• e.t.e.r.n.i.t.y. (2011)
  for the Bowling Green New Music Festival -
  3[pic.pic.alto] 3 2[e-flat.bass] 1[contra] – 3 3 3[1.2.bass] 1 – 4 – hp – pf – cel – str (0, 0, 10, 8, 8).
  (All parts vocalize).
  Premier October 15, 2011 / Conrad Lawrence Chu.


• Drink Me (2010)
  Commissioned by the Mizzou New Music Initiative for Alarm Will Sound
  1[1/pic] 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 0 – 2 – pf – str (1, 1, 1, 1, 1). (All parts vocalize).
  Premier July 18, 2010 / Alan Pierson: Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, Columbia, MO. Duration: 10 minutes. AUDIO&VIDEO


• The Girl He Drew (2009)
  3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/en hn] 3[1.2.3/bass cl] 3 – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – hp – pf – str (10,8,6,6,4).
  Read by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop. Duration: 8 minutes.


• lightgirl (and the interference of her human shadow) (2008)
  Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra Composers Programme, Ottawa, Ontario
  1[1/pic] 1 1 1 – 1 0 0 0 – 1 – pf – str (1, 1, 1, 1, 1).
  Premiered June 27, 2008 l'Orchestra de la francophonie canadienne / Jean-Phillipe Tremblay. Duration: 8 minutes. AUDIO


• Strange Angel (2006)
  3[1.2.3/pic] 3 3 3 – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+4 – hp – pf – str(10,8,6,6,4). (Percussionists vocalize).
  Read by the American Composers Orchestra at the 16th Annual Underwood New Music Readings in NYC / David Alan Miller (2007). Duration: 8 minutes. AUDIO

• Two Monologues (2011)
  for solo flute and solo piano. Each monologue can be played as individual pieces. See below. Duration: 24 minutes


• "Pirouette on a Moon Sliver" from Two Monologues (2011)
  for solo flute (flutist vocalizes). Commissioned by Tim Munro. Text by Amy Kirsten. Premiered October 5, 2011.
  Duration: 10 minutes AUDIO


• "(speak to me)" from Two Monologues (2010)
  for solo piano (pianist vocalizes). Commissioned by Piano Spheres and California Institute of the Arts - for Vicki Ray. Text by Mariko Nagai. Piano Spheres Premier, Nov. 15, 2011. Duration: 14 minutes. AUDIO


• Empty Shell Girl (2007)
  Solo marimba. Yet to be premiered. Duration: 9 minutes.


• Never Doubt I Love (2005)
  for unaccompanied Soprano. Text by Elizabeth Siddal and Shakespeare. Duration 2.5 minutes.

• World Under Glass No. 1 (2011)
  Written for Dark in the Song - for bassoon quintet (five bassoons). Premier April 18, 2011: Columbia, SC. Duration: 7 minutes. VIDEO


• World Under Glass No. 2 (2011)
  Written for Cadillac Moon Ensemble - for flute, violin, cello, and percussion (All parts vocalize). Premier March 15, 2011: NYC. Duration: 7 minutes.


• Drink Me (2010)
  for chamber orchestra - see listing above, under Orchestra.


• lightgirl (and the interference of her human shadow) (2008)
  for chamber orchestra - see listing above, under Orchestra.


• Raven Suite (2002)
  for Piano and Violin. Duration: 5 minutes.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (WITH VOICE):

• joujou (2011)
  Written for Matthew Duvall and Katy LaFavre, percussion; Deidre Huckabay, flute; Leshan, Katrina Marie, guitar;and Megan Ihnen, Mezzo-Soprano as part of the Music11 Festival with eighth blackbird - for two percussion with accompanying flute, guitar, and voice. Premier June 2011: Music10 Festival Concert, Blonay, Switzerland. Duration: 9.5 minutes.


