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