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Chamber and Ensemble Works
 
And Legions Will Rise   for violin, clarinet and marimba
Chorus of Light   for wind ensemble
Concerto for Oboe and Strings   (version for string quintet)
Continuo   for brass ensemble and organ
Credo   for string quartet
Dark Vigil   for string quartet
Einstein on Mercer Street   for bass-baritone and chamber ensemble
Four Airs   for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Quintet   for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass
Ritual Protocol   for marimba and piano
Simaku   for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Three Nocturnes   for violin, clarinet and piano
Traveler   for flute/pic, violin, viola, cello and piano
Trio-Sinfonia   for piano trio

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Triple Jump
CD & Music Sample
And Legions Will Rise   for violin, clarinet and marimba (2001)
Commissioned by Kobe Shinbun Newspaper
Premiere: Matsukata Hall, Kobe, Japan, 2001
Yayoi Toda, violin; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Makoto Nakura, marimba
Duration 15:00
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Chorus of Light   for wind ensemble (2003)
Commissioned and Premiered by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, December 2003
Duration 7:00
2 fl; 2 pic; 2 ob; eh; e-flat cl; 3 b-flat cl; b-flat bass cl; e-flat contrabass cl; 2 bn; cbn;
4 sx (satb); 4 b-flat tpt; 4 hn; 2 tbn; bass tbn; euphonium; tuba; str bass; tmp; 5 perc; hp; pno
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Concerto for Oboe and Strings   (1997)
Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra
(Oboe and String Quintet or String Orchestra)
Premiere: Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 1997
Rudolph Vrbsky, soloist with members of the National Symphony Orchestra
Duration 18:00
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Continuo   for brass ensemble and organ (1996)
Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 1996
National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Perick, conductor
Duration 3:00
 
Credo   for string quartet (2007)
Commissioned by Chamber Music Monterey Bay
Premiere: Miró Quartet, Carmel, California, 2007
Duration 19:00
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Life Music
CD & Music Sample
 
Dark Vigil   for string quartet (1999)
Commissioned by the Hanson Institute for American Music
Premiere: Ying Quartet, Rochester, New York, 2000
Duration 17:00
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Einstein on Mercer Street
CD & Music Sample
Einstein on Mercer Street   for bass-baritone and chamber ensemble (2002)
Commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Premiere: Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 2002
Timothy Jones, bass baritone; Kevin Noe, conductor
Duration 30:00
fl/pic; cl/e-flat cl/bass cl; c tpt; perc; pno; vln; vc
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Four Airs   for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2004)
Commissioned by Music from Angel Fire
Premiere: Music from Angel Fire, September 2004
Tara Helen O Connor, flute; Bil Jackson, clarinet; Ida Kavafian, violin; Andres Diaz, cello; Kevin Puts, piano
Duration 22:00
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Quintet   for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass (2006)
Commissioned by Robert Freeman in memory of his father
Premiere: Texas Piano Quartet with Peter Lloyd, bass, 2006
Duration 25:00
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Ritual Protocol

CD & Music Sample
 
Ritual Protocol   for marimba and piano (1998)
Commissioned by Makoto Nakura
Premiere: Kobe, Japan, 1998
Duration 13:00
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Antares, Eclipse

CD & Music Sample
Simaku   for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1996)
Premiere: Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, 1996
Duration 7:00
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Three Nocturnes   for violin, clarinet and piano (2004)
Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and Michigan State University
Duration 12:00
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Traveler   for flute/pic, violin, viola, cello and piano (2003)
Commissioned and premiered by the Chamber Soloists of Austin, 2003
Duration 7:00
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Trio-Sinfonia   for piano trio (2007)
Commissioned by Music Accord
Premiere: Eroica Trio, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 2007
Duration 18:00
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