selected works

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The Avenue (II) (2'45", 2011) for high voice and piano (poem by Paul Muldoon), commissioned and premiered as part of the Five Borough Songbook by Five Boroughs Music Festival

Now That We've Come to the End (3', 2011) for flute/piccolo, clarinet, and string quintet; premiered by The Knights at Bargemusic, Brooklyn

Eurydice (a serenade for strings) (13', 2010-11) commissioned and premiered by Sinfonie Orchester Biel, Switzerland, Howard Griffiths, conductor

Three Songs for Unaccompanied Bassoon (4", 2010), premiered by Peter Kolkay at Double Reed Society conference, Univ. of Oklahoma

Memoir for Flute and Piano (9'30", 2010), premiered by Marya Martin and Shai Wosner at Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

Duo for Violin and Cello (10’15”, 2008-9), commissioned by Bargemusic for premiere by Colin and Eric Jacobsen

Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (18’, 1998/2008, orchestration of Quintet for Bassoon and Strings), premiered by Peter Kolkay and the Wisconsin Philharmonic, Alexander Platt, conductor

Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (14’, 2007), commissioned and premiered by the Verdehr Trio at Philips Collection, Washington DC)

From Noon to Starry Night: A Walt Whitman Cantata (35’, 2006), for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano. Commissioned by Mirror Visions Ensemble (Available on Albany Records, Troy 1032)

Sonata for Violin and Piano (27’, 2004-5, revised 2007), for Leslie Shank and Lydia Artymiw (of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Ensembles)

Autumn Music, for violin and piano (ca. 20’, 2005), for Frank Almond and Brian Zeger (recording on Innova Records)

Concerto for Clarinet, Percussion, and Strings (20’, 2002-3), commissioned with funds from the Composers Commissioning Program of the American Composers Forum. Premiered by Russell Dagon, emeritus principal clarinet of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Wisconsin Philharmonic, Alexander Platt, conductor

Paul Muldoon Songs (12’, 2002), five songs for tenor and piano on poems of Paul Muldoon, commissioned by Paul Sperry

Chamber Symphony (30’, 1998-2001), written with funds from the Minnesota State Arts Board

Love Unlimited (6’, 1991/2000), orchestral version of “A Catharine Wheel” (see below). Prize winner, Janet & Craig Swan Competition for Orchestral Works, University of Minnesota. Given public reading by Minnesota Orchestra, October 2002

Pray to what earth does this sweet cold belong (5’, 1999), text by Thoreau, for double chorus and harp; commissioned and premiered by the Dale Warland Singers, Dec. 1999

Eating Poetry: Eight Pieces for Tenor and Piano Trio on Poems of Mark Strand (20’, 1997). Commissioned by Paul Sperry and Sequitur and premiered by them at the Kaye Playhouse, NYC, May 1999

Quintet for Bassoon and Strings (18’, 1997). Commissioned and premiered by Chamber Music Society of Minnesota (spring 1997); revised version performed on Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Ensembles series (February 1999).

In Evening Air (17’, 1991), seven songs on American poems for tenor and ten instruments. Commissioned by Paul Sperry and premiered by him at the Aspen Music Festival with Murry Sidlin conducting (1992)

A Catharine Wheel (6’, 1991), overture for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano. Premiered by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Ensembles (1993).

Transport to Summer (8’, 1988), five songs on poems of Wallace Stevens for soprano and string trio. Premiered at Curtis Institute of Music, spring 1988

The Silent Earth (10’, 1987), Three Poems of Rilke for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra. Performed by Oberlin Chamber Orchestra and (revised version) Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra (both 1987)