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
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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MIXED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND LARGE ENSEMBLE
Baby Blackbird, Fly Now(2004, arr.
2009)
for cello choir in four parts. 2 minutes. Arranged for The National Cello
Institute.
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.
AMATEUR/SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
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.
