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Choral Music

  • All Flesh is Grass [Christina Rossetti], for SATB voices, a cappella — published by Mark Foster Music
  • America [Marina López], for SSATBB, a cappella
  • Come Unto Me [Matthew 11:18-30], for SATB, a cappella
  • Dawning Day [Emma Meyer], for SSA, piano and cello
  • The Fool’s Song [William Carlos Williams], for SATB voices, piano and flute
  • How Can I Keep from Singing? [Emily Dickinson], for SSA voices, accompanied
  • I’ll Be Home Tomorrow [Stephen Foster], for SATB voices, a cappella
  • Improperia (The Reproaches) [Trad.], for tenor solo, bass solo, SATB voices, a cappella
  • Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head [Trad.], for SATB voices, a cappella
  • Kyrie, Rex Mariae [Trad.], for SATB voices, piano and string quartet
  • Missa Brevis [Trad.], for SATB voices, a cappella — published by Mark Foster Music
  • O Magnum Mysterium (from Love Came Down)​ [Trad.], for SATB voices, a cappella
  • Song for Walt (Walt’s Waltz) [N/A], for SATBB voices, a cappella
  • The Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) [Trad.], for SATB voices, a cappella
  • To the Supreme Being [Michelangelo Buonarroti], for SATB voices, a cappella
  • When I Rise Up [Georgia Douglas Johnson], for SATB voices, piano and string quartet
  • Wilt Thou Be True? ​[George Cooper], for SSAATTBB voices, a cappella

Chamber Music

MUSIC FOR ONE
MUSIC FOR TWO
MUSIC FOR THREE
MUSIC FOR FOUR
MUSIC FOR FIVE +
  • .38, for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, two bassoons, two trumpets, trombone and bass trombone
  • Chamber Symphony No. 1, for two violins, two celli, two clarinets, two bass clarinets, two pianos and percussion
  • Five Miniatures, for wind quintet
  • Follow the Leader, for wind quintet
  • Gradus, for flute, contrabassoon, trumpet, marimba, acoustic guitar, electric bass and electric piano (four hands)
  • Memorandum to J. Edgar Hoover: January 31, 1949, for reader, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass
  • New Tango in an Old Row, for clarinet, bassoon, two violins, two celli and double bass
  • Prelude, Cadenza and Fugue​, for brass quintet
  • Three Arguments, for string quintet (two violins, viola, cello and double bass) or larger string ensemble
  • Time Piece No. 1, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
  • Time Piece No. 2, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello

Songs / Song Cycles

  • Eleven Haiku [Matsuo Basho], song cycle for tenor, piccolo/flute, trumpet, bass clarinet, electric guitar and electric bass
  • Gentle Lena Clare [Stephen Foster], for tenor and cello
  • Good Friday [Christina Rossetti], for soprano and piano
  • O Sing a New Song (Psalm 96) [Trad.], for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello
  • Three Holy Sonnets [John Donne], song cycle for baritone and string quartet
  • Transfiguration [Amy Bornman], song cycle for high voice and piano
  • Were You There? [Trad.], for two sopranos, alto, piano and double bass

Ensemble Pieces

  • Colors!, for band
  • North Salem March, for band
  • Jubilee, for orchestra
  • Riverview Suite​, for orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1, “Apologia”, for chamber orchestra
  • Three Arguments, for orchestra
  • Variations for Two Flutes, Strings and Percussion

Large-scale Pieces

  • An American Requiem, for SATB choir, soloists, two oboes, two horns, organ and strings 
  • Behold the Lamb: A Cantata for Easter, for SATB choir, soloists and chamber wind ensemble
  • Love Came Down: A Cantata for Christmas, for SATB choir, soloists and chamber orchestra
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