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

Songs for the Sane (2003-2004)

I. Alphabet
II. Voices
III. Quodlibet
IV. Circle
V. Symptoms
VI. Voices II
VII. Ring

22 min.

viola, percussion (with voices)

Texts by John Perceval, et. al.

Premiered October 2004 by the Perceval Duo in West Hartford, CT.

I began work on Songs for the Sane after being told a story by a friend of mine. She had an autistic saxophone student and in an effort to get him to play "expressively", she said "play this melody like you are sad". The student then played the melody exactly as he had before but this time removed the mouthpiece form his mouth and pretended to cry.

No amount of rubato, dynamic contrast, vibrato, etc. could be as direct and as clear in communicating sadness than the sight (and sounds) of someone crying.

I began thinking that in spite of (and because of) their condition, people with metal illnesses often see the world in a slightly clearer way than those of us who are "normal". As I read through first-hand accounts of paranoid schizophrenia I found this to be more evident than one might think. Each text in this piece is taken from one of these first-hand accounts and has some remarkable twist of perception that makes one wonder what "crazy" really means.

Regarding the settings themselves, I use a vocal language that has developed over a long period of time and is tied directly to the sounds and meanings of the text. In other words, the seemingly "crazy" sound of the recited/sung/screamed text is a non-traditional way of musically emphasizing certain words or ideas.