For flute (alto flute), oboe, clarinet (bass clarinet), horn, harp, piano, electric guitar, percussion, violin, viola, cello & conductor (keyboard synth). In ten movements. With program and performance
"Nothing ever goes away. There is no away." Adapted from Barry Commoner's Four Laws of Ecology, from The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology.
The composer set the words of three Black American writers of different generations (Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Claudia Rankine), to be sung by a mostly white ensemble for largely white audiences,
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For 2 percussionists & wind ensemble. First printing. In three movements. With program and performance notes. Commissioned by the Yale Concert Band with Arx Duo. Premiered in New Haven, February 2019.
This song sets a text by Allison Carter. Dedicated to Gabriel Kahane. Commissioned through MATA. Premiered by Gabriel Kahane, November 2010.
In one movement. With performance notes. A Meet the Composer Commission for the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Premiered in May 2010. Text by Frank O'Hara. Scored for two sopranos with flute, oboe, clarinet,
Prologue : keeping its head above water -- When we awoke, it was that familiar phrase: New Orleans dodged a bullