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24/7
Guitar quartet. 2009, 7 pieces, 25 min.
AFTER DUCHAMP
Harpsichord or Piano. Ten character pieces. 2009, 24 min. Premiered by harpsichordist Tracy Richardson, recorded by pianist Curt Cacioppo and featured on the CD The Realm of Possibility. <<< LISTEN >>>
And yet . . .
Harpsichord (amplified) and string orchestra. Single-movement concerto. 2023. 21 min. Commissioned by the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahmns Society, Boston, premiered by the BB&B Orchestra under Steven Lipsitt with harpsichordist Tracy Richardson in Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, April 2023.
ANTIPHON & aftermath
Electronic - computer generated and musique concrête. 1976, 15 min. "Meet the Composer," Syracuse, NY.
BABYLON SYSTERS - variations on a theme by steely dan
Flute, oboe, cello, harpsichord. 1989, rev. 2011, 10 variations, 16 min. Commissioned and performed by the Modern Harpsichord Quartet and performed by Mélomanie.
CATÁLISE (catalysis)
Piano four-hands. 2013, 1 mvt., 4 min. Catálise, written for the Rio de Janeiro-based piano duo Josiane Kevorkian and Patrícia Bretas, was premiered and recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 and will be featured on the CD Pares / Pairs, a project with Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. <<<LISTEN>>>
Caught
Two harpsichords. 2018. An realization/adaptation of graphic notation pioneer Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s Catch 1, for one or two harpsichords, on its 50th anniversary. Eight one-minute movements. Premiered by Tracy Richardson and Matthew Bengtson.
CELLO SUITE 1, solo version
Solo cello. 1975, 5 mvts., 18 min. Premiered by Suzanne Smith Mead at Princeton University. (See also THE SAME RIVER TWICE, version with piano.)
CELLO SUITE 2
Solo cello. 1987, 5 mvts., 30 min., premiered by Douglas McNames in 2001 and featured on the CD Soliloquy. <<< LISTEN >>>
CELLO SUITES NOs. 3 AND 4
Solo cello. See MATTER A and MATTER B.
CHAMBER CONCERTO: TOPOLOGIES
Piano & chamber orchestra (woodwind quartet, string quartet, 3 percussionists). 1974, 1 mvt., 14 min. Premiered by the Oberlin Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, Robert Baustian, conductor, David Goodman, pianist.
Civilisation
Viola da gamba & harpsichord. 2002, 3 mvts., 10 min. For gambist Donna Fournier and harpsichordist Tracy Richardson, premiered at Swarthmore College, September 2002
CLAVIER BOOK 1
Harpsichord or piano. 1985, 5 mvts., 25 min. Premiered by Tracy Richardson in Amsterdam. Featured on the CD Soliloquy. <<< LISTEN >>>
CLAVIER BOOK 2
Harpsichord or piano. 1987, 5 mvts., 25 min. For harpsichordist Tracy Richardson. Featured on the CDs Soliloquy with Tracy Richardson, harpsichord and PNOVA American Piano Music Series Volume 2 with Martin Jones, piano.
Tracy Richardson, harpsichord <<< LISTEN >>>
Martin Jones, piano <<< LISTEN >>>
CLAVIER BOOK 3
Harpsichord or piano. 2003, 5 mvts., 28 min. Premiered by Tracy Richardson at University of Rio de Janeiro 2003; US premiere 2005. Featured on the CD Soliloquy. <<< LISTEN >>>
Companion Piece II
Two flutes. 2002, 3 mvts., 12 min. Premiered in Rio de Janeiro 2003 by Laura Rónai and Tom Moore. The US premier at the University of Delaware by Kimberly Reighley and Eve Friedman.
Creation Myth
Solo percussion. 2003, 4 mvts., 25 min. For, and with, Israeli percussionist Chen Zimbalista. Premiered at the University of Delaware in 2007, performed internationally, recorded by Zimbalista and featured on the CD Forays as well as Zimbalista’s solo CD Levitation. <<< LISTEN >>>
ESTADOS DE ESPÍRITO (states of mind)
Two cellos. 2013, 6 mvts. with ritornelli, 22 min. Written for Paulo and Ricardo Santoro of Duo Santoro, premiered and recorded in Rio de Janeiro, 2013. Featured on Pares / Pairs, a project with Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira.