• L'ange pâle (2010)
  Written for Tim Munro, Lindsay Kesselman, Jeremy Malvin, and Christian Smith as part of the Music10 Festival with eighth blackbird - for flute, soprano, and two percussion (All parts vocalize). Text by the composer. Premier June 30, 2010: Music10 Festival Concert, Blonay, Switzerland. Duration: 9.5 minutes. AUDIO


• The Haunting of Mr. Wolf (2009)
  Written for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival - for solo electric cello, two amplified sopranos, electric strings (violin, viola, contrabass), and 3 percussion. (All parts vocalize). Text on The Little Red Riding Hood. Premier July 27, 2009: Brad Lubman, Conductor. Duration: 8 minutes. AUDIO


• Little Falling Red (2009)
  Written for the Norfolk New Music Workshop - for soprano, baritone, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, contrabass, and percussion. (All parts vocalize). Text by Elisa Gonzalez and Jordan Jacks. Premier July, 3 2009 / Julian Pellicano, Conductor. Duration: 9 minutes. AUDIO&VIDEO


• For a Dream's Sake (2007)
  Commissioned by Andrew Talle and the Johns Hopkins "First Nights" Class; for 'Cello, Viola, Violin, and Coloratura Soprano. (All parts vocalize). Text by Rossetti. Premier, Dec. 10 2007: Peabody Conservatory. Subsequent performance Feb. 16, 2008 by the CAGE Ensemble in Baltimore. Duration 11 minutes. AUDIO


• Song of Miriam (2002, revised 2007)
  for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, and String Quartet. Premiered by Roosevelt University New Music Ensemble in Chicago, May 2003. Text by composer. Duration: 7 minutes.

• Ophelia Forever (2005)
  Chamber opera for 3 Sopranos, 1 Non–Speaking Actor, Piano 4–Hands, Off–stage Oboe, Glass Harmonica (or bowed crystal glasses), and Percussion; Text by Shakespeare, Rossetti, Siddal, Rimbaud, and Baudelaire; Premiered by Peabody Opera Department, at the Baltimore Theatre Project, May 2005. Subsequent performances by Harbor Opera Company (Baltimore) and San Francisco Cabaret Opera (Nov. 2008). Duration 35 minutes. AUDIO

• Hall of Waters (2009)
  SATB and clarinet - in memoriam Nicholas Maw; Commissioned by Missouri Verses and Voices; Premier: February 10, 2010. Text by Walter Bargen, Missouri Poet Laureate. Duration: 10 minutes. VIDEO


• In the Black (2006)
  SSAATTBB; Commissioned by Volti for the Choral Arts Laboratory; Premier: San Francisco, CA, March 2007. Robert Geary, Conductor. Duration: 10 minutes. AUDIO


• Now Touch the Air Softly (2004, revised 2006)
  SSAATTBB; Premiered by the College of DuPage Chamber Singers, Glen Ellyn, IL, 2004. Lee Kesselman, Conductor. Duration: 4 minutes.


• Oh That I Had Wings (1992)
  SATB; Premiered by the College of DuPage Chamber Singers, Glen Ellyn, IL, 1993. Lee Kesselman, Conductor. Duration 3.5 minutes.

THEATER:

• Incidental score (2002)
  Me, the Devil, and Other Friends, Backstage Theatre Company; New York City Premier at 2003 Fringe Festival. Premiered in Chicago, 2002.


• Incidental score (2001)
  Arsenic and Old Lace, Backstage Theatre Company, Premiered in Chicago. 2001.


• Christmas in Space (1996)
  Children’s musical for Soloists, Choir, and Recorded Soundtrack. Premiered by BUMC Children’s Choir, Barrington, Illinois, 1996. Duration: 30 minutes.

INSTALLATION:

• Music from the Ice Forest (2006)
  for Voice, Marimba, Bass Drum, Tam-tam, crystal glasses. On display at Walters Art Museum as part of the "Courbet and the Modern Landscape" exhibit, October 2006 - January 2007. Duration: 6 minutes.

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