Music

LIST OF WORKS

SOLO

ex nihilo (2013) 8'
for solo piano
Written for Julia Sheriff

Performance by Julia Sheriff at Yale University,
April 19, 2013

Invocation (2009) 6'
for solo violin

Performance by Miranda Cuckson at The Peabody Conservatory,
October 21, 2009

Nefarious (2006) 6'
for unaccompanied violoncello

Performance by Daniel Gaisford at The Peabody Conservatory,
April 19, 2007

A Song for Beth (1997) 7'
for unaccompanied cello
Written for Beth Howell

VOCAL

The Shrine Whose Shape I Am (2014) 9’
a setting of the poem by Samuel Menashe
for baritone voice and piano

Violon de lune (2012) 16'
a setting of four poems from Albert Giraud’s Pierrot Lunaire
for coloratura soprano, flute, clarinet (db. bass clarinet), violin, cello, percussion, and piano
Written for The Lunar Ensemble

Excerpts performed by The Lunar Ensemble, Lisa Perry, soprano, Gemma New, conductor
Shriver Hall, Baltimore, December 8, 2012

II. Violon de lune

IV. Cristal de Bohême

Many Named Beloved (2009) 14'
a cycle of 15 short songs on the poetry of Samuel Menashe
for coloratura soprano, flute, harp, and cello
Written for Maria Kate Fleming

Performance by Maggie Finnegan, soprano, Zachariah Galatis, flute,
Jasmine Hogan, harp, and Rachel Hsieh, cello
The Peabody Conservatory, April 27, 2010

A Dream Within a Dream (2005) 11'
a setting of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe
for clarinet, viola, soprano, and harp
Written for Sally Barton

Performance by The Dream Team: Erin Douglass, clarinet, Sally Barton,
viola, Lianne Coble, soprano, and Cameron Huster, harp
Florida State University, November 8, 2005

River of Silence (2004) 10'
for solo soprano, men's choir (TTBB), and piano
Written for The Florida State University Collegians

Performance by The Florida State University Collegians, Melissa Muys,
soprano, Julia Wilcox, piano, Larry Gerber, conductor
April 12, 2005

Beautiful (1997) 16'
a poem in 5 scenes on a text by the composer
for viola, cello, soprano voice, and piano

Performance by Eulalia Ayers, viola, Beth Howell, cello, Seojin Ha, soprano, Lonnie Hevia, piano
Florida State University, February 19, 1998

I. In Anguish

II. Haunting

III. Floating (with serenity)

IV. Cathartic (with intensity)

V. Beautiful

CHAMBER

By the Light of the Stars (2013) 14'
for flute (db. piccolo), bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, and string quintet
Written for SONAR New Music Ensemble

Performance by SONAR New Music Ensemble, Robert Baker, conductor
Baltimore Theater Project, February 2, 2014

One: A Springtime Bagatelle (2013) 8'
for flute (db. alto flute), bass clarinet, trumpet, string quartet, and percussion
Written for SONAR New Music Ensemble

Performance by SONAR New Music Ensemble
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Baltimore, March 4, 2013

I Am and I Watch the Drama of Works (2012) 7'
for flute and cello

Performance by Joanna Martin, flute, and Elizabeth Lee, cello,
SUNY Potsdam, April 4, 2014

RITUAL: Sublimation (2007) 16'
for flute (db. alto flute), clarinet (db. bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, and percussion

Performance by Sarah Schneider, flute, Greg Marsh, clarinet,
Heather Woodworth, bass clarinet, Jessica Blackwell, violin,
DaVin Lee, cello, Wojciech Herzyk and Hye-Jin Kim, percussion,
Michael Berkovsky, piano, Ruben Capriles, conductor
The Peabody Conservatory, March 6, 2008