CHAMBER MUSIC

See also "orchestra and large ensemble" for works with more than eight players

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
see also "compositions for solo instrument" for more percussion works

Gasoline Rainbow (2009)
for percussion octet. 8 minutes. Commissioned by the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble.
Scored for: [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.
[Hear a recording of Gasoline Rainbow]

Naked And On Fire (2011)
for percussion sextet. 6 minutes. Commissioned by the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble.
Scored for three triangles, three gongs, riq, doumbek (with jingles on wrists), maracas, vibraphone and tuned metal bars.

Quick Blood (2001)
for percussion quartet. 5 minutes. Commissioned by Battery Four.
Scored for xylophone, 2 5-octave marimbas, 2 vibraphones, 2 triangles, crotales, and bass drum.
[Purchase sheet music online] [Hear a recording of Quick Blood]

Telemusic (1998)
for percussion quartet. 8 minutes.
Score for two amplified telephones, two percussionsists, and tape

STRING ENSEMBLES — with and without piano
see also "compositions for large ensemble" for cello ensemble works (these may also be performed one-on-a-part)
and "compositions for solo instrument"

Baby Blackbird, Fly Now (2004)
2 minutes.
edition for cello and piano (2004)
edition for violin and piano (arr. 2011)
edition for violin, cello and piano (arr. 2008)
edition for violin, viola and cello (arr. 2009)
edition for cello ensemble (see compositions for large ensembles).

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] [Hear a recording of Corrie Q's Jigs and Reels]

Duo Vert (2007)
for viola and cello. Commissioned by The Commission Project for the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival.
[Purchase sheet music online] [Hear a recording of Duo Vert]

Durham (Triangle Quartet) (1996)
for two violins, viola, and cello in 11-limit microtonal "just intonation." 20 minutes. Premiered by the Flux Quartet at the American Festival of Microtonal Music.

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]

(Everything Else is Just) Gravy (2000)
for two contrabasses. 10 minutes. Commissioned by Matthew Reeder, premiered at Indiana University.

The Heart and the Hand (2009)
for cello and piano. 9 minutes. An elegy in memory of Mark Silverman.
[hear audio clips at CD Baby]

Julia Rigby (1998)
for violin, viola, and cello. 6 minutes.

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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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] [Hear a recording of Sturm]

SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLES — with and without piano

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).
[purchase on iTunes]

I echo you, we are repeated (2002, arr. 2004)
Composd for the Crane School of Music Saxophone Ensemble, Timothy McAllister, director. 6 minutes.
Edition for AATB saxophone quartet (2004)
Edition for SSATTB saxophone sextet or large ensemble (2002)
[Purchase sheet music online]

McAllister's Ceilidh (2006)
for soprano saxophone and piano. 5 minutes. Commissioned by Timothy McAllister.

MIXED ENSEMBLES

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]

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]

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.

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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Just Music Makes Me Lose My Temper (1995)
for electric guitar, keyboard and two percussionists. 12 minutes. In microtonal just-intonation.

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]
[Hear a recording of Ricochet]

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]

Sloe Gin Kills Fish! (2000)
for two trumpets in C, horn and trombone. 6 minutes. Commissioned by Skyline Brass, premiered in Des Moines, IA.

Spark in the Shoe (2006)
for flute, soprano saxophone, percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin, cello and bass. 5 minutes. For Fireworks.

Strawberry Fields Continued (2002)
for cello, percussion, and recording. 8 minutes. Commissioned by Odd Appetite, premiered at The Cutting Room in New York, NY.

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]