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Solo Instrumental   -   Chamber and Large Ensemble   -   Vocal  -    Electronic and Electro-Acoustic

Vocal

Three Sea Shanties (2020) for soprano and classical guitar
text by anonymous
commissioned by Duo Apollon for their debut recording project, due to be released in 2021

duration: ca 15"
'Shenandoah' begins at 32:27 in video:
'If I Had' and 'I Carry' (2019) for soprano and piano
text taken from interviews with Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson
commissioned by Alina Roitstein and Lisa Sylvester, premiered June 8, 2019

duration: ca 9"
Sparks From The Wheel (2019) for mezzo-soprano, french horn, and piano
text by Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, Henry David Thoreau, & Gertrude Stein
​commissioned by Victoria Fox and Jason Allison, premiered February 2, 2019

duration: ca 15"
II. A Slow Silent Walk, performed by Victoria Fox, Matthew Otto, and Sarah Gibson
Tender Buttons (2016) for soprano and string quartet
text by Gertrude Stein
premiered December 9, 2017
duration: ca 35"
Performed by Diana Newman and Viano Quartet with Stephen Perkyns
featuring artwork by Morgan Thomas Shankweiler

Performed by Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Argus Quartet
Scenes and Weavings (2012) for eight-part mixed choir
text by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue
premiered April 26, 2012
duration: ca 12"
Performed by the USC Thornton Chamber Singers, Jo-Michael Scheibe conducting
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Around the Throne the Thunder Rolls (2012) for soprano or tenor and classical guitar
text by Thomas Wyatt
premiered April 24, 2012
duration: ca 7"
Night Runs Deep (2011) for four-part men's choir and cello
text by Eugenio Montale translated by Dana Gioia
premiered March 30, 2012
duration: ca 10"
Performed by Stella Cho, cello; Abram St. Amand Poliakoff and Jordan Nelson, Tenors; Gabriel Fanelli and Lucas Hausrath, Basses; and Yohan Partan conducting

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Even in the barn's shade (2011) for eight-part mixed choir
text by Kobayashi Issa translated by David G. Lanoue
​premiered March 3, 2013

​duration: ca 4"
Performed by the Los Robles Master Chorale's êkō chamber choir, Lelsey Leighton conducting
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Sich Überschwenken (2007) for eight-part mixed choir with soloists
text by Angelus Silesius
premiered April 24, 2007
duration: ca 6"
Performed by Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington conducting
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