Compositions in chronological order in the following genres:
Solo Voice (with various accompaniments)
Choral
Opera
Music with electronic and/or video accompaniment
(All compositions published through American Composers Alliance (NY, NY) unless otherwise noted.)
Solo Voice, with various accompaniments
Two Poems by Robyn Schiff (2023) for soprano, B-flat clarinet and piano. On “Dyed Carnations” and “Fourth of July 2012” by Robyn Schiff.
The Brain is wider than the sky(2020) for soprano and flute. On a poem by Emily Dickinson.
It Floats Away From You: 3 poems by Marianne Moore (2020) for soprano and trumpet. Written for Byrne:Kozar:Duo for premiere in 2020.
Six Rilke Songs (2019) for baritone and piano. Two premiered by Jeremy Huw Williams in October 2018.
Young Charlotte (2017) for mezzo-soprano, piano and pre-recorded electronic sound. Written for Opera from Scratch, for premiere in Halifax, Nov Scotia in August, 2017. Based on a Atlantic Provinces/Northern New England folk-song text.
Couperin said…(2016) miniature for solo soprano and prerecorded sound. Selected from a national call for scores and premiered by soprano Anné-Marie Condacse on “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” concert, September 10, 2016 in Stillwater, OK.
Dividend (2016) setting of a poem by Jennifer Moxley for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano, commissioned by D’Anna Fortunato, premiered in September 2016. Also performed by Ensemble Uncaged at the Longy School of Music, December 2018 and at the 2020 Music by Women Festival (Columbus, MS).
The Taste of Something New – The Traveler, The Pearl Divers and Hungry (2013) for mezzo-soprano, ‘cello and piano. On poems by Rosalie Calabrese. Premiered by Marcia Gronewold Sly.
When silly bees could speak (2013) for baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone. Premiered by Loadbang, 2014, in Orono, ME and NYC.
The Only Color I Have (2011) 3 songs on poems by Sarah Manguso, for soprano, mezzo-soprano and flute/piccolo. Premiered in Orono, ME and Portsmouth, NH 2013, and also performed at Marshall University at SCI Regional Conference, 2015.
In Memory (2009) for soprano and percussion. Three songs on poems by Robin Behn.
Paul Rice Songs (2008) for soprano, flute and guitar. On texts by Paul Rice. Commissioned by Coastal Carolina University or premiere in March 2009.Honorable Mention, IAWM Search for New Music, Miriam Gideon Prize, 2010.
The Primary Tool is Soup (2005) for soprano, piano and DVD (electronic sound and video). Based on a poem by Robin Behn.
On Thursday (2005) for soprano, ‘cello and DVD (electronic sound and video). Based on a poem by Robin Behn.
Hearne Songs (2004) six movements for soprano and chamber ensemble with electronic sound and video. Based on the poems of the late Vicki Hearne. Second movement, Riding a nervous horse, premiered August 2004 at Ayers Island Arts Festival. Also selected for Imagine2 Festival, Memphis, TN, November 2004. Fourth movement, A Country Scene, premiered by Motion Ensemble, New Brunswick, Canada, January 2005 along with Prayer. Final movement, The Horse that, Trotting, premiered at ACA Festival, New York, June 2005.
Fables of La Fontaine (2000) for voice, chamber group and electronics.
Voices (2000) for voice, clarinet and piano.
Accounting for Things Appearing As They Seem (1999) for soprano and tape. On a poem by Alice Fogel.
Great World of Light (1998) for ‘cello and piano, with soprano in third movement.
Four Ambitions (1997) on poems by Lola Haskins, for soprano, clarinet and piano.
Notes Toward a Theory of Marriage (1996) for baritone and tape.
Poem and Postlude (1996) for soprano, bass clarinet and computer-generated tape. Texts by Lisa Steinman and anonymous.
A Fixture (1995) for soprano and B-flat clarinet, on a poem by May Swenson.
Scene (1994) For baritone and percussion, on a poem by Joseph Duemer.
Two Silly Songs (1993) for soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, ‘cello and double bass. Texts by Ezra Pound and Tom Chandler.
Looks Like Rain (1993) for mezzo-soprano, viola and harpsichord. Texts by Elizabeth Bishop, Babette Deutsch and Joseph Duemer.
The Plain Presentation of it (1992) for soprano, flute and violin. Texts by Lisa Steinman, April Bernard and Marianne Moore.
Two Poems by April Bernard (1991) for soprano, piano and double bass.
What’s the Railroad to me? (1991) for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano. Text by Thoreau.
Simple Songs (1990-?) a collection of 23 songs for soprano and piano on various texts.
To the Moon (1985) for soprano, oboe, bassoon and piano.
Logic and “The Magic Flute” (1985) for soprano, violin, ‘cello and piano.
Choral
Mass (2012-13) for SATB chorus, clarinet trio and piano. 3 movements premiered in Orono, ME, 2013.
Let us in a lovers’ round (2011) for SATB chorus, flute and piano.
Blessing of the Animals (2008)for SATB chorus and piano.
Adjusting the Sails (2008) for women’s chorus and DVD.
On Time (2007) for SATB chorus, flute, trumpet and piano. On a poem by Phillis Levin.
Woodlore II (2002) for children’s chorus, percussion and tape.
Woodlore (2001) for children’s chorus, clarinet and piano.
The Open Air (1999) for chorus, 2 winds, percussion and piano.
Opera
I Give You My Home: Rose Standish Nichols (2021) monodrama on the life of Rose Standish Nichols, with the use of materials from the Nichols House Museum, Boston, for Guerilla Opera, Boston.
