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COMPLETE WORKS

Piece Name	Year	Instrumentation	Duration (Minutes)
A Cellist's Variations on "Home on the Range"	1990	cello quartet	6
A Heckuva Job	2007	baritone, guitar, percussion	13
A Lamp Unto Thy Tweet	2018	soprano, bass, mandola, viola, cello, piano	7
A Shady Character Piece	1997	recording	2
A Timbered Choir	2001	SATB	10
A Walk in the Park	2011	2 cellos	8
A Walk in the Park	2011	2 cellos	8
Aftermath	2017	violin	8
Airdancing	2013	toy piano, piano, and recorded electronics	9
Also Sprach Zarathustra (prelude) - Strauss	1990	cello quartet (8-part divisi) or cello orchestra	2
Asylum Piece	1983	mezzo, cl, vn, va, vc, pf	8
Barstow Bagatelle	2012	retuned (electronic) piano	8
Bowling Bells	2002	18 kitchen bowls, 4 channel recording	10
Break, Break, Break	1985	SSA and piano	6
Canon a la Mode	1983	cello trio	4
Cello Concerto	2019	Solo Vc, 2 Fl, Picc, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bn, 2Hn, 2 Tp, Perc, strings	25
Cellopianian Flights	2008	vc, piano	18
Cellorimbian Flights	2006	vc, marimba	18
Cherry Blossom Special	1995	cello quartet	6
Christmas Quodlibet	1986	cello quartet	4
Conversation	1976	fl, ob	4
Coranach for Julissa	2006	concert band	12
Cross-Currents	1989	two guitars	12
Dance and Transfiguration	1985	MIDI kbd, MAX	11
Dancing with Gravity	2000	vn, va, vc, piano	12
Dear Lieder	2020	soprano, baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano	8
Delusional Paths	2010	SATB	10
Die Schöne Muellerin	2019	soprano, baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano	8
Diversion	1985	clarinet and piano	10
Duo	1993	violin and cello	5
Edge	1982	recording
Elegy, Waltz, and Polka	2004	cello quintet	10
Elegy,Waltz, and Polka	2004	gamelan	10
Euphoric Waltzes	2004	string quartet	10
Exstream of Consciousness	2017	baritone, mandola, viola, cello, piano	8
Fanfares	2008	organ	12
Fevered Pitches	1997	string orchestra	3
Five Chorale Preludes - Bach	1990	cello quartet	8
Five Tunes for Four Cellos	1989	cello quartet	5
Flute Concerto	1987	Fl; 2222/2000/timp/hp.pf/str	14
Flutecry	1994	flute, recorded electronics	11
Frozen Questions	2010	violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics	7
Frozen Questions	2010	violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics	7
Gaudeamus Igitur	2010	many instruments, audience	6
Glass	2015	cello	7
Gleeful Variants	2004	piano	23
If truth in hearts that perish	2020	soprano, piano	4
Igor to Please	2016	sextet: 2 pno four-hands, 2 toy pno, and electronics	10
Igor to Please	2016	solo: piano and electronics	10
In the Midst of Darkness, Light Persists	2005	solo viola, cello, 2222/4331/perc/str	20
Insurreflections	2022	for chamber vocal ensemble
Internal States	2016	fl/alt fl, cl/b cl, vn, vc, piano, prec., electronics	20
Intrada	1988	2222/4321/perc/pf/cel/hp/str	3
Lines of Reflection	2001	SSAATB	4
Looking for Answers	2011	violin, cello, piano, recorded electronics	19
Love is Life	2009	soprano, piano	3
Love Song	2008	soprano, viola, cello	3
Lullaby for Freja	2010	organ	4
Mandolin Songs	2014	soprano, mandolin	7
Meditation	2014	viola, cello	3
Mesopotamia	2007	soprano, piano	4
Millennium Bridges	2001	flexible instr., singing audience	5
Millennium Bridges	2001	11 instruments, singing audience	10
Mixed Messages	2014	violin, piano, and recorded electronics	6
Moments of Inertia	2003	fl, va, vc	13
Mother Courage	2004	songs, incidental music	35
Music for Orchestra	1976	2222/4330/perc/str	10
Music I Heard With You	2009	soprano, cello, piano	4
Music shall untune the sky	2013	SATB	3
Nightstars	1996	piano	6
Nocturne	1981	2222/0000/perc/pf/str	10
Oboe Quartet	1989	ob, vn, va, and vc	17
Older Songs	1982	soprano, piano	5
Outside/Inside	2009	soprano, electronics	11
Outside/Inside	2009	soprano, electronics	11
Part Suite-a	2013	piano	17
Pinnacle Fanfare	1997	cl, va, and horn	3
Playing for Time	2012	percussion quartet
Pomona 125 Fanfare	2012	4 trp, 2 hn, 3 trb, tuba	4
Pomp Circumscribed	2021	cello octet	4
Quartet for Viola, Cello and Digital Processor	1993	va, vc, and digital processor	10
Quartet for Viola, Cello and Digital Processor	1993	viola, cello, processor	10
Quintet "Good Times"	1985	cl, vn, va, vc, and piano	20
Quodlibet and Chorale	1984	cello quartet	6
Rainbow Tangle	2015	piano, electronics (MAX)	7
Recess	2017	string quartet	18
Reeding the Scales	2019	solo clarinet and concert band	9
Release	2020	violin, cello, and electronics	10
Remembrance of Things Present	2006	cello	10
Riverwing	1982	piano	12
Sandburg Settings	2001	soprano, viola, cello, piano	10
Scenes from Sarajevo	2003	soprano, viola, cello	10
Scherzo	1996	cl and piano	6
Semi-Suite	1990	cello	8
Serenade	1994	string orchestra	20
Shakespeare Sonnets	2004	SATB	12
Shepard's Pi	2010	toy piano, recorded electronics	10
Social Harmony	2022	2222/3000/harp/perc/str	20
Song and Dance	2015	cello quartet	11
Song of Dedication	1998	SATB and piano	12
Song of one who loves	2022	for soprano and piano
Songs of the Viola	2010	soprano, viola, cello, piano	16
Spoon River Anthology	2005	songs, incidental music	40
Steps and Leaps	2021	guitar and electronics	13
Stunned Unity	2011	violin, viola, cello, any number of other instruments, audience	6
Suite for Cellos	1986	eight-part cello orchestra	15
Suite for Cellos	1987	cello quartet (8-part divisi) or cello orchestra	11
Taking the Fifths	2002	2 pianos	11
Tetralogue	1975	2 pianos and 2 string trios	10
The Miser	2007	songs, incidental music	32
The Peace of Wild Things	1982	SATB	3
The Two Ladies from Verona	2001	cello duo	3
Thinking of Elder Sister Zheng	2015	2 sopranos, bells, 2 prayer bowls	4
This is the Day	2012	SATB	4
Three Pieces for Clarinet	1982	clarinet	11
Threnody	2003	cello, MAX/MSP	12
Time to Travel	1996	2 pianos	12
Time's Up	2018	Two pianos, etc, 10 players	8
Timedelusions	1993	2333/4331/perc/str	11
Timedelusions	1991	organ	11
Timeflies	1996	guitar and cello	13
Trio for Cello and Digital Processor	1991	cello and digital processor	14
Trio Sonata - Bach	1990	cello trio	10
Triphoria	2009	vn, va, vc	12
Triple Play	1994	va, vc, and African drum	8
Tripolarities	1999	ob, va, and piano	12
Under the Weather	2012	va, organ, electronics	8
Under the Weather	2012	viola, organ, live electronics	9
Upon the Cello	1988	recording	14
Variations	1974	piano	4
Variations on "Es ist genug"	2003	organ	15
Violelation	2002	viola, live electronics	11
Vorarlberg Resonance	1991	piano four-hands	9
Wagon-Wheeling	2012	piano, percussion	10
Water Ruminations	2011	SATB chamber, SATB large, organ	25
When Time was young	2005	soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello	23
While goin' the road to sweet Athy	2007	2 pianos, 16 hands. electronics	12
While goin' the road to sweet Athy	2007	2 pianos, 16 hands. recorded electronics	12
Yosemite Distractions	2003	8-channel playback, candy wrappers, audience	11

