Compositions and Selected Performances
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Large Ensemble
| Sinfonietta, for concert band, 2018, 8', commissioned and premiered by the MIT Concert Band | ||
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Lamentations, 2017 (mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus, piano, percussion, strings), 20'
Cantata Singers and Ensemble |
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Flourish!, 2017, 1.5'
New England Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| Afterglow, for string quartet and wind ensemble, 2014, 9', commissioned by the wind ensembles of MIT, New England Conservatory, and the University of Minnesota. | ||
| Meditations Upon The Lamb, 2013 (chorus, string orchestra, piano, harp), Chorus pro Musica, 9.5' | ||
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Shanti, 2011, 35' Boston Modern Orchestra Project |
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Song of Liberty: A Blake Cantata, 2010 (chorus, string orchestra, 3 percussion), MIT Concert Choir and Ensemble, BBC Singers/Lontano | |
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Louisa's War, 2009 (orchestra, chorus, and narrator; libretto by Michael Ouellette), 18' New England Philharmonic Orchestra, Simmons College Chorale and Chorus Pro Musica (women's voices), Joyce Kulhawik, narrator |
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Washington Park, 2008, 14' Albany Symphony Orchestra |
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Triptych, 2007, 10' Co-commisioned by the wind ensembles of Emory University, MIT, New England Conservatory, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, and Yale University. |
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Down-Adown-Derry: A Fairy Suite, for Orchestra, 2007, 15' Albany Symphony Orchestra (Robert Ian Mackenzie, narrator) |
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Punkie Night, 2006, 5' New England Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Adirondack Voices, 2006, 13' Albany Symphony Orchestra |
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The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow, 2005 (orchestra and women's chorus), 15' New England Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Remembrance from Heavenly Mountain: Rhapsody on Kazakh Themes for Violin and Orchestra, 2004, 11' Albany Symphony Orchestra, Chee-Yun, soloist |
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Festival, 2003, 9' Albany Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Kazakhstan |
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Jubal, 2001, 15' New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra, MIT Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Sinfonietta, 1998 (string orchestra), 12' Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Symphony by the Sea, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan |
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Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman, 1994 (baritone, actor, chorus, orchestra, libretto by Alan Brody), 60' John Oliver Chorale |
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Fanfare, 1990 (brass ensemble), 2' Jordan Winds, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble |
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Estrella: the Assassination of Augusto Cesar Sandino, 1988, (mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus, orchestra), 35' Cantata Singers |
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Ritornel, 1985 (orchestra and computer-synthesized tape), 12' Pro Arte Orchestra, Berkshire Symphony Orchestra |
Chamber
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10 Basho Poems, 2017 (fl/alto/picc, Bb/bass cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 10'
Boston Musica Viva |
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Elegy (with rabbit), 2016, 8'
Ensemble Lontano, Collage New Music |
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Marimba Doubles, 2016 (two marimbas), 3'
38th Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young, Rivers Conservatory |
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GS In Memoriam, 2015 (violin, viola), 4'
Gunther Schuller Memorial Concert, MIT, with Young Nam Kim, vn., Daniel Kim, va. |
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Birthday Card for YNK, 2015 (violin, viola), 1'
Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, Ariana Kim, vn., Daniel Kim, va. |
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Seeing the Unseen, 2013 (fl, cl, vn, cello, film), Dinosaur Annex, 10.5' |
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Sonatina Serena, 2012 (cello, pno), 11'
Carlos Prieto |
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Pantomime, 2007 (ob, vn, va, cello), 15'
Winsor Music, Ensemble Lontano |
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Promenade, 2006 (cl, tpt, tbn, perc, vn, va, db), 9'
CrossSound Sinfonietta, Ensemble Lontano |
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Moonsculptures, 2005 (jazz tenor sax, vn, pno), 12'
Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, Joe Lovano, saxophone |
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Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet, 2005, 20'
Lydian Quartet, Maggie Cole, harpsichord |
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Fanfare and Fugue, 2005 (4 tps, 2 hns, tnr tbn, bass tbn [or tuba], timp), 3'
MIT Presidential Inauguration |
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Chorale Prelude, 2004 (ob, vn, va, cello), 4'
Winsor Music |
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Skyscraper Music, 2004 (string quartet), 9'
Lydian Quartet |
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Concertino, 2002 (violin and chamber winds), 9'
MIT Wind Ensemble, Young Nam Kim, violin |
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Duo, 2002 (piano, four hands), 14'
Hirsch-Pinkas Duet |
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Prayers from the Ark, 2001 (wind quintet and narrator), 14'
Arcadia Winds |
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Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2000, 14'
Marcus Thompson and Judith Gordon, Music of Changes |
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Refrain, 1999 (percussion ensemble), 10'
Percussion Ensembles of Tanglewood, New England Conservatory, Eastman, Oberlin, Shepherd School, Bloomington |
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Perelandra, 1999 (four marimbas), 12'
Marimba Magic |
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Trio, 1996 (vn, cl, pno) 25'
MIT Chamber Music Society, Interensemble |
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Tableaux II, 1992 (fl/alto/picc, Bb/A/bass cl, vn/va, cello, perc,
pno), 20'
