Music

Featured Works

Wheels, a participatory event for moving bicycle bells, 2014, 45 minutes

Overture to Oedipus from Oedipus Tyrannus for solo Baroque double bass and Baroque ensemble, 2014

Something Else (Music for Sleeping through Winter) for violin and piano, 2010, 10-15 minutes

Trio for violin, 'cello, and percussion, 2010, 10-15 minutes

Rising for 3-part chorus and any instrument(s) available, 2008, 8 minutes


* Orchestra * Chamber Ensemble * Instrumental Solo * Solo Instrument with Keyboard * Solo Instrument with Ensemble * Solo Voice with Chamber Ensemble * Vocal/Choral Music * Period Instruments * Open Score * Electronics Alone * Instruments with Electronics * Soundtracks and Incidental Music *


Orchestra

Scratching the Ice for orchestra, 2010, 8 minutes

Arrangement of the traditional Algerian (Kabylie) song, Yelha Wurar, for chamber orchestra and traditional percussion instruments, 2009, 10 minues

MidSummer for orchestra, 2000, revised 2004, 16 minutes


Chamber Ensemble

Hell Study: Nature morte with hurdy-gurdy for flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and 'cello, plus optional trombone and marimba. 2013, 12-15 minutes

Open Sky Empty Sky for flute, clarinet, saxophone, and percussion, 2012, 12 or more minutes

Something Else (Music for Sleeping through Winter) for violin and piano, 2010, 10-15 minutes

flute Trio and percussion an arrangement of Trio for flute trio and percussion, 2010, 10-15 minutes

Trio for violin, 'cello, and percussion, 2010, 10-15 minutes

Nuevos Misterios for amplified harpsichord and Baroque violin, 2009, 16 minutes

Omie Speaks for saxophone quartet and quadraphonic tape, 2009, 10 minutes

4 Preludes for Harpsichord, for Baroque Trio, an arrangement of 4 Preludes for Harpsichord for Baroque violin, viola da gamba or Baroque cello, and harpsichord, 2008, 7.5 minutes

Wedge Miniatures for oboe/English horn and piano, 2007, 18 minutes

Everybody's Going There for recorder quartet, 2007, 15 minutes

The Future Croulebarbe for recorder quartet, 2007, 3 minutes

Chamber Ensemble-Notes from the Subway


Instrumental Solo

Two Birds, as yet Unheard for solo flute and electronics (fixed media), 2014, 19 minutes.

Retouchage for solo harpsichord, with or without live electronics, 2013, 5-30 minutes. Part of the set, On retouche les nouveaux habits du roi.

Retouchage-B for solo harpsichord (appropriate for most students), 2013/14, 5-10 minutes.

J Sibelius in Provence [fragment] for solo Baroque violin and live electronics, 2012, ~6 minutes

What Nobody Expected for tenor saxophone and tape, 2011, 7-9 minutes

Redirect for solo trombone, 2011, 5-8 minutes

I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be for solo piano, 2009, indeterminate length, ca. 20-60 minutes

4 Preludes for Harpsichord, 2007, 7.5 minutes

Prelude and Fantasia for harpsichord, 2006, 7 minutes

Six Short Pieces for Piano, 2004, 14 minutes


Solo Instrument with Keyboard

Cyclictych for oboe and organ, 2011, ~7.5 minutes

Something Else (Music for Sleeping through Winter) for violin and piano, 2010, 10-15 minutes

Nuevos Misterios for amplified harpsichord and Baroque violin, 2009, 16 minutes

Wedge Miniatures for oboe/English horn and piano, 2007, 18 minutes

Diesel Train (Maintenance) for bass clarinet or clarinet and piano 2001, revised for bass clarinet in 2003, and revised again in 2005, 6 minutes


Solo Instrument with Ensemble

Oedipus Tyrannus for solo Baroque double bass and Baroque ensemble, 30-45 minuts, 2014.

Redirect, Redirected, an arrangement of Redirect for solo trombone with flute, percussion, violin, and double bass, 2011, 5-8 minutes


Solo Voice with Chamber Ensemble

(Restful Waters)(מי מנחות) for Soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and 'cello, 2009, 6-7 minutes

Shadow in the Hot Sun for Soprano, Accordion, and String Trio, 2009 (rev. 2013), 8-10 minutes


Vocal/Choral Music

Rising for 3-part chorus and any instrument(s) available, 2008, 8 minutes

Exercices de style for SATB chamber chorus, violin, and piano, 2008, 8 minutes


Period Instruments

Oedipus Tyrannus for solo Baroque double bass and Baroque ensemble, 30-45 minuts, 2014.

Retouchage for solo harpsichord, with or without live electronics, 2013, 5-30 minutes. Part of the set, On retouche les nouveaux habits du roi.

Retouchage-B for solo harpsichord (appropriate for most students), 2013/14, 5-10 minutes.

J Sibelius in Provence [fragment] for solo Baroque violin and live electronics, 2012, ~6 minutes

Nuevos Misterios for amplified harpsichord and Baroque violin, 2009, 16 minutes

4 Preludes for Harpsichord, for Baroque Trio, an arrangement of 4 Preludes for Harpsichord for Baroque violin, viola da gamba or Baroque cello, and harpsichord, 2008, 7.5 minutes

4 Preludes for Harpsichord, 2007, 7.5 minutes

Everybody's Going There for recorder quartet, 2007, 15 minutes

The Future Croulebarbe for recorder quartet, 2007, 3 minutes

Prelude and Fantasia for harpsichord, 2006, 7 minutes


Open Score

The Noblest Instrument, 2012, 1 minute (ideal for 60X60-style performances)


Electronics alone

Harpsichord Swirl for 8-channel audio, 2012, 7.5 minutes

Ad In Ad Out for 2-channel audio, 2009, 2.5 minutes

Song Form for 2-channel audio, 2008, 7 minutes


Instruments with Electronics

Two Birds, as yet Unheard for solo flute and electronics (fixed media), 2014, 19 minutes.

What Nobody Expected for tenor saxophone and tape, 2011, 7-9 minutes

Nuevos Misterios for amplified harpsichord and Baroque violin, 2009, 16 minutes

Omie Speaks for saxophone quartet and quadraphonic tape, 2009, 10 minutes


Soundtracks and Incidental Music

soundtrack for Abertura para um sentimento 1 directed by Carlos Manuel

Music consulting and some original music for Ubla Dubla Trubla, performed by Compagnie Crache Larmes (Selena Mc Mahan, Linda Lemmetty, and Tristan Green), and directed by Susana Alcantud, 2011

soundtrack for I Want So Many Things, directed by Seth Lind, 2010, 3.5 minutes

Soundtrack for American Purgatory, a radio documentary about applying for political asylum in the United States, produced by Sarah Elzas and Olivia Bueno, 2008

Soundtrack for Still Life, a short film by Hector Ceballos, 2006, 5.5 minutes

 
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