Vocal Works
Song Cycles and Larger Vocal Works
Aux Tuileries (Op. 709) (2006) (5 min)
Voice and Piano
I. Le grand basin
II. Manège
III. Les chaises
Texts by Jean-Thierry Boisseau (in French)
Published by Musik Fabrik
Brief Vibrations (Op. 870) (2010) (8 min)
for Jonathan Mark Roberts
Solo Voice (unaccompanied)
I. Kairos
II. Stillness Sings
III. Within the Embrace
IV. Spring Rain
V. The Vine
VI. Vibrations
Texts by Elisabeth T. Eliassen
Published by Musik Fabrik
Circe (Op. 904) (2010-11) (7.5 min)
for Jolle Greenleaf and Christian Lane
Soprano and Organ
I. Circe's Power
II. Circe's Torment
III. Circe's Grief
Texts by Louise Glück
Commissioned by Christian Lane
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Chasing the Moon Down (Op. 848) (2009) (16 min)
for Chris Gekker, Gail Collins, and Stephen Brown
Mezzo-Soprano, Trumpet, Piano
I. Winter
II. Spring
III. Summer
IV. Fall
Texts by Katherine Gekker
Commissioned by Chris Gekker
Published by Musik Fabrik
Desiring the Solicitude of Rain (Op. 542) (2003-04) (10.5 min)
Solo Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
see listing in Orchestral Works with Soloists
Gold into Diamonds (Op. 723) (2007) (10 min)
Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe in honor of the birthday of her mother, Rebecca Forsythe
Voice and Piano
I. So Long an Oak
II. Stranger in Egypt
III. Ballad
IV. The Lace of Poetry
Texts by Rebecca Forsythe
Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053
In Beauty Walking (Op. 952) (2012) (15 min)
in memoriam Shirley Cooman Holtman (1930-2012)
Mezzo-Soprano and String Quintet
I. Morning Song
II. Star Song
III. Rain Song
IV. Cradle Song
V. The Eagle's Song
Texts by Mary Hunter Austin
Commissioned by Gibbs & Main for EuphoNY 2012
Irreversible Heart (Op. 896) (2010) (9 min)
for Christine Howlett and the Chatham-Wood Duo
Soprano, Violin, Piano
I. Unnameable Heart
II. Mule Heart
III. Irreversible Heart
Texts by Jane Hirshfield
Commissioned by Christine Howlett
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on Love Raise Your Voice (CD Recording; MSR Classics; Catalogue #MS 1384)
Lingering, Lonely Callings (Op. 753) (2004-05) (20 min)
Voice and Piano
I. Keep Me (for Marisa on her 24th birthday)
II. Bearing Spring (for Arnold Rosner)
III. Succor (for Elizabeth Kirschner)
IV. Yesterday (for Marisa, Christmas 2003)
V. Humming Softly (for Marisa on her 23rd birthday)
VI. Lamentation (for Joshua K. Copeland)
VII. A Broken Prism (for Kate Maroney)
VIII. Finale (for Amanda Forsythe)
Texts by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053
Noticing Songs, Book I (Op. 557) (2002-04) (9 min)
for John
Voice and Piano
I. Trouble
II. Death Shortage
III. Soldier
IV. EKG Lady
V. Autumn Leaves
VI. Life
VII. Philosophical Blues
Texts by Richard Leach
Now That You See the Night (Op. 770) (2008) (4.5 min)
Soprano and Harpsichord
I. On This Morning of Grief (for Joyce Carol Oates on her 70th birthday)
II. Yucca on White Sands
III. Sonatina to Hans Christian (for Jeff and Katharine)
Texts by Joyce Carol Oates, Sarah White, and Wallace Stevens
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Ostinato Mass (Op. 930) (2011) (4 min)
for Thomas Gregg and Heinrich Christensen
Voice and Organ
I. Kyrie
II. Sanctus
III. Agnus Dei
Text from the Book of Common Prayer (in English)
Commissioned by Thomas Gregg
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Rossini in the Kitchen (Op. 615) (2005) (12 min)
see listing in Secular Opera
Seven Haiku (Op. 629) (2005) (4 min)
for Amanda Elizabeth Forsythe and Edward Elwyn Jones, on the occasion of their wedding, June 4, 2005
Voice and Piano
I. Each Twig
II. Above the Embers
III. Beneath the Skylark
IV. Morning Mist
V. Snow Covered Cornfield
VI. Night Journey
VII. Finding the Sky
Texts by Hilary Tann
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053)
Songs from the City of Light (Op. 805) (2009) (19 min)
for Harry Lyn Huff
Voice and Piano
I. Wake Up
II. Make It Easy
III. Crayons (Stay Inside the Lines)
IV. Summer in the City
V. Dancers
VI. Second Act of Day
VII. City of Light
Published by Zimbel Press (Catalogue #80101303)
Three Songs from "As You Like It" (Op. 707) (2006) (5 min)
for Di Trevis
Voice and Piano
I. Under the Greenwood Tree
II. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
III. It Was a Lover and His Lass
Texts by William Shakespeare
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Published by Musik Fabrik
Two Catullus Songs (Op. 120) (1999) (3 min)
for Jill Crooker
Voice and Piano
I. Iam ver egelidos
II. Odi et amo
Texts by Gaius Valerius Catullus (in Latin)
Published by Lauren Keiser Music Publishing (Catalogue #X814035)
Two Oates Miniatures (Op. 365) (2002) (2 min)
for Lena Murais
Voice and Piano
I. The Forbidden
II. Lost
Texts by Joyce Carol Oates
Commissioned by Lena Murais
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Two Vergil Songs (Op. 201) (2000) (3 min)
for Ray Perez
Voice and Piano
I. Vere rosa
II. Ego haec
Texts by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Latin)
Published by Lauren Keiser Music Publishing (Catalogue #X814034)
Two Wakefield Songs (Op. 592) (2004) (5 min)
for Helen Karloski and Angela Occhionero
Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Piano
I. After Looking at Bruegel
II. Why Does the Bee Fly into the Little Iron Pagoda in the Garden?
Texts by Kathleen Wakefield
Published by Musik Fabrik
Waxing and Waning (Op. 667) (2005) (6 min)
Baritone and Piano
I. Humming Softly (for Marisa on her 23rd birthday)
II. Wake Up (for Gwyneth Walker)
III. Finale (for Joshua K. Copeland)
Texts by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
Single Songs
Christ, We Wait (Op. 266) (2001) (3.5 min)
for Frederick and Susan Frahm
Voice and Organ
Text by Richard Leach
Published by Parsonage Press, exclusive distributor Subito Music Corporation (Catalogue #30190020)
Each Day a Dark Sea (Op. 378) (2002) (1 min)
for Penny Hansen
Voice and Piano
Text by Richard Leach
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In memoriam George Perle (Op. 810) (2009) (2 min)
for the New York Miniaturist Ensemble
Soprano and Piano
Text by Elizabeth Kirschner
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In the Beginning (Op. 462) (2002) (2 min)
for Lara Hirner
Concert Aria for Soprano (or Mezzo-Soprano) and Piano
from the opera Poor Bibi
Text by Joyce Carol Oates
Mercy and Truth (Op. 938) (2011) (3.5 min)
for Jim and Don Anderson
Baritone and Organ
Text from the Bible: Psalm 85:10-13
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A Pentecost Prayer (Op. 395) (1999, rev. 2002) (1.5 min)
see listing in Choral Works
A Prayer for Light (Op. 518) (2003) (3 min)
for Amanda Forsythe
Soprano and Organ
Text by Richard Leach
Published in Your Voice Now Raise: New Solos for the Church by Zimbel Press (Catalogue #80101213)
Rise Up, My Love (Op. 837) (2009) (3 min)
for Greg and Lisa, and the Cleary family
Voice, Flugelhorn (or Trumpet), Organ
Text from the Bible: Song of Songs 2:10b-12; 13b
Commissioned by the St. Theresa Parish Choir, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
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Tempt Me (Op. 663) (2005) (3.75 min)
for Derek and Laura Chester
Soprano, Tenor, Piano
Text by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
This Dusk (Op. 671) (2005) (2 min)
for Kate Maroney
Mezzo-Soprano and Guitar
Text by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
To Reason Thus (Op. 864) (2010) (2 min)
for Chuck Hertrick on his retirement as headmaster of Allendale Columbia School, in celebration of his 40 years in independent education
Baritone and Piano
Text by William Shakespeare
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