Commissions
Commissioning a new piece of music is not a complicated process, nor need it be prohibitively expensive. If you are interested in discussing the possibility of a commissioned work for you or your ensemble, please feel free to contact Carson Cooman.
Below is a list of commissions received and fulfilled by Carson Cooman, organized by year.
2013
Easter Day (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Fanfare for a Duchess at St. Andrew's (Organ)
Commissioned in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Roanoke, Virginia
Flax-Golden Tales (Storyteller and Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble
The Peach Blossom's Shadow (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Preludio on a Swedish Tune (Organ)
Commissioned by Christopher M. Wicks
Shadowbook (Three Songs in the Night) (Clarinet, Tuba, Piano)
Commissioned by Kevin and Susan Wass
Solstice Sonata (Trumpet and Organ)
Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists
2012
Cambridge Passacaglia (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
The Evening Choir (SATB Choir, SATB Soloists, and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Every Generation (SAB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by The Dover Church
Fantasia on "Fair Harvard" (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Golden Callings (SSAA Chorus Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Lorelei Ensemble
In Beauty Walking (Mezzo-Soprano and String Quintet)
Commissioned by Gibbs & Main for EuphoNY 2012
Lilac Jubilee (Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Rochester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Morning Star (2-part Voices and Hammerchord)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
One Love (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Poème romantique (Organ)
Commissioned by the Historic
Organ Foundation
Remembering (Organ)
Commissioned by Bates College
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano
Commissioned Warren Davidson and Donna Amato
Suite for Jay (Piano)
Commissioned by Nancy Pierce
Sweetest Music Softly Stealing (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
This Is the Hour of Banquet and of Song (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Matthew F. Burt
A Vision of the Tree of Life (Carillon)
Commissioned by Neil Thornock
2011
Alma Redemptoris Mater (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Colby Cooman
Boston Fantasia (Organ)
Commissioned by the Historic Organ Foundation
Born Among Us in the Night (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Cantus I (Piano)
Commissioned by Nicolas Horvath and the Monte Carlo Festival
Circe (Soprano and Organ)
Commissioned by Christian Lane
Concerto in modo antico (Solo Recorder and Strings)
Commissioned by John Turner
Dos breves apuntes (Organ)
Commissioned by Erik Simmons
Exaltation (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Seraphim Singers
Fanfare Canon (Snare Drum, Temple Block, Wood Block [3 players total])
Commissioned by the Scotch-Poppers Group
The Flute of the Infinite (SATB Chorus, Flute, Harmonium)
Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
For the Graduation (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Harvard University
Give Me (4-part Canon)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Hornpipe (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Journeybook II (Harpsichord)
Commissioned by Big Ideas Cambridge
Kyrie (Unison Voices and Clarinet)
Commissioned by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ostinato Mass (Voice and Organ)
Commissioned by Thomas Gregg
Prelude and Fugue (Organ)
Commissioned by the 2011 Boston Pipe Organ Encounter
Prelude Modale (Two Horns and Organ)
Commissioned by the Tidewater Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Quiet Hocket (Horn and Harp)
Commissioned by Musikwerke Fackler
Rondino on "I Love to Tell the Story" (Organ)
Commissioned by Murray Forbes Somerville
Sunrise Alleluia (SATB Voices and Electronic Tape)
Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
There Will Be Stars (SATB Chorus, Percussion Quartet, Piano)
Commissioned by Lexington High School
Toccata Festiva (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Two Folk Songs (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Veni Sancte Spiritus (SATTB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Musica Spei and Trobairitz
Wondrous Love (SATB Choir and Piano)
Commissioned by Christian Lane
2010
Button Stew (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Cantique (Violin and Piano)
Commissioned by Charles Monachino
Dawnflower (Reed Organ)
Commissioned by Artis Wodehouse
A Difficult Miracle (SATB Chorus, Soprano and Baritone Soloists, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano)
Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
