Thanks to Eric Banks and the Esoterics for a great premiere weekend! Last weekend, Oct. 17th and 18th, they performed my recent choral work, Nocturne, in two extraordinary concert spaces in Seattle: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. The piece truly came alive in both spaces, with beautiful and stirring performances [...]
For flute, violin, cello, and percussion
Live performance by eighth blackbird, Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, VA
I. Tun ‘Tawu
II. Death’s Head
III. Atlas
IV. Chrysalis
For chamber orchestra (2.2.1.2, 2.2.0.0., 1 perc., piano, and strings [min. 5.5.4.3.2])—ca. 8’
Read Nov. 2008 by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cliff Colnot, Conductor
for mixed choir (SSAATTBB, with divisi)—9’30”
Commissioned by The Esoterics (Seattle, WA) as winner of 2009 POLYPHONOS competition, U.S. composer category
Text: from “The Sleepers” by Walt Whitman
Premiered Oct. 17th, 2009 by The Esoterics, Eric Banks, Conductor, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Seattle, WA
Performed Oct. 18th, 2009 by The Esoterics Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA
For mixed choir (SSAATB, with divisi)—4’
Commissioned by the Cornell Chorale, Cornell University
Text: from Plenes Poderes by Pablo Neruda
Premiered April 2006 by the Cornell Chorale, James P. Miller, conductor, Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Vocalise for mixed choir (SSAATB)—3’30”
Commissioned by the Cornell Chorale, Cornell University
Premiered April 2005 Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Performed April 2006 by the Cornell Chorale, James P. Miller, conductor, Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
For men’s chorus (TTBB)—6’
Commissioned by the Ithaca College Men’s chorus
Text: “Soneto XII” by Pablo Neruda
for soprano, alto saxophone, chamber strings, piano, and 2 perc—8’
Commissioned by James Patrick Miller (conductor)
Text: from El Mar y las Campanas by Pablo Neruda
Premiered April, 2002, Sonia Rodriguez Bermejo, James P. Miller, conductor, Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Performed March 2004, Ford Concert Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
for 3 cellos and reciter—11’
Commissioned by Miranora Frisch (cellist)
Text: “Tripping Up Inertia” by David Pisa
Premiered May 2000 by Miranora Frisch, Melita Glass, Emily Reck, and David Pisa, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Performed April 2004 Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Performed Mar. 2009 Fredrikstad, Norway (as result of being awarded 2nd prize [...]
for solo violin—12’
for Martin Schulz, William Hurley, and Jeffrey Phillips
Live Performance by eighth blackbird
For mixed choir, wind ensemble, and organ
Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Live performance by The Cornell Chorale, James P. Miller, conductor