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The Alarm – 3’ – 2023 [mixed chorus, piano]
           text by the composer

The Warmest Winter – 4’ – 2022 [mixed chorus, piano]
           text by the composer

into wisdom, lapse to grace (Hang Gliders) – 6' – 2020 [string orchestra, mixed chorus] 

            text by Rhina P. Espaillat

            commissioned by Bunker Hill Community College

darkness and beauty of stars – 27' – 2012 [wind ensemble, mixed chorus]

            text by e.e. cummings

            doctoral dissertation

            commissioned by the UC Berkeley Wind Ensemble, Bob Calonico, artistic director, and

            UC Alumni Chorus, Dr. Mark Sumner, artistic director

Suite from darkness and beauty of stars – 15' – 2012/2016 [arr. for mixed chorus, piano]

            text by e.e. cummings

Hush – 4’ – 2011/2016 [mixed chorus, piano]

            text by Edwina Gately

Love Seeketh (The Clod and the Pebble) – 5' – 2013

           text by  William Blake

           commissioned by the Hollywood Master Chorale

 

Night – 5' – 2012 [mixed chorus and piano]

           text by  William Blake

           commissioned by the Hollywood Master Chorale

Daylight Finds the Sky – 3.5' – 2010 [mixed chorus and organ]

           text by Heather Green

           commissioned by the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
 

A Dream within a Dream – 5’ – 2008 [mixed chorus]

           text by Edgar Allan Poe

            commissioned in competition by the Pacific Chorale

Alone – 4’ – 2007 [men’s chorus]

            text by Edgar Allan Poe

            commissioned by Cantantes Homines

Three Dualities – 14’ – 2007 [mixed chorus, violin, piano] (M.A. Thesis)

     1 – Arrows

     2 – Midway

     3 – To Be Perfect

            text by Heather Green

The Splendour of God – 6’ – 2006 [mixed chorus, piano four hands]

            text by Joseph Mary Plunkett

For Guidance (Angele Dei) – 5’ – 2006 [mixed chorus] 

            traditional text

            winner, the University Catholic Center Composition Competition

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After the Bomb, Love – 11' – 2010 [orchestra]

Harvest Moon – 15’ – 2008 [mezzo-soprano and orchestra]

            text by Josephine Preston Peabody    

            commissioned by Peabody Southwell

Gaia from Chaos – 11’ – 2008 [wind ensemble]

Three Tall Tales – 10’ – 2006 [orchestra]

            I – Paul Bunyan Dreams of a Blue Ox

            II – Johnny Appleseed Returns to an Orchard

            III – John Henry and the Machine

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Hush – 4’ – 2011 [voice, piano]

            text by Edwina Gately

 

An Abridged History of Costume – 17’ – 2010 [soprano, piano]

     1 – Egyptian                               

     2 – Ancient Greek                      

     3 – Byzantine                             

     4 – Romanesque                         

     5 – Gothic                         

     6 – Late Renaissance

     7 – Baroque

     8 – Rococo 

     9 - Revolution 

     10 - Neoclassical

     11 – Romantic           

     12 – Crinoline              

     13 – Bustle   

     14 – Gay Nineties (and 1920's)   

     15 – Twentieth Century (World War I and World War II)  

           text by Stacy Gnall

Cleaving – 5’ – 2010 [mezzo soprano, viola, piano]

            text by Fox Henry Frazier

Songs for Agatha – 11’ – 2007 [guitar and female voice]

     1 – The New Stages of Grief

     2 – The Sea Approaches

     3 – Aggie

            text by Heather Green

Ozymandias – 8’ – 2005 [low voice, guitar]

            text by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Foglights at Dusk – 5' – 2022 [flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone, violin, marimba]

            commissioned by the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative

Ever Above, Elevating – 5' – 2019 [trumpet, piano]

            commissioned by Bobby Thorp
 

Splendor – 5' – 2017 [saxophone quartet]

Brief Moments with Two Guitars – 6’ – 2017 [two guitars]

     1 – Before

     2 – During

     3 – After

            commissioned by Chelsea Green for Sight Reading for Guitar (2019)

Side-Chain – 5' – 2015 [viola, piano/percussion]

            commissioned by Danny Holt and Molly Gebrian

Bend, Don't Break – 2.5' – 2012 [clarinet, tuba, prepared piano]
           commissioned in competition by Analog Arts for Iron Composer 2012, Fourth Prize

Ctrl-C – 6' – 2011 [flute and live electronics]

Push/Pull – 11' – 2011 [flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion, piano]

            honorable mention, RED Note New Music Festival Composition Competition, 2012

            honorable mention, National Association of Composers, USA, 2011

Reverie – 5’ – 2008/2011 [alto saxophone]

   

In an Instant – 11' – 2010 [viola, piano]

     Phase I – Sensation

     Phase II – Synapse

     Phase III - Reactions

            commissioned by Adrian Wong

        

Wheels – 9.5' – 2010 [flute, clarinet, bassoon]

     I – Combust

     II – Foglights

     III – Blue Chrome, Southbound

            commissioned by Third Wheel Trio

Channels – 10.5’ – 2009 [string quartet]

            winner of the Peter David Faith Memorial Award for Composition, USC, 2010

            honorable mention, National Association of Composers, USA, 2009

Reverie – 5’ – 2008 [english horn]

            commissioned by Ryan Zwahlen

            recorded by Mr. Zwahlen for the album In the City at Night, Liquid Ranch Records

Muses – 20’ – 2007 [flute, oboe, horn, violoncello, piano]

     1 – The Minstrels of Euterpe       4 – Urania Watches the Sky               7 – Melpomene’s Tragic Scene

     2 – Thalia’s Diversions                 5 – Terpsichore’s Waltz                      8 – The Scroll of Clio

     3 – The Love Poem of Erato        6 – An Air of Polyhymnia                 9 – Calliope Announces the Hero

            commissioned by the Definiens Project

Promenade, and Circles – 6’ – 2007 [saxophone quartet]

Reality Quintet – 7’ – 2007 [oboe, alto saxophone, violin, violoncello, piano]

            commissioned by the Definiens Project

Pas de Deux for clarinet and bassoon – 6’ – 2007 [clarinet, bassoon]

Pas de Deux for flute and harp – 7’ – 2006 [flute, harp]

In Town – 17’ – 2006 [clarinet, string quartet]

     I – This Side

     II – That Side

Harlem [2] – 3’ – 2005 [piano, guitar, prerecorded sound]

            text by Langston Hughes

Six Moments from a Day in the Life of Your Next-Door Neighbor – 11’ – 2005

            [glockenspiel, xylophone, 2 marimbas, vibraphone]

Elements – 12’ – 2004 [piano]

     I – Gusts

     II – A River’s Course

     III – Woodson by Night

     IV – October Embers

Van Diemen’s Land – 17’ – 2004 [piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, cello]

     I – Spirits Dance at Midnight

     II – Wanderings

     III – A City that is Not

     IV – Into the Dreaming

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