Compositions

Below is a mostly complete list of my compositions. In the vast majority of cases, I’d be quite pleased to share a perusal score, or performance materials. Simply express your interest on the contact page.

Orchestra/Large ensemble

  • Jim, Jimi, and James (2012) for 18 performers
  • On Philosophers and Harpsichords (2008) for orchestra
  • Hogwarts Sketch No. 2: The Forbidden Forest (2008) for orchestra
  • Quomodo sedet sola (2007) for mezzo-soprano and strings
Choral

  • A Place Among (2018) for mixed choir, clarinet, bassoon, and bass on a text by Kurt Vonnegut
  • A Catch of Knowledge (2015) for choir
  • A Hundred Years Hence (2013) for mixed choir and piano on a text by Frances Dana Barker Gage
  • Le Reveillon (2011) for TTBB soloists on a text by Oscar Wilde
  • Looking Up (2007) for mixed choir on texts by the composer
  • Five Sonnets (2006) for mixed choir on texts by Sidney, Drayton, Shakespeare, Neruda, and Lowell
  • Requiem in G minor (2002) for mixed choir
Chamber

  • Duos and Trios
    • Song of the Little Owls (2019) for shakuhachi and bassoon
    • Sonata for bass clarinet, bassoon, and piano (2017)
    • Il pozzo di Orvieto (2016) for violin and bass
    • Souvenir uit Amsterdam (2016) for baritone saxophone, tuba, and piano
    • Anapæst (2013) for flugelhorn and violin
    • Two Metric Studies (2011) for trumpet and drum set
    • Six Quarks for Muster Mark! (2010) for flute, viola, and percussion
    • O’Keeffe Abstractions (2007) for baroque oboe, viola, and theorbo
    • Tangents off L’homme armé (2003) for violin and cello
    • You Can See Stars in Baltimore (2003) for SA recorders or oboe and clarinet
    • Sonata for cello and piano (2002)
  • Quartets & Quintets
    • Cnidariana (2014) for wind quintet
    • Cloud Physics (2014) for saxophone quartet
    • The Curious Journey of the Ryo-Un Maru (2013) for bassoon quartet (3+contra)
    • A Study of Luminous Objects (String Quartet No. 1, 2011)
    • Upon Watching the International Space Station (2008) for flutes (C, 2 altos, bass)
    • Rhythmic Shifts (2008) for reed quintet
    • Modal Metal (2007) for two trumpets and three trombones
  • Sextets, Septets, Octets, Nonets
    • Nil magis mirandum: Industrial Landscape No. 1 (2022) for nonet and 2-channel audio
    • He guards the vision of the sunset sky (2010) for alto saxophone and string quintet
    • Hogwarts Sketch No. 3: The Headmaster’s Office (2008) for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, and mallets
    • The Elements (2004) for flute, horn, marimba, bass, and SATB soloists
Solo instrumental
  • Keyboard
    • Lullaby for Manny (2020) for harpsichord
    • For Z’s Sake (2009) for piano
    • For the Planet with the Smallest Voice (2009) for carillon
    • Hogwarts Sketch No. 2: The Forbidden Forest (2008) for piano
    • Hogwarts Sketch No. 1: The Ceiling of the Great Hall (2007) for piano
    • All Love All (2003) for piano
  • Other
    • Developing Variations on “Sweet Water Rolling” (2017) for oboe
    • Prélude pour un cœur lointain (2012) for horn
    • Two Miniatures for an Elevator (2009) for unspecified solo instrument
    • Emozione con variazioni (2002) for oboe d’amore
Electronic

  • Bellefleur (2021) for 2-channel audio
  • A Bloom (for Amatria) (2020) for 2-channel audio
  • New Horizons Phones Home (2015) for modular synthesizer
  • Night Music (2009) for 2-channel audio
  • Up and Down (2008) for 4-channel audio
Solo voice and other instruments

  • Hymn to Time (2019) for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, and electric guitar on a text by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • To Autumn (2010) for baritone, violin, and horn on a text by John Keats
  • When night is almost done (2009) for soprano, tenor saxophone, and bass clarinet on a text by Emily Dickinson
  • Archy Speaks (2009) for baritone, clarinet, cello, and piano on texts by Don Marquis
  • Quomodo sedet sola (2007) for mezzo-soprano and strings on a text by Dante
  • Odysseus Sleeps (2006) for baritone and reed quintet on a text by Homer (trans. Robert Fagles)
Solo voice with piano

  • Psalm 103 (2021) for mezzo-soprano and piano
  • Dove la luce (2014) for mezzo-soprano and piano on a text by Giuseppe Ungaretti