See also "orchestra and large ensemble" for works with more
than eight players
OCTETS
Gasoline Rainbow (2009)
for percussion octet: [mallet percussion:crotales, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba], [drums: snare drum, cymbal on timpano, two congas, two bongos, bass drum, bass drum], [cymbals: two suspended cymbals, tam-tam, sizzle cymbal], [shakers: egg, high metal, nut shell], [others: musical glasses, two triangles, castanets, waterphone, wood blocks, glass wind chimes]. 8 minutes. Composed for the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble.
Spark in the Shoe(2006)
for flute, soprano saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin,
cello and bass. 5 minutes. For Fireworks.
SEXTETS
I echo you, we are repeated(2002, arr.
2004)
for six or twelve saxophones, SSATTB. Arranged for The Crane School of
Music Saxophone Ensemble, Timothy McAllister, director. Also available
in saxophone quartet (AATB) edition. [Purchase
sheet music online]
In Another Man's Skin (2000) for flute/piccolo, clarinet in b-flat, percussion (5-octave marimba,
two crotales, three triangles), piano, violin, and cello. 18 minutes.
Commissioned by Eighth Blackbird. Premiered at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln
Center, New York, NY.
[Purchase
sheet music online]
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QUINTETS
Rondo of Sorts (2001)
for flute, clarinet in b-flat, piano, violin, cello, and three pre-recorded
clarinets. 13 minutes. Commissioned by Kylix New Music Ensemble. Premiered
at the Cincinnatti Conservatory. [read
program note]
QUARTETS
STRING
QUARTETS
Corrie Q's Jigs and Reels (String Quartet
#3) (2005)
for two violins, viola, and cello. 14 minutes. Commissioned by The Corigliano
String Quartet. [Purchase
sheet music online]
Audio sample of movement 1:
Audio sample of movement 2:
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Peterborough (String Quartet #2)(2000)
for two violins, viola, and cello. 30 minutes. Premiered by the Minimum
Security Ensemble at Trinity Church, New Haven, CT.
[Purchase
sheet music online]
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Durham (Triangle Quartet) (1996)
for string quartet in 11-limit microtonal "just intonation."
20 minutes. Premiered by the Flux Quartet at the American Festival of
Microtonal Music.
PERCUSSION
QUARTETS
Quick Blood (2001)
for percussion quartet: xylophone, 2 5-octave marimbas, 2 vibraphones,
2 triangles, crotales, bass drum. 5 minutes. Commissioned by Battery Four,
premiered at the Delaware Symphony Chamber Series. [Purchase
sheet music online]
Recording of complete work:
Telemusic (1998)
for two amplified telephones, two percussionsists, and tape. 8 minutes.
Premiered at the Yale School of Music.
SAXOPHONE
QUARTETS
Just a Minute, Chopin (2004)
for saxophone quartet (SATB). 2 minutes. Commissioned by The Prism Saxophone
Quartet. Premiered at Kerrytown Concert Hall (Ann Arbor, MI), Symphony
Space (New York, NY), and Trinity Center for Urban Life (Philadelphia,
PA)
I echo you, we are repeated(2002, arr.
2004)
for saxophone quartet (AATB). 6 minutes. Also available in editions
for six and twelve saxophones.
[Purchase sheet music
online]
OTHER
QUARTETS
Three Fell Swoops (2004)
for tenor saxophone, percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales, triangle,
tambourine, suspended cymbal, wood block, 2 bongos, 2 congas), guitar
(amplified), and piano. 12 minutes. Commissioned by Flexible
Music. Premiered at the Guitars International Festval at the Cleveland
Institute of Music. [read program note]
[Purchase sheet music
online]
Sloe Gin Kills Fish! (2000)
for two trumpets in C, horn and trombone. 6 minutes. Commissioned by Skyline
Brass, premiered in Des Moines, IA.
E Uno Plures (1998)
for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. 15 minutes. Commissioned by Antares,
premiered at Christ & St. Stephen's Church, New York, NY.
[Purchase sheet music
online]
Just Music Makes Me Lose My Temper (1995)
for electric guitar, keyboard and two percussionists. 12 minutes. In microtonal
just-intonation.
TRIOS
Baby Blackbird, Fly Now (2004)
2 minutes.
edition for violin, cello and piano (arr. 2008)
edition for violin, viola and cello (arr. 2009)
originally for cello and piano (see below)
Ricochet (2004)
for clarinet in b-flat, viola, and piano. 8 minutes. Commissioned by Strata,
premiered at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. [read
program note] [Purchase
score]
Audio sample:
Sturm (2002)
for violin, cello, and piano. 18 minutes. Commissioned by The Amelia Piano
Trio, premiered at the La Jolla Chamber Music Society.
[read program note] [Purchase
sheet music online]
Sample of movement 1:
Sample of movement 2:
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The Flame That Lights the Gloom (1999)
for flute, electric guitar and marimba. 10 minutes. Commissioned by The
Kamellion Ensemble, premiered at the Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, PA.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare(1999)
for flute, clarinet in b-flat, and piano. 13 minutes. Also arranged for
violin, clarinet in b-flat, and piano.
[read program note] [Purchase
sheet music online]
Julia Rigby(1998)
for violin, viola, and cello. 6 minutes.
DUETS
The Heart and the Hand (2009)
for cello and piano. 9 minutes. An elegy in memory of Mark Silverman.
McAllister's Ceilidh (2006)
for soprano saxophone and piano. 5 minutes. Commissioned by Timothy
McAllister.
Baby Blackbird, Fly Now (2004)
for cello and piano. 2 minutes. Originally for voice and piano or ensemble
(from Brundibar), it is also arranged for various trios (see
above) and for cello choir (see compositions
for large ensembles).
Strawberry Fields Continued (2002)
for cello, percussion, and recording. 8 minutes. Commissioned by Odd Appetite,
premiered at The Cutting Room in New York, NY.
(Everything Else is Just) Gravy (2000)
for two contrabasses. 10 minutes. Commissioned by Matthew Reeder, premiered
at Indiana University.
Eleven Delaware Exits Between Pennsylvania and
Pennsylvania (1999)
for two violins, also arranged for two violas. 8 minutes. Commissioned by The Gemini Duo, premiered at Christ & St. Stephen's
Church, New York, NY. [Purchase
sheet music online]
