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 Return to Main Works Page

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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes 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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes   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 Click for Program Notes CD & Music Sample   Ritual Protocol   for marimba and piano (1998) Commissioned by Makoto Nakura Premiere: Kobe, Japan, 1998 Duration 13:00 Click for Program Notes   CD & Music Sample Simaku   for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1996) Premiere: Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, 1996 Duration 7:00 Click for Program Notes   Three Nocturnes   for violin, clarinet and piano (2004) Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio and Michigan State University Duration 12:00 Click for Program Notes   Traveler   for flute/pic, violin, viola, cello and piano (2003) Commissioned and premiered by the Chamber Soloists of Austin, 2003 Duration 7:00 Click for Program Notes   Trio-Sinfonia   for piano trio (2007) Commissioned by Music Accord Premiere: Eroica Trio, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 2007 Duration 18:00 Click for Program Notes