a composer with the skill and self-confidence to write music that is clear, direct, and at times even simple, but not at all simple-minded
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| Solstice Dreams (2016 / 2022) Large chamber ensemble (16 players) 15' |
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| 1. Slow Fires, Long Shadows (opening section) |  |
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| 2. The Turning (closing section) | |
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| Spun Light (2020) Solo Violin, Flute (alto), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano 19' |
written for violinst Hrabba Atladoittr and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble performances: February 8, 2021 [virtual premiere] | | |
| 1. The Pink Echoes of a Sunrise | |
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| 2. Seeking the Moon-Dust | |
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| 3. We Have danced This Dance Before | |
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| Loki’s Lair (2018) Flute (alto), Viola, Cello 7' |
Written for 8 Strings and a Whistle. performances November 2018 in Sacramento (Sacramento New Music Festival), San Francisco and New York, December, 2025 in Athens, Greece, March, 2026 in San Francisco | |
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| The Tapestry of Unknown Islands (2017) Viola, Piano 10' |
commissioned by Kurt Rohde. performances: May 2018 in Davis, Berkeley, Sacramento and San Francisco, CA | ||
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| Leaves from Diana’s Tree (2017) Soprano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano 16' |
written for Shauna Fallihee and the Empyrean Ensemble. performance: December, 2017 in Davis, CA | ||
| 1. I have made the leap (opening section) | |
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| 2. She undresses (opening section) | |
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| 3. When the palace (opening section) | |
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| 4. Here you live (opening section) | |
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| The Moon Dreams of Jacqueline (2016) String Quartet and Four Solo Singers 14' |
Commissioned by The San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music for the Friction Quartet. performance: December, 2016 in San Francisco, CA | ||
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| Local Colloquies (2013) Flute (piccolo), Clarinet (bass), Violin, Viola, Cello 13' |
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| 1. The Leftover Ephemera of Past Seasons | |
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| 2. More Orange Than Triangular | |
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| ShapeShifter (2013) Flute (alto), Clarinet (bass), Violin, Viola, Cello 14' |
commissioned by the Verge Ensemble Ensemble. performance: January, 2014 in Washington, DC | |
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| Diverted Vignettes (2012) Viola 16' |
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| 1. Children of a Pale Blue Hope | |
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| 2. When the Colors Coverted the Wind | |
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| 3. Melted Red, Frozen Black | |
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| 4. Available Light | |
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| 5. A Small Galaxy on the Corner | |
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| 6. A Breath of Light | |
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| 7. Euclidian Waystation | |
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| Night-Voiced (2011) Viola, Piano 9' |
written for Ellen Ruth Rose. | |
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| Night-Voiced (2011) Viola, Organ 9' |
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| San Francisco Stopover (2006) Guitar, Viola, Cello 16' |
commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. performances: October 2006 in Mill Valley and San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1. Here (marginally buoyant) | |
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| 2. & (leisurely) | |
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| 3. There (aggressively unhurried) | |
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| Reciprocal Tapestries (2005) Viola, Cello, Piano 16' |
written for Celliola. performances: September 2005 in Claremont, CA; March 2006 in San Francisco, CA; April 2006 in Davis and Santa Cruz, CA | ||
| 1. flighty / aggressively bustling | |
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| 2. wary / gliding, ghostly | |
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| 3. plodding / questing dreamily | |
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| Gloss (2003) String Quartet 9'30" |
commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. performances: October 2003 in San Francisco, CA; November 2003 in Davis, CA | |
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| Palette / Riffs (1998) Flute (alto), Clarinet (bass), Perc (1 player), Violin, Viola, Cello 17' |
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| Familial Banter (1996) Flute, Viola, Bass Clarinet, Piano 11' |
Written for Earplay. performances: September, 1998, San Francisco, CA. and Mexico City, Mexico (Camarissima Festival), April, 2003, Sacramento, CA. (Music NOW!) | |
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| Englyn Forms (1994) Viola, Cello 14' |
written for Simone Heilgendorff and Claudius von Wrochem. performances: March, 1996, April, 1996, Berlin, Germany, May, 1998, San Francisco, CA., September, 1999, Pomona, CA. | ||
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| 2. Second Set | |
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| Dusk Music II (1989) Alto Flute, Viola, Cello 4'30" |
performances: June, 1991, Sausalito, CA, February, 1992, Cincinnati, OH, July, 1994, Berlin, Germany, January, 1995, St. Louis, MO., April, 2002 in San Francisco, CA | |