53 minutes
Orchestra (2222.23.timp+2 perc,hp,pno+celesta, hrp, strings)
Commissioned by ADMAF and the London Symphony Orchestra
The Tower of Light (2021)
100 minutes
Orchestra (3322.4331.timp+3 perc,hp,pno+celesta, strings)
Commissioned by the International World's Fair (Expo 2020)
120 minutes
Opera in 3 Acts
Orchestra (3322.4331.timp+3 perc,hp,pno+celesta, strings)
Commissioned by Pittsburgh Opera and Beth Morrison Projects
7 minutes
Baritone and Piano
Commissioned by Mirror Visions Ensemble
35 minutes
Baritone and Orchestra (3333.4430.timp+3 perc,hp,pno+celesta, strings)
Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
30 minutes
Baritone, String Quartet
Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School, Robert Spano, Music Director
(Linda and Stuart Nelson)
10 minutes
Chorus (SATB)
Commissioned by Netherlands Chamber Choir
100 minutes
Opera in 4 Acts
Commissioned by the Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
8 minutes
Orchestra (3322.4331.timp+3 perc,hp,pno+celesta, strings)
Commissioned by the Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra
Cello Concerto “Desert Sorrows” (2015)
30 minutes
Amplified Cello Solo and Orchestra (3333.4430.timp+3 perc,hp,pno (celesta), strings)
Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for Maya Beiser
12 minutes
Solo Cello
Commissioned by Matt Haimovitz
55 minutes
Tenor, Baritone, Mixed Chorus, Children’s Choir and Orchestra (2222.4230.timp+1 perc,hp,pno,celesta, strings)
Commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Domination of Darkness (2014)
28 minutes
Countertenor and Flute
For Anthony Roth Costanzo and Claire Chase
German Romantic Song (2014)
6 minutes
Soprano and Piano
Commissioned by Lyrica Chamber Music for Kiera Duffy and David Kaplan
18 minutes
Oboe and String Trio
Commissioned by Ian Shafer
Piano Sonata No. 3, “Proust Among the Nations” (2014)
26 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by ROK Inc for Steven Spooner
The Rogues Gallery (2013)
(Piano Miniatures 14-17)
10 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
for the National Young Artists Competition
6 minutes
Solo ‘cello, Prerecorded sounds
Commissioned by Maya Beiser
Violin Concerto “Al-Andalus”
30 minutes
Solo Violin, Orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.2.3 – timp+2 – hp– pno (cel) – strings)
Commissioned by ROKI INC for Rachel Barton Pine and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Piano Miniature No. 13, “America Never Was America To Me” (2013)
4 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by Myrna Cook for Nicholas Phillips
3 minutes
Piano
A prayer for solo piano
18 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by Premiere Commission for Bruce Levingston
Ballet in 5 Scenes
26 minutes
Percussion (xlyophone, marimba, tenor drum, tamborine, chimes) and Chamber Orchestra (fl.cl.bsn/2 hrn/strings)
Commissioned by ROKI for Ji Hye Jung
20 minutes
‘Cello
Commissioned by VisionIntoArt for Jeffrey Zeigler
7 minutes
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.1./timp./1perc./pno./hrp./strings)
Commissioned by The New Juilliard Ensemble
21 minutes
Flute, String Quartet
Commissioned by Capital City Concerts, Montpelier VT for Karen Kevra and the Borromeo String Quartet
Dedicated to the memory of Mary Anne Kevra
45 minutes
A Theatrical Song Cycle
Pierrot (high male voice), Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano (Celeste)
Commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players with assistance from the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music
A Prayer to the New Year (2012)
12 minutes
Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by the New York Festival of Song
for Corinne Winters, Sasha Cooke and Steven Blier
Piano Miniature No. 11, “For Syria” (2012)
3 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by the International Beethoven Project, 2012
To the men, women and children who were brutally massacred in Syria
20 minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Chamber Orchestra (fl. cl. hn. bsn. perc. pno (cel). strings)
Commissioned by ROKI for Kate Lindsey and the Metropolis Ensemble
15 minutes
Male Vocal Ensemble
Commissioned by Cantus
28 minutes
String Quartet
Commissioned by ROKI for The Borromeo String Quartet
4 minutes
Clarinet, String Quartet
Comissioned by Zodiak Active and BBC World News for Collaboration Culture Series 1
Symphony No. 4, “In the Shadow of No Towers” (2012)
40 minutes
Commissioned for The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble
and made possible through the funding and gracious support of Reach out Kansas Inc.
