Works

swirly dream fish

ABOVE THE RIVER (various)

for bass and piano


ALLUSION

for tenor saxophone


ASH WEDNESDAY V (T.S. Eliot)

for baritone and piano


AUTUMN DAY
(Rilke)

for soprano and piano


BATTERERS
(Levertov)

for tenor and piano


COMPASS

I. Wandering Bark
II. On Tempests
III. Error
IV. Ever-Fixed
V. Alteration (Finds)
VI. Hours and Weeks

for violoncello


EXHALED TILL FULL

I. What Bird is That (Corin See)
II. Contraband (Levertov)
III. Morning Mist (Levertov)

for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano


EXILES
(Joyce)
opera in progress

for soprano, mezzo, tenor and piano


FOR ANNE GREGORY
(Yeats)

for soprano and piano


GATHERED WHOLE

I. Center
II. Distract
III. Breathe
IV. Flow

for bass clarinet and accordion


GONE IS HER GENTLER MUSIC

I. At Night (Lowell)
II. Nuance (Lowell)
III. The Pond (Lowell)

for tenor and string quartet


HAIKU

I. Voices of two bells (Buson)
II. Slicing winter (Basho)
III. Dewdrops (Basho)
IV. New Year’s Bell (Jokun)

for soprano, mezzo-soprano and violoncello


HERE COMES THE MOON

I. Taking Charge (Levertov)
II. One December Night (Levertov)
III. Wanting the Moon (Levertov)
IV. On the Eve (Levertov)

for soprano and marimba


ISOLATION

for saxophone quartet


LAUGHING SONG
(Blake)

for tenor, flute and piano


LUMEN

for electronic media


O BY THE BY
(e.e. cummings)

for soprano, tenor and piano


ODA A LA JARDINERA
(Neruda)

for soprano and chamber ensemble


OPPOSITE REFLECTIONS

I.
II.

for alto saxophone, violoncello and marimba


ORPHEUS.
(Rilke trans. Stephen Mitchell)

for baritone and piano


ORPHEUS. EURYDICE. HERMES.
(Rilke trans. Stephen Mitchell)

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra


POISON TREE
(Blake)

for mezzo-soprano and piano


SHOW OFF

for solo violin


STAGES

I. Introduction
II. Avert
III. Strike
IV. Mourn

for saxophone quartet


TAUSCHENDE WEGE

for alto flute and marimba


THE SNUGGERIES OF BABIES

I. Hush
II. My cold bath (which is good for me)
III. Making mudpies
IV. Night neddying

for piano trio


THREE PERSPECTIVES ON FAITH

I. A Divine Image (Blake)
II. Suspended (Levertov)
III. God’s Grandeur (Hopkins)

for baritone and piano


THRUSH

for solo horn


WHATEVER THE SUN WILL ALWAYS SING

I. i carry your heart with me (e.e. cummings)
II. silently if (e.e. cummings)

for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, percussion and piano


WHAT’S IT WORTH TO YOU?

for two sopranos, clarinet and cello


WINGS

I. A Widow Bird (Shelley)
II. How Sweet I Roam’d (Blake)
III. To a Marsh Hawk in Spring (Thoreau)
IV. Invitation (Whitman)

for soprano and piano

photograph by Renee Favand-See