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Chamber Works with Mixed Instrumentation

  • #messykidnapping

    (2024)

    Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, drumkit, and piano

    Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

    13:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Apr 4, 2024 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music
    Pascal Innocenti, violin
    Alyson Berger, cello
    Emma Hospelhorn, flute
    Richard Zili, clarient
    Amy Wurtz, piano
    Cleo Goldberg, percussion

  • The House of Open Enemies

    (2022)

    Written for double bass and piano

    4:15 min

  • Being

    (2022)

    Written for cello and piano

    in five movements

    9:35 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 2, 2023 Music by Women Festival Columbus, MS Suren Petrosyan, cello
    Karen Cantrell, piano
    Sep 8, 2024 Thirsty Ears Festival Chicago, IL Alyson Berger, cello
    Amy Wurtz, piano
    Nov 9, 2024 Society for Music Theory Annual Conference Jacksonville, FL Evan Jones, cello
    Robert Wells, piano

  • A Living Relic from Another Time

    (2020)

    Written for flute, violin, cello, and piano

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Thirsty Ears Audio Tour

    1:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 9, 2020 Thirsty Ears Audio Tour Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music
    Aug 13, 2022 Thirsty Ears Festival Chicago, IL Palomar

  • Death by Omelette

    (2020)

    Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano

    Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

    8:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Jun 27, 2020 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music
    Alyson Berger - cello
    Christie Miller - clarinet
    Marianne Parker - piano
    Trevor Patrick Watkin - flute
    Amy Wurtz - piano
    Gloria Yehilevsky - percussion
    Henry Zheng - violin
    Apr 26, 2023 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music

  • The Strength of Sky-Spaces

    (2018)

    Written for clarinet and cello

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Open House Chicago

    5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 13, 2018 Open House Chicago The Arts Club of Chicago (Chicago, IL) Access Contemporary Music (Trevor O'Riordan, clarinet; Alyson Berger, cello)

  • out of nothing

    (2018)

    Written for alto flute, cello, and guitar

    Commissioned by the Black Cedar Trio

    Listen, 10:40 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Jul 18, 2019 House Concert at the Lee House The Lee House (Fremont, CA) The Black Cedar Trio (Kris Palmer, alto flute; Steven Lin, guitar; and Issac Pastor-Chermak, cello)

  • Running Amok

    (2016)

    Written for oboe and piano

    Listen, 6:30 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 7, 2020 Music by Women Festival Columbus, MS Elizabeth Sullivan, oboe; Cara Chowning, piano
    Oct 28, 2017 International Alliance of Women in Music Annual Concert Lawrence, KS Margaret Marco, oboe; Ellen Sommer, piano

  • Three of Swords

    (2015)

    Written for flute, two bassoons, violin, viola, piano

    5:00 min

  • Winter Waltz

    (2009)

    Written for alto saxophone and piano

    Published by Jeanné, Inc. (2012)

    Listen, 2:45 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Jan 30, 2018 Faculty Showcase Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Ian Jefress, alto saxophone; Lyn Burkett, piano
    Mar 2, 2018 Music by Women Festival Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS Ian Jefress, alto saxophone; Lyn Burkett, piano
    Sep 28, 2018 Nick Stow DMA Recital Grace Lutheran Church, Lincoln, NE Nick Stow, alto saxophone; Christi Zuniga, piano
    Feb 23, 2013 1st Manchester New Music Mini-Festival Manchester, IN James Farrell Vernon, alto saxophone; Tim Reed, piano
    Sep 15, 2011 International Alliance for Women in Music Congress 2011 Flagstaff, AZ Jonathan Bergeron, alto saxophone; Brian Lockard, piano
    Apr 11, 2011 University of Central Missouri New Music Festival, Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference 2011 Warrensburg, MO Dionisios Roussos, alto saxophone; Kristen Hirlinger, piano
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Evan Axelbaum, alto saxophone; Zoey Guo, piano
    Jan 9, 2010 Contemporary Saxophone Recital, Muse Athens, Greece Athanasios Zervas, alto saxophone; Gouastor Achilles, piano

  • Another Ecstatic Opening Out

    (2009)

