large ensemble works

2012

a continuum (11')
a contemporary ritornello for baroque orchestra


2010

And this will be all (3')
an encore for tenor and symphony orchestra

as performed by Michael Spyres, tenor, and The Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Constantine Orbelian


2009

A Transient Reflection (10'30)
for solo violin and string orchestra

as performed by The Boston Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yohei Sato


Grigori Efimovich: The Memory of Liars (50’)
Chamber opera for five singers and chamber orchestra.
Libretto by Ben Pfeiffer

The Volga’s Streams, aria from scene IV
as performed by Erin Merceruio, Sean Spyres, Daud Alzayer, Matthew Stansfield, and Aaron Styles, conducted by Timothy Verville


Sum Hephaestus (8’30)
for symphony orchestra

as performed by The Boston Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Bruce Hangen


2007

War Songs (47’)
cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus, and orchestra to texts by Carl Sandburg


chamber works

2011

The Way Light Bends (4’30)
for violin

as performed by Natalie Calma, violin


In Absentia (10’)
for soprano, flute, oboe, horn, guitar, viola, and piano


Aphorism 7: There is no such thing... (5’)
for alto flute and alto saxophone


I Grew Up South of Here. And West. (5’)
for baritone and piano


You are missing here. (13’)
for cello

as performed by Justin Dougherty, cello


2010

Simulacra (20’)
for violin, viola, and cello

Movement IV
as performed by Drew Ricciardi, violin, Brian Sherwood, viola, and Luke Krafka, cello


Aphorism 6: “Dans le véritable amour c’est l’âme, qui enveloppe le corps.” (9’)
for oboe and percussion

b, as performed by Michelle Zwi, oboe, and Ethan Pani, percussion


Aphorism 5: Even when the mouth lies... (6’)
for oboe and trombone
as performed by Angela Limoncelli, oboe, and Kevin Virgilio, trombone


Aphorism 4: ...an untimely echo... (5’)
for flute and electronic playback
as performed by Emily Wilson, flute


An Unfaithful Mirror (13'30)
for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and piano


2009

Aphorism 3: Under peaceful conditions... (5’)
for violin and horn

as performed by Kirsten Weingartner Weiss, violin, and Darrel Barnes, horn


Aphorism 2: ...helps one through many a dreadful night. (5’)
for cello and marimba

as performed by Jennifer Bewerse, cello, and Alex Delgado, marimba


Aphorism 1: ...the abyss also looks into you. (6’)
for english horn and guitar

as performed by Angela Lickiss, english horn, and Andy Hanson-Dvoracek, guitar


2008

A Quintessentially American Madness (4’)
for soprano and piano


Le Dormeur du val (30’)
for oboe, violin, viola, and cello

Movement III, as performed by Angela Limoncelli, oboe,
Soo-Gyeong Lee, violin, Brian Sherwood, viola, and Luke Krafka, cello


An All Too Candid Soliloquy (8’)
for viola

as performed by Roselie Samter, viola


Harmonie du soir (6’)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

as performed by Juventas conducted by Michael Sakir


Songs from a Frozen City (7’)
for SATB chorus


2007

A Thin Black Frame (7’)
for soprano and piano


Aural Studies of a Silhouette (9’)
for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, cello, and piano

as performed by the Xanthos Ensemble


...and in that moment... (20’)
for electro-acoustic media

as programmed by Joseph Kramer


2006

Dirge and Scherzando (10’)
for alto saxophone and piano

Tu Risa, movement II, as performed by Kristine Gray, alto saxophone, and Daniel Jepson, piano


À Tout le monde un émigré (9’)
for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and piano

as performed by ensemble21 conducted by Christopher Koch


Five Meditations on Texts by Friedrich Nietzsche (15’)
for tenor and piano

Righting a Grave Wrong, movement II as performed by Stephen Bomgardner, tenor, and Carlyle Sharpe, piano