Home Decor and the CDC (2020) for two voices (either two women, two men, or one woman/one man, portraying a domestic couple) and piano.
Until the War is Over (revised 2019) one-act opera with librettist Jennifer Moxley, based on H.D.’s autobiographical novel Bid Me to Live. For 4 singers, flute, saxophone, double bass and piano. Excerpt from Scene 1 performed at “New in November” Hartford Opera Theatre, Nov. 2015, selections from scenes 1,3 and 4 performed at UMaine in June, 2016. Selected for workshop by the John Duffy Institute for New Opera, Virginia, March 2017.
Deeds (2002) one hour chamber opera, 5-characters. Act 1 of piano version premiered December 2002, UMaine Opera Workshop. Act 2 premiered at UMaine, May 2003. Recording session by Intermezzo Chamber Opera in 2006. Semifinalist in the Opera Vista Chamber Opera Competition, June 2007.
Music with electronic and/or video accompaniment
Humidity (2020) for B-flat clarinet and prerecorded sound.
Slate (2018) for wind ensemble and video. Written for the UMaine Symphonic Band, directed by Christopher White. Premiered in 2018, with New England tour, 2019.
Lake Chatter (2018) for clarinet and video.
An Anxious Awareness of Danger (2017) for clarinet, vocoder and prerecorded sound. Using quotation and recorded sample from Gabriel Kahane’s song “Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.” Permission granted by the composer/performer. Premiered in October 2017.
Young Charlotte (2017) for mezzo-soprano, piano and pre-recorded electronic sound. Written for Opera from Scratch, for premiere in Halifax, Nov Scotia in August, 2017. Based on a Atlantic Provinces/Northern New England folk-song text.
Railways Précis (2017) for small orchestra and video. An adaptation of the longer piece Railways, for the UMaine Orchestra. Premiered April 23, 2017.
Jet-Pack for One (2016) arrangement of previous work for bass clarinet, vocoder and pre- recorded electronic sound. Performed by the composer at UMaine in Oct. 2016, also performed at the Andrea Clearfield Salon in Philadelphia, and selected for the NYCEMF conference in June 2017 in New York.
Couperin said…(2016) miniature for solo soprano and prerecorded sound.
Jet-Pack (2015) commissioned by ensemble mis-en, for performance in November, 2015. For flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, piano/vocoder, violin, double bass and electronic pre-recorded accompaniment.
Chimes and Misdemeanors (2014) for piano and pre-recorded electronic sounds. In memory of Lee Hyla.
No Matter What (2013) for clarinet and electronic sound (fixed media).
Minor blasts, some flurries (2013) for string quartet and optional video.
Sallee and Rumsey at Mann Gulch (2012) for bass trombone and DVD. Written for Dan Barrett. Part of the Young Men and Fire multimedia series based on the work of Norman Maclean.
Crowded Sourcing (2011) for violin and recorded accompaniment. Written for Morgan Evans Weiler.
The Star Theatre (2011) for clarinet, piano and DVD.
Segue (2010) for bass clarinet and prerecorded sound.
Railways (2010) for chamber orchestra and DVD.
Stand facing the stove (2009) For bass clarinet and DVD.
Adjusting the Sails (2008) for women’s chorus and DVD.
Crows everywhere are equally black (2008) for viola, clarinet and DVD.
Pedal Tune (2007) for alto flute, bass clarinet and DVD.
For he is good to think on (2006) for flute, clarinet and DVD.
The Primary Tool is Soup (2005) for soprano, piano and DVD
On Thursday (2005) for soprano, ‘cello and DVD.
A change in the weather (2005) for piano and DVD.
Blasts, gusts, squalls, drafts and flurries (2004) for string quartet and DVD.
Hearne Songs (2004) six movements for soprano and chamber ensemble with electronic sound and video.
Almost Enough (2004) for electronic sound and video. Based on a poem of the same name by Greg Djanikian.
Young Men and Fire multimedia project in several parts. First section, Crown Fires, for computer-generated sound,. Second section, Jansson at Mann Gulch, for saxophone, electronic sound and video. Third section, Dodge at Mann Gulch, for B-flat clarinet, electronic sound and video, completed 2004. Also includes Sallee and Rumsey at Mann Gulch (2012), for trombone and video.
Poem and Postlude Revisited (2003) for computer-generated sound, based on recordings of soprano Susan Narucki and bass clarinet and birdsong samples.
Celadon (2003) for trumpet and computer-generated sound.
Train (2002) for bass clarinet and tape.
Wounded Trees (2001) for two bassoons and tape.
The Moose (2001) for flute, clarinet, trumpet, ‘cello, percussion, piano and tape.
Skin and Bones (2000)for flute, horn and tape.
Fables of La Fontaine (2000)for voice, chamber group and electronics.
Canto Compleanno (1999) for clarinet and tape.
Accounting for Things Appearing As They Seem (1999) for soprano and tape.
Swan Song (1998) for violin and tape.
This is why she had to quit her band (1998) for flute and tape.
Rhythmic Breathing (1997) for clarinet, bass clarinet and tape.
As It Turns Out and I Feel Cool (1996)two short tape pieces on sampled vocal sounds.
Hornpipe Dreams (1996) for violin and tape.
Poem and Postlude (1996) for soprano, bass clarinet and computer-generated tape.
A Cold Spring (1994) for piano and computer-generated tape.
Caravan (1994) for bass clarinet and computer-generated tape.
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