FORAYS: 5 Character Pieces and an Encore
Amplified cello & percussion. 2008, 22 min. Premiered by cellist Ovidiu Marinescu and percussionist Christopher Hanning, West Chester University, 2009. Title work of the CD Forays. <<< LISTEN >>>
FORMATIONS II
Percussion ensemble & soloist(s). 2007, 1 mvt., 19 min. Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society and premiered at Duquesne University, 2008, with Matthew Duvall (of Eighth Blackbird) as soloist.
FORMATIONS III
Percussion quartet. 2011, 24 min. Two movements: Continuum and Oblivion. Continuum was premiered by the University of Delaware Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Chen Zimbalista, in 2017. Oblivion was premiered and recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and is featured on the CD Luminosidade, a collaboration with Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. <<< LISTEN >>>
Green is the Night
Baritone & string quartet. 2006, 20 min. Five songs on poems of Wallace Stevens were premiered in Philadelphia in 2007 by baritone Todd Thomas and the Serafin String Quartet. <<< LISTEN >>>
Green Mountain Music
Bassoon, cello, piano. 2000, 1 mvt., 14 min, for bassoonist Chuck Holdeman, premiered with Tracy Richardson, harpsichord, at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, April 2001.
High Octane
Flute/piccolo, English horn, alto sax, bassoon, viola, bass, piano, percussion (Relâche ensemble). 2001, 1 mvt., 12 min. Premiered 2002 in Philadelphia, presented on multiple concerts in Philadelphia and New York, and featured on Relâche’s CD, Press Play as well as the CD Forays. <<< LISTEN >>>
HOW TO LIVE. WHAT TO DO: 7 Songs on Poems OF Wallace Stevens
Tenor & piano trio (violin, cello, piano). 1983, 26 min.
Hrafna hugsanir
Solo violin. See RAVEN TOUGHTS
ICELANDIC SONGS, SACRED AND SECULAR (íslensk lög, helg om wereldledig)
Baroque ensemble (flute, 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello, harpsichord). 2016. 16 min. Arrangements of 6 ancient Icelandic folk and religious songs. Premiered by Mélomanie, with Icelandic violinist Eva Ingolf.
INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO GEORG BüCHNER’S WOYZECK
Chamber orchestra, recorded and electronically processed. 1976. Music for an English version of the 1823 play produced by the Oberlin College Theater.
INTERMEZZO No. 1 (D major)
Viola & piano. In 19th Century style. 1984, 1 mvt., 8 min. Recorded by Ana Tsinadze, viola, and Tracy Richardson, piano. <<< LISTEN >>>
INTERMEZZO No. 2 (G minor)
Viola & piano. In 19th Century style. 2002, 1 mvt., 12 min. Recorded by Ana Tsinadze, viola, and Tracy Richardson. <<< LISTEN >>>
INTRADA: Symphonic Movement for Double Orchestra
1981, 9 min.
LAMENT
Harpsichord. 1984, 7 min.
Luminosidade (Luminosity)
Trumpet & percussion. 2003, 5 mvts., 22 min. Written for Naîlson Simões, trumpet, premeired and recorded in Rio de Janeiro with percussionist Daniel Serale in 2012 and featured on the CD Luminosidade, a collaboration with Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. <<< LISTEN >>>
MATTER A (SOLO CELLO SUITE NO. 3)
Solo cello. 2016, 5 mvts., 20 min.
MATTER B (SOLO CELLO SUITE NO. 4)
Solo cello. 2016, 5 mvts., 20 min.
METAMORFOZE
Cello & piano. 2012, 1 mvt., 17 min. Premiered and recorded by Paulo Santoro, cello, and Josiane Kevorkian, piano, in Rio de Janeiro, 2013. US premier by Ovidiu Marinescu with Anna Kislitsyna, piano, 2014, at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Featured on Pares / Pairs, a joint CD with composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. <<< LISTEN >>>
NONE OF THE ABOVE
Trumpet and piano. 2016. 4 pieces, 18 min. Commissioned for Andy Stetson and Becca Zeisler, premiered at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Oct. 2016. <<< LISTEN >>>
O LIGHT INVISIBLE
Canatata for chorus, soloists, strings, and brass. 1979, 20 min. Cantata on texts from T.S. Eliot, Philip Skelton, and the Bay Psalm Book. Commissioned by Caroline Church, Setauket NY, on the 250th anniversary of its founding.
penumbra
Alto flute and cello, 2017, 10 min. Written for Kimberly Reighley and Doug McNames for the National Flute Society Convention in August 2017.
Point Cloud
Solo marimba. 2004, 3 mvts., 13 min. Premiered and recorded in Rio de Janeiro by Daniel Serale in 2012 and featured on the CD Luminosidade, a collaboration with Brazilian composer Sergio Roberto de Oliveira. <<< LISTEN >>>
RAVEN THOUGHTS (HRAFNA HUGSANIR)
Solo violin. 2015. 4 pieces, 11 min. Written for Icelandic violinist Eva Ingolf, who premiered them in NYC and has played them across Iceland.
The Realm of Possibility
Piano. 2006, 11 mvts., 37 min. Expansive work of flexible form written for pianist/composer Curt Cacioppo, premiered in Turin, performed in Venice and at several California universities, fall 2006. Recorded by Cacioppo for the CD The Realm of Possibility. <<< LISTEN >>>
the same river twice
Cello and piano. 2019, 5 mvts., 18 min. A reconsideration of CELLO SUITE 1 for solo cello with piano added, in the manner of Schoenberg’s Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47.
SEA LEVEL
Solo flute (standard, alto, or bass). 2007, 4 mvts. with ritornelli, 14 min. Premiered by Kimberly Reighley, 2008, showcased at the National Flute Association convention, 2010. Featured on the CD Forays. <<< LISTEN >>>
STRING QUARTET No. 1: FORMATIONS
1976, 3 mvts., 20 min. Awarded the Joseph H. Bearns Prize in composition by Columbia University.
TREFOIL
Alto flute & harpsichord. 2013, 3 mvts., 6 min. Premiered by Mélomanie at West Chester University, 2014.
Trois riviÈres
Baroque ensemble—2 baroque flutes, baroque violin, viola da gamba, baroque cello, harpsichord. 2006, 1 mvt., 19 min. Premiered by Mélomanie in 2006 and featured on the CDs Florescence and Up to the LIght. <<< LISTEN >>>
ULTRAVIOLET
Baroque ensemble + percussion—flute, violin, viola da gamba, cello, harpsichord, percussion. For the baroque/modern ensemble Mélomanie. 2013, 1 mvt., 19 min. Premiered at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts with percussionist Chris Hanning, January 2014.
United sounds of america
Spoken word, soprano, piano, jazz drummer, orchestra. 2022. 12 sections, 49 min. Commissioned by the University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra and performed by the urban spoken-word poets the Twin Poets (Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha), soprano Makeda Hampton, pianist Oksana Glouchko, and percussionist Jonathan Whitney, with James Anderson, conductor. Premiered at the University of Delaware, Recording, United Sounds of America released by Delos, 2025. LISTEN / VIDEO
United sounds of america, CHAMBER VERSION
Spoken word, baroque ensemble, percussion. 202_. Commissioned by the baroque/modern ensemble Mélomanie and premiered at the Delaware Contemporary Museum with Twin Poets Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, percussionist Jonathan Whitney, and the Mélomanie ensemble. VIDEO
Up to the light
Baroque ensemble + vibraphone and chimes—flute, violin, viola da gamba, cello, harpsichord, vibraphone, orchestral bells. 2017. 1 mvt., 31 min. For the baroque/modern ensemble Mélomanie with percussionist Christopher Hanning. Title work on the CD Up to the Light.
WIND TUNNELS
Woodwind quintet. 2011, 3 mvts., 19 min. Premiered by the faculty quintet of West Chester University in Steinway Hall, NYC, 2012.
WINTER scenes
Chorus, string orchestra, orchestral bells (two players). Texts by W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, and Wallace Stevens. 5 mvts.: Darkness and snow descend (Auden), Brussels in winter (Auden), The winter evening settles down (Eliot), The snow man (Stevens), Dezembrum (Stevens).