Piano Miniature No. 10, “Liberace” (2012)
2 minutes
Piano
To Steven Blier on his wedding
Piano Miniature No. 9, “Lullaby for a Chelsea Boy” (2012)
4 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by Tribeca New Music for Kathleen Supové
Anything Can Happen (2012)
25 minutes
Solo Baritone, Mixed Chorus, Amplified Viola
Co-commissioned by The Grinnell Singers with generous support from the Curd Fund, Cantori New York’s Jeffrey D. Silver Fund, The Back Bay Chorale (Boston), and The Marsh Chapel Choir of Boston University
Incantation and Dabkeh (2011)
10 minutes
Clarinet, String Quartet
Commissioned by The Seattle Chamber Players for Laura DeLuca
Akhnaten, Dweller in Truth (2011)
A dance scene
15 minutes
Cello, Piano, Orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.2.3/timp, perc, strings)
Commissioned by The Foundation for Modern Music
12 minutes
Baritenor, Piano
Song cycle on texts by Wayne Koestenbaum
Commissioned by Roki
20 minutes
Flute, Oboe, Carinet, French horn, Bassoon
Commissioned by Imani Winds
9 minutes
Mezzo, Soprano, Piano
Commissioned by the Five Boroughs Music Festival for Blythe Gaissert Levitt
Piano Sonata No. 2, “The Last Resistance” (2011)
25 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by ROK Inc for Steven Spooner
Piano Miniature No. 8, “Bargemusic” (2011)
2 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by Beth Levin
Piano Miniature No. 7 (2011)
2 minutes
Piano
For Justin Snyder
12 minutes
Two Bb Clarinets
Commissioned by Adzel for Mariam Adam and Stephanie Zelnick
Native Informant -Sonata for Solo Violin (2011)
25 minutes
Violin
Commissioned by RBP Music LLC for Rachel Barton Pine
12 minutes
Bb Clarinet, Orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.2.0/timp,perc,hrp,strings)
For David Krakauer
Commissioned by Cynthia Chan; Pamela Esser; Kaitilin Nicholas; John Griffin; Rueben K. Jenkins and Wayne Leonard; Rina Langer; Duane Lyons; Larry Melniker; John Otis; Martin Reichel; Brian Sands; Ken Tannenbaum; Will Weinstein; Any Chen-Hew Wing to the memory of Herb Greenhut
15 minutes
Baritone, String Quartet
Developed in association with American Opera Projects
5 Minutes
Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Amplified Double Bass
Commissioned by the Two Rivers Ensemble
10 minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Piano
Song cycle on Alma Mahler
Commissioned by and written for Kate Lindsey
20 minutes
Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by the Lunatics at Large as part of The Sanctuary Project
Symphony No. 3, “Poems and Prayers” (2010)
60 minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Mixed Choir, Childrens’ Choir, Orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.2.3./timp./perc/hrp/strings)
Commissioned by the The Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development at Northeastern University for The Zamir Chorale of Boston
Double Concerto, “States of Fantasy” (2010)
25 minutes
Solo Violin, Solo Cello, Orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0./timp. /strings)
Commissioned by Ensemble 212 for Nicholas Kitchen and Yeesun Kim as part of the 2010-11 Composer in Residence Program
7 minutes
String Quartet
For the Borromeo String Quartet
5 minutes
2 Bb Clarinets
Commissioned by the Ach-Zed Duo
7 minutes
Tenor, Flute, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc as part of the 2009-10 Composer in Residence Program
30 minutes
Baritone, Wind Quintet, String Quartet
Commissioned by Musicians For Harmony for Randall Scarlata, the Borromeo String Quartet and the Imani Winds
Three Fragments of Ibn Khafajah (2010)
10 minutes
Soprano, Flute, Guitar, Violin, Cello
Commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble
14 minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Cello
Commissioned by Christina Ascher
Piano Miniature No. 6, “Addio” (2009)
2 minutes
Piano
17 minutes
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.1./timp./1perc./pno./hrp./strings)
Commissioned by Alea III
Two Venetian Frescoes (2009)
7 minutes
Flute, Piano
Commissioned by Laura Falzon
7 minutes
Baritone, Piano
12 minutes
Clarinet, Viola
Commissioned by Counter)induction for their 11th Season
60 minutes
2.2.2.2/4.2.3./timp./1 perc./pno./strings
OK, Hit, Hit But Don’t Run (2009)
6 minutes
Prerecorded electronic sounds
Music to accompany animation by Shadi Habib.