Boston Musica Viva, Brandeis University Contemporary Ensemble, Music of Changes |
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Arrows to the Sun, 1991 (percussion ensemble, narrator), 15'
Marimba Magic Alternate version, 1994 (two pianos eight hands, two percussion, narrator) |
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Tableaux I, 1991 (fl/alto, Bb/A/bass cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 18'
Collage New Music, Music of Changes |
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String Quartet No.2, 1989, 17'
Lydian Quartet |
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String Quartet No.1, 1987, 12'
Lydian Quartet |
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Wind Quintet, 1983, 15'
Emmanuel Quintet, Ariel Quintet |
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Teneramente, 1983 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello), 12'
Alea III |
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Ensemblance, 1982 (fl/alto, cl, vn, va, cello, perc, pno,
computer-synthesized tape), 12'
Lontano, Collage, Boston Musica Viva, Interensemble, Eastman Musica Nova |
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| Tape.intervention, 1981 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello, computer-synthesized tape), 12' | ||
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Duo for Flute and Percussion, 1979, 15'
New York New Music, Boston Musica Viva |
Solo
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Tapamveni, 2017, 8'
Rhonda Rider, cello |
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Left Bank Sainte Genevieve Hill, 2017, 6.5'
Peter Child, percussion, Galerie Gaudel de Stampa, Paris |
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Small Change, 2015 (prepared piano), 10.5'
List Visual Arts Center (Peter Child, in collaboration with Lina Viste Grønli) |
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A Rose, 2015 (electronic sound file; text by Lina Viste Grønli), 6'37"
Galerie Gaudel de Stampa, Paris |
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| Practicing Haydn (with Lina Viste Grønli and Elaine Chew), for piano, Performa 13 (New York), Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz (France), Kunsthall Stavanger (Norway), 8' | ||
| Primary Colors/Elementary Shapes, for piano, 2013, Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz (France), Kunsthall Stavanger (Norway), 8' | ||
| Dialogue, for solo flute, 2012, Ensemble Pi, Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, 3.5' | ||
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Three Movements for Piano, 2011, 11'
Elaine Chew |
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Revoicing Echoes, 2005 (piano), 8'
David Deveau |
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Anniversary Rag, 2005 (piano), 4'
Peter Child |
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Fantasia, 2003 (harpsichord), 14'
Mark Kroll, Mary Farbood |
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Variations, 1999 (violin solo), 20'
Daniel Stepner, Alexey Shabalin |
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Doubles, 1998 (piano), 35'
David Deveau, Elaine Chew, Christopher Oldfather |
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Sonatina for Piano, 1990, 12'
J.Y. Song |
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Sonatina for Oboe, 1985, 12'
Peggy Pearson, Theodore Baskin |
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The Herb Garden, 1986 (harp), 12'
Elizabeth Morse |
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| Three Brief Impressions for Computer, 1979 (tape), 5' | ||
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Sonata for Piano, 1977, 6'
Robert Pollack |
Vocal / Chamber-Vocal
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 2017, 15'
Boston Musica Viva, with the Boston City Singers and Joyce Kulhawick, narrator |
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Laughing Together, 2012, text by Rebecca Blevins Faery (sop, pno), 2'
WordSong, Kendra Colton, soprano, Brett Hodgdon, piano |
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Finite Infinity, 2011 (sop, ob, pno), texts by Whitman, Dickinson, and Clare, 6'
Winsor Music |
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The Reason Why the World, 2010 (a capella chorus, SATB), text by Emerson, 2'
MIT Concert Choir |
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Rilke Songs, 2008 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 17'
Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch |
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Peace Poem After a Ugaritic Inscription, 2007 (voice, or unison chorus, or congregation, etc., with piano, or organ, or string quartet, etc.), 3.5'
Winsor Music, Harvard University Memorial Church |
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Sag weißt du Liebesnächte (Rilke), 2006 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 2'
Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch |
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Songs of Bidpai, 2002 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 10'
Boston Musica Viva and Lucy Shelton, Ensemble Lontano and Olivia Robinson (also for voice and piano) |
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Bleak Light: Four Poems of John Hildebidle, 2001 (bar, pno), 12'
Music of Changes, David Ripley and Arlene Kies |
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| Wassail, 2000 (SSA, hp), 5' | ||
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Emily Dickinson Songs, 1998 (sop, pno), 11'
Jane Bryden, Mimmi Fulmer, Melinda Spratlan |
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Sing Song Merry Diggle: A Playground Cantata, 1995
(treble chorus, fl, Bb/bass, cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 15' Boston Musica Viva and Youth Pro Musica |
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Catches and Chimes, 1993 (treble chorus), 10'
Wellesley College Chorus |
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The Jaguar and the Moon: Four Poems of Pablo Antonio Cuadra, 1992
(sop, guitar), 13'
Barbara Winchester and Robert Ward |
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The Great Panjandrum: Seven Songs for Young Listeners, 1989 (sop,
pno), 14'
Karol Bennett and John MacDonald, Jana Baty and Elaine Chew |
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Clare Cycle, 1984 (sop, fl/alto, ob, cl/bass, vn1, vn2, va, cello, db,
perc, piano), 18'
Collage New Music, NEC Contemporary Ensemble |
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Embers,a chamber opera based upon the play by Samuel Beckett, 1984
(bar, mezzo-sop, fl/alto, cl, vn/va, cello, perc, pno), 60' Alea III, Auros New Music |
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| Heracliti Reliquiae, 1987 (sop, fl/picc, ob, cl, vn, cello), 10' |
Updated May 29, 2018.