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chamber and solo

Winter Fragments, clarinet, bass clarinet and piano (2008)
commissioned by Trio Nuovo
Duration: 10 minutes

Dark Wood, version for solo cello (2007)
for Nicholas Photinos
Duration: 11 minutes

Nachtlied, piano four-hands (2007)
Commissioned by Daniel Koppelman with support of the Andrew Mellon Foundation
Duration: 10 minutes

Arioso,clarinet and piano (2002)
Commissioned by Yamaha Corporation of America for Arthur Campbell
Recorded on Third Practice: Commissions and Premieres
Duration: 8 minutes

Memoria,violin and piano (2000-2001)
Duration: 13 minutes

Ash, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello, (2000)
Commissioned by Currents New Music Ensemble
Duration: 7 minutes

Five Microludes, piano (1997)
Duration: 5 minutes

Finita Est Comedia, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, violin, piano, percussion (1996)
Commissioned by Quorum Chamber Arts Collective
Duration: 13 minutes

Piano Trio, violin, cello, piano, (1991)
Duration: 20 minutes

To Become One, flute, oboe, clarinet, basson, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion (1991)
Duration: 11 minutes

Elegy, contrabass clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, string quartet, bass (1990)
Duration: 12 minutes

Paean, flute, oboe, bassoon, string quartet, bass (1988)
Duration: 11 minutes

choral and vocal

Abraham's Eyes Were Darkened,mixed chorus, chamber chorus and five instruments (cl., bs. cl., harp, vib., mar.) 2004
Commissioned by James River Singers
Duration: 10 minutes

Wit Wonders,mixed chorus and small orchestra
Commissioned by the Connecticut Choral Society and the Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn
Available in several orchestrations or with piano or organ
Duration: 14 minutes

Cantata, mixed choir, tenor solo and orchestra (1996-1997)
Commissioned by Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte
Duration: 23 minutes

A Dream Deferred, men's chorus, baritone solo, two pianos, narrator and two slide projectors (optional electroacoustic interludes) (1995-1996)
Commissioned by Hampden-Sydney College
Duration: 70 minutes

Virgo Virginum Praeclara, a capella men's chorus (1995)
Commissioned by Virginia Glee Club
Duration: 6 minutes

When David Heard, a capella men's chorus, (1994)
Commissioned by Virginia Glee Club
Duration: 4 minutes

Come Heavy Sleep, a capella men's chours (1991)
Commissioned by Virginia Glee Club
Duration: 7 minutes

A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, soprano, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello (1990-1991)
Duration: 10 minutes

Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains, double a capella mixed chorus (1990)
Commissioned by Yale Freshman Chorus
Duration: 7 minutes

Requiem, soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra (1988-1989)
Duration: 45 minutes

When David Heard, a capella men's chorus, (1988)
Duration: 4 minutes

electroacoustic

Dark Wood, cello and electroacoustic music (2007)
for Nicholas Photinos
Duration: 11 minutes

Lamentation Alphabet: Aleph (after Tallis) (2006)
Recorded on [re], Everglade Records DVD 2006
Duration: 5 minutes

Nachtlied/Doubles (Second Nocturne) for soprano, alto saxophone, piano and electroacoustic music (2006)
Commissioned by Daniel Koppelman
Duration: 9 minutes

like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment for sextet and electroacoustic sounds(2005)
for eighth blackbird
Duration: 10 minutes

Sanctus Pieces, large chorus, boy choir, mezzo soprano and electroacoustic music (2004)
Commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Duration: 11 minutes

Summer is Late, soprano and electroacoustic music (2003-2004)
Commissioned by the Arts Now Series at North Carolina State University
Duration: 9 minutes

[after], multi-channel electroacoustic music (2003)
Recorded on Computer Music Journal Anthology DVD Volume 27/4
Duration: 5 minutes

The Black Edge of the Moon/Aurole Variations, clarinet and computer (2002)
Commissioned by F. Gerard Errante
Duration: 7 minutes

Arioso/Doubles, clarinet and electroacoustic music(2002)
Commissioned by the Yamaha Corporation of America for Arthur Campbell
Recorded on Third Practice: Commissions and Premieres
Duration: 8 minutes

Nocturne/Doubles, piano and computer (2001)
Recorded on Music from SEAMUS, vol. 13
Duration: 7 minutes

Variations/Doubles,alto saxophone and electroacoustic music(1999)
Commissioned by Timothy McAllister
Recorded on Scena
Duration: 8 minutes

Via Negativa: The Cloud of Forgetting, electroacoustic music (1994-1995)
Recorded on Alternating Currents
Duration: 5 minutes

large ensemble

Cantata mixed choir, tenor solo and orchestra (1996-1997)
Commissioned by Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte
Duration: 23 minutes

Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble, clarinet and wind ensemble (1995-1996)
Commissioned by Richard Hawkins for the Interlochen Academy Wind Ensemble
Duration: 14 minutes

Arise and Go Now, large orchestra (1992)
Duration: 14 minutes

Upon Arrival, small orchestra (1991)
Commissioned by the Ricciotii Ensemble
Duration: 6 minutes

music and sound design for video and theater

This Could Be Here, This Could Be Anywhere, (for video by Jeremy Drummond), music (2006)
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, sound design(2005)
The Tempest, William Shakespeare, incidental music (2004)
Wings, Arthur Kopit , incidental music (2001)