Gloucester Estampie (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
In the Night Garden (Marimba)
Commissioned by Richard Mason
Irreversible Heart (Soprano, Violin, Piano)
Commissioned by Christine Howlett
Journeybook: in memoriam Arthur Jarvinen (Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Drums, Soprano Voice (or Trumpet), Violin, Cello)
Commissioned by thingNY
Moonflower (Reed Organ)
Commissioned by Artis Wodehouse
Nous voyons (after Arcadelt/Liszt) (Piano)
Commissioned by Vox Novus
O Lord, I Will Sing of Your Love Forever (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by King's Chapel
O quam mirabilis (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
October Serenade (Soprano Saxophone and Guitar)
Commissioned by Paul Wehage
Rising (Organ)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
The Rose Tree Carol (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Spring Lyric (Alto Saxophone and Guitar)
Commissioned by Paul Wehage
Suite Breve (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Trio Solaris (Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano)
Commissioned by Chris Gekker
Truly the Light Is Sweet (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Trumpet Tune (Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Wherein Our Blessings Stand (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
2009
The Acts of the Apostles (Oratorio for Baritone, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
An Angel Song (SATB Chorus and Cello)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Ascensions (SATB Chorus, Traverso, Baroque Violin, Viola da Gamba, and Organ)
Commissioned by the Cornell University Chamber Singers
Be Ye Wise (Baritone Solo, SATB Choir, Organ)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
Beach Grass Elegy (Flute)
Commissioned by New Music Hartford
Call to Remembrance (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
Chasing the Moon Down (Mezzo-Soprano, Trumpet, Piano)
Commissioned by Chris Gekker
Eternitie (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Every Which Shining Way (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by Brian Shook
The Living Water Works (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York
Love Came Down at Christmas (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
The Name Above All Names (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
Prelude on "Dix" (Organ)
Commissioned by the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
Quartet for Piano and Strings (A Sea Liturgy) (Piano Quartet)
Commissioned by the Moscow Studio for New Music and the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble
The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) (Oratorio for Soprano, Baritone, SATB Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Rise Up, My Love (Soprano, Flugelhorn, Opt. String Trio, Organ)
Commissioned by the St. Theresa Parish Choir, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Set Me As a Seal (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
Shawkemo Dreaming (String Orchestra)
Commissioned for the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic
Surly Bonds (Drum Set)
Commissioned by Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC
That They May Rest (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by St. James Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon
Viola Quintet (Two Violins, Two Violas, Cello)
Commissioned by the Vienna Soloists
Voices that Cradle the Dawn (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by Colby Cooman for Ronald and Avis Romm
The Welcome News (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts
Windflower (Reed Organ)
Commissioned by Artis Wodehouse
2008
The Appleton Motets (2-part Voices (female/treble or male) Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Bear Mountain Fragments (Piano)
Commissioned by RASPTA
Chorale and Courante (Trumpet and Contrabass)
Commissioned by Colby Cooman
Coskata Dreaming (Bass Trombone and Piano)
Commissioned by Jonathan Warburton
Credendum (Organ Pedal Solo)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Enchanted Tracings (Piano Concerto No. 2) (Solo Piano and Wind Ensemble)
Commissioned for Donna Amato, piano, the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble, Denis Colwell, conductor; Keith Kirchoff, piano, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, Thomas G. Everett, Mark Olson, conductors; and Nora Skuta, piano, the Slovak Radio Symphony Winds, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Erie Water - Mule Tales of the Empire State's Glorious Canal (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Eros (SATB Chorus and Piano)
Commissioned for the First Unitarian Society in Newton, Massachusetts
Fanfare for DGF (Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Harvard Band Foundation
Festival Sanctus (SATB Choir and Piano)