    Written for flute, violin, violoncello, and harp

    Listen, 9:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Aug 27, 2015 Locrian Chamber Players Concert Riverside Church (New York, NY) The Locrian Chamber Players (Catherine Gregory, flute; Keats Dieffenbach, violin; Kristina Cooper, cello; Victoria Drake, harp)
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Julia DeNiro, flute; Samantha Goodin, violin; Kasey Kelly, cello; Holly Bacon, harp
    Feb 11, 2010 Ball State New Music Festival Muncie, IN Elizabeth Robinson, flute; Andrea Luther, violin; Jacob Visovatti, cello; Grace Bauson, harp

  • Abnegation

    (2000)

    Written for contrabassoon and harp; also transcribed for bass clarinet and harp

    Published by Jeanné, Inc. (2009)

    Listen, 5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Robert Milnikel, bass clarinet; Holly Bacon, harp
    Oct 22, 2001 Faculty Composition Recital Roosevelt Univ. (Chicago, IL) David Lai, bass clarinet; Tahlia Anderson, harp
    Nov 28, 2000 Student Composition Recital Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN) Daniel Healton, bass clarinet; Megan Lynn Stout, harp

  • Hiatus

    (2008)

    Written for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano

    In three movements

    14:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) mvt. 2 Ayako Tokuyama, flute; Robert Milnikel, clarinet; Samantha Goodin, violin; Kasey Kelly, cello; Zoey Guo, piano

  • Nomina Musica

    (2008)

    Written for two flutes (dbl. picc.), clarinet (dbl. bass cl.), alto saxophone, horn in F, harp, piano, violin, and violoncello

    In nine movements

    11:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Julia DeNiro and Ayako Tokuyama, flutes; Robert Milnikel, clarinet; Evan Axelbaum, alto saxophone; Robin Cash, French horn; Samantha Goodin, violin; Kasey Kelly, cello; Holly Bacon, harp; Zoey Guo, piano

  • Five Experiments

    (2000)

    Written for clarinet, two alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, trumpet, violoncello, and piano

    In five movements

    6:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 3, 2001 Graduate Theory Association Chamber Recital Indiana University, School of Music (Bloomington, IN) J. Meryl Krieger, clarinet; Andrew Davis and Kareem Powell, alto saxophones; Ken Froelich, tenor saxophone; Stan Kleppinger, trumpet; Megan Schindele, cello; Melissa Korte, piano

  • Snapshots

    (1999)

    Written for clarinet and piano

    Theme and seven variations

    5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 5, 1999 Student Composition Recital Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) Eric Elder, clarinet; Victoria Malawey, piano
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt Univ. (Chicago, IL) Eric Elder, clarinet; Victoria Malawey, piano

  • Piece for Flute, Violoncello, and Piano

    (1999)

    Written for flute, violoncello, and piano

    4:00 min

  • Park After Dark

    (1999)

    Written for oboe, clarinet, horn in F, viola, and contrabass

    2:00 min

  • Sonata for Flute and Piano

    (1997)

    Written for flute and piano

    In three movements

    10:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Laura Koepele-Tenges, flute; John Ackerman, piano

Choral and Vocal Works

  • Rain into River

    (2022)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: Michael Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald

    6:00 min

  • Moon Water Sun

    (2021)

    Written for medium-low voice and piano

    Cycle of three songs:

    1. “Moon”
    2. “Water”
    3. “Sun”

    Text by: Emily Dickinson

    7:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 2023 Society for Composers, Inc. Region VIII Conference University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano
    Jessica Hall, piano

  • Stronger

    (2021)

    Written for variable (voice and guitar)

    Text by: Victoria Malawey

    Commissioned by MPLS (imPulse)

    4:30 min

  • The Gift to Sing

    (2020)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: James Weldon Johnson

    3:45 min

  • Invitation to Love

    (2020)

    Written for two countertenors, tenor, two baritones, and bass

    Text by: Paul Laurence Dunbar

    3:35 min

  • Every Land

    (2019)

    Written for mezzo-soprano, guitar, and bass clarinet

    Text by: Ursula K. Le Guin

    Commissioned by Bob Milnikel

    3:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 29, 2020 Leap Day Concert Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Bob Milnikel, bass clarinet; Elizabeth Milnikel, mezzo-soprano; John Kregor, guitar

  • El Beso

    (2018)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: Angelina Weld Grimké

    3:30 min

  • The Patient Beating of the Animal Heart

    (2018)

    Written for soprano, cello, and piano

    Text by: Edna St. Vincent Millay

    Commissioned by the ARK Trio

    Listen, 4:40 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 21, 2019 Love Resounding Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) ARK Trio (Allison Charney, soprano; Kajsa William-Olsson, cello; Reiko Uchida, piano)
    Dec 3, 2018 PREformances with Allison Charney New York, NY Allison Charney, soprano; Kajsa William-Olsson, cello; Craig Ketter, piano

  • Women Who Kill

    (2018)

    Written for soprano, violin, and double bass

    Published by Dulcamara Press (2024)

    Cycle of five songs:

    1. “The Masculine”
    2. “The Muse/Mastermind”
    3. “The Damaged”
    4. “The Respectable”
    5. “The Witch”

    Texts by: letters to and from Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward; Bonnie Parker, “The Street Girl”; “The Ballad of Maria Barberi”; Mary August Lee Demarest, “My Ain Countrie”; Allan Cunningham, “Home, Home, Home”; court testimony from Sarah Harvey

    Commissioned by Bethany Battafarano

    Listen, 22:30 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Dec 16, 2018 Verdant Vibes Winter Warmer Firehouse Theatre (Newport, RI) mvt. 1 “The Masculine” Stephanie Lamprea, soprano; EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin; Jacob Richman, double bass
    Dec 14, 2018 Verdant Vibes Winter Warmer Mathewson Street Theater(Providence, RI) mvt. 1 “The Masculine” Stephanie Lamprea, soprano; EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin; Jacob Richman, double bass
    Oct 28, 2022 Octetoberfest St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Kansas City, MO) mvts. 3–5 KC Vitas

  • On Dark Earth

    (2018)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: Sappho

    Winner of the Uncommon Music Festival 2020 Composer Competition and Top Finalist for for Voices 21C 2019 Call for Scores

    Commissioned by the William Ferris Chorale

    Listen, 4:00 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    May 5, 2018 A Stiller Day Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (Chicago, IL) William Ferris Chorale, Carling FitzSimmons, cond.
    Dec 7, 2019 Kenyon College Chamber Singers Winter Concert Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Kenyon College Chamber Singers, Benjamin Locke, cond.
    Mar 26, 2021 We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Rochester, NY VOICES 21C, André De Quadros, Artistic Director
    Feb 26, 2022 Purdue University Chamber Choir Indianapolis, IN Purdue University Chamber Choir, Jacob Stensberg, cond.
    Mar 23, 2022 Macalester Concert Choir St. Paul, MN Macalester College Concert Choir, Michael McGaghie, cond.
    Aug 6, 2022 Uncommon Music Festival Sitka, AK

  • Chansons Innocentes

    (2015)

    Written for soprano, clarinet, and piano

    Cycle of five songs:

    1. “In Just-Spring”
    2. “Hist Whist”
    3. “Little Tree”
    4. “Why Did You Go”
    5. “Tumbling-Hair”

    Text by: E. E. Cummings

    2017 winner of the International Alliance of Women in Music New Music Competition Patsy Lu Prize

    Listen, 16:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    May 13, 2017 Masters Degree Voice Recital University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) Emma Rose Lynn, soprano; Colleen White, clarinet; Nathalie Fortin, piano
    Nov 11, 2016 Seen/Unseen Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Emma Rose Lynn, soprano; David Soro, clarinet; Johanna Kvam, piano
    Nov 9, 2016 Punk-Ass Classical VIII Minneapolis, MN Emma Rose Lynn, soprano; David Soro, clarinet; Johanna Kvam, piano
    Jan 24, 2023 University of Alabama Huntsville, AL Maya Osuga, soprano; Colleen White, clarinet; Andrew Pham, piano
    Mar 16, 2023 Lander University Greenwood, SC Maya Osuga, soprano; Colleen White, clarinet; Andrew Pham, piano

  • The Heart Asks Pleasure

    (2015)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: Emily Dickinson

    4:30 min

  • At Our Meeting

    (2012)

    Written for mezzo-soprano and piano

    Cycle of three songs:

    1. “In the House We Have Loved”
    2. “In My Mind”
    3. “At Our Meeting”

    Text by: Carling FitzSimmons

    6:30 min

  • Nightbreak

    (2009)

    Written for SATB chamber choir

    Text by: Adrienne Rich

    Listen, 5:35 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Dec 17, 2017 In the Moon of Wintertime Emmanuel Episcopal Church (La Grange, IL) William Ferris Chorale, Carling FitzSimmons, cond.
    Dec 16, 2017 In the Moon of Wintertime Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church (Chicago, IL) William Ferris Chorale, Carling FitzSimmons, cond.
    Dec 4, 2010 Kenyon College Chamber Singers Winter Concert Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Kenyon College Chamber singers, Benjamin Locke, cond.
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Victoria Malawey, cond.

  • January

    (2009)

    Written for soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and piano

    Text by: Helen Hunt Jackson

    Listen, 3:45 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Jan 31, 2010 A New Millennium of Music: Women in Song Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Tamara Seckel, soprano; Jennifer Marcellana, mezzo soprano; Antoine Clark, clarinet; Dean Marcellana, piano

  • Five Madrigals

    (2000)

    Written for SSATB chamber choir

    Movements:

    1. “41 (Beautiful)”
    2. “9 (now is a ship)”
    3. “42 (nOthIng)”
    4. “3 (seeker of truth)”
    5. “XXVI (when god)”

    Text by: E. E. Cummings

    12:00 min

  • The Morning is Full

    (1999)

    Written for bass-baritone and piano

    Text by: Pablo Neruda

    5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Richard Tennes, bass-baritone; Anatoliy Torchinskiy, piano

  • Suddenly You Light

    (1997)

    Written for mezzo-soprano, flute, and violoncello

    Text: five Japanese Haiku

    3:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Sarah Dickey, mezzo-soprano; Laura Koepele-Tenges, flute; Daliwonga Tshangela, cello
    Mar 3, 1997 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Sarah Dickey, mezzo-soprano; Laura Koepele-Tenges, flute; Daliwonga Tshangela, cello
    Mar 1, 1997 Annual Chicago Student Composers’ Festival Northwestern University (Chicago, IL) Sarah Dickey, mezzo-soprano; Laura Koepele-Tenges, flute; Daliwonga Tshangela, cello

  • The Hollow Men

    (1995)

    Written for SATB choir

    Text by: T. S. Eliot

    6:00 min

Chamber Works for Strings

  • Echoes of America

    (2023)

    Written for violin and cello

    Commissioned by Red Cedar Chamber Music

    5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 6, 2024 Voyagers Marion, IA Red Cedar Chamber Music
    Miera Kim, violin; Carey Bostian, cello

  • Vestiges

    (2014)

    Written for string quartet

    In four movements

    Listen, 14:10 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 21, 2014 Wayward Music Series Concert Seattle, WA mvt. 3 Saint Helens String Quartet (Stephen Bryant and Adrianna Hulscher, violins; Michael Lieberman, viola; Paige Stockley, cello)

  • Winter

    (2001)

    Written for two guitars

    Listen, 3:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Apr 8, 2001 Hammer/Nail Project Recital Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN) Espen Jensen and Dan Quinn, guitars

  • String Quartet

    (1999)

    Written for string quartet

    Listen, 7:40 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Apr 8, 2000 Midwest Graduate Music Consortium University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) Suzanne Beia and Sonja Yde, violins; Kerstin Dougan, viola; Luke Gaudette, cello
    Apr 4, 1999 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Dan Gilbert and Elizabeth Ortiz, violins; Jabulani Dlamini, viola; Carolina Gomez, cello
    Feb 2, 1999 enior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Dan Gilbert and Elizabeth Ortiz, violins; Jabulani Dlamini, viola; Carolina Gomez, cello

  • String Trio

    (1996)

    Written for violin, viola, and violoncello

    In two movements

    7:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Nov 26, 1996 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Yuri Sugino and David Davis, violins; Daliwonga Tshangela, cello

Solo Works

  • DROP / TIMBER / CRUSH

    (2023)

    Written for field piano at i-park


    Soundtrack for film by J. Matthew Thomas

    3:30 min

  • Where Pianos Go To Die

    (2023)

    Written for field piano at i-park

    5:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Nov 15, 2023 Piano field, I-Park East Haddam, CT Victoria Malawey, field piano

  • Strawberries

    (2019)

    Written for piano

    7:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 10, 2021 Music by Women Festival Mississippi University for Women Lyn Ellen Burkett, piano

  • Hambidge Canons

    (2018)

    Written for piano

    22:00 min

  • elasticspastic

    (2016)

    Written for bass clarinet

    7:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 2, 2023 Music by Women Festival Columbus, MS Michelle Kiec, bass clarinet

  • Miniatures

    (2012)

    Written for piano

    In three movements

    Second place winner of the Fifth New Ariel Piano Composition Competition

    Listen, 4:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    May 19, 2017 Solo Concert Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, IN) Jeffrey Jacob, piano
    Feb 22, 2017 A Century of the Pianistic Cutting Edge Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Jeffrey Jacob, piano
    Feb 16, 2017 NOW Music Festival Capital University (Columbus, OH) Jeffrey Jacob, piano
    Jan 19, 2017 Solo Concert The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Jeffrey Jacob, piano
    Jun 21, 2016 Solo Concert School of Music at Ninxia University (Guyuan, China) Jeffrey Jacob, piano
    Nov 8, 2013 a very small consortium concert University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Green Bay, WI) Abigail Mace, piano
    Sep 22, 2012 Faculty Gala Concert Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Victoria Malawey, piano

  • Invisible Woman

    (2000)

    Written for harp

    5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 27, 2017 46th annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) Barbara Pöschl-Edrich, harp

  • Educere

    (1999)

    Written for piano

    3:00 min

  • Fantasy

    (1998)

    Written for trombone

    6:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Mayo Tiana, trombone
    Oct 21, 1998 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Mayo Tiana, trombone

  • Piece for Piano

    (1998)

    Written for piano

    3:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Li Shen, piano
    May 3, 1998 New Festival Fine Arts Ensemble of Lake Forest Lake Forest, IL Sharon Rogers, piano
    Apr 10, 1998 Annual Chicago Student Composers’ Festival Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Li Shen, piano
    Apr 8, 1998 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Li Shen, piano

  • Patterns for Guitar

    (1997)

    Written for guitar

    In two movements

    3:10 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Pamela Kimmel, guitar
    Nov 19, 1997 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Pamela Kimmel, guitar

  • Constancy

    (1996)

    Written for clarinet

    3:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Apr 17, 1996 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Eric Elder, clarinet

Music for Film

  • #messykidnapping

    (2024)

    Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, drumkit, and piano

    Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

    13:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Apr 4, 2024 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music
    Pascal Innocenti, violin
    Alyson Berger, cello
    Emma Hospelhorn, flute
    Richard Zili, clarient
    Amy Wurtz, piano
    Cleo Goldberg, percussion

  • DROP / TIMBER / CRUSH

    (2023)

    Written for field piano at i-park


    Soundtrack for film by J. Matthew Thomas

    3:30 min

  • Death by Omelette

    (2020)

    Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano

    Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

    Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

    8:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Jun 27, 2020 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music
    Alyson Berger - cello
    Christie Miller - clarinet
    Marianne Parker - piano
    Trevor Patrick Watkin - flute
    Amy Wurtz - piano
    Gloria Yehilevsky - percussion
    Henry Zheng - violin
    Apr 26, 2023 Sound of Silent Film Festival Chicago, IL Access Contemporary Music

Orchestral Works

  • Dorland Symphony

    (2019)

    Written for 2/2/3/2, 4/2/2/1, timp., 2 perc., pno., hp., strings

    Movements:

    1. Mourning Dove/Morning Love (3:30)
    2. Bee Canyon (4:15)
    3. Desert Heat & Dragonflies (4:15)
    Listen, 12:00 min

    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 11, 2019 Family Fest Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Preview of mvt. 2 "Bee Canyon" Macalester College Symphony Orchestra, Mark Mandarano, cond.
    Dec 6, 2019 Macalester College Symphony Orchestra Winter Concert Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) World Premiere of all three mvts. Macalester College Symphony Orchestra, Mark Mandarano, cond.

