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Instrumental - Large Ensemble
 

Ben for orchestra (25 minutes)

2006 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award

(2 C flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes, 3 Bb clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 F horns, 3 C trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 4 percussion, harp, piano, strings)

commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin.  Premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach November 2005.
 

January Scenes for chamber orchestra (16 minutes) sound clip
(2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 Bb clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 F horns, 2 C trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, strings)
 

Jasper and Carnelian for orchestra (13 minutes) sound clip
· 2003 ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, Premiered by the Santa Barbara Symphony
· (2 C flutes, piccolo, 3 oboes, 3 Bb clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 F horns, 3 C trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 4 percussion, harp, piano, strings) (In addition to primary instruments clarinet 3, horn 4, bass trombone, and 4th viola all play triangle)
 

Rush for chamber orchestra (4 minutes) sound clip
(2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 Bb clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 F horns, 2 C trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussion, strings)

 

Praegustatum for string orchestra in 16 parts (8minutes)

Commissioned by the ensemble orchestral de Paris to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart

Based on the choral work Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart.
 

Instrumental - Solo and Chamber
 

and the dust shall sing like a bird for violin and piano (20 minutes) sound clip
· 2003 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award ·
Commissioned by Young Concert Artists for violinist Nicolas Kendall.  Performed at venues including the Kennedy Center and the 92nd Street Y
  

Canvases for 13 wind players (13 minutes)
(2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 3 percussion)
Commissioned  by the University of Connecticut Department of Music
  

Conversations – nine duets for B-flat clarinets (18 minutes) sound clip
  

Divinum Mysterium for mixed sextet (30 minutes) sound clip
· 2001 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award · 
(flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion)
Commissioned by eighth blackbird with a grant from Meet the Composer and released on the 2004 Cedille Records CD “Beginnings” Performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, Miller Theater, Caramoor Music Festival
  

Fanfare for Dover Beach for string quartet (4 minutes)
Performed at venues including the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  

Five Sketches for solo flute (12 minutes)  
  

Grand Canyon Hymns (15 minutes)
· 2002 Harvey Gaul Composition Competition winner ·
(flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and film)
Commissioned  by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
  

Momentum for solo piano (8 minutes) sound clip
· 1998 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award ·
Premiered at the 1998 Gilmore Keyboard Festival
Performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, in Shanghai & Beijing, China, and broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today
  

Ora Perpetuo for piano trio (13 minutes)
Commissioned by the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center
Premiered by the Claremont Trio, 2003
  

Points of Aggression for piano trio (8 minutes)
  

Scarlet thread for piano (9 minutes) sound clip

2005 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award

Included in the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competion as selected through the American Composers Invitational

Premiered by Hsing-ay Hsu at the Guggenheim Museum series Works & Process in October 2004.

 

Sonata for viola and piano (12 minutes) sound clip
Commissioned by Young Concert Artists, 2003
  

Suite for eleven players (13 minutes) sound clip
· 2000 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award · 
· 2000 William Schuman BMI Student Composer Prize · 
(flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin I & II, viola, cello, doublebass)
  

Things Fall Apart for solo piano (12 minutes) 
 

Whitening Fury for string quartet (7 minutes)
 

Vocal
  

Arise My Love for a cappella choir (3 minutes) sound clip

Sim Shalom for a cappella choir (4 minutes) sound clip
 

Ceremony After A Fire Raid for tenor and piano (14 minutes)
 

Children of God for soprano, alto, piano quintet, children’s choir (18 minutes)
Commissioned by Soli Deo Gloria, Inc.
 

Gloria for SATB choir, SATB soloists, and strings (16 minutes) sound clip
Commissioned by the Fairfield County (CT) Chorale
 

This One Shall be Peace for Concert Choir (10 minutes)

 

 

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