HABITATS (2011) 25 min.
flute, viola, trombone, percussion. Commissioned by the American Music Center Live Music for Dance program for choreographer Anita Cheng. Premiere April 28-May 1, 2011, Abrons Arts Center, New York

THE IN-BETWEEN – NINE POEMS OF JANE BARNES (2010) 22 min.
mezzo-soprano and piano
Commissioned by the Keighton Fund at Curry College.
Premiere November 7, 2010, Milton, Mass.; Sarah Pelletier, mezzo, and Lois Shapiro, piano

MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY BAND (2009-)
trumpet, 3 saxophones, piano, bass and drums/percussion
CIRCUS * DEEP SIX * EX COMMUNICATION * FAR INTERLUDE * LADY SHADE * LAST WASH * NO MEAT * POP-POP-POP-POP * SOUTHERN SPHERES * VICIOUS CYCLE

THE RAT LAND (2003-08) 2 hr, 45 min.
A chamber opera for 8 singers and an orchestra of 13, in four scenes plus a prologue, interlude and epilogue

MINI SONATA (2007 rev. 2010) 5 min.
solo piano

RITES OF SUMMER (2007) 25 min.
flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Commissioned by 20th Century Unlimited for the California E.A.R. Unit
Premiere: May 14, 2007, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
excerpt 1
excerpt 2

FOR ONCE, THEN, SOMETHING (2007) 20 min. watch an excerpt
live piano and recorded electronics
written for Anita Cheng Dance
premiere May 31, June 1-2, 2007, Mulberry Street Theater, New York, NY

BRASS QUINTET (2007) 15 min.
Commissioned by the American Brass Quintet with funds from the Jerome Foundation

PETAL (2007) 5 min.
solo double bass
Commissioned by James Ilgenfritz

BURNT SIENNA (2006) 5 min.
solo bassoon or bass clarinet
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra

PASSAGES (2006) 14 min.
recorder quartet
Commissioned by Concert Artists Guild
Written for Quartet New Generation; premiere February 8, 2007
CD available here

STRING QUARTET (2006) 18 min.
premiere: August 6, 2006 at the Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival, Park City, Utah with the California Quartet

TRANSPARENT PATHS (2005) 20 min.
flute/picc/alto, elec. guitar, cello and percussion
written for choreographer Estelle Woodward
premiere: October 21-22, 2005 at the Chocolate Factory, Long Island City, NY

RELIQUARY (2005) 23 min.
flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola, cello, percussion, and piano
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for Music, written for eighth blackbird

WEST OF WINTER (2004) 15 min.
four sopranos
Written for Anita Cheng Dance
Premiere: January 13-14-15-16, 2005, at the Joyce SoHo, New York, with soprano Lisa Bielawa (cd recording by Seth Misterka)

CITY SHORE (2003) 11 min.
solo piano
Written for Anita Cheng Dance
Premiere January 9-10-11, 2003, at the Merce Cunningham Studio, New York with GB, piano. Additional performances March 4-5-6-7, 2004 at Danspace, NYC.

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY REPORT (2002) 10 min.
full orchestra
Commissioned by the BMI Foundation / Carlos Surinach Fund for David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: March 14, 2003 at the Troy Savings Bank Hall, Troy, NY
Listen to excerpts on Meet the Composer's website

PHENOMENA (2000-2002) 37 min.
solo piano
Commissioned by Linda and Jack Hoeschler for Concert Artists’ Guild with additional support from Premiere Commission, Inc.
Premiered by WInston Choi, October 6, 2005, at Symphony Space, New York City


SAFE, THIS DANGEROUS NIGHT (2000) 9 min.
solo guitar
Commissioned by guitarist David Leisner
Premiered by Leisner November 29, 2000 at Jordan Hall, Boston

SAN FRANCISCO SONGS (1998-2000) 25 min.
words by Jane Barnes
tenor and full orchestra. also version for piano
Premiered by Tony Boutté, tenor, and Gordon Beeferman, piano, at Greenwich House Music School, March 10, 2001

PIANO QUARTET (1998) 8 min.
piano, violin, viola, and cello
Commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony
Premiered at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, April 7, 1999 by members of the NY Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program.

THE GREEK GAZE (1998) 4 min.
"mini-opera" for 3 women, 2 men, electric guitar, electric bass, and drums
Premiered by "Caterwaul" at the University of Michigan, March 27, 1998
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SESAME STREET VARIATIONS (1998) 14 min.
for piano solo, based on themes from the television
series "Sesame Street”
Premiered by Gordon Beeferman at the University of Michigan, April 26, 1998

SYMPHONY #1 (1996-97) 23 min.
full orchestra
Third movement premiered by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, April 11, 1999. First and second movements premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra at their reading sessions, March 13, 2002

SONATA BOMBASTICA (1996) 9 min.
violin and piano
Premiered February 10, 1997 at the University of Michigan by Gabriel Bolkosky, violin and Gordon Beeferman, piano

THREE NIGHT MOODS (1995-96) 18 min.
two harps and two percussion
(also version for two pianos and percussion)
Premiered April 14, 1997 at the University of Michigan

NOW NO ONE WILL LISTEN TO SONGS (1995) 18 min.
bass-baritone, B-flat clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; settings of Russian texts by Akhmatova, Bobyshev, Lermontov, and Mandelstam.
First complete performance by Collage New Music with bass-baritone David Ripley, at the C. Walsh Theater in Boston, Mass., March 31, 1996

ANONYMOUS LYRICS (1994) 5 min.
for soprano and piano, settings of anonymous ancient Greek texts translated by Richmond Lattimore
Premiered September 15, 1996 at the Society for New Music, Syracuse, NY, by soprano Jane Rodgers and pianist Kevin Bylsma

BE SILENT (1993) 7 min.
for violin and piano