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A Good Understanding (2005)

For Tim Brown & the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & the Trebles of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York
SATB, trebles, percussion, organ

A Good Understanding was written for Tim Brown and the choir of Clare College, Cambridge with the generous cooperation of John Scott and the Boys of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.

A Hudson Cycle (2005)

for Megan & Charles on their wedding
6'

A Hudson Cycle was written as a wedding gift for two friends. This is music of longing and anticipation; losing a beautiful place, approaching a beloved person.

Beaming Music (2002)

for Chris Thompson
Marimba, organ, 9'

Beaming Music is, at its heart, about small rhythmic cells transforming themselves into large, open chords. While this is most evident in the section immediately following the marimba solo 2/3 of the way through, the idea of something small blossoming into a huge chord pervades the piece. The title refers not only to the various [...]

Bright Mass With Canons (2005)

for John Scott and the Choir of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York
12'

By All Means (2004)

Chamber orchestra, 9'

Choking Man (2006)

Clear Music (2003)

for Wendy Law
Cello, harp, celeste, 9'

Duet No 1: Chorale Pointing Downwards (2003)

for Nadia Sirota
Viola & Cello

Duet No1: Chorale Pointing Downwards is the first in a series of short string pieces that serve as harmonic and technical studies for both composer and performers.

Expecting the Main Things from You (2005)

commissioned by the Gabe Wiener Foundation for Judy Clurman
SATB, String Quartet, Percussion, Organ, 25'

First Service (2004)

Girton & Clare Colleges, Cambridge
Choir, Organ, 8'

The Magnificat features an anxious two-note octave in the organ, nervously twitching in anticipation. The Nunc Dimittis (which is one of my favorite things written in the English language) starts slowly,

Fits & Bursts (2001–2002)

for Richard Fisher & Jeannie Donovan Fisher
Orchestra (piccolo, 2 flutes (3rd doubles piccolo II), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussion, piano, 2 harps, strings), 6'

Honest Music (2002)

for Lisa Liu
Violin & pre-recorded CD

How About Now (2006)

for NOW Ensemble (Alex, Sara, Mark, Peter, & Michael)
Small ensemble, 7'

I wanted the piece to feel like it comes from their preëxisting pantry of musical devices – a sort of thrown-together meal with close friends

I Cannot Attain Unto It (2005)

Choir, 5'

Iphegenia at Aulis (”Gweek Project”) (2005)

It Goes Without Saying (2005)

clarinet & pre-recorded CD, 9'

It Remains to be Seen (2006)

Commissioned by the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute 40th Anniversary Gala Concert
Orchestra, 11'

It Remains to be Seen was written for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s 40th Anniversary Gala in July 2006.

It’s About Time (2004)

for Sam Solomon
Solo percussion

Joshua

Keep in Touch (2005)

for Nadia Sirota
Viola & pre-recorded CD, 12'

Keep in Touch is a lament, a sort of chaconne divided up into sections by more freely-composed cadenzas for the viola.

Notes on Andriessen, Wolfe, Ziporyn (November, 2005)

I wrote program notes for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s concert featuring Andriessen’s Trilogy of the Last Day, as well as works by Julia Wolfe and Evan Ziporyn.

Notes on Minimalism (February, 2005)

I wrote program notes for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s Minimalism concert in February, 2005, featuring Elena Ruehr’s Shimmer, Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3, Steve Reich’s Tehillim, and John Adams’s Common Tones in Simple Time.

Out of the Loop (2003)

Orchestra, 15'

Pillaging Music (2005)

for Valgeir
Percussion, piano, celeste, & pre-recorded CD

Radiant Music (2002)

for Alice K. Dade
Flute & pre-recorded CD, 8'

Seeing is Believing (2007)

for Thomas Gould, Nicholas Collon and Aurora Orchestra
solo electric six-string violin and chamber orchestra

So to Speak (2004)

for Amiel Melnick, Fervent Polyglot
Orchestra, 8'

Syllables (2007)

for Dianne Berkun and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Children's chorus, piano, synthesizer, 8'

Ta & Clap (2005)

for Sam, Chris, John & Haruka
Percussion quartet

Ta-ing and Clapping is a method of teaching rhythms wherein all beats are accounted for, resulting in a fully-rendered moto perpetuo that only implies empty spaces naturally found in a rhythmic pattern.

The Only Tune (2007)

for Sam Amidon
Multi-instrumental performer & pre-recorded CD, 16'

The Sweets of Evening

for Dianne Berkun and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Children's voices, piano, 8'

Three Études for Piano (2003)

Solo piano

Time After Time (2003)

for Nancy Zeltsman, Sam Solomon, & Eric Hewitt
Soprano saxophone, marimba, percussion, 10'

Wish You Were Here (2007)

for those who are in danger by reason of their labor or their travel
Orchestra, 10'

Wonder Showzen (2006)