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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 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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