Partita for Solo Violin (2011)
Duration: 18'
Solo violin
Commissioned by Jennifer Koh
Premiere TBA
Peregrine (2011)
Duration 40'
Ambient Sound Sculpture
Commissioned by Evento 2011
Premiered at Evento, Bordeaux, France
Three Pieces for Organ (2011)
Duration: 12'
Organ
Commissioned by Friends of the Kotschmar Organ and the Lane Series
Premiered at University of Vermont, Burlington.
A Dream and its Opposite (2010)
Duration: 15'
Full Orchestra
Commissioned by Musik3
Premiered by La Jolla Symphony, Steven Schick, conductor
Canzona for Two Hearts (2010)
Duration: 14'
Chamber Ensemble
Commissioned by the Orchestra of St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
Premiered at the Brooklyn Museum
A Needle Pulling Fred (2010)
Duration: 8'
Multitracked violin and electronics
Written for Todd Reynolds
On the Innova CD Outerborough
In Cognito (2009)
Duration: 6'
Electronica & field sound
Recording commissioned by Grand Valley State University
for their In C Remixed album
Really Real (2009)
Duration: 75'
Chamber chorus
Dance score for Wally Cardona, premiered at The International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Commissioned by Wally Cardona 4
The New City (2009)
Duration: 5'
Choral anthem, SATB, with organ
Premiered at the old Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, PA
Commissioned by Group Motion and Hidden City
SPACE (2009)
Duration: 60'
Amplified string quartet
Abridged version premiered by Ethel at Alice Tully Hall; complete version at Kennedy Center
Commissioned by Ethel
The Long Winter (2009)
Duration: 12'
Piano sonata
Premiered by Sarah Cahill at Merkin Hall, NYC
Commissioned by Sarah Cahill
Search and Destroy (2008)
Duration: 4'
Arrangement of the Iggy Pop tune, for child vocalist and piano
Premiered by Andy Russo at Le Poisson Rouge
Commissioned by Andy Russo
Going Blind (2008)
Duration: 4'
Children's chorus
Setting of Rilke's poem
Premiered by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus at the Kumble Center, Brooklyn
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Fear and Loathing (2008)
Duration: 50'
Song cycle for bass voice, violin, cello, bass guitar, piano, percussion
Texts from Hunter S. Thompson
Premiered by Wilbur Pauley, Todd Reynolds, Felix Fan, Phil Kline, David Cossin at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA
Ghosts (2007)
Duration: 10'
Piano, electronics and video
Written for Kathy Supove, who premiered it at The Flea Theater, NYC
Commissioned by Kathy Supove
World on a String (2007)
Duration: infinite
Sound installation at the Krannert Center of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Commissioned by the Krannert Center
Sonic Dances 1 & 2 (2007)
Duration: 10' and 20'
Electronica dance score for Group Motion
World premiere at City Hall Courtyard in Philadelphia
Commissioned by Group Motion
Globe (2007)
Duration: 40'
Soundscore to James Nares film
Premiered at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
Commissioned by Issue Project Room
Site (2007)
Duration: 70'
Concert band
Dance score for Wally Cardona, premiered at Dance Theater Workshop
Commissioned by Wally Cardona and Meet The Composer
John the Revelator (premiere 2006, revised version 2007)
Duration: 45'
Vocal sextet and string quartet
Texts: traditional Latin Mass as well as selections from the Bible, American "shape note" hymns, Samuel Beckett, and David Shapiro
Premiered by Lionheart and Ethel at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, NYC
Commissioned by WNYC and the New York State Council on the Arts
Around the World in a Daze (2006)
Duration: 65'
Surround sound suite for instruments, voices and electronica
Commissioned by Starkland
Mambo #1 (2006)
Duration: 3'
Piano solo
Premiered by Lora Tchekoratova at Greenwich House, NYC
Commissioned by the Keys to the Future piano festival
Locus Solus (2006)
Duration: 70'
Voice, violin, percussion quartet (vibraphones, xylophone, marimba, glockenspiels, drums), electronics
Texts by David Shapiro and Phil Kline
A music-theater piece written for singer Theo Bleckmann, violinist Todd Reynolds, and the Talujon Percussion Quartet
Premiered at the Ryerss Mansion Museum in Philadelphia
Commissioned by Meet The Composer
Locus Solus: Prelude (2006)
Duration: 40'
Voice, violin, percussion quartet (vibraphones, glockenspiels), electronics
Premiered at the Whitney Museum at Altria in NYC
Tarantella (2006)
Duration: 4'
String orchestra
Arrangement of final movement from The Blue Room and other stories
Premiered by Ensemble Resonanz in Hamburg, Germany
Chinook (2006)
Duration: 24'
An outdoor boombox symphony premiered at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy
Commissioned by Echoes from the Mountains and Global Connections
Everywhere (2005)
Duration: 60'
String quartet and live boombox installation
Dance score for the Wally Cardona Quartet
