Solo Instrument(s) and Orchestra

Earth

Earth is my contribution to the “Elements” project, a suite involving five composers which was commissioned by Joshua Bell and premiered in August 2023.

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Evening (version for soprano and chamber orchestra)

A setting of Dorianne Laux’s beautiful poem of the same name commissioned by Renée Fleming.

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Triple Concerto for Two Violins, Bass and Orchestra

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Concerto for Oboe and Strings

My Concerto for Oboe and Strings was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra for their “Prelude” concert series.

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Vision (Cello Concerto)

Vision was commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University in honor of Aspen’s Music Director, David Zinman, on his 70th birthday.

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Violin Concerto

Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s performance of several works by Puts over the past few years led naturally to the idea of a residency during which the composer would write a piece for the Fort Worth Symphony.

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Sinfonia Concertante

Before writing a note of my Sinfonia, I first had to decide what sort of orchestra would support the five soloists.

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Percussion Concerto

From a purely musical point of view, I have always focused more on melody and harmony than with rhythm.

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Night

I decided to call my new piano concerto Night after I decided to incorporate part of an earlier piece of mine called Three Nocturnes into the fabric of the tranquil second movement.

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Moonlight (Second Concerto for Oboe and Strings)

Immediately following her performance of the beautiful Oboe Concerto of Christopher Rouse at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in August 2016, I approached Katherine Needleman about doing a project together, and to my great delight she was enthusiastic.

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Marimba Concerto

Marimba Concerto reflects my love of Mozart’s piano concertos, works with instrumentation similar to that of this concerto, i.e. a keyboard instrument with chamber orchestra.

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How Wild the Sea

It seems I am always making memorials, or trying to process tragedy through my writing.

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Flute Concerto

Bette and Joe Hirsch are longtime patrons of the annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California who became fans of my music when they heard my Symphony no. 2 performed at the festival in 2002.

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Clarinet Concerto

I met the extraordinary clarinetist Bil Jackson when he premiered my Four Airs at Music from Angel Fire (New Mexico) in the summer of 2004.

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The Brightness of Light

“Text excerpts from the letters by Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz used and reprinted by permission of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. All rights reserved.”

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The City

Though inspired by the city of Baltimore, The City was intended as an exploration of many aspects of urban centers in America.

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Earth is my contribution to the “Elements” project, a suite involving five composers which was commissioned by Joshua Bell and premiered in August 2023.
Read More
Vision was commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University in honor of Aspen’s Music Director, David Zinman, on his 70th birthday.
Read More
Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s performance of several works by Puts over the past few years led naturally to the idea of a residency during which the composer would write a piece for the Fort Worth Symphony.
Read More
I decided to call my new piano concerto Night after I decided to incorporate part of an earlier piece of mine called Three Nocturnes into the fabric of the tranquil second movement.
Read More
Immediately following her performance of the beautiful Oboe Concerto of Christopher Rouse at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in August 2016, I approached Katherine Needleman about doing a project together, and to my great delight she was enthusiastic.
Read More
Marimba Concerto reflects my love of Mozart’s piano concertos, works with instrumentation similar to that of this concerto, i.e. a keyboard instrument with chamber orchestra.
Read More
Bette and Joe Hirsch are longtime patrons of the annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California who became fans of my music when they heard my Symphony no. 2 performed at the festival in 2002.
Read More
“Text excerpts from the letters by Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz used and reprinted by permission of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. All rights reserved.”
Read More
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Earth

Earth is my contribution to the “Elements” project, a suite involving five composers which was commissioned by Joshua Bell and premiered in August 2023.

Contact

Triple Concerto for Two Violins, Bass and Orchestra

The Brightness of Light

“Text excerpts from the letters by Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz used and reprinted by permission of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. All rights reserved.”

Moonlight (Second Concerto for Oboe and Strings)

Immediately following her performance of the beautiful Oboe Concerto of Christopher Rouse at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in August 2016, I approached Katherine Needleman about doing a project together, and to my great delight she was enthusiastic.

The City

Though inspired by the city of Baltimore, The City was intended as an exploration of many aspects of urban centers in America.

How Wild the Sea

It seems I am always making memorials, or trying to process tragedy through my writing.

Flute Concerto

Bette and Joe Hirsch are longtime patrons of the annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California who became fans of my music when they heard my Symphony no. 2 performed at the festival in 2002.

Clarinet Concerto

I met the extraordinary clarinetist Bil Jackson when he premiered my Four Airs at Music from Angel Fire (New Mexico) in the summer of 2004.

Night

I decided to call my new piano concerto Night after I decided to incorporate part of an earlier piece of mine called Three Nocturnes into the fabric of the tranquil second movement.

Percussion Concerto

From a purely musical point of view, I have always focused more on melody and harmony than with rhythm.

Vision (Cello Concerto)

Vision was commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University in honor of Aspen’s Music Director, David Zinman, on his 70th birthday.

Violin Concerto

Miguel Harth-Bedoya’s performance of several works by Puts over the past few years led naturally to the idea of a residency during which the composer would write a piece for the Fort Worth Symphony.

Sinfonia Concertante

Before writing a note of my Sinfonia, I first had to decide what sort of orchestra would support the five soloists.

Marimba Concerto

Marimba Concerto reflects my love of Mozart’s piano concertos, works with instrumentation similar to that of this concerto, i.e. a keyboard instrument with chamber orchestra.

Concerto for Oboe and Strings

My Concerto for Oboe and Strings was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra for their “Prelude” concert series.

Evening (version for soprano and chamber orchestra)

A setting of Dorianne Laux’s beautiful poem of the same name commissioned by Renée Fleming.