Works

Chamber Works

The Desperation of Jesus Christ (2017) for piano, clarinet, and string quartet, ca. 24’

String Quartet No. 2: TEXAS (2016) ca. 30’
I. Sunrise, the Woodlands, Spring, Texas
II. Land of Many Lands
III. Sunset: Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas
Commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players’ 20×2020 commissioning project

Post Nubila Phoebus (2015) for chamber orchestra, ca. 9′. Commissioned by The Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra

Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Viola (2015) ca. 18’
I. Prelude
II. Intermezzo
III. Finale
Commissioned by Erberk Eryilmaz and the Hoppa Ensemble

Bodhisattva (2012) for violoncello and percussion, ca. 6’
Commissioned by Capital Community College for the Mindfulness in Education Seminar

Fugue and Fantasy (2012) for guitar and viola, ca. 6’
Commissioned by the Alturas Duo

Four Passages Approaching Eternity (2010) for string orchestra, piano, celesta, and percussion, ca. 30’

Three Meditations for Flute and Guitar (2007) ca. 11’

And God Created…Darwin (2006) for trumpet, horn, electric violin, electric guitar, electric bass, and percussion, ca. 10’
Commissioned by Deborah Thurlow and Turn On the Music

Elegy for New York City (2002, revised 2007) for clarinet and violoncello, ca. 9’

Janus: Two Duets for Electric Guitar and Amplified Violoncello (1998, revised in 2012)
ca. 10’

String Quartet No. 1 (1997) ca. 24’
I. Movimento Agitato
II. Etchings on Paper
III. Celestial Filaments
IV. Aerrubthian (The Warrior’s Arrow)

Linear Contours for Piano, Percussion, and Double Bass (1996) ca. 14’
Commissioned by the Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland

Lachrymations for a Kindred Spirit (1994) for clarinet and alto saxophone, ca. 9’
Commissioned by the Cleveland Music School Settlement and the Cleveland Composers Guild

Theme (1992) for chamber ensemble: flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, piano, two percussionists, violin, violoncello, and double bass, ca. 12’

Four Pieces for Woodwind Trio (1990) for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, ca. 8’

Concert Band/Wind Ensemble Works

Musica Humana, (2007) for concert band, ca. 12’
Commissioned by the Torrington High School Concert Band

Music for the Media

New York Harvest (2018) Theme music composed the the online talkshow Daniella On Design 

Orchestral Works

Stellaluna (1995) ca. 6’
Commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra

Legacies (1996) ca. 5’
Commissioned by the Cleveland Music School Settlement Summer Youth Orchestra

The Blood of Prophets (1998) ca. 16’

Solo Works

INNER WORLDS (2013) for solo percussion, ca. 8′ commissioned by Bill Solomon

Metal Music (2018) for solo percussion, ca. 14′ commissioned by Bill Solomon

 

Variation and Fantasy on “What Wondrous Love is This?” (2013) for solo organ, ca. 6’
Commissioned by Sarah Hernandez and dedicated to the congregation of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Avon, Connecticut

Lenten Prelude on, Alle Menschen müssen sterben (2018) for solo organ, ca. 6′

Old Badman (2011) for electronic cello, ca. 12’
Commissioned by Jeffrey Krieger and dedicated to Donald Erb

Shepherd’s Psalm (2001, revised 2002) for solo guitar, ca. 17’
dedicated to Jason Vieaux

Four Essays for Piano (1990) ca. 12’
I.
II.
III. After Debussy
IV. After Messiaen

Fantasy for Solo Saxophone (1990) ca. 14’
Commissioned by Kirk Udvardi

Vuelo Nocturno (1995) for solo clarinet, ca. 8’
Commissioned by The Cleveland Music School Settlement and the Cleveland Composers Guild

Vocal Works

Hymnus Montis: Carol of the Mountain (2003) for violoncello and treble voices, ca. 7’
Commissioned by the town of Mount Washington, Massachusetts

Four Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson (1990) for soprano and piano, ca. 12’
Commissioned by Denise Nesbitt