List of compositions with Commissions, Recordings and some Premiere Performances noted

Updated Summer 2009

If there is no indication of a premiere performance of a work, it does not necessarily mean the piece was not performed. Unperformed works are noted.

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2009

  • Op. 450 Ray’s Idea, for English horn, Basset horn, and French horn (2009)

  • Op. 449 Courbet Music, for solo cello (2009)

  • Op. 448 Several Strands, for flute and violin (2009) (three short pieces; ca.
    Composed for the Summer Adult Chamber Music Institute, Williams College

  • Op. 447 Semplice, for horn and piano (2009) (ca. 4’)
    To Yehudi Wyner, celebrating his 80th birthday

  • Op. 446 Piano Album 2009 in progress (15-20 pieces)

    • Silver Passages, Op. 446, No. 13 (2009) (Recollection—Safe Zone—)
    • You Don’t Love Me, Op. 446, No. 12 (2009)
    • A Wave To Jerry Cotter, Op. 446, No. 11 (2009) (ca. 2’10”)
    • Romanzli, Op. 446, No. 10 (2009) (ca. 3’)
    • Tripped Up And Overthrown, Op. 446, No. 9 (2009)
    • Therapy, Op. 446, No. 8 (2009)
    • List Of Unspecified Concerns, Op. 446, No. 7 (2008-2009)
    • Derealized, Op. 446, No. 6 (2008)
    • The Ammi Manuscript, Op. 446, No. 5 (2008-2009)
    • Restorative, Op. 446, No. 4 (2008) (ca. 3’30”)
    • Morning Practice From The School Of Appling, Op. 446, No. 3 (2008)
    • Valsette Mersenne, Op, 446, No. 1 (2008) (ca. 2’15”)

  • Op. 445b Vocalise As Prompt, version for alto flute and piano (2009) (ca. 3’)
    To Joshua Hahn

2008

  • Op. 445a Vocalise As Prompt, for soprano and piano (2008) (ca. 3’)
    To Claire Maiers

  • Op. 444 Trio About Rotation, for violin, accordion, and piano (2008-2009) (ca. 8’30”)
    Commissioned by AXIS

  • Op. 443 From The Fall Of A Sparrow, for contralto, viola, and piano (2008-2009) (ca. 6’)
    Settings of Excerpts from Sandra Steingraber’s “The Fall of a Sparrow” [Orion Magazine, January/February 2008]. Composed for The Mockingbird Trio

  • Op. 442 Dependencies, for flute and piano (2008) (ca. 8’30”)
    Composed for Su Lian Tan

  • Op. 441 Kelly’s Irish, for tenor and singing pianist (2008) (ca. 8’20”)
    (setting and translation of Paul Celan’s Irisch)

  • Op. 440 Four Compositions, for flute and piano (2008) (ca. 14’30”)

    • Impoverished, Op. 440, No. 4 (2008) (ca. 3’45”)
      Composed for Joshua Hahn
    • Nine-Color Night, Op. 440, No. 3 (2008) (ca. 4’) [Nocturne after “Beautiful Night,” 2004 lithograph by Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911); on view in 2008 at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)]. Composed for Nina Barwell
    • Brayd, Op. 440, No. 2 (2008) (ca. 3’)
      Composed for Sarah Brady
    • Flute On The Bottom, Op. 440, No. 1 (2008) (ca. 3’20”)
      Commissioned by and composed for Su Lian Tan, for a Faculty Recital at Middlebury College

  • Op. 439 One Speaks Of Music, for speaking voice, basset horn, and piano (2008) (ca. 8’)
    Commissioned by Tufts University for a Music and Language Conference in celebration of the 25th Anniversary; Premiered July 10, 2008, Distler Hall, Tufts University

  • Op. 438 Piano Album 2008 (11 pieces)
    • Avishai Shapiro, Op. 438, No. 11 (ca. 4’30”); Premiered at Hanscom Air Field, May 10, 2008
    • Baroniana, Op. 438, No. 10 (ca. 2’50”); Premiered at the Armenian Cultural Center in Arlington, MA. May 21, 2008, presented by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
    • Stubbornly After Schubert, Op. 438, No. 9 (ca. 2’40”) unperformed
    • A Mackinac Island Epithalamiast’s Bucolic Phrases, Op. 438, No. 8 (ca. 2’45”); Recorded May 13, 2008
    • Richard Peters, Op. 438, No. 7 (ca. 2’25”); Recorded May 13, 2008
    • One Resounding Arpeggiation To Thank Theodore Antoniou, Op. 438, No. 6 (ca. 35”) unperformed
    • On Several Childhood Memories, Op. 438, No. 5 (ca. 5’); Premiered in New York City, June 21, 2008
    • Aylward His Lune, Sedoka, And Senryu, Op. 438, No. 4 (ca. 3’25”);
      Commissioned by ECCE; Premiered in Denver, March 2008
    • After Rester, Op. 438, No. 3 (ca. 3’25”); Premiered at Adelphi University, March 2008
    • Kelly And Collom, Op. 438, No. 2 (ca. 1’45”) unperformed
    • Using Lucas Numbers To Welcome Clara And Xander, Op. 438, No. 1 (ca. 1’50”) unperformed

 

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