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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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