Premiered at the TBA Festival in Portland, OR, and the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Commissioned by the Aaron Copland Fund/American Music Center
Symphony for 21 iPods (2005)
Duration: infinite
Installation at the ArtMetro Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio
Commissioned by the Ingenuity Festival
Trickling Down (2005)
Duration: 23'
Boombox orchestra
Streets of NYC's Financial District
Commissioned by the River to River Festival
The Last Buffalo (2005)
Duration: 12'
Cello, piano, percussion (vibraphone and hubcaps)
Premiered by Real Quiet in La Jolla, CA
Commissioned by Muzik3
Partita (2005)
Duration: 10'
String orchestra (also available in version for string nonet)
Premiered by Ethel and Red{an orchestra} in Cleveland, Ohio
Commissioned by the EOS Orchestra
Grand Etude Symphonique (2004)
Duration: 10'
Solo violin and electronics
Written for violinist Todd Reynolds and premiered at the Whitney Museum at Altria in NYC
Zippo Songs (2003)
Duration: 30'
Cycle of seven songs: Voice, violin, percussion (vibraphone, drums), guitar, electronics
Texts from American Vietnam GIs' Zippo lighters
Written for Theo Bleckmann, vocal; Todd Reynolds, violin; David Cossin, percussion; Phil Kline, guitar
Premiered at HERE in NYC
Commissioned by the Mary Flagler Cary Trust
Three Rumsfeld Songs (2003)
Duration: 5'
Voice, violin, percussion (vibraphone), guitar, electronics
Texts from Donald Rumsfeld Pentagon briefings
Premiered at HERE in NYC
Pictures of an Exhibitionist (2003)
Duration: 20'
Piano with optional slide show
Twenty-three miniature piano pieces written for Kathy Supove
Premiered at Roulette in NYC
Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts
The Story of B (2003) (collaboration with composer Eve Beglarian)
Duration: 90'
Soprano, mezzo, tenor, keyboard, flute, guitar, sitar, accordian
Texts by Phil Kline and Eve Beglarian
A song cycle based on Pierre Louys' Songs of Bilitis
Premiered at the Flynn Center in Burlington, VT
Commissioned by Meet the Composer
The Blue Room and other stories (2002)
Duration: 22'
String quartet
Written for Ethel, premiered at Miller Theater, NYC
Reynolds Etudes (2001)
Duration: 14'
Solo violin and electronics
Four violin pieces written for Todd Reynolds
Meditations in an Emergency (2001)
Duration: 25'
Music video triptych
Premiered at the Ought One Festival in Montpelier, VT
Vigil (2001)
Duration: 40'
Infinite number of boomboxes
Walking vigil held on September 22, 2001. Union Square, NYC.
Last words before vanishing from the face of the earth (2001)
Duration: 35'
Installation for 24 boomboxes on top of Terrible Mountain in Ludlow, VT
Into the Fire (2001)
Duration: 45'
Four readers, four video monitors, mezzo-soprano, violin, viola, keyboard, boomboxes
Texts by Luc Sante
Premiered at The Kitchen, NYC
Yawp (2001)
Duration: 12'
Voice and tapes
Premiered by the composer at the Bang on a Can Marathon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NYC
Unbelievable i(2001)
Duration: 40'
Voice, harmonicas, boomboxes
Live dance score for David Hurwith premiered at Tanztage, Sophiensaal, in Berlin, Germany
When I Had a Voice
2001
Duration: 25'
Mezzo-soprano, 2 child sopranos, viol quartet
Setting of poems by David Shapiro
Premiered by Alexandra Montano and Parthenia at Grace Church, NYC
Commissioned by the American Composers Forum
Svarga Yatra
2000
Duration: 20'
String quartet and electronics (also a version for string orchestra)
Premiered by the Sirius Quartet at the Brooklyn Anchorage
The Garden of Divorce
1998
Duration: 10'
Written for guitarist Mark Stewart and the Glenn Branca Ensemble
Premiered at the Barbican Centre, London
Exquisite Corpses
1997
Duration: 11'
Clarinet, cello, bass, guitar, piano, percussion (vibraphone and drum set)
Written for the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Premiered at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
Commissioned by Bang on a Can
The Holy City of Ashtabula (1996)
Duration: 24'
Large boombox choir
Premiered at Music at the Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY
Whole Lotta Love (1996)
Duration: 15'
Voice and 12 tape loops
Premiered by the composer at the Bang on a Can Marathon at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
T
o be sung on the water (1995)
Duration: 45'
Walking boombox installation
Premiered at the Whitney Biennial, NYC
Premonition (1995)
Duration: 5'
Fanfare for 24 boomboxes
Premiered at the Rapp Arts Center, NYC
A Fantasy on One Note
(1993)
Duration: 10'
Electric guitar and delay systems
Premiered by the composer at the University of Minnesota, Moorehead, MN
Unsilent Night (1992)
Duration: 45'
For infinite number of boomboxes
Debuted in the streets of Greenwich Village, NYC, and has since been performed annually in cities around the US, Canada, and Europe
Bachman's Warbler (1992)
Duration: 17'
For harmonicas and 12 boombox tape loops
Premiered by the composer at the Bang on a Can Marathon, Ethical Culture Society Hall, NYC