COMPOSITIONS

Works are in ABC order within each category. Click on bolded works to hear recordings, link to score samples, and read program notes and texts.

Choral

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  4'15"
Text: Matthew 5:11-12

Fare Thee Well
SATB chorus and piano  |  8'30"
Text by George Moses Horton ("Farewell to Frances")

Gravity
SATB chorus, piano, and tuned water glasses  |  5'45"
Text by Wendy Mitman Clarke

In red foliage full of guitars
SSATBB chorus, a cappella  |  3'30"
Text by George Trakl  |  Translation by Jim Doss and Werner Schmitt

Into the Darkest Hour
SSATB chorus and organ  |  7'45"
Text by Madeleine L'Engle

Jesu, dulcis memoria
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  2'45"
Text attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Let the people praise thee, o God
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  3'30"
Text: Psalm 67

Missa Brevis
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  8'

Night
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  7'30"
Text by Anne Bronte

O My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose
SATB chorus w/ divisi and piano  |  4'20"
Text by Robert Burns

O sacrum convivium
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  4'30"
Text attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas

O salutaris hostia
SATB chorus, a cappella  |  2'30"
Text attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas

On the Poetic Muse
SATB chorus and piano  |  6'30"
Text by George Moses Horton

Pentecost
SATB chorus and piano  |  6'15"
Text by Dana Gioia

Preces and Responses (with the Lord's Prayer)
SATBB chorus, a cappella  |  For use in the service of Evensong

Psalm (a poem by Paul Celan)
SSSAAATTTBBB chorus, a cappella  |  6'40"
Text by Paul Celan

Rage against the dying of the light
SSAATTBB chorus, a cappella  |  11'
Text by Dylan Thomas

Tantum ergo
SSATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  3'45"
Text by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Tenebrae factae sunt
SATB chorus w/ divisi, a cappella  |  5'15"
Text: Traditional Latin

Tenebrae Responsories
SSATBB chorus, a cappella  |  2.5 hours
27 responsories for the servies of the Paschal Triduum
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Three Shakespeare Settings
SATB chorus w/ divisi and piano  |  15'
The Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings - 4'
Double, Double Toil and Trouble - 3'
How Sweet the Moonlight - 8'

Timor et tremor
SATB chorus, a cappella  |  5'15"
Text: Traditional Latin

To a Friend
SATB chorus, a cappella  |  5'15"
Text by Amy Lowell

Ubi Caritas
SATB chorus w/ 2 female soloists, a cappella  |  3'45"
Text: Traditional Latin paired with 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Vocal

Battle Songs
Medium-low voice and piano  |  14'30"
Texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore O'Hara, Herman Melville, and John McCrae

I am sorry that it has come to this
Fixed electronics, Voice, Piano  |  11'45"
Texts from a veteran's suicide note paired with traditional Latin texts from the funeral mass

Impossible Season
High voice and piano  |  18'30"
Texts by Dana Gioia

No Balm in Gilead
Chamber Opera for Tenor, 2 Sopranos, Mezzo-Soprano, and Piano  |  14'
Libretto by Daniel Hartis

O salutaris hostia
Medium voice and organ/piano  |  2'30"
Text by Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Dead
Medium voice and piano  |  2'
Text by Rubert Brooke

Time and Memory: suite for voice and piano on poems of William S. Trout
High voice and piano  |  22'
Texts by William S. Trout 


Chamber Ensemble

aliens of extraordinary ability
Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Piano  |  5'

et tenebrae factae sunt in terra
Flute/Picc, Clarinet/Bass Cl, Trumpet, Percussion, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Contrabass  |  8'15"

Faithfully Yours, Virginia
Soprano, Clarinet, English Horn, Violin, Cello, Percussion  |  15'

I Am Not An Incorporeal Demon
Flute and marimba  |  7'

Oboe Trio
2 Oboes and English Horn  |  10'

String Quartet
22'45"

21-Thirty-1
Clarinet, Percussion, and Pre-Recorded Electronics
3'


Solo

Fanfare Toccata
Solo Piano  |  4'30"

"It is finished."
Solo Piano  |  12'

Nocturne
Solo Piano  |  6'

Sonata for Solo Violin
16'45"


Large Ensemble

And After the Dark
Orchestra - 333, 4331, Timp, 4 Perc, Harp, Piano, Strings  |  15'

Elegy (Music for String Orchestra)
11'

Out of the Depths
Orchestra - 3233, 4231, Timp, 3 Perc, Harp, Piano, Strings  |  12'

Propulsion
Orchestra - 3233, 4231, Timp, 2 Perc, Strings  |  6'45"


Electronic Music

6:46
Fixed Electronics  |  6'46"

Effuse / Allure / Ancient Light
Fixed Electronics  |  34'

Transformational Etude No. 1
Fixed Electronics  | 10'

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