Commissioned by Judith Clurman
Flying Machine (Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra in celebration of its 200th anniversary
It Is I! (Unison Treble Choir (opt. 2-part) and Organ)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Little Recorder Book (Alto [Treble] Recorder)
Commissioned for John Turner
Miacomet Dreaming (Orchestra)
Commissioned by New Music Tomorrow
The Oda-Burns Mass (SATB Choir, Violin, Percussion, and Organ)
Commissioned by Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley and Woodside, California
Pittsburgh Rhapsody (Brass Band)
Commissioned by the River City Brass Band (Denis Colwell, music director) in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with support from the Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections Committee
Quintet for Bassoon and Strings
Commissioned by The Commission Project
The Shirt of Happiness (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
The Sky Can Still Remember (SSAA Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by the Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont
Suite antique (Trumpet and Harpsichord)
Commissioned by Cavanagh Concerts
Te Deum (2-part Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by the Association of Anglican Musicians
Two Dawn Hymns (Cello and Piano)
Commissioned by Colby Cooman
Un regard éloigné (Flugelhorn and Cello)
Commissioned by Musik Fabrik in honor of Claude Lévi-Strauss's 100th birthday
Unfolding the Gates of Dawn (Guitar)
Commissioned by Aaron Larget-Caplan
2007
Brass Quintet
Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival
Clausula III (Cello)
Commissioned by Court Lane Music
The Doors in the Sky (Violin)
Commissioned by Piotr Szewczyk
Fanfare for DGF (Three Trumpets or Band)
Commissioned by the Harvard Band Foundation
Gold into Diamonds (Voice and Piano)
Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe
In the Midst of Wild Being (SATB Chorus, Horn, Harp)
Commissioned by King's Chapel and Choral Arts New England
Jesus is Here! (2-part Treble Choir and Keyboard)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
The Laidley Wyrm (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
The Litany of Light (SATB Choir, Baritone and Soprano Soloists, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Lyric Trio for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Moon Shards (Alto Saxophone, Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Piano)
Commissioned by Andrew Pelletier, funded in part by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at the College of Musical Arts of Bowling Green State University and the Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Program of the International Horn Society
Mountains Like These (Vibraphone)
Commissioned by Mike Perdue
Nine Preludes (Piano)
Commissioned by Richard Mason
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (2-part Choir and Keyboard)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Oboe Quartet (Oboe and String Trio)
Commissioned with support from Richard Mason
Sonata in memoriam Daniel Pinkham (Flute)
Commissioned by Arcadia Capital
Springburst (Piano Trio)
Commissioned for "Gwyneth Walker: A Celebration of the Music Makers"
Summer Solstice (Piano)
Commissioned for Jeffrey Jacob
There Is Much in the World (2-part Treble Choir and Keyboard)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Toccata: Homage to Buxtehude (Organ)
Commissioned by Joan DeVee Dixon
When the Perfect Comes (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by Peter J. Gomes
2006
Autumn Sun Canticle (Solo Trumpet and Orchestra)
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Clausula (Cello)
Commissioned by the Harvard University Choir
Concert Piece: La Tricotea (Piano)
Commissioned by Jeffrey Grossman
Concerto for Portatif Organ and Strings
Commissioned by the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Robert Mealy, director
Easter Contemplation on "O Filii et Filiae" (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Flute Concerto (Solo Flute and Orchestra)
Commissioned by Judith von Hopf for the Kiev Philharmonic
Giant Colored Bird III (Horn Octet)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon Horn Choir
I Will Pour Out My Spirit (SATB [or SAB] Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Just Now (SATB Chorus and Orchestra)
Commissioned by Albany Pro Musica in celebration of its 25th anniversary
The Kingdom of Justice (Cantata for SATB Choir, Soprano and Baritone Soloists, Trumpet, and Organ)
Commissioned by Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, San Jose, California
Number Pirates (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Shining Space: Quintet for Horn and Strings
Commissioned by Hazel Dean Davis and Stephen Hackbarth
Three Songs from "As You Like It" (Voice and Piano)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
2005
Autumn Sun Canticle (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Cerulean: Double Percussion Concerto (Two Solo Percussionists and Ensemble)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music
Dawn Rituals (Flute Quartet)
Commissioned by LAGO
Downpour (SATB Chorus and String Quartet)
Commissioned by Madrigalia
An Easter Processional (Handbell Ensemble)
Commissioned by Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda, California
Fantasy Variations (Alto Saxophone and Piano)
Commissioned in honor of George Perle's 90th birthday
Folk Fantasies (Solo Euphonium, String Quartet, Percussion)
Commissioned by Matthew Murchison
Fourth Piano Sonata
Commissioned for Donna Amato
Frequent Flyer (Alto Saxophone, Marimba, Piano)
Commissioned for Fireworks and the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
Giant Colored Bird II (Two Clarinets and Bassoon)
Commissioned by Nicholas Batko
In What Time Remains (Brass Quintet)
Commissioned by Musik Fabrik
Meditation and Rejoicing (Organ, Brass Quintet, Opt. Timpani)
Commissioned by Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda, California
Music for Lysistrata (SATB Chorus, Soloists, and Tape)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Ode (Contrabass)
Commissioned by P. Kellach Waddle
Orbiting Paradise (Soprano, Trumpet, Piano)
Commissioned by Chris Gekker
Partita on "St. Elizabeth" (Organ)
Commissioned in honor of Bruce Klanderman
Piano Concerto (Solo Piano and Strings)
Commissioned by Symphonic Underground
Prelude on "Martyrdom" (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Prelude on "Materna" (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Psalm 29 (Simplified Anglican Chant with Refrain)
Commissioned by the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester
Reflection (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by Alice E. Irvin
Reflection on "Repton" (Organ)
Commissioned by Marisa Green
Road of Light (Saxophone Quartet)
Commissioned by Laura Manion
Rossini in the Kitchen (Comic Monodrama in One Act)
Commissioned by Frank Napolitano
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Commissioned by Brook Ferguson
Sonata for Solo Violin
Commissioned for David Fulmer
Spring Songs (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by Cavanagh Concerts
Sun Tracing (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned by Donna Amato
Three Intermezzi (Trumpet and Piano)
Commissioned for Chris Gekker
Variations on "Carol" (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Welcome Wind (SAB Chorus and Piano)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon Community Outreach Program
Windswept Skies, Swirling Seas (SATB Choir and Piano)
Commissioned for First Congregational Church, Nantucket
2004
Adam Lay Ybounden (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by University of the South
All My Heart This Night Rejoices (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Be Present, Holy Trinity (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Canzona (Horn Sextet)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon Horn Choir
Christ Is Alive! (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Clarinet Concerto (Solo Clarinet and String Orchestra)
Commissioned by Harrison Nelson
Cisco Dreaming (Cello)
Commissioned by Peter Lorenzo Anderegg
Dawn Game (Wind Ensemble)
Commissioned for the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Desiring the Solicitude of Rain (Solo Tenor and Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by John McMunn
Dionis Dreaming (Guitar Duo)
Commissioned for the Ferla-Marcinizyn Guitar Duo
Easter Triumph! Easter Joy! (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Festive Processional (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Foresight Spinning: Meditations for Contrabass and Ensemble
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Giant Colored Bird (Guitar)
Commissioned for Karin Schaupp
A Hiker's Gear (Organ and Opt. Narrator)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Horn Trio (Violin, Horn, Piano)
Commissioned by Harrison Nelson for Composers Concordance
In the Absence of Your Ringing (Carillon)
Commissioned by the Friends of the Albany City Carillon
In the Light (Piano and Organ)
Commissioned for Duo Majoya
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Let Praise of God Begin (SATB and Organ)
Commissioned by the Royal School of Church Music in America
Missa Brevis ("Trottier") (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
O Sleep, Dear Holy Baby (Organ)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
The Oncies (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Remembering Tomorrow: Trombone Concerto
Commissioned by Haim Avitsur
Solar Visions (Woodwind Quintet)
Commissioned by the Arcadian Winds
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Sonata for Violin and Organ
Commissioned by Harrison Nelson for the Gough Duo
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
Commissioned for Ostap Shutko
Spectrum (Concerto-Cantata for Oboe, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned with the support of Thomas Masterman
Synodos (Violin)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Thieves (Chamber Opera in One Act)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
The Transportation Age (Organ and Opt. Narrator)
Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Two Fragments (Guitar Quartet)
Commissioned by the Corona Guitar Kvartet
Two Preludes (Small Carillon or Chimes)
Commissioned by David Schaap
Waiting for October (Flute and Guitar)
Commissioned for the Heim Duo
2003
Beyond All Knowing (Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by Richard Mason
Builders for Christ (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee
Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet
Commissioned by the Harvard Club of Rochester
Distant Glittering Orbs (Alto Flute)
Commissioned by Frederick Butler
Dr. Magic (Chamber Opera in One Act)
Commissioned by hrCME and the Leverett Arts Society
Dream-Tombeau: Crucifixus (Piano)
Commissioned for Gordon Rumson
Into One Crimson Flame (Bass Clarinet)
Commissioned by Frederick Butler
The Lamp of Charity (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University
New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church for the Harvard University Carol Services, 2003
Orbital (Orchestra)
Commissioned by New Music Tomorrow
Partita (Baroque Flute)
Commissioned by Dolores Zdancewicz
Prayer of Julian of Norwich (SAB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. James Music Press
Prism (Organ)
Commissioned by Robert Jan August
Remember? (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Sonata for English Horn and Piano
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Star Canticle: Vision Vibrant (Oboe, Clarinet, Piano)
Commissioned by Toni Marie Marchioni
Stories in the Stars (2-part Children's Chorus and Piano, with Opt. Narrator(s))
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Symphony of Light (String Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and Richard Mason
Threads: Concerto for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Harvard Club of Rochester
Tombeau-Aria (String Quartet)
Commissioned for the Premieres Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Too Upset for Words (Alto Saxophone, Guitar, Piano)
Commissioned by the Lakehead University New Music Ensemble
Tundra Canticle (Bassoon and Contrabass)
Commissioned by Bradley and Douglas Balliett
Turning Sunwards (Horn)
Commissioned for John Aubrey
Windswept: Legend of Sea and Sky (Violin and Guitar)
Commissioned by Duo46
Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (2-part Choir and Keyboard)
Commissioned by William Fletcher
2002
Advent Desolations (Flute and Piano)
Commissioned by Dolores Zdancewicz
Alive! (Organ)
Commissioned by Sandra Gay for the dedication of the new organ at Webster Presbyterian Church
All Things Came to Be (Organ and Handbells)
Commissioned for Webster Presbyterian Church
As to the Sun (Alto Saxophone)
Commissioned for Paul Wehage
August Latitudes (Violin, Guitar, Piano)
Commissioned by Duo46
Beach Street (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned by Christ Chapel Fellowship
Bernini's Angels (Two Pianos)
Commissioned for the Harvard University Art Museums
Blue Glimmers (Flute, Clarinet, Contrabass)
Commissioned for the Lakehead University New Music Ensemble
Canticle: Mosaic in Remembrance and Hope (SATB Choir and Flute)
Commissioned by Harvard University United Ministry for the one year memorial of the events of September 11, 2001
CLAC Jubilee (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned for the jubilee of the Christian Labour Assocation of Canada
Coatue Dreaming (Trumpet)
Commissioned by Richard Mason
Dances of the Holy Fool: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Commissioned by Richard and Simi Mason in celebration of their anniversary
Dark December: Ignis Dei (Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Piano)
Commissioned by Maurice and Amy Katz for Non Sequitur
Dream Etudes, Book III (Tuba)
Commissioned for Mark Nelson
Dream Etudes, Book IV (Oboe)
Commissioned for Juozas Rimas
Enchanted Pathways: Concerto for Horn and Ensemble
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Faith, Praise, and Prayer (Piano)
Commissioned by National Music Publishers
Faith, Praise, and Prayer for Advent and Christmas (Piano)
Commissioned by National Music Publishers
Harbor House (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned by Richard and Simi Mason
Honey from the Rock (Communion Cantata)
Commissioned for First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts
How Far Away is Heaven (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by Selah Publishing Co., Inc.
In the Fire of Images: Three Etudes (Alto Saxophone and Piano)
Commissioned by Maurice and Amy Katz for Paul Wehage
Light Inaccessible (Two Cellos)
Commissioned by the Aradia Duet
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ("St. Peter's, Cambridge") (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by Matthew F. Burt
Memorial Church (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned by The Memorial Church for the New Harvard University Hymn Book
Mikas Pond (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned for Rochester Christian Reformed Church on its 125th anniversary
O Sacrum Convivium (Alto Voice and Organ)
Commissioned for the Canticum Novum Concerts
Of Songs and Swirls: Four Lyric Pieces (Soprano Saxophone and Piano)
Commissioned by Maurice and Amy Katz for Paul Wehage and Moyuru Maeda
Passion Canticle (Soprano Saxophone [with tubular bell])
Commissioned for Paul Wehage
Polpis Dreaming (Contrabass Saxophone and Piano)
Commissioned for Jay C. Easton
Pooh's Serenade (Bassoon, Cello, Piano)
Commissioned by hrCME for Arts First
Poor Bibi (Chamber Opera in One Act)
Commissioned by the Repellent Players with a grant from the Warner B. Hallowell Foundation
A Prayer for Service (SATB Choir, S Solo, and Organ)
Commissioned by Murray Forbes Somerville in celebration of the first year of the Choral Fellows program
Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata)
Commissioned for Marco Modaro
Showings of Divine Love (Dramatic Sacred Tableaux for Viola and Organ)
Commissioned by the Mason Trust
Star Tenders (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Sun Figment (Harp)
Commissioned by Musik Fabrik
The Way, the Truth, the Life (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Two Oates Miniatures (Voice and Piano)
Commissioned by Lena Murais
2001
Alleluia! Jesus Has Risen (Hymn Concertato)
Commissioned by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
At the Setting of the Sun (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for the Harvard University Choir
Brightnesses (Flute and Organ)
Commissioned by KircheFlöteGesellschaft
Concertino for Three (Flute, Oboe, Bassoon)
Commissioned by Sally Turner
Epitaph of Seikilos (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Euphonium)
Commissioned by Al Benner for the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
Enchanted Gardens (Cello and Piano)
Commissioned for Stephen and Lisa Truelove by J. Harris Parker, III
Exaltations (Organ)
Commissioned by The Commission Project for James and Marilyn Biery
Fantasy-Variations on "Huntsville" (Organ)
Commissioned for the Canticum Novum Concerts
The Forest's Song (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
From Jesse's Old Stump (Christmas Carol for SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Holy Trinity Choral Artists
From Past to Future (Organ)
Commissioned by St. Michael's Church for the chancel organ re-dedication with gifts of the congregation
Give Glory to God (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned for First Congregational Church, Nantucket
God of Still Waiting (Organ)
Commissioned by Morris T. Burleigh, 2001
God Spoke With Varied Voices (SATB Choir and Piano)
Commissioned by Daniel Allen and the Hills Alive Chorale for Christmas In Our Town, 2001
Jaunts (Mandolin Quintet)
Commissioned for the Sydney Mandolins
Jesus, Gift of God (2-part Treble Choir and Keyboard)
Commissioned by the Noteworthy Voices for Christmas Celebration 2001
Jubilee-Postlude on "Converse" (Organ)
Commissioned by Zimbel Press
Lairs of Flavor (Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano)
Commissioned by WHRB Radio
Leaves of Light (String Orchestra)
Commissioned by The Southfield School
Meditation on "Palsrok" (Organ)
Commissioned for Rochester Christian Reformed Church
Midsummer Songs (Tuba-Euphonium Quartet)
Commissioned for Tubalaté
Night Songs (Chamber Orchestra)
Commissioned by St. Michael's Chamber Orchestra with a grant from the Hogwood Fund
Offertories for the Church Year (Organ)
Commissioned by Marnie Masters
Palsrok (Hymn Tune)
Commissioned for Rochester Christian Reformed Church
Prayers (Guitar and Organ)
Commissioned by Herbert Levine
Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto (Solo Trumpet and Orchestra)
Commissioned with support from Louise Sandowska Taylor
Songlines, Sun Dreaming (Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Hodges Fund
Tenebrae Canticle (Organ)
Commissioned by Rochester Christian Reformed Church
Trenton Quintet (Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Tributaries from the Green Mountain (Baroque Violin and Organ)
Commissioned for Monteverdi Days, 2002
Triptych-Fantasy for Trumpet and Strings
Commissioned by John Morris
Tropes and Collects (Contrabass)
Commissioned for Stephen Gilewski
Two Seasonal Sketches, Set II (Clarinet and Piano)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Viewpoints (Three Flutes)
Commissioned by Al Benner for the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts
Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra
Commissioned by The Fanfare Project
2000
Botany (SSA Chorus and Piano)
Commissioned by the Bulgarian Music Festival
Celestial Meditations (Organ and Brass Choir)
Commissioned for William Berg, Michael Stewart, and the Chicago Brass Choir with a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Howard Skelman
Ceremonial Loops: Concerto for Electric Violin and Orchestra
Commissioned by Sabrina Berger
Concerto Grosso (Solo Group and Orchestra)
Commissioned for the Hochstein Music School
Dawn Liturgies (Organ)
Commissioned by the 2000 Northern Lights Music Festival
Dream Etudes (Clarinet)
Commissioned by Cheryl Melfi
The Eternal Dove (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Arcadia Press
Equinox Dances (Piano Trio)
Commissioned by the Serafino Trio
Fantasia on American Hymns (Alto Saxphone and Piano)
Commissioned by Jay Pierson for Jim and Esther Steele
Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear (Clarinet, Trumpet, Xylophone, Piano)
Commissioned by the Kilgore College New Music Ensemble
Invocation (Solo Flute and String Orchestra)
Commissioned by The Provence Society
Invocation (Alto Flute and Organ)
Commissioned by Jeff Klingfuss
Jackson Flourish (Bugle and Organ)
Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for the 2001 Regional Convention, Jackson, Mississippi
Light in the Morning (Third String Quartet)
Commissioned by the London Chamber Group for the British Library
O Jerusalem (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned as the Luciano Beroni Millennium Memorial Commission, 2000
On Lofty Places (Organ)
Commissioned by the Murray Schultz Service Playing Competition
Pentecost Compline (Bass Recorder and Organ)
Commissioned by Julia Waldon
Pastorale and Toccata on "Lasst Uns Erfreuen" (Organ)
Commissioned by Conners Publications
Prelude on "O Sacred Head" (Organ)
Commissioned by Hans Jens Hassler for the 250th anniversary of the death of J. S. Bach
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Commissioned by a consortium of Vivian Kane, the Dallas String Quartet, the Res Publica String Quartet, and the Calvari String Quartet
See the Promised Dawn Arise (Chamber Opera)
Commissioned for Webster Presbyterian Church for its 175th anniversary
Two Evening Songs (Piano)
Commissioned by the Living Music Foundation
Two Parlor Pieces for Reed Organ
Commissioned by Tom and Eileen Marowles
Two Seasonal Sketches (Clarinet and Piano)
Commissioned by Westhard Gerber
Water Music (Organ)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music, the Council for the Support of New Church Music, Raynard Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Burch
When the Morning Stars Began to Sing (Organ)
Commissioned by Sandra Gay for Webster Presbyterian Church for its 175th anniversary
What's the Scoop? (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
Who Stole the Queen's Tarts? (Musical for Children)
Commissioned by Allendale Columbia School
1999
The Canons of Dordt (Two Clarinets)
Commissioned by Westhard Gerber
Cassandra (Music-Theatre Work for Mezzo-Soprano and Instrumental Ensemble)
Commissioned by the Experimental Theatre of the Black Forest, Germany
Concerto for Bass Saxophone and Strings
Commissioned by Andreas van Zoelen with support from the Broeker Fund for New Music
Crowns (Organ)
Commissioned for Paul Ayres for concert tours, 2000
Duet (Chamber Opera in One Act)
Commissioned by the Repellent Players
Earth Canticle: Concerto Brevis for Trumpet and Orchestra
Commissioned by Mrs. Lucy Hodges and the Hodges Fund
Fantasy on "Valmai" (Organ)
Commissioned by H. Hubert Benckler
Forgotten Runes (Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano)
Commissioned by Ensemble Decadanse, France
The Great Wilno (Solo Piano and Wind Ensemble [flexible])
Commissioned by Bob Stata
Illuminations (Voice and Tuned Percussion Tubes)
Commissioned by Integron Corporation
In Nomine II (Flute and Oboe)
Commissioned by the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series
In Nomine III (Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet)
Commissioned by the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series
In Nomine IV (Bassoon, Tuba, Cello)
Commissioned by the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series
King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream (Organ)
Commissioned by Daniel Pinkham for Andrew Paul Holman
The Last Voice of the Wind (Bass Recorder and Piano)
Commissioned by Julia Waldon for the 60th anniversary of the American Recorder Society
Mahalaleel's Nocturne (Piano)
Commissioned by Editio Musica Polski Romana for the 150th anniversary of the death of Frederic Chopin
Missa Ecclesiastica (Organ)
Commissioned by the Council for the Support of New Church Music (Rome, Italy)
Nantucket Sleighride: Fantasy for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Nantucket Summer (Piano)
Commissioned by the Werner Foundation
O rubor sanguinis (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned by Leonard Halkiner for the American Repertory Singers
Organbook I (Pieces for Manuals) (Organ)
Commissioned by Sally T. Hobson
Purget Spongia: Fanfare for Two Trumpets
Commissioned for the 1999 Contemporary Music Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Quintet for Trumpet and Strings
Commissioned for the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series (Canada) by Loretta and Taylor Burke
Reverberations (Trumpet and Organ)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
Sea Findings (Contrabass and Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for P. Kellach Waddle
Second Sonata for Piano
Commissioned for the opening of the Curtis Center for the Performing Arts, Rochester, New York
Second String Quartet
Commissioned by the Dallas String Quartet
Sinfonia: Deo Gracias (Orchestra)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for the Hewlett-Packard Symphony Orchestra
Six Little Pieces for Piano
Commissioned by the Schoenberg Concert Society
Sonata da Chiesa (Organ)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for Daniel Pinkham and King's Chapel, Boston
Sonata for Brass Choir
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for the Chicago Brass Choir
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Commissioned by Karen Bolshevian Ringwold for the 2000 Contemporary Music Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
String Quartet
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Tartarus (Orchestra)
Commissioned for the 80th anniverary of the American Classical League
Three Chorale Preludes (Organ)
Commissioned by the Ecumenical Millennium Celebration Council
Three Dunbar Verses (Voice and Cello)
Commissioned by Patricia Anne Reynolds
Three Passiontide Motets (SATB Choir Unaccompanied)
Commissioned for Roger Wilhelm and Madrigalia for its 25th anniversary year
Three Point Pi (Tuned Percussion Tubes and Piano)
Commissioned by Integron Corporation
Triptych for Harpsichord
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music
The Waterville Organbook (Organ)
Commissioned by James Hodgson Holcomb
We Are Filled With Joy (SATB Choir and Organ)
Commissioned for the Colby College Richner-Strong Institute of Church Music
Worldscape (SATB Choir and Piano)
Commissioned for the Allendale Columbia Vocal Ensembles
Years of Plenty, Years of Peace (Brass Quintet)
Commissioned for the Luminary Brass Quintet
1998
Barnyard Episodes: Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano
Commissioned for the 1999 International Contrabassoon Festival in Park City, Utah
Biblicals: Concerto for Solo Piano in Five Movements
Commissioned for Kathleen Supové
Dentistry Music (Oboe and Piano)
Commissioned by the St. Petersburg Society of Dentists
Eagles: Suite for Trumpet and Piano
Commissioned by Ishtak Lopema for his students
A Dog Ballad (Piano and Speaking Voice)
Commissioned by Jonathan Hugh Lovell
Fantasy and Procession (Piano)
Commissioned by Dance Rochester and the New York State Arts Council
Floopishness: Two Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Commissioned by Westhard Gerber
Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra
Commissioned by Mrs. Lucy Hodges and the Hodges Fund for the Czech Radio Symphony
Singing (SATB Chorus and Piano)
Commissioned for the Allendale Columbia Vocal Ensembles with funding from the Broeker Fund for New Music
Sonata for Piano
Commissioned by Barry Simmons
Hallucinations (Flute and Piano)
Commissioned by June Wallingsford-Boyce
Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Commissioned by Larry Kludge
1997
A City Upon a Hill (Piano and Narrator)
Commissioned by The Commission Project for Daniel Effron
Humectare Amnem (Brass Quintet and Xylophone)
Commissioned by The Commission Project for Rhythm and Brass
Ideas: Short Etudes for Solo Oboe
Commissioned by G. L. "Flaps" Menendez
Third Organ Sonata
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Three Procrustean Etudes (Piano)
Commissioned by Barry Simmons
Toccata (Two Pianos)
Commissioned by The Commission Project
Two Bagatelles (Piano)
Commissioned by The Commission Project
1996
Antiphons (Chamber Ensemble [Two Clarinets, Violin, Two Pianos])
Commissioned by The Commission Project