| After the Moon-Walk (2002) (mp3) (rm) | 4:00 |
| soprano and piano | |
| A setting of a beautiful poem by Hilda Morley, from her collection The Turning. Originally written to be an encore, but the piece would work also well in the middle of a recital. Suitable for highschool-age and up. | |
| —Available on the CD A Mental Picnic | |
| Bellerophon (1996-1998) (mp3) (rm) | 6:30 |
| pipe organ | |
| An early piece, introspective and melodic. Suitable for young organists. | |
| The Big Bang (2002) (mp3) (rm) | 3:00 - 5:00 |
| piano and (violin, viola, or cello) | |
| My sonic conception of the birth of the universe (how big a statement can one piece make?) The score is mostly graphic, drawn in colored pencil, with some simple guidelines on how to realize it. | |
| —Available on the CD The Doomsday Project | |
| Come Picnic on Mars (2002) (mp3) (rm) | 3:00 |
| baritone voice and piano | |
| A setting of a delightful poem by Diane Ackerman, from her collection Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, this highly cheerful song tells of a fanciful space journey. The vocal part is fairly easy to learn, the piano part fairly challenging. BTW, this poem contains the line "We will pack a mental picnic..." | |
| —Available on the CD A Mental Picnic | |
| Di/Convergence (1996-1997) (mp3) (rm) | 6:30 |
| piano | |
| The tangled and shifting relationship between two musical themes determines the ever-changing course of this piece. | |
| —Available on the CD New Music from Chappell's Kitchen | |
| Kung Pao (2003) (mp3) (rm) | 8:00 |
| euphonium (or trombone), pipe organ | |
| Spicy-hot! An assortment of funky grooves not often heard coming from these instruments. | |
| —Available on the CD New Music from Chappell's Kitchen | |
| Midsummer (1998) (mp3) (rm) | 10:00 |
| soprano and piano | |
| Text by Derek Walcott, poem XXVI from Midsummer. This is a lush, romantic setting with a very colorful and challenging piano part. | |
| —Available on the CD New Music from Chappell's Kitchen | |
| out there (1999-2001) | 22:00 |
| violin and piano | |
| I: Welcome. (mp3) (rm) — II: Lingering (mp3) (rm) III: Planet Funkotron (mp3) (rm) — IV: The Plunge. (mp3) (rm) |
Single movement(s) |
| An extreme challenge for violinist and pianist
alike, this intense
piece has many of the characteristics of a Beethovenian sonata - a
stormy
opening, a dreamy slow movement, a playful scherzo, and a driving
finale - but the musical ideas reach in new and surprising directions. | |
| —Available on the CD A Celebration of Sylvia Plath | |
| Silence always wins (2007) | 8:00 |
| acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, vibraphone, harpsichord, piano | |
| Three duos of "ancient" and "modern" instruments create a unique sound-world, both beautiful and grotesque. The musical material is based on several concepts: musical development through interruptions and juxtapositions — unfamiliar ways of playing instruments — the role of one instrument being taken over by another — the sound of notes fading into silence...This piece, written for a contest, is awaiting its première. | |