Works List

ORCHESTRA

Symphony in Three Movements (For Clyfford Still) (2019-20; 19’)
Commissioned and premiered by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Scoring: Picc/2/2/EH/2/BCL/2/CBN—4/3/3/1—Timp/Perc (3 players)—Strings

Eurydice (a serenade for strings) (2010-11; 11-12’)
Commissioned and premiered by Howard Griffiths and the Orchestre Symphonique Bienne (Switzerland);
U.S. premiere by JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (2008; 18’)
Premiered by Peter Kolkay (soloist) with Alexander Platt and the Wisconsin Philharmonic
(Publisher: TrevCo) (Recorded by George Sakakeeny and Tim Weiss on Oberlin Music label)

Requiem for Clarinet and Strings (2017; 6-7’)
Premiered by Jose Franch-Ballester (soloist) & Alexander Platt and the Wisconsin Philharmonic

Concerto for Clarinet, Percussion, and Strings (2002-3; 19’)
Commissioned by the Composer Commissioning Program of the American Composers Forum
Premiered by Russell Dagon (Milwaukee Symphony principal clarinet) with Alexander Platt and the Wisconsin Philharmonic Scoring: Solo clarinet—Percussion (2 players)—Strings
[Revised version, for Mariam Adam, founding clarinetist of Imani Winds, in preparation]

CHORAL

The Pasture (2021; 2’)
Text by Robert Frost
For SATB or TTBB a capella
(adapted from “Mountain Interval (String Quartet)”)

Pray to what earth does this sweet cold belong (1999; 5’)
Text by Henry David Thoreau
For SSAATTBB (with incidental soprano, tenor, and baritone solos) and harp (or organ)
Commissioned and premiered by the Dale Warland Singers in the Twin Cities, Christmas 1999

CHAMBER

Sunday Variations (2022, 4’) for unaccompanied bassoon (for the Curtis Institute Centennial celebration)

Madrigal (after William Blake) for alto flute and violin (1990/2022, 3’)
For Duokrom (Molly Barth, Inés Voglar)

Trio by Night (2018, for piano trio; 12’)
Commissioned by Premiere Commission, Bruce Levingston, Artistic Director
Premiered by the Blakemore Trio at Ingram Center for the Performing Arts,
Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music; NYC premiere by Locrian Chamber Players

Mountain Interval (String Quartet) (2014-16; 26’)
Commissioned for the centenary of Maverick Concerts (Woodstock, NY) and premiered there by the Borromeo String Quartet

Now That We’ve Come to the End (2011; 3’)
Premiered by The Knights at Bargemusic, Brooklyn (flute, clarinet, string quintet)

Three Songs for Unaccompanied Bassoon (2010; 4’)
Premiered by Peter Kolkay at the International Double Reed Conference, Univ. of Oklahoma
(Publisher: TrevCo)

Memoir for Flute and Piano (2010; 8’)
Premiered by Marya Martin and Shai Wosner at Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

Duo for Violin and Cello (2008; 10’30”)
Premiered by Colin and Eric Jacobsen at Bargemusic, Brooklyn

Sonata for Violin and Piano (2005, 2007; 27’)
Commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and premiered by Leslie Shank and Lydia Artymiw at SPCO Ensembles concert

Quintet for Bassoon and Strings (1997; 18’)
Commissioned and premiered by Chamber Music Society of Minnesota; revised version premiered by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Ensembles (Charles Ullery, soloist)
(Publisher: TrevCo)

VOCAL

After Apple-Picking (2021; 7’30”)
For tenor and piano; text by Robert Frost
(Orchestral version also available: 2/2/2/2—2/0/0/0—Strings)

Extended Night: Two Poems by Jeffrey Greene (2012; 7’)
Tenor and piano
Commissioned and premiered by Mirror Visions Ensemble at SubCulture, New York

From Noon to Starry Night: A Walt Whitman Cantata (2006; 35’)
For soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano, on poems by Walt Whitman
Commissioned and premiered by Mirror Visions Ensemble at Merkin Concert Hall, New York
(Publisher: Classical Vocal Reprints)

Paul Muldoon Songs (2002; 12’)
Six songs for tenor (or baritone) and piano
Commissioned by Paul Sperry and premiered by him at concert of Friends & Enemies of New Music, New York
Eating Poetry: Eight Pieces for Tenor and Piano Trio on Poems of Mark Strand (1997; 20’) Commissioned by Paul Sperry and premiered by him on a concert by Sequitur, Kaye Playhouse, New York

Solo songs with piano accompaniment to texts by Wordsworth, Rossetti, Whitman, Millay, Bishop, Stevens, Hardy, and Byron