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for chorus
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
for large ensemble
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
for voice
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
for solo and chamber ensemble
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