composition as explanation (2020) 60'
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
soprano; flute, clarinet, percussion, cello
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
piccolo, bass clarinet, trombone, egtr, piano, glockenspiel, vln, vla, vc, db
Crash Ensemble
string quartet
commissioned by Sages Gateshead, La Jolla Music Society, and Chamber Music Northwest
SSAA chorus (or 8 solo women singers) playing simple percussion instruments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa
for orchestra of broken instruments
Temple Contemporary, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Barra Foundation. Temple Contemporary is part of Tyler School of Art at Temple University.
Sop, 2 countertenors, small chor, DJ, baroque orch, egtr, eb, perc, synth [all instruments and voices amplified]
Dresden Festival