For the 53rd Venice Biennale
Four Critical Models (2009)
12 minutes
Alto Saxophone, Violin
Commissioned by the Second Instrumental Unit for David Fulmer and Eliot Gattegno
4 minutes
Baritone, Piano
For Kyle Alexander Cronin
7 minutes
Soprano, Clarinet
Commissioned by Alwan for the Arts for Christine Moore and Kinan Azmeh
11 minutes
Guitar
Commissioned by David Gutkin
14 minutes
Alto Saxophone, Piano
Commissioned by the and written for Michael Couper
Lamentation and Satire (2008)
10 minutes
String Quartet
Commissioned by the Béla String Quartet
20 minutes
High Soprano, Piano
Commissioned by Emily Spear
Symphony No. 1, “Symphonic Aphorisms” (2007)
24 minutes
Orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2./timp./1 perc./strings)
Commissioned by the New England Conservatory Composers’ Series Orchestra
7 minutes
Percussion Ensemble
6 minutes
Flute Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Double Bass
Commissioned by and written for Nathaniel Chase
5 minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Piano
Piano Sonata, “Reflections on Exile” (2007)
15 minutes
Piano
Commissioned by and written for Katie Reimer
Two Short Diversions (2006)
4 minutes
Saxophone, Harp
Three Shakespeare Songs (2006)
12 minutes
Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Harp, Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Double Bass
Elegy for Naguib Mahfouz (2006)
3 minutes
Violin, Cello
Piano Miniature No. 5 (2006)
Indeterminate time
Piano
20 minutes
Mixed Chorus
7 minutes
Tenor, Piano
Chamber Symphony No. 1, “Sabra” (2005)
30 minutes
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/0.1.1./timp./1perc/pno/strings), Actors
6 minutes
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Piano
3 minutes
Baritone, Piano
Piano Miniature No. 4 (2005)
1 minute
Piano
Elegy for David Diamond (2005)
5 minutes
Violin, Cello
Piano Miniature No. 3 (2005)
1 minute
Piano
Piano Miniature No. 2 (2005)
1 minute
Piano
Piano Prelude No. 4 (2005)
3 minutes
Piano
Piano Miniature No. 1, “Nocturnal Snapshot” (2005)
1 minute
Piano
Two Sonnets and a Closing Couplet (2005)
10 minutes
Harp
Cello Sonata, “Elegiac Verses” (2005)
15 minutes
Cello, Piano
Also in a version for Piano, Cello, Actor, Singer and Dancer
Dedicated to Michael Katz
The 89th Street Rag (2004)
3 minutes
Clarinet, Piano
15 minutes
String Orchestra
4 minutes
Tenor, Piano
15 minutes
Soprano, Tenor, Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/0.1.1./timp./1 perc/strings)
Piano Prelude No. 3 (2004)
4 minutes
Piano
Piano Prelude No. 2 (2003)
3 minutes
Piano
Piano Prelude No. 1 (2003)
5 minutes
Piano
Elegy for Edward Said (2003)
4 minutes
Violin, Cello
The True Knowledge (2002)
5 minutes
Soprano, Piano
Duo for Piano and Violin (2002)
16 minutes
Piano, Violin
