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Orchestral
& Large Ensemble Music
Capriccio Tempestosofor
harp and orchestra (c. 12’, 2010)
Orchestra: 2-1 (doubling e.hn.)-2-1; 2-2-2-1; timp., perc., harp solo; strings Commissioned
by the Chicago Composers Orchestra Notes about Capriccio Tempestoso || Score Sample
Meditation for
harp and String Orchestra (c. 6’, 2010) Written in
memory of Ceren Necipoğlu Notes
about Meditation || Score Sample
La
Chapelle d'Aiguilhe: Concerto for Cello &
Orchestra (c. 21’, 2008)
Orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 2-2-0-0; timp., cello solo; strings Commissioned
by,
and dedicated to, Xavier Phillips & the Orchestre National des
Pays de la Loire Notes about La Chapelle d'Aiguilhe
|| Score Sample Solace
(17’, 2005)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., pno./cel., harp, strings Notes about Solace || Score Sample Listen
to Solace:
Concerto for
Piano & Chamber Orchestra
(15’, 2003)
Piano Solo & Chamber Orchestra: 1111; 1111; 2 perc, hp, 2111 Commissioned by the Indiana University New Music
Ensemble Notes
about the Concerto for
Piano
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Concerto for
Piano & Chamber Orchestra:
The Stars Shall Look
Not Down
(16’, 2001)
9-part Flute Choir and Orchestra
2-2-2-2; 4-2-2-1; timp., 2 perc., strings; [flute choir: 2
picc., 5 C fl.,
1 alto fl., 1 bass fl.] Commissioned by the Chesapeake Youth Repertory
Orchestra & CYSO Flute Choir Notes
about the Piece
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Sample Listen to
excerpts from The Stars
Shall Look Not Down:
Nor’easter
(Study for
Orchestra) (6’, 2001)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., harp, strings Notes about Nor'easter
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Red Moon
(8’, 2000)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; 3 perc., harp, strings Notes about Red Moon
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to Red
Moon:
Suite for String
Orchestra
(12’, 2000) Score
Samples
Devil in Moscow
(c. 15’, 2009)
for viola & harpsichord -- version for viola & piano
available Commissioned by the Allegmagnetti Duo through the
generosity of the West Virginia University Foundation Notes about Devil in Moscow ||
Score Sample
Mosaics
(8’, 2008)
for wind quintet Commissioned by the Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of Illinois Wesleyan University Notes about Mosaics
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Manic Aggressive
(5’, 2008) Schadenfreude
(5’, 2008) Voodoo Stomp
(5' - 8’, 2008) Zephyr (3’,
2008)
for flute, piano & string quartet Commissioned by the 'New Music for a New Audience'
project, inspired by traditional rock forms, and written for,
and dedicated to, the Cleveland
Chamber Collective Notes about
the Pieces
|| Score Sample for Manic Aggressive Listen
to Manic Aggresive:
Villanelle
(16’, 2006; revised 2009, c. 12')
for violin & harp Commissioned by Harry A.F.M. Otten for
Lavinia Meijer, and dedicated to him, Lavinia Meijer & Tjeerd
Top Notes
about Villanelle
|| Score Sample Listen to
the original 2006 version of Villanelle:
Persist
(13’, 2003)
for eight cellos Commissioned by Florent Renard-Payen and the Tarab
Cello Ensemble Notes about Persist || Score Sample Listen
to Persist:
Triptyclysm
(16’, 2002)
for percussion trio Commissioned by Tonus Percussion Group Notes
about Triptyclysm
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Triptyclysm:
Five Pieces for Cello &
Piano (c. 10’, 2002)
Notes about Five Pieces || Score
sample Listen
to "III. Quasi scherzando" from Five
Pieces:
Verse Surges Forth
(c. 9’, 2007; revised 2010)
Songs for alto voice & marimba
Text: Marina Tsvetaeva
Movements: (1) Gently, gently (2) Verse Surges
Forth
(3) I Kiss Them, the Crimson Leaves
Three
Poems of Pablo Neruda (c. 10', 2007)
for soprano solo
Text: Pablo Neruda
Movements: (1) Air in the Stone (2) The
Turtle
(3) Word
Handfuls
(10’, 2006)
songs for soprano & guitar
Text: Carl Sandburg
Movements: (1) Whitelight (2) Flux (3)
Fog
(4) Pool Notes about Handfuls|| Score
Sample Listen
to "Whitelight" from Handfuls:
Songs of the Sea
(15’, 2001)
Song cycle for tenor & piano
Text: Carl Sandburg, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville
Movements: (1) Young Sea (2) Four by the
Clock (3) Bones (4) Fog (5) Nantucket Notes about
Songs of the
Sea|| Score
Sample Listen
to "Young Sea" from Songs
of the Sea:
Five Poems of James
Wright
(15’, 2001)
for treble voice,
english horn and cello
Movements: (1) The Jewel (2) In Fear of Harvests (3) I
Was Afraid of Dying (4) Rain (5) A Breath of Air Notes about
Five Poems
of James Wright || Score
Sample Listen
to "Rain" from Five
Poems of James Wright:
Twilight Night
(5’, 1999)
for soprano & piano
Text: Christina Rossetti Listen to
Twilight
Night:
Two Poems of Robert
Frost
(9’, 1998)
for soprano, flute, vibraphone & cello
Movements: (1) Good Hours (2) To the Thawing Wind
fromCosmopolitan
Etudes, Book 2
(No.'s 7, 8 & 9 complete - c. 12')
No. 10
("Maelströms"; for consecutive
descending intervals in one hand) - in progress
No. 9
(for Intervals of the Seventh) (c. 6', 2009) No. 8
(for softness while playing chords) (c. 3', 2010)
No. 7
(for the white keys alone) (c. 3', 2004;
revised 2006) Notes about Cosmopolitan
Etudes, Book 2 || Score Sample (of
etudes 7, 8 and 9)
Album: Six Beginning &
Intermediate Pieces (8’, 2005)
Contents: 1) March 2) Scherzo 3) Romance
4) Waltz 5) Lullaby 6) Etude Notes About the Album
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Sample
For Constantin
(4’, 2003) Notes about
For
Constantin
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Sample Listen
to For
Constantin:
