Catalogue of Works

Music for Large Ensemble

The Closed Mouth Speaks
(Seven Soldier Songs) [2008]

duration : 25 min.
for bass-baritone and orchestra
Composed for the New York Cty Opera

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Ashe - in memoriam Babatunde Olatunji [2007]

duration : 7 min.
for 2 voices and amplfied chamber orchestra
commissioned by Albany Symphony

East Coast Attitude [2006]

duration : 7 min.
for symphonic band
Commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band

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Valuable Natural Resources [2004]

duration : 12 min.
for sinfonietta
commissioned by ensemble-courage

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how we got here (fourth evolution) [2003]

duration: 7 min.
for thirteen players
commissioned by Terpsichore's
Kitchen Dance Theatre for the 2003
Edinburgh Fringe Fest

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Immolation [2003]

duration : 7 min.
for chamber orchestra
(2222 - 2220 - harp - timp. - 1(2) perc. - strings)

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Screamer! - a three-ring blur for orchestra [2002]

duration : 5.5 min.
for orchestra
(3333 - 4331 - synth. - timp. - 3 perc. - strings)
Winner of the 2004 Jacob Druckman Prize

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Music for Small Ensemble

Spalding Gray [2008]

duration: 8 min.
for Fl, cl, pno, e-gtr, bs
composed for NOW Ensemble

oh Gott, es regnet [2006]

duration: 10 min.
for electric guitar quartet
composed for CATCH

recording coming soon

Musik für den Schultheiß [2006]

duration : 11 min.
for string quartet

recording coming soon

Red Scare Sketchbook [2005]

duration: 15 min.
for Saxophone and Percussion
commissioned by Non-Zero
Winner of 2006 ASCAP Young Composer Award

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descanso (waiting) [2004-2005]

duration: 10 min.
for fl, cl, vln, vcl, perc.
composed for eighth blackbird.

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Songs of Love, Death, Friends and Government [2004]

duration : 20 min
for soprano, clarinet and violin

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Piano Trio [2003-2004]

duration: 20 min.
for violin, 'cello and piano
commissioned by the Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music for the Amelia Piano Trio
Winner of a 2004 BMI Student Composer Award

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for Amos [2004]

duration: 5 min.
for violin, 'cello and piano
commissioned by Wanda Fleck for the Amelia Piano Trio

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descanso (after omega) [2004]

duration: 10 min
for solo clarinet and ensemble
commissioned by Lisa Raschiatore
sax version commissioned by Brian Sacawa

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hope in the proles. [2002]

duration : 16 min
for flute, clarinet, (bass clarinet), piano, percussion (1 player), violin and cello
Winner of the 2002 BMI Student Composer Award

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Sunday Morning Trepanation [2002]
duration : 10.5 min
for violin, clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, piano and CD playback.

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Music for Theatre / Music Theatre

irrepressible [forthcoming]

duration : 30-40 min.
for sopranos, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth.
composed for Newspeak.

Music for The Musical Illusionist [2007]

duration : 15 min
for string quartet
commissioned by Alex Rose
composed for The Formalist Quartet
sound design by James Sizemore

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Soldier Songs [2005-2006]

duration : 60 min
for Bass-Baritone and sextet, commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

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Music for Macbeth [2001]

duration : 106 min
for electronics, sampled percussion, soprano and oboe

Music for The Country Wife [1999-2000]
duration : 35 min
for baroque chamber orchestra

"The State of Our Union is..." [1999]

duration : 10 min
for mixed ensemble, narrator and 10-30 actors
Music for Newspeak

irrepressible [forthcoming]

duration: 30-40 min.
for soprano, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth.
composed for Newspeak.

Tricky Bits [2006-7]

duration: 4 min.
for cl, e-gtr, synth, drumset
composed for Newspeak

sweet, light, crude [2007]

duration: 8 min.
for soprano, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth.
composed for Newspeak.

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Electric Proletariat [2005]

duration: 16 min.
for e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth.
composed for Newspeak.

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Music for Percussion

New Work [forthcoming]

duration: 30 min.
for amplified percussion quartet
comissioned by Third Coast Percussion.

New Work (etude) [forthcoming]

duration: 2-3 min.
for solo snare drum
commissioned by the Massachusetts Percussive Arts Society

Three Sams (etudes) [2007]

duration: 10 min.
for solo percussion
composed for Sam Solomon.

recording coming soon

shapeshifter (a machine tries to be beautiful) [2004/7]

duration: 11 min.
for six percussionists
commissioned by the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein, director. Revision commissioned by Sam Solomon.

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Speak Softly [2004]

duration: 5 min.
for four percussionists playing sticks of varying bigness

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