compositions for ORCHESTRA & LARGE ENSEMBLE

ORCHESTRA

Wind Up (2002)
for orchestra. 10 minutes. (picc-2-2-2-bs cl-2-cbn, 4-2-2-1, timp, 3 perc, harp, strings). Premiered by the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Winner, Brooklyn Symphony Composition Competition 2003.
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Kicking and Screaming (2000)
for orchestra with drum kit. 5 minutes. (picc-2-2-2-2-cbn, 4-3-2-1, drum kit, timp, perc, strings). Commissioned by The Dogs of Desire (David Alan Miller, conductor).
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Hard Knocks (1999)
for orchestra. 5 minutes. (3-2-2-2, 4-3-3-1, harp, timp, 3 perc, strings). Commissioned by the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Premiered by the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra at Tanglewood's Ozawa Hall.
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ORCHESTRA WITH SOLOIST

Mio amato, mio signore (2010)
concert aria for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. 5 minutes. (2-2-2-2, 2-2-2-0, perc, timp, harp, mezzo-soprano, strings). Composed for the orchestra of the Concorso "Magda Olivero" (Saluzzo, Italy) (Gianmaria Griglio, conductor).

Violin Concerto (1998)
for violin and orchestra. 20 minutes. (2-2-2-2, 2-1-0-0, timp, perc, solo violin, strings). Composed for Jeanine Wynton and The Yale Philharmonia (Ransom Wilson, conductor).

Lolita (1996)
for baritone voice and orchestra. 14 minutes. (2 (picc)-2 (eng. hn)-2-2 (cbn), 4-2-2-1, harp, piano, 3 perc, timp, strings). Text by Vladimir Nabokov. Composed for the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra (Thomas Sleeper, conductor)
Winner, University of Miami Competition for Orchestral Composition 1995.

STRING ORCHESTRA

Peterborough Elegy (2000, arr. 2006)
for string orchestra. 5 minutes. Excerpted and arranged from Peterborough (String Quartet No. 2) for Camerata Notturno.
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CELLO CHOIR

Take It Queasy, Greasy (2010)
for cello choir in four parts (suitable for advanced student ensembles). 3 minutes.
Composed for the Chicago Suzuki Institute.

Regret (2010)
for cello choir in four parts (suitable for student ensembles). 3 minutes.
Composed for the Chicago Suzuki Institute.

Grinding Teeth (2010)
for cello choir in four parts (suitable for advanced student ensembles). 3 minutes.
Composed for the Chicago Suzuki Institute.

Wail (2010)
for cello choir in four parts plus divisi (suitable for advanced student ensembles). 4 minutes.
Composed for the Chicago Suzuki Institute.

Baby Blackbird, Fly Now (2004, arr. 2009)
for cello choir in four parts (suitable for student ensembles). 2 minutes.
Arranged for The National Cello Institute.

ORCHESTRA WITH CHORUS
see amateur/school orchestra

MIXED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND LARGE ENSEMBLE

I echo you, we are repeated (2002, arr. 2004)
for six or twelve saxophones, SSATTB. 2 minutes. Arranged for The Crane School of Music Saxophone Ensemble, Timothy McAllister, director.
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Kicking and Screaming (2000)
for chamber orchestra with two singers and rhythm section. 5 minutes. (1-1-1-1, 2 sax, 1-1-1-0, drum kit, 2 sopr, synth, 1-1-1-1-1). Commissioned by The Dogs of Desire (David Alan Miller, conductor). Premiered by The Dogs of Desire at the New York State Theater, Albany, NY.

Beating Time (1997)
for chamber orchestra. 7 minutes. (1-1-1-1, 2-0-0-0, perc, 1-1-1-1-1). Composed for the Conductor's Institute of South Carolina. Premiered at The University of South Carolina.

STUDENT ENSEMBLES

Her Quick Blood Runs Dancing (2001)
for orchestra and chorus. 8 minutes. Commissioned by The Commission Project for The Tottenville High School Orchestra and Chorus. (picc-2-1-2-bs cl-0, 3 sax, 0-2-2-1, timp, 3 perc, SATB, strings).

Quick Blood Interlude (2001)
for string orchestra. 3 minutes. Commissioned by The Commission Project for The Tottenville High School Orchestra (excerpt from Her Quick Blood Runs Dancing for orchestra and chorus).

Adagio (1997)
for string orchestra. 4 minutes. Composed for Pinckneyville Middle School.