Three Portraits cycle. |
art song clarinet piano soprano Speech Three Portraits vocal voice voice and instruments
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| Photograph of My Mother As A Young Girl | art song | 2017 |
A setting for soprano, clarinet, and piano of the poem by Dana Gioia. The second song in the Three Portraits cycle. |
art song clarinet Photograph piano soprano Three Portraits vocal voice voice and instruments
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| The Country Wife | art song | 2013 |
A setting for soprano, clarinet, and piano of the poem by Dana Gioia. The third and final song in the Three Portraits cycle. |
art song clarinet commission mezzo oboe piano soprano The Country Wife vocal voice voice & instruments
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| The Dewey Decimal System | chamber | 2015 |
clarinet Dewey marimba narrator percussion spoken word voice voice & instruments
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| When You Are Old and Grey | choral | 2006 |
A wistful setting for a cappella SATB choir of Yeats’s nostalgic poem. |
a cappella choir chorus SATB WYAOAG SATB chorus, a cappella |
| Drunken Moon | music drama | 2006 |
Commissioned by PNME as part of its 30th Anniversary season, Drunken Moon is a companion piece — a Prologue, of sorts — for Arnold Schoenberg’s seminal masterpiece, Pierrot Lunaire. |
cello clarinet commission duet flute music drama piano Pierrot solo violin vocal Pierrot ensemble & voices
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| Tango | instrumental | 2006 |
A tango for piano trio, inspired by the poetry of Pablo Neruda. |
cello commission piano piano trio salon music Tango DM violin violin, cello, and piano |
| Berceuse for Benjamin | instrumental | 2008 |
A lullaby for solo piano, inspired by Chopin’s iconic Berceuse and Benny Golson’s I Remember Clifford. |
Berceuse For Benjamin Just Out of Reach Just Out of Reach Suite piano piano solo |
| Fairy Tale Ending | musical theatre | 2008 |
A topsy-turvy yet touching tale of a young girl coming to grips with loss and the reality of growing up. |
Fairy Tale Ending musical voices & instruments
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| Round 7:30 | instrumental | 2011 |
Musica Ricercata meets ’Round Midnight in this short imitative work for six winds. |
clarinet flute Round 730 winds winds
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| Poet’s Apology | art song cycle | 1995 |
Settings of five short poem excerpts selected at random from the Rice University library bookshelf. For baritone voice and piano. |
art song baritone piano song cycle voice baritone & piano |
| Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Charpentier | instrumental | 2009 |
A theme and variations, encompassing a wide variety of compositional styles. |
cello commission Fantasy Variations piano violin two violins, cello & piano |
| Chaconne for unaccompanied violin | instrumental | 2001 |
A single-movement work for solo violin, inspired by Bach’s masterful Chaconne from the Partita in d minor. |
Chaconne commission strings violin solo violin |
| Suite No. 1 | instrumental | 2004 |
Five movements for violin, inspired by the great Bach unaccompanied Suites and Sonatas. |
commission violin violin (solo) |
| Wither’s Carol | choral | 2001 |
A festive new carol setting for choir and brass of a Yuletide poem by George Wither (1588–1667). |
brass choir choral Christmas commission holiday horn SATB secular trombone trumpet tuba Wither's Carol choir & instruments
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| The Gray Cat & The Flounder | concert | 2015 |
Instrumental music, cartoons, songs, theatre, puppetry, and imagined ballet are quilted together into a narrative on life, loss, and love. |
ballet baritone cello clarinet Dewey GCF marimba music drama piano trio puppets soprano video violin voice ensemble and voices
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| Go Thy Way | choral | 2011 |
A short sacred benediction for a cappella choir. |
a cappella choir choral Go Thy Way SATB SATB chorus, a cappella |
| Sarabande | instrumental | 2006 |
A neo-Baroque dance movement for solo piano. |
Drunken Moon piano piano solo |
| Parachute Rag | instrumental | 2002 |
A ragtime solo for piano. |
Parachute Rag piano ragtime piano solo |
| Люблю! (I Love!) | art song | 2013 |
Settings of love poetry by the great Ukrainian poet Олександер Олесъ. |
art song cello commission I Love piano tenor Ukrainian vocal voice Люблю! tenor, cello, and piano |
| Just Out of Reach Suite | art song | 2011 |
Three excerpts from Just Out of Reach (“Metamorphosis”, “Berceuse for Benjamin”, and “Love Duet”) arranged for soprano, tenor, flute, and piano. |
Berceuse For Benjamin Just Out of Reach piano soprano tenor soprano, tenor, flute, and piano |
| Furious Overfall | music drama | 2001 |
A monodrama for narrator and ensemble. |
cello clarinet commission flute music drama narrator percussion piano Pierrot violin Pierrot-plus-percussion & voices
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| Just Out of Reach | music drama | 2008 |
An evening-length multidisciplinary work incorporating music, text, and movement. |
cello clarinet commission duet flute Just Out of Reach music drama piano Pierrot solo violin vocal Pierrot-plus-percussion & voices
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| Passacaglia | instrumental | 1996 |
An elegy for strings. |
cello elegy Passacaglia string quartet strings viola violin string quartet
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