Three Miniatures
Viola and Cello, 3 minutes. First performance: July 2001 at the American Conservatory, Palais de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France. A severely concise duet for solo viola and cello in three parts.
An die Musik
Chorus (SATB), 3 minutes. A song for a capella chorus on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, in German. This piece was written overlooking Penobscot Bay from Little Deer Isle, Maine.
anyone lived in a pretty how town
Soprano and cello. 5 minutes. A setting of the poem by e. e. cummings. First performance: March 2000 at Harvard University by Kate Bennett and Susan Long, sponsored by the Harvard Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble.
one winter afternoon
Tenor, flute, viola, and harp. 4 minutes. A setting of the poem by e. e. cummings. First performance: Spring 2000 at Harvard University as part of the Thelma Louise Goldberg Concert, a production of the Music Department.
stitch counting
A one-act opera based on four poems by e. e. cummings. 14 minutes. Music by Christopher Hossfeld. Orchestration: oboe, bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello, and singers. First performance during VI, A Night of Student Opera Premiers, November 1999, Harvard University; David Salvage, … Continued
Viola Concerto
Solo viola and chamber orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn; 2 hn, 2 tpt; timp; strings). 18 minutes. The piece was first performed by Sarah Darling, viola with the Longy School of Music Young Performers Chamber Orchestra, George … Continued
Viola Sonata
Solo viola, 10 minutes, dedicated to Sarah Darling. The piece has been performed in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.