Solo and Chamber Works

Three Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay (March 2010)
Premiered April 2010, Recital of Christine Boone
Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Sopranos and Piano


Things Women Yell at Market (September 2009)
Song cycle using text by Jonathan Swift
Premiered April 2009, UT Wet Ink New Music Series
Duration: 15 minutes
Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano

Balanae (December 2008)
Duration: 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Instrumentation: Tape

Textures for string quartet (December 2008)
Duration: 12 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello

Suite Bennington for 7 players (May 2008) LISTEN to excerpts
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum of the East
Premiered August 2008, featuring CMC Music Director, Michael Bush on piano,
Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum of the East in Bennington, Vermont
Duration: 7 minutes
Instrumentation: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Piano, Violin, Viola, Violoncello

Caprices (2007/2008) LISTEN
Commissioned by Antares Boyle
Premiered by September 2007 at the Sydney Conservatorium
Revisions Premiered April 2008 at the UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series
Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Flutes

Seguidilla (February 2008)
Winner, 2008 Solo String Music Competition, UT-Austin
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: Violin and Piano

Martyr Alone (2007/2008) LISTEN to an excerpt
Premiered March 2008 at UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series
Finalist, 2009 ASCAP Morton Gould Awards
Selected for Music08 performance
Presented in a masterclass with Steve Reich (June 2008)
Duration: 8 minutes
Instrumentation: Violin and Viola

Sketches (October 2007)
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello

Three Pieces (April 2007) LISTEN to excerpts
Premiered April 19, 2007 at the UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series
2007 Finalist, Third Millenium Ensemble Call for Scores
Selected for performance at the 2008 GAMMA-UT Conference
Presented in a masterclass with Steve Reich
Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: Flute/Alto Flute, Bb Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion

Sketches (October 2006) LISTEN to excerpts
Premiered by Beth May October 18, 2006 at the UT-Austin Wet Ink New Music Series
Duration: 12 minutes

Nine Short Variations (March 2006)
Duration: 9 minutes
Instrumentation: String Quartet

Prelude and Scherzo (April 2005)
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: Wind Quintet

Cold Winter (November 2004) LISTEN to excerpts
Premiered by the Vinca String Quartet, University of Colorado at Boulder
2006 SCI/ASCAP Regional Winner and National Honorable Mention
Selected for performance at the Music06 Festival
Presented in masterclasses with Augusta Read Thomas, Jennifer Higdon, John Adams, and others
Duration: 11 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello

Quartet for Strings (April 2004)
Premiered by the CSU Long Beach String Quartet April 2004
Senior Composition Recital, Long Beach, California
Duration: 30 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello

Three Days (March 2004) LISTEN to excerpts
Premiered by Hermes Camacho, Jessica Greenly, and Grant Boyd April 2004
Senior Composition Recital, Long Beach, California
Instrumentation: Violin, Cello, Bassoon
Duration: 6 minutes

Sonatine (March 2004)
Premiered April 2004 in Long Beach, California, Senior Composition Recital
Duration: 15 minutes

Linearity (February 2003) LISTEN to excerpts
Premiered March 2004 by Dave Gerhart and Yuri Inoo
Long Beach, California
Co-Winner, 2003 CSULB Percussion Composition Competition
Duration: 9 minutes
Instrumentation: 2 Marimbas

Timponia (February 2002)
Premiered April 2002
Long Beach, California, Composer's Guild Spring Concert
Instrumentation: 4 timpani

Last April (April 2002)
Premiered by Emily Shisko April 2002
Spring Composer's Guild Concert, Long Beach, California
Duration: 4 minutes
Instrumentation: Piano

Two Pieces (March 2002)
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: Violin, Viola, Violoncello

Un Promenade (November 2001)
Duration: 4 minutes
Instrument: Flute

Emouvant(October 2001)
Premiered by Dr. Justus Matthews, November 2001 Fall Comp Guild Concert
Long Beach, California
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: Bb Clarinet
                                                                                  Large Ensemble

M O V E for Orchestra (March 2010)
Read April 2010
Duration: 5 minutes
Instrumentation: 3.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp. - 3 percussion - strings

Silence for SSA Choir
(February 2010)

Rhapsody for Susan (June 2009)
20th Anniversary Dedication for Susan Lamb Cook, founder/director of the
Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Premiered July 19, 2009 with the SYS-CMW Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra
Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: Solo Cello, String Orchestra, harp or piano

Foozle for brass ensemble (May 2009)
Selected for performance with the Dallas Wind Symphony October 2009
Durations: 2 minutes
Instrumentation: 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussion

lambent for orchestra (March 2009)
Read April 2009
Duration: 8 minutes
Orchestra: 2.2.2.2. - 4.2.2.0. - timp. - 2 perc. - harp - strings

Foyer Fanfare (July 2008)
Duration: 3 minutes
Instrumentation: 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, 2 tubas, 2 percussion

Fantasia on an Anglican Tune (January 2008)
Duration: 7 minutes
Trombone Choir: 3 solo tenor, 1 solo bass - 6 tenor, 2 bass - 2 percussion

Passages (May 2006)
Read by the University of Colorado at Boulder Symphony Orchestra
Duration: 7 minutes
Orchestra: 3.2.2.2. - 4.3.3.1. - timp. 2 perc. - strings

Para Lola (March 2006)
Duration: 3 minutes
Instrumentation: SATB Choir

Three Movements (October 2005)
Premiered October 15, 2006 by the University of Colorado Ensemble Obscura
Duration: 12 minutes
Chamber Orchestra: 2.1.2.1. - 2.0.1.0. - 2 perc. - strings

Summer Miniatures (July 2005)
Commissioned by the Sacramento Youth Symphony Chamber Music Workshop
Premiered July 2006 by the SYS-CMW Orchestra and August 2006 by the University of California-Davis
Symphony
Duration: 12 minutes
Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0. - timp. 1 perc. pno. - strings

Jagged Waltz (June 2005)
Premiered July 2005 by the Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia Academica
Duration: 5 minutes
String Orchestra

Solace 2 (June 2004)
Premiered July 2004 by the SYS-CMW Orchestra
Duration: 7 minutes
Chamber Orchestra: 4.1.1.1. - 0.0.0.0. - strings

Three Days version for string orchestra (June 2004)
Performed July 2004 by the Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra
Duration: 9 minutes
Instrumentation: String Orchestra

Tales from Samhain (October 2003, September 2005)
Premiered October 2003 by the CSU Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Re-premiered November 2005 by the Boulder Youth Symphony Orchestra
Duration: 9 minutes
Orchestra: 3.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1. - timp. 2 perc. harp - strings

Solace (June 2003)
Premiered July 2003 by the SYS-CMW Orchestra
Duration: 5 minutes
Double Chamber Orchestra: 1.0.1.1. - 0.0.0.0. - piano - strings 1 - strings 2

Tales from Semreh (June 2003)
Premiered by the Jeunesse Chamber Orchestra July 2003
Duration: 7 minutes
String Orchestra