  • Ecstatic Opening Out

    (2000)

    Written for 2/2/2/2, 2/2/2/2, 2 perc., strings

    5:30 min

  • Symphony

    (1999)

    Written for 2/2/2/2, 4/3/3/1, timp., 3 perc., strings

    In four movements

    15:00 min

Chamber Works for Woodwinds and Brass

  • Second Chances

    (2016)

    Written for bassoon quartet

    In three movements

    1. The webs we weave
    2. Second chance
    3. Last chance
    6:20 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Mar 26, 2020 Society of Composers National Conference Arlington, TX Maverick Bassoon Ensemble, Laura Bennett Cameron, director
    Jun 12, 2018 2018 Contemporary Bassoon Workshop Chestertown, MD Dark in the Song Bassoon Ensemble

  • Creeps, Sneaks, and Tweaks

    (2015)

    Written for Chamber wind ensemble: 2/1/2/1, 2/1/1/1, 1 perc.

    In two movements

    1. Creepers (2:50)
    2. Carnival (2:40)
    5:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Nov 22, 2015 Macalester College Wind Ensemble Fall Concert Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) Mvt. 2, “Creepers” Macalester College Wind Ensemble, Shelley Hanson, cond.

  • Rumination

    (2009)

    Written for flute choir (four flutes and bass flute)

    Listen, 3:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Oct 17, 2013 Society of Composers Region IV Conference Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY) Eastern Kentucky University Flute Choir

    Dec 6, 2009 Kenyon College Flute Choir Winter Concert Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Kenyon College Flute Choir, Ann Stimson, cond.

  • In Memoriam Phillip A. Chandler

    (2008)

    Written for two flutes, clarinet, and alto saxophone

    Listen, 5:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Aug 14, 2018 Dunedin Summer Sinfonia Concert Dunedin, FL Jude DeCoff and Linda Shaw, flutes; Anastasia Palls, clarinet; Celicia Slafter, alto saxophone
    Mar 8, 2014 Society of Composers, Region VIII Conference 2014 Tacoma, WA Bianca Lim and Mackenzie Busch, flutes; Andrew Friedman, clarinet; Mel DePriest, alto saxophone
    Mar 2, 2010 Concert of New Music Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) Julia DeNiro and Ayako Tokuyama, flutes; Robert Milnikel, clarinet; Evan Axelbaum, alto saxophone

  • Prelude and Fugue

    (1998)

    Written for woodwind quintet

    2:30 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Prism Chamber Music Society (Cynara Pierzina, flute; Mary Kosco, oboe; Andrew Carpenter, clarinet; Erika Hollenbeck, French horn; Bula Bulicek, bassoon
    Apr 10, 1998 Annual Chicago Student Composers’ Festival Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Prism Chamber Music Society (Cynara Pierzina, flute; Mary Kosco, oboe; Andrew Carpenter, clarinet; Erika Hollenbeck, French horn; Bula Bulicek, bassoon

  • In Memoriam Elizabeth Hollowood

    (1997)

    Written for woodwind quintet

    3:00 min
    See performance history
    Date Event Location Performers
    Sep 22, 2017 20th London New Wind Festival London, England, U.K. Simon Desorgher, flute; Catherine Pluygers, oboe; Phil Edwards, clarinet; Henryk Sienkiewicz, French horn; Glyn Williams, bassoon; Alan Tomlinson, trombone
    Feb 25, 1999 Senior Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Prism Chamber Music Society (Cynara Pierzina, flute; Mary Kosco, oboe; Andrew Carpenter, clarinet; Erika Hollenbeck, French horn; Bula Bulicek, bassoon)
    Apr 10, 1998 Annual Chicago Student Composers’ Festival Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Prism Chamber Music Society (Cynara Pierzina, flute; Mary Kosco, oboe; Andrew Carpenter, clarinet; Erika Hollenbeck, French horn; Bula Bulicek, bassoon)
    Mar 11, 1998 Student Composition Recital Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL) Prism Chamber Music Society (Cynara Pierzina, flute; Mary Kosco, oboe; Andrew Carpenter, clarinet; Erika Hollenbeck, French horn; Bula Bulicek, bassoon)

  • Creation for Brass

    (1997)

    Written for brass choir (4/3/3/1)

    In three movements

    8:30 min

Electronic/Electroacoustic

  • The Sound of My Feet

    (2018)

    Written for electronic (found sound)

    4:20 min

  • persist/resist

    (2017)

    Written for electronic

    Listen, 2:49 min