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Orchestral
& Large Ensemble Music
Capriccio Tempestosofor
harp & orchestra (c. 10’, 2010)
Orchestra: 2-1 (doubling e.hn.)-2-1; 2-2-2-1; timp., perc., harp solo; strings Commissioned
by the Chicago Composers Orchestra Notes about Capriccio Tempestoso || Score Sample
Meditation for
harp & String Orchestra (c. 6’, 2010) Written in
memory of Ceren Necipoğlu Notes
about Meditation || Score Sample
La
Chapelle d'Aiguilhe: Concerto for Cello &
Orchestra (c. 21’, 2008)
Orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 2-2-0-0; timp., cello solo; strings Commissioned
by,
and dedicated to, Xavier Phillips & the Orchestre National des
Pays de la Loire Notes about La Chapelle d'Aiguilhe
|| Score Sample Solace
(17’, 2005)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., pno./cel., harp, strings Notes about Solace || Score Sample Listen
to Solace:
Concerto for
Piano & Chamber Orchestra
(15’, 2003)
Piano Solo & Chamber Orchestra: 1111; 1111; 2 perc, hp, 2111 Commissioned by the Indiana University New Music
Ensemble Notes
about the Concerto for
Piano
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Concerto for
Piano & Chamber Orchestra:
The Stars Shall Look
Not Down
(16’, 2001)
9-part Flute Choir and Orchestra
2-2-2-2; 4-2-2-1; timp., 2 perc., strings; [flute choir: 2
picc., 5 C fl.,
1 alto fl., 1 bass fl.] Commissioned by the Chesapeake Youth Repertory
Orchestra & CYSO Flute Choir Notes
about the Piece
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Sample Listen to
excerpts from The Stars
Shall Look Not Down:
Nor’easter
(Study for
Orchestra) (6’, 2001)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., harp, strings Notes about Nor'easter
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Red Moon
(8’, 2000)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; 3 perc., harp, strings Notes about Red Moon
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to Red
Moon:
Suite for String
Orchestra
(12’, 2000) Score
Samples
Leeds Devil Nocturne
(c. 8’, 2011)
for flute (with optional piccolo) & piano Commissioned for Mary Kay Fink & Nicholas Underhill by the Cleveland Chamber Collective
Devil in Moscow
(c. 15’, 2009)
for viola & harpsichord -- version for viola & piano
available Commissioned by the Allegmagnetti Duo through the
generosity of the West Virginia University Foundation Notes about Devil in Moscow ||
Score Sample
Mosaics
(8’, 2008)
for wind quintet Commissioned by the Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of Illinois Wesleyan University Notes about Mosaics
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Manic Aggressive
(5’, 2008) Schadenfreude
(5’, 2008) Voodoo Stomp
(5' - 8’, 2008) Zephyr (3’,
2008)
for flute, piano & string quartet Commissioned by the 'New Music for a New Audience'
project, inspired by traditional rock forms, and written for,
and dedicated to, the Cleveland
Chamber Collective Notes about
the Pieces
|| Score Sample for Manic Aggressive Listen
to Manic Aggresive:
Villanelle
(16’, 2006; revised 2009, c. 12')
for violin & harp Commissioned by Harry A.F.M. Otten for
Lavinia Meijer, and dedicated to him, Lavinia Meijer & Tjeerd
Top Notes
about Villanelle
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the original 2006 version of Villanelle:
Persist
(13’, 2003)
for eight cellos Commissioned by Florent Renard-Payen and the Tarab
Cello Ensemble Notes about Persist || Score Sample Listen
to Persist:
Triptyclysm
(16’, 2002)
for percussion trio Commissioned by Tonus Percussion Group Notes
about Triptyclysm
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Triptyclysm:
Five Pieces for Cello &
Piano (c. 10’, 2002)
Notes about Five Pieces || Score
sample Listen
to "III. Quasi scherzando" from Five
Pieces:
Moon Songs
(c. 8’, 2011)
Songs for voice & harp
Text: Carl Sandburg
Movements: (1) Feather Lights (2) Moonset
(3) I Sang
(4) Child Moon (5) Theme in Yellow (6) Valley Song
Verse Surges Forth
(c. 9’, 2007; revised 2010)
Songs for alto voice & marimba
Text: Marina Tsvetaeva
Movements: (1) Gently, gently (2) Verse Surges
Forth
(3) I Kiss Them, the Crimson Leaves
Three
Poems of Pablo Neruda (c. 10', 2007)
for soprano solo
Text: Pablo Neruda
Movements: (1) Air in the Stone (2) The
Turtle
(3) Word
Handfuls
(10’, 2006)
songs for soprano & guitar
Text: Carl Sandburg
Movements: (1) Whitelight (2) Flux (3)
Fog
(4) Pool Notes about Handfuls|| Score
Sample Listen
to "Whitelight" from Handfuls:
Songs of the Sea
(15’, 2001)
Song cycle for tenor & piano
Text: Carl Sandburg, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville
Movements: (1) Young Sea (2) Four by the
Clock (3) Bones (4) Fog (5) Nantucket Notes about
Songs of the
Sea|| Score
Sample Listen
to "Young Sea" from Songs
of the Sea:
Five Poems of James
Wright
(15’, 2001)
for treble voice,
english horn and cello
Movements: (1) The Jewel (2) In Fear of Harvests (3) I
Was Afraid of Dying (4) Rain (5) A Breath of Air Notes about
Five Poems
of James Wright || Score
Sample Listen
to "Rain" from Five
Poems of James Wright:
Twilight Night
(5’, 1999)
for soprano & piano
Text: Christina Rossetti Listen to
Twilight
Night:
Two Poems of Robert
Frost
(9’, 1998)
for soprano, flute, vibraphone & cello
Movements: (1) Good Hours (2) To the Thawing Wind
Valley of Butterflies
(15’, 2011)
harp solo Commissioned by Ceren
Necipoğlu
Sizzle
(6’, 2009)
harp solo Written for, and dedicated to, Lavinia Meijer Notes about Sizzle || Score Sample
Monemvasía Pebbles: four
miniatures for flute solo
(4’, 2009)
flute solo Notes about Monemvasía Pebbles || Score Sample
Sprocket!
(7’, 2006)
cello solo Written for Florent Renard-Payen and the members
of the Tarab Cello Ensemble Notes
about Sprocket!
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Sample
Bagatelle for L.v.B. (3’, 2011) commissioned for the International Beethoven Project's 2011 Bagatelle Project fromCosmopolitan
Etudes, Book 2
(No.'s 7, 8 & 9 complete - c. 12')
No. 10
("Maelströms"; for consecutive
descending intervals in one hand) - in progress
No. 9
(for Intervals of the Seventh) (c. 6', 2009) No. 8
(for softness while playing chords) (c. 3', 2010)
No. 7
(for the white keys alone) (c. 3', 2004;
revised 2006) Notes about Cosmopolitan
Etudes, Book 2 || Score Sample (of
etudes 7, 8 and 9)
Album: Six Beginning &
Intermediate Pieces (8’, 2005)
Contents: 1) March 2) Scherzo 3) Romance
4) Waltz 5) Lullaby 6) Etude Notes About the Album
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Sample
For Constantin
(4’, 2003) Notes about
For
Constantin
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Sample Listen
to For
Constantin:
