2008

Piano Trio (2008) - violin, cello, piano

Winter (2008) - viola, soprano/tenor

MicroSonata (2008) - baroque flute, baroque violin, harpsichord

Lament and Lullaby (2008) - string orchestra

2007

MicroSymphpony (2007) - orchestra (2.2.2.2 2 1.1.0.0 str)

Concerto per quattro voce: Chinese (2007) - (any multiple of) four voices

Seven, Trio, Four, Duo (2007) - charango/viola/baritone charango, guitar

Compound Variations: Poco Adagio (2007) - viola, cello, alto saxophone, bass trombone

Bushu Suru (2007) - viola, voice

Variation on Sarabande from Suite II by J.S. Bach (2007) - solo viola

2006

Milongata (2006) - twenty-four solo string players (6.6.4.5.3)

Sinfonia Concertante no. 2 (2006) - harp, wind ensemble

Concerto per due voci no. 2: Deuce d'Deus (2006) - (any multiple of) two voices

Water Music (2006) - mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, viola, cello, bass trombone

Three Character Pieces with Metal Interludes (2006) - solo bass trombone

Duo Concertante (2005-6) - viola, alto saxophone

Corrente (2006) - solo clarinet or viola

2005

Serenade en Allemande (2005) - solo violin

Concerto per due voci no. 1: Appalacha Sexbot (2005) - (any multiple of) two voices

...von Blüth und Duft (2005) - saxophone quartet

Sinfonia Concertante (2003-2005) - flute, violin, two violas, four cellos, eight basses

2004

A Contest for the Future (2004)  -  solo voice

Four Songs (2004)  -  tenor voice, cello

Songs for the Sane (2003-2004)  -  violin, percussion, two voices (2 players)

2003

Singularities (2003)  -  solo cello

5 Pieces for 8 Players (2003) - flute, clarinet (or saxophone), percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin, cello, contrabass

Quartet (2003) - flute, clarinet, piano, violin

2002 and earlier

The Mark (2001-2002) - chamber opera

El Muñeco, DMu "Pepitissimo" (2001) - alto saxophone, pre-recorded saxophones

Helios and Nemesis (2000) - violin, viola

War Dance (2000) - alto saxophone, piano

Concerto Grosso "Area 51" (2000) - two violins, string orchestra

Strifony (2000) - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, horn, viola, cello, piano

Movement (2000) - string quartet

Quartet for the End of Janczak (2000) - four voices

Scherzo (1999) - saxophone quartet

A Contest for the Future (2004)

10 min.

solo voice

Text: George W. Bush's 2004 Nomination Acceptance Speech

Premiered December 2004 by Russell Podgorsek in West Hartford, CT.

This piece is broken down into eight sections (or stanzas) and functions almost like a song cycle. Stanzas I and VIII frame the piece in an abstract sense, the first universalizing an election in terms of its future consequences and the last reflecting on the power of the desire for freedom and its past consequences. Stanzas II – VII alternate domestic and foreign topics (pairing IV and V as takes on the two sides of current global conflict). The decision to switch between the two (domestic and foreign) arenas was strictly dramatic, an attempt to keep the topical interest up throughout the piece. The stanzas are separated by mostly phonetic or otherwise elemental vocalizations peppered with quotations from both German and Dutch sources of little consequence.

The text is modified in eleven ways throughout the piece. Their emergence accelerates throughout the piece creating a kind of text modifying crescendo. This process, or processes were treated as general guidelines, not steadfast rules, whose boundaries were elastic. For example, the first occurrence of the modifier "gross Castilliano accent" appears in Stanza III when its assigned entrance was supposed to be in Stanza IV. This decision was made based on the musical context and the nature of the text in Stanza III that lent itself beautifully to the "gross Castilliano accent" ("…the high cost…").