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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS
Iphigenia: chamber opera in five scenes, with a libretto by Neena Beber (2024) - 46' for three singers, small chorus and chamber ensemble An update of the Iphigenia myth to tell a climate change story about the dangers of sacrificing the future for a short term fix: in this case, the wind stops blowing, knocking out a wind farm instead of Agamemnon’s fleet. Meeting of Minds for live and recorded string quartet (2023) - 35' A collaboration with NobleMotion Dance Company and the University of Houston Brain Center. Winner, Chamber Music America's 2025 Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the Year Award Diabelli 200 for piano and chamber ensemble (2022) - 26' Commissioned by Performing Arts Houston Concerto/Five for string orchestra (2021-22) - 29' Premiered by KINETIC Block Party for block cello and three seated cellists (2021) - 17' Commissioned by the Louisiana Philharmonic LiveWire for string quartet (2020-21) - 26' A collaboration with NobleMotion Dance Company and the University of Houston Brain Center Also an animated film by Traci Lavois Thibaud Kassandra (2019): chamber opera in five scenes, with a libretto by Neena Beber - 47' for five singers and chamber ensemble An update of the myth of Apollo and Cassandra, in which Kassandra is a climate scientist and Apollo a venture capitalist who offers to sponsor her work. Songs from the Source (2018) - 23' for soprano and chamber ensemble Nine settings of African folk songs, based on recordings and transcriptions of music of the Ngbaka Ma'bo, Ewe, Aka, Mongo, Lala, Banda-Linda, Mawu, Bayaka and Shona peoples Making Perfect (2017) - 8' for orchestra The first three-quarters of Making Perfect depicts the rehearsals for an orchestral "premiere" which takes place in the last quarter. Full Circle (2015-16) - 15' saxophone quartet A ballet score choreographed by the Houston Ballet's Oliver Halkowich. Ulysses, Home: a chamber opera in five scenes, with a libretto by Neena Beber (2014) - 45' Soprano, baritone, string quartet A soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns home to his wife in Neena Beber's modern retelling of the Ulysses myth. Based on the award-winning playwright's experiences leading a writers' workshop for veterans and their spouses. Four Score (2013) - 10' Clarinet, violin, cello, piano Commissioned by the SOLI ensemble in honor of the 20th anniversary. What Time Is It? a sound and art installation in Market Square, Houston, created in collaboration with artist Jo Ann Fleischhauer and composer Chapman Welch (2013) Sphinx: a play with music, with a script by Jennifer Haley (2012) - 15' Clarinet, saxophone, piano, violin, viola, cello The drama with music tracks a couple from first courtship at age 19, through later life at ages 38, 50 and 63, with all of the action taking place in the front seat of a car. A collaboration with the 2012 Blackburn winning playwright. My Best Eleven (2012) - 10' Percussion ensemble Commissioned by the Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble. Maternity, with a libretto by David Eagleman (2011) - 17' Soprano and chamber orchestra Based on Eagleman's story "The Founding Mothers," the libretto traces a maternal line through pre-history all the way to the moment when "gender split into being." Nano Symphony (2010) - 7' Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, percussion, piano and string quartet A complete symphonic concert in a little over six minutes, including a tuning section, overture, modern work, piano concerto, intermission, four-movement symphony and an encore. Focus (2009) - 10' Flute, clarinet, harp, piano, percussion, violin and cello America, poetry by Tony Hoagland (2007) - 5' Narrator and chorus Commissioned by the Houston Chamber Choir The Birth of Something: a chamber opera in five acts with a libretto by Will Eno (2005-6) - 40' Soprano, baritone, string quartet, and percussion The tragicomic libretto centers on a Man and Woman who believe themselves unworthy of being the subject of an opera. A collaboration with the Pulitzer-Prize nominated playwright of "Thom Pain" and "The Realistic Joneses." Commissioned by Da Camera of Houston. The Dragon and the Undying, poetry by Siegfried Sassoon (2004) - 10' Soprano, string quartet Round Top Trio (2003) - 8' Flute, clarinet, piano Commissioned by the Webster Trio The House Surrounded, poetry by Jules Supervielle (2003) - 10' Soprano, piano, harp and percussion Handful (2002) - 7' Solo piano Express (2002) - 7' Orchestra Commissioned by OrchestraX Four Shadowings (2002) - 25' String quartet Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress Roman à Clef (2000) - 12' Cello, piano Commissioned by the Fischer Duo Fanfare in X (2000) - 6' Orchestra Commissioned by OrchestraX X-Caliber (2000) - 10' Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two percussion, and piano Commissioned by OrchestraX Creeley Songs, poetry by Robert Creeley (1999) - 15' Soprano, piano Turbulent Tones (1998) - 8' Orchestra Commissioned by the Seattle Youth Symphony Breathing Room, to poetry by Emily Dickinson (1998) - 15' Soprano, string orchestra Commissioned by the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra Pièce de Resistance [in memoriam MLK] (1998) - 7' Bass trombone, two tenor trombones, piano and percussion Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, to poetry by Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams) (1997) -10' Hidden Motives (1996) - 15' Two pianos Octopiece (1996) - 10' Flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano and string quartet Commissioned by the Ensemble las Rosas Disturbing the Piece (1996) 20-30' Piano and improvisatory ensemble Commissioned by the Tufts New Music Ensemble New, poetry by Amanda Powell (1995) - 7' Soprano, piano Bar None (1995) - 7' String quartet/String orchestra Commissioned by the Wellesley Composers Conference String Quartet (1994) - 25' Septet-à-tête (1993) - 10' Flute, clarinet, piano, two percussion, violin and cello Educational and Occasion Pieces Ofrenda, poetry by Virginia Wolff (2015) - 2' Soprano, clarinet, viola and cello or Baritone, oboe, viola and cello Infinity, poetry by Rich Levy (2014) - 3' Baritone, oboe, viola and cello The Last Words of Gesshu Soko (2013) - 3' Baritone, oboe, viola and cello History, poetry by Charles Angoff (2012) -2' Soprano, piano Ofrenda, poetry by Chief Dan George (2011) - 2' Soprano, viola, cello Musiqa ReMix, an educational program with music by Musiqa’s composers (2010-11) Soprano, clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, double bass “Home on the Range,” sing-a-long “Harmony Make-Over,” a study in harmony “Tune Collider,” a study in counterpoint Around the World with Musiqa, an educational program created by Musiqa’s composers (2004/2014) Soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello “Mbebe,” sing-a-long “Down by the Riverside,” sing-a-long “Cielito Lindo” and “Pigtown Fling,” a study in combining folk tunes Special Projects Earl Kim: Illuminations (reconstructed and orchestrated from the composer’s manuscript) (2003) -15' Soprano, harp, string orchestra Crucible of the Millennium, two part series on PBS (2000) |
Nano Symphony
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