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list of works
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for chorus
The Alarm – 3’ – 2023 [mixed chorus, piano]
text by the composer
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The Warmest Winter – 4’ – 2022 [mixed chorus, piano]
text by the composer
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into wisdom, lapse to grace (Hang Gliders) – 6' – 2020 [string orchestra, mixed chorus]
text by Rhina P. Espaillat
commissioned by Bunker Hill Community College
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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
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Suite from darkness and beauty of stars – 15' – 2012/2016 [arr. for mixed chorus, piano]
text by e.e. cummings
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Hush – 4’ – 2011/2016 [mixed chorus, piano]
text by Edwina Gately
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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
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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
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Alone – 4’ – 2007 [men’s chorus]
text by Edgar Allan Poe
commissioned by Cantantes Homines
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Three Dualities – 14’ – 2007 [mixed chorus, violin, piano] (M.A. Thesis)
1 – Arrows
2 – Midway
3 – To Be Perfect
text by Heather Green
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The Splendour of God – 6’ – 2006 [mixed chorus, piano four hands]
text by Joseph Mary Plunkett
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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]
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Harvest Moon – 15’ – 2008 [mezzo-soprano and orchestra]
text by Josephine Preston Peabody
commissioned by Peabody Southwell
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Gaia from Chaos – 11’ – 2008 [wind ensemble]
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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
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Cleaving – 5’ – 2010 [mezzo soprano, viola, piano]
text by Fox Henry Frazier
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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
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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
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Ever Above, Elevating – 5' – 2019 [trumpet, piano]
commissioned by Bobby Thorp
Splendor – 5' – 2017 [saxophone quartet]
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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)
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Side-Chain – 5' – 2015 [viola, piano/percussion]
commissioned by Danny Holt and Molly Gebrian
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Bend, Don't Break – 2.5' – 2012 [clarinet, tuba, prepared piano]
commissioned in competition by Analog Arts for Iron Composer 2012, Fourth Prize
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Ctrl-C – 6' – 2011 [flute and live electronics]
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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
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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
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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
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Reverie – 5’ – 2008 [english horn]
commissioned by Ryan Zwahlen
recorded by Mr. Zwahlen for the album In the City at Night, Liquid Ranch Records
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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
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Promenade, and Circles – 6’ – 2007 [saxophone quartet]
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Reality Quintet – 7’ – 2007 [oboe, alto saxophone, violin, violoncello, piano]
commissioned by the Definiens Project
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Pas de Deux for clarinet and bassoon – 6’ – 2007 [clarinet, bassoon]
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Pas de Deux for flute and harp – 7’ – 2006 [flute, harp]
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In Town – 17’ – 2006 [clarinet, string quartet]
I – This Side
II – That Side
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Harlem [2] – 3’ – 2005 [piano, guitar, prerecorded sound]
text by Langston Hughes
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Six Moments from a Day in the Life of Your Next-Door Neighbor – 11’ – 2005
[glockenspiel, xylophone, 2 marimbas, vibraphone]
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Elements – 12’ – 2004 [piano]
I – Gusts
II – A River’s Course
III – Woodson by Night
IV – October Embers
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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