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Updated: 9-08-09

Please find links to the music above.  Most of these works are available for download.

Some music is also available for download at instantencore.com.  

Orchestral Music 

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra (2008) –28’ 
--Vln & Vcl solo 3(2+picc),3(2+Eb),3(2+EH),3 4331 Timp+ 3 perc Hp, Cel, Strings
--Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
--Premiered by Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, and Sarah Hicks, Jan 2009

“Compose Yourself!” 5-7’
    --3333 4331 Timp + 1 Strings
    --Commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra for Education Series
    --Premiered March 2007

Concertino (2005) for solo violin and orchestra – 12’
    --solo vln + 0202 2200 Timp Strings
    --Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
    --Premiered Oct 2005 Jaime Laredo, vln David Ludwig, cond

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2004) – 24’
    --solo vcl + 2222 3220 Timp + 1 perc Strings
    --Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
    --Premiered by Margo Drakos in Nov 2004 at the Flynn Center

Radiance (2003) serenade for oboe and strings – 9’ 
    --solo oboe plus string orchestra
    --Commissioned by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra
    --Premiered at Carnegie Hall 2004

NightVision (2001) – 7’
    --2222 3220 Timp + 1 perc Hp Strings
    --Premiered at the Curtis Institute 2001

Chamber

“Flowers in the Desert” (2009) – 7’ 
    —cl, vla, pno
    –Commissioned by the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival
    –first perf. David Shifrin, Hsin-yun Huang, Jeewon Park

“A Modern Psalm” (2007) – 15’ 
    —jazz trio: piano, bass, drumset
    –Commissioned by the Rex Bell trio

“Lamentations” (2006) – 20’ 
    – clar, hrp, cb, perc
    –Commissioned by Network for New Music
    –Premiered with choreography by the Group Motion ensemble Jan 2007

“Divertimento” (2006) – 22’  
    —vln, vla, vcl, cb, pno
    –Commissioned by Swarthmore College for the Stott Competition
    –Premiered April 2007 by the 9th St. Chamber Platers

“Haiku Catharsis” (2004) – 8’
    –flt, cl, vln, vcl, piano + perc
    –Commissioned by the eighth blackbird ensemble
    –Premiered Nov. 2004 at the Kimmel Center “Fresh Ink” Series

“Four Japanese Folk Songs” (2003) – 9’
    –euphonium & string quartet
    –Commissioned by Chiho Okuizumi

Oboe Quartet “The Catherine Wheel” (2002) – 20’
    – oboe & string trio
    –Commissioned by Astral Artistic Services
    –Premiered 2002 Holy Trinity Church

“Autumn Variations” (2002) -- 14’
    – vln, gtr, vcl 
    –Commissioned by the Hill and Hollow Festival, Saranac, NY
    –Premiered by Soovin Kim, Jason Vieaux, and Efe Baltacigil

“Dances of Light” (2000) -- 22’
–string trio 
–Commissioned: Divertimento Trio, Soovin Kim, Michael Tree, and Margo Drakos
–Premiered on the Schneider Series of the NY String Seminar

Clarinet Quintet “Poems from Antiquity” (1998) – clarinet & string qt. – 18’
--Premiered at the Marlboro Music School July 1998
--Performed by Anthony McGill, Tim Fain, Ivan Chan, Brian Chen, and Margo Drakos

Vocal

“From the Rubayaat of Omar Khayyam” (2008)—15’  (Fitzgerald/Khayyam)
    –Mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble: cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, vln, cb, perc
    –Commissioned by The Curtis Institute for Curtis on Tour

Hannukah Cantata (2007) – 24’ (Trad. Hebrew and English)
--SATB Choir + soloists, cornetto, 3 sackbuts (ATB) organ, and baroque strings
--Commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
--Premiered 2007 Rodeph Shalom Philadelphia

“Kaddish” (2006) –10’  (Trad. Hebrew)
    --0000 4331 + 3 perc SAB choir and tenor soloist
    –Commissioned by Robert DeCormier

“The Choir” (2004) –  3’ (Kinnel)
    –SATB choir 
    –Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Whitman Songs (2002) – 14’  (Whitman)
    – baritone & piano
    –Written for Randall Scarlata and the Atlantic Center Italy Program

“The New Colossus” (2002) – 3’  (Lazarus)
    --SATB choir 
    --Commissioned by Judith Clurman and the TODI Music Festival Choir

Ave Maria (2000) – 3’
    --SSAA
    --Written for the Britten Pears School vocal program
 
Things to Do in a Park (2000) – 6’
   --children’s choir & str. qt.
    --Written for Bucks County Day School

Solo

“Scenes from Childhood” (2009)—15’ 
    —cello and piano
    –Commissioned by Concert Artists Guild for cellist Soo Bae
    –Premiered Symphony Space May 2009

Six Haikus—8’
    –horn and piano
    –Commissioned by Jennifer Montone and Cecile Licad
    –First performed Carnegie Hall, Nov. 2008

“Three Chansons” arrangements and responses to G. Dufay”—11’
    –cello and piano 
    –Written for Margo Drakos and Joanne Polk
    –Premiered at Manhattan School of Music “Encore Manhattan!” Jan. 2008 

“Pleiades” (2005) – 14’
    –oboe and piano
    –Commissioned by Katherine Needleman
    –Premiered at Music In The Hall, Baltimore Feb. 2006

“Three Portraits of Isabella” (2003) –14’ 
    – solo piano
    –Written for Jeremy Denk in collaboration with the Isabella Gardner Museum
    –Premiered at the ISGM  Dec. 2003 

Sonata for Flute and Piano (2002) – 14’
    –Commissioned by Jeffrey Khaner
    –Premiered at The Curtis Institute 2002
    
Star Cycles (1999) – harp – 11’
    –Commissioned by Valerie Muzzolini

Large Ensemble

“Missa Brevis” (2008)—15’
    – 023 3000 vcl + cb
–Commissioned by Michael Haithcock (University of Michigan Symphonic Band)
–Premiered at the University of Michigan April 2009

Eastern Light (2000) –12’
    –0000 4441 +4 perc
    –Commissioned by Blair Bollinger

The Seven Ages of Man (1999) – string nonet – 28’
    –3 vln, 3 vla, 3 vcl + narrator
     –Commissioned by the Concertante Ensemble
     –Premiered at Merkin Hall 2009 

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