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ORCHESTRAL

CHAMBER

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL

CHORAL

SOLO VOICE

THEATER

LARGE ENSEMBLE

ELECTRONIC

CELLO ENSEMBLE

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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
Social Harmony	2022	2222/3000/harp/perc/str	20
Suite for Cellos	1986	eight-part cello orchestra	15
Timedelusions	1993	2333/4331/perc/str	11

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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
Cellopianian Flights	2008	vc, piano	18
Cellorimbian Flights	2006	vc, marimba	18
Conversation	1976	fl, ob	4
Cross-Currents	1989	two guitars	12
Dancing with Gravity	2000	vn, va, vc, piano	12
Diversion	1985	clarinet and piano	10
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
Pinnacle Fanfare	1997	cl, va, and horn	3
Playing for Time	2012	percussion quartet
Pomona 125 Fanfare	2012	4 trp, 2 hn, 3 trb, tuba	4
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
Recess	2017	string quartet	18
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
Time's Up	2018	Two pianos, etc, 10 players	8
Timeflies	1996	guitar and cello	13
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
Under the Weather	2012	va, organ, electronics	8
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

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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
Three Pieces for Clarinet	1982	clarinet	11
Timedelusions	1991	organ	11
Variations	1974	piano	4
Variations on "Es ist genug"	2003	organ	15

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CHORAL

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

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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
Insurreflections	2022	for chamber vocal ensemble
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
Song of one who loves	2022	for soprano and piano
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

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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

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LARGE ENSEMBLE

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

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ELECTRONIC

Piece Name	Year	Instrumentation	Duration (Minutes)
A Shady Character Piece	1997	recording	2
Airdancing	2013	toy piano, piano, and recorded electronics	9
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
Release	2020	violin, cello, and electronics	10
Shepard's Pi	2010	toy piano, recorded electronics	10
Steps and Leaps	2021	guitar and electronics	13
Threnody	2003	cello, MAX/MSP	12
Trio for Cello and Digital Processor	1991	cello, processor	14
Under the Weather	2012	viola, organ, live electronics	9
Upon the Cello	1988	recording	14
Violelation	2002	viola, live electronics	11
While goin' the road to sweet Athy	2007	2 pianos, 16 hands. recorded electronics	12
Yosemite Distractions	2003	8-channel playback, candy wrappers, audience	11

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CELLO ENSEMBLE Compositions & Arrangements

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

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