almost all the time (2014) 18'
string quartet
commissioned by Sages Gateshead, La Jolla Music Society, and Chamber Music Northwest
Works
String Quartet
just (after song of songs) – arr. string quartet (2014, rev. 2018) 13'
SSA + 2 vln, vla, vc
Louth Contemporary Music Society
the national anthems (2014) 24'
Text by David Lang
SATB + string quartet
LA Master Chorale, the Berlin Radio Choir, andYale Choral Artists
ark luggage (2012) 9'
Text by Peter Greenaway
for soprano and string quartet
commissioned by Glasgow Concert Halls written for Else Torp and the Smith Quartet; premiere: 24 march 2012
ark luggage – arr. pno/soprano (2012) 9'
Text by Peter Greenaway
for soprano and piano
commissioned by Glasgow Concert Halls written for Else Torp and the Smith Quartet; premiere: 24 march 2012
Clouded Yellow (2010) 10'
string quartet
For the Kronos Quartet by the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College. Additional project support was provided by the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.
Exalted (2010) 10'
SATB; string quartet + electronics [all instruments and voices amplified]
The Kronos Quartet, The Young People's Chorus of New York City
The Sad Park (2006) 30'
string quartet + audio playback + electronics [all instruments amplified]
Kronos Quartet, through the generosity of Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman with additional support from the Barbican, London (UK), and the National Endowment for the Arts
the difficulty of crossing a field (2002) 75'
Text by Mac Wellman
Sop, Mezzo,Ten,Bar,B,small chor, string quartet
the American Conservatory Theater for the Kronos Quartet
Potassium (2000) 12'
string quartet + electronics [all instruments amplified]
Kronos Quartet
wed – arr. string quartet (1995) 11'
string quartet
American Conservatory Theater for the Kronos Quartet
music for gracious living (1992, rev. 1996) 22'
Text by Deborah Artman
actor, string quartet
the Almeida Festival for the Brindisi Quartet; the 1996 revision was commissioned by Sequitur with generous support from Greg Miller