
Works
Solo Instruments and Chamber Ensembles
Quartet for flute, violin, english horn, and bass clarinet (1961)
Piece for Fourteen Instruments (1963) Piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, quartet
Phos kai Iremos, ballet for ten instruments (1965) Flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, harp, violin, viola, cello
Gil for clarinet, cello and two percussionists (1966)
Sketches from Life ( I - Angels on the Roof) for one live and four pre-recorded string quartets (1985)
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Just Imagine for tape and twelve instruments (based on John Lennon's "Imagine") (1988) Clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, percussion, string quintet
A Crown of Feathers for unaccompanied violin (1992)
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The Gate for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello (1992)
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The Hundredth Monkey for percussion quartet (1994) listen
audio clip
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The Idea of North for solo vibraphone (1995)
Millennium Spring for clarinet, cello, and two mallet players (1998)
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Sonata for violin and percussion (with string bass obbligato) [violin and percussion] (2000)
1) Aide-memoire listen to audio clip
2) Dance
3) Finale listen to audio clip
(2004)
Run! for marimba solo (2002)
Three Pieces for Piano (2004)
1) Dance
2) Dream
2) Run!
Braided River Nights for alto flute
and marimba (2004)
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Angels & Watermarks for solo harpsichord (2005)
1) Before
2) Flying Lessons
3) Little Angel Dreams
4) Touch
5) After
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The Pony Concerto for flute (piccolo), clarinet, piano, violin, cello (2005)
1) Pony’s Day Begins; Pony Dances and Dreams
2) From His Starry Field, Pony Watches Bombs Fall
3) Pony Runs and Runs
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Solo ("Alpstein") for flute (2006)
Dancing at the Pink House for clarinet and piano (2006)
Loop for cello, vibraphone and piano (2006)
Voices and Voices with Instruments
Italian Songs for soprano and twelve instruments [texts: anonymous & Gabriello Chiabrera] (1982)
Sketches from Life ( II - Dreaming of Rain) transcription of an Aborigine ritual, for large chorus (1988)
Three Songs on Poems of Apollinaire, graphic scores for soprano and six instruments (1988)
1) Montparnasse
2) Hotel
3) Ocean de Terre
Shrapnel in the Heart for soprano, seven instruments (flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, string trio) and four-channel tape (based on writings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial) (1991)
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Dear Kitty (Skye Boat Song) for unaccompanied chorus (1992)
Earthly Prayers for tenor, piano and percussion (1992)
1) The Deposition
2) B. W. 1916-1979
3) Quiet Prayerslisten to audio clip
4) Leaps of Faith listen to audio clip
5) The Refugee
6) Anne Frank listen to audio clip
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Lullaby for the Millennium for soprano and ensemble (flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, quartet) (also transcribed for soprano and piano) (1995)
Five Benedictions for the Little Flowers for soprano and string trio (1997)
California Songs for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, and string quartet [texts by Francesca Hersh] (1998)
1) To Babyon (Siren's Song) listen to audio clip
2) Alice in Holyland listen to audio clip
3) The Blind Mules listen to audio clip
4) From My Skin (Island of Dreams)
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Children of God for mezzo-soprano and piano (2005)
1) Rachel Corrie
2) The Game
3) Four Girls
Let Evening Come for mixed choir (text by Jane Kenyon) (2006)
Orchestra and Voices with Orchestra
A Far Off Place for large orchestra (1982)
Spring, cantata for soprano, tenor, women's chorus, and orchestra (texts by cummings, Hollo, Frost, and the Kabbalah) (1992/rev. 2003)
Early Harvests for soprano and orchestra [text by Francesca Hersh] (2000)
1) The Taking listen to audio clip
2) A Stone in My Heart listen to audio clip
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Violin Concerto (Commissioned by Music in the Mountains Festival) (2002)
1) Song listen to audio clip
2) Dance listen to audio clip
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Concerto da Camera for viola and orchestra (2003)
The Food of Love for two sopranos and strings (2006)
The Seasons, suite concertante for soloists and strings (2007)
Stage Works
The History Lesson, theater piece for soprano and tenor soloists, high school chamber choir, and instrumental ensemble [clarinet, piano, two percussionists, quartet] (2001)
"The Armory" listen to audio clip
"Reports" listen to audio clip
"Red Man" listen to audio clip
"Children of Ash" listen to audio clip
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