COMPOSITIONS

 

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Recent Projects

  1. Jubilee Mass (2011)

  2. choir and organ, commissioned by the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal in celebration of their 150th year, 15 minutes

  3. Ave Regina Caelorum (2010)

  4. SATB chorus, commissioned by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa,
    6 minutes

  5. concerto GROSSO (2009)

  6. string orchestra, commissioned by A Far Cry, Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra, 20 minutes

  7. A spiral of soprano sound (2009)

  8. cycle of three songs for soprano and piano commissioned by Claude Vielleux for Kristal Calvert in honor of their 10th anniversary, 9 minutes

  9. A seal upon your heart (2008)

  10. for seven-part chorus (SSAATBB, div.), with texts from the Song of Solomon (7:11-13; 8:1, 4-7), 12 minutes

  11. your eyes have their silence (2008)

  12. for string trio, commissioned by the Rosetta Trio, 12 minutes

  13. Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story (2005)

  14. original music for the documentary on Suskind and the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam

Choral

  1. Jubilee Mass (2011)

  2. choir and organ, commissioned by the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal in celebration of their 150th year, 15 minutes

  3. Ave Regina Caelorum (2010)

  4. SATB chorus, commissioned by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa,
    6 minutes

  5. A seal upon your heart (2008)

  6. for seven-part chorus (SSAATBB, div.), with texts from the Song of Solomon (7:11-13; 8:1, 4-7), 12 minutes

  7. Psalm 84 (2005)

  8. anthem for choir and viola for the dedication of the new sanctuary at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 4 minutes

  9. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (2003)

  10. anthem for choir and organ, 3 minutes

  11. Trinity (2001)

  12. anthem commissioned by Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, Massachusetts, 3 minutes

  13. An die Musik (2000)

  14. for unaccompanied choir on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, 3 minutes

  15. in Just– (1999)

  16. for unaccompanied choir on the poem by e. e. cummings, 1 minute

  17. Faith Comes from What Is Heard (1997)

  18. anthem commissioned by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 5 minutes

Vocal

  1. A spiral of soprano sound (2009)

  2. cycle of three songs for soprano and piano commissioned by Claude Vielleux for Kristal Calvert in honor of their 10th anniversary, 9 minutes

  3. Help me now (2006)

  4. song for soprano and chamber orchestra commissioned by the Concord Academy Orchestra, 4 minutes

  5. Till it is ready (2004)

  6. song cycle for soprano, flute, cello and organ on texts from the Song of Solomon, 10 minutes

  7. anyone lived in a pretty how town (2000)

  8. for soprano and cello on the poem by e. e. cummings, 5 minutes

  9. one winter afternoon (1999)

  10. for tenor, flute, viola, and harp on the poem by e. e. cummings, 4 minutes

Orchestral

  1. concerto GROSSO (2009)

  2. collaboration with A Far Cry, Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra; world premiere: October 30 and 31, Boston, MA

  3. Viola Concerto (1998)

  4. for Sarah Darling and the Longy School of Music Chamber Orchestra, 18 minutes

  5. Scherzo (1996)

  6. for three youth string orchestras of varying ability: elementary, middle, and high school, 3 minutes


Chamber

  1. concerto GROSSO (2009)

  2. collaboration with A Far Cry, Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra; world premiere: October 30 and 31, Boston, MA

  3. your eyes have their silence (2008)

  4. for string trio, commissioned by the Rosetta Trio, 12 minutes

  5. Three Miniatures (2001)

  6. for viola and cello, 3 minutes

  7. Viola Sonata (1997)

  8. for solo viola, 12 minutes

Stage

  1. Miss Julie (2002)

  2. a one act opera on the play by August Strindberg, 26 minutes

  3. stitch counting (1999)

  4. one act opera on poems by e. e. cummings, 14 minutes

Film

  1. Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story (2005)

  2. original music for the documentary on Suskind and the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam

Liturgical

  1. Wedding Music (2005)

  2. for brass quintet, 8 minutes

  3. Advent Service Music (2004)

  4. for Sunday morning services at St. Anne’s in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Massachusetts

  5. Sung Morning Prayer Service in the Taizé Tradition (2003)

  6. for choir, congregation, and organ at the Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut


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