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ORCHESTRAL


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Cello Concerto 2019 Solo Vc, 2 Fl, Picc, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bn, 2Hn, 2 Tp, Perc, strings 25
Coranach for Julissa 2006   concert band 12
Fevered Pitches 1997 string orchestra 3
Flute Concerto 1987 Fl; 2222/2000/timp/hp.pf/str 14
In the Midst of Darkness, Light Persists 2005 solo viola, cello, 2222/4331/perc/str 20
Intrada 1988 2222/4321/perc/pf/cel/hp/str 3
Music for Orchestra 1976 2222/4330/perc/str 10
Nocturne 1981 2222/0000/perc/pf/str 10
Reeding the Scales 2019 solo clarinet and concert band 9
Serenade 1994 string orchestra 20
Suite for Cellos 1986 eight-part cello orchestra 15
Timedelusions 1993 2333/4331/perc/str 11
Social Harmony 2022 2222/3000/harp/perc/str 20



CHAMBER


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
A Walk in the Park 2011 2 cellos 8
Asylum Piece 1983 mezzo, cl, vn, va, vc, pf 8
Cellorimbian Flights 2006 vc, marimba 18
Cellopianian Flights 2008 vc, piano 18
Conversation 1976 fl, ob 4
Cross-Currents 1989 two guitars 12
Diversion 1985 clarinet and piano 10
Dancing with Gravity 2000 vn, va, vc, piano 12
Duo 1993 violin and cello 5
Elegy,Waltz, and Polka 2004 gamelan 10
Euphoric Waltzes 2004 string quartet 10
Frozen Questions 2010 violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics 7
Igor to Please 2016 sextet: 2 pno four-hands, 2 toy pno, and electronics 10
Igor to Please 2016 solo: piano and electronics 10
Internal States 2016 fl/alt fl, cl/b cl, vn, vc, piano, prec., electronics 20
Looking for Answers 2011 violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics 19
Meditation 2014 viola, cello 3
Millennium Bridges 2001 flexible instr., singing audience 5
Mixed Messages 2014 violin, piano, and recorded electronics 6
Moments of Inertia 2003 fl, va, vc 13
Oboe Quartet 1989 ob, vn, va, and vc 17
Playing for Time 2012 percussion quartet
Pinnacle Fanfare 1997 cl, va, and horn 3
Pomona 125 Fanfare 2012 4 trp, 2 hn, 3 trb, tuba 4
Recess 2017 string quartet 18
Quartet for Viola, Cello and Digital Processor 1993 va, vc, and digital processor 10
Quintet "Good Times" 1985 cl, vn, va, vc, and piano 20
Scherzo 1996 cl and piano 6
Taking the Fifths 2002 2 pianos 11
Tetralogue 1975 2 pianos and 2 string trios 10
Time to Travel 1996 2 pianos 12
Timeflies 1996 guitar and cello 13
Time's Up 2018 Two pianos, etc, 10 players 8
Trio for Cello and Digital Processor 1991 cello and digital processor 14
Triphoria 2009 vn, va, vc 12
Triple Play 1994 va, vc, and African drum 8
Tripolarities 1999 ob, va, and piano 12
Vorarlberg Resonance 1991 piano four-hands 9
Wagon-Wheeling 2012 piano, percussion 10
While goin' the road to sweet Athy 2007 2 pianos, 16 hands. electronics 12
Under the Weather 2012 va, organ, electronics 8



SOLO INSTRUMENTAL


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Aftermath 2017 violin 8
Barstow Bagatelle 2012 retuned (electronic) piano 8
Fanfares 2008 organ 12
Glass 2015 cello 7
Gleeful Variants 2004 piano 23
Lullaby for Freja 2010 organ 4
Nightstars 1996 piano 6
Part Suite-a 2013 piano 17
Remembrance of Things Present 2006 cello 10
Riverwing 1982 piano 12
Semi-Suite 1990 cello 8
Timedelusions 1991 organ 11
Three Pieces for Clarinet 1982 clarinet 11
Variations 1974 piano 4
Variations on "Es ist genug" 2003 organ 15



CHORAL


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Break, Break, Break 1985 SSA and piano 6
Song of Dedication 1998 SATB and piano 12
Lines of Reflection 2001 SSAATB 4
The Peace of Wild Things 1982 SATB 3
Shakespeare Sonnets 2004 SATB 12
A Timbered Choir 2001 SATB 10
Delusional Paths 2010 SATB 10
Water Ruminations 2011 SATB chamber, SATB large, organ 25
This is the Day 2012 SATB 4
Music shall untune the sky 2013 SATB 3



VOCAL CHAMBER MUSIC


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
A Heckuva Job 2007 baritone, guitar, percussion 13
A Lamp Unto Thy Tweet 2018 soprano, bass, mandola, viola, cello, piano 7
Dear Lieder 2020 soprano, baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano 8
Die Schöne Muellerin 2019 soprano, baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano 8
Exstream of Consciousness 2017 baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano 8
If truth in hearts that perish 2020 soprano, piano 4
Love is Life 2009 soprano, piano 3
Love Song 2008 soprano, viola, cello 3
Mandolin Songs 2014 soprano, mandolin 7
Mesopotamia 2007 soprano, piano 4
Music I Heard With You 2009 soprano, cello, piano 4
Older Songs 1982 soprano, piano 5
Outside/Inside 2009 soprano, electronics 11
Sandburg Settings 2001 soprano, viola, cello, piano 10
Scenes from Sarajevo 2003 soprano, viola, cello 10
Songs of the Viola 2010 soprano, viola, cello, piano 16
Thinking of Elder Sister Zheng 2015 2 sopranos, bells, 2 prayer bowls 4
When Time was young 2005 soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello 23
Song of one who loves 2022 for soprano and piano
Insurreflections 2022 for chamber vocal ensemble



THEATER


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Mother Courage 2004 songs, incidental music 35
Spoon River Anthology 2005 songs, incidental music 40
The Miser 2007 songs, incidental music 32



LARGE ENSEMBLE


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Millennium Bridges 2001 11 instruments, singing audience 10
Bowling Bells 2002 18 kitchen bowls, 4 channel recording 10
Gaudeamus Igitur 2010 many instruments, audience 6
Stunned Unity 2011 violin, viola, cello, any number of other instruments, audience 6



ELECTRONIC


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
Airdancing 2013 toy piano, piano, and recorded electronics 9
A Shady Character Piece 1997 recording 2
Dance and Transfiguration 1985 MIDI kbd, MAX 11
Edge 1982 recording
Flutecry 1994 flute, recorded electronics 11
Frozen Questions 2010 violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics 7
Mixed Messages 2014 violin, piano, and recorded electronics 6
Outside/Inside 2009 soprano, electronics 11
Quartet for Viola, Cello and Digital Processor 1993 viola, cello, processor 10
Rainbow Tangle 2015 piano, electronics (MAX) 7
Shepard's Pi 2010 toy piano, recorded electronics 10
Threnody 2003 cello, MAX/MSP 12
Trio for Cello and Digital Processor 1991 cello, processor 14
Upon the Cello 1988 recording 14
Violelation 2002 viola, live electronics 11
Yosemite Distractions 2003 8-channel playback, candy wrappers, audience 11
While goin' the road to sweet Athy 2007 2 pianos, 16 hands. recorded electronics 12
Under the Weather 2012 viola, organ, live electronics 9
Release 2020 violin, cello, and electronics 10
Steps and Leaps 2021 guitar and electronics 13



CELLO ENSEMBLE Compositions & Arrangements


Piece Name Year Instrumentation Duration (Minutes)
A Walk in the Park 2011 2 cellos 8
Canon a la Mode 1983 cello trio 4
A Cellist's Variations on "Home on the Range" 1990 cello quartet 6
Cherry Blossom Special 1995 cello quartet 6
Christmas Quodlibet 1986 cello quartet 4
Elegy, Waltz, and Polka 2004 cello quintet 10
Five Tunes for Four Cellos 1989 cello quartet 5
Quodlibet and Chorale 1984 cello quartet 6
Song and Dance 2015 cello quartet 11
Suite for Cellos 1987 cello quartet (8-part divisi) or cello orchestra 11
Also Sprach Zarathustra (prelude) - Strauss 1990 cello quartet (8-part divisi) or cello orchestra 2
Trio Sonata - Bach 1990 cello trio 10
Five Chorale Preludes - Bach 1990 cello quartet 8
The Two Ladies from Verona 2001 cello duo 3
Pomp Circumscribed 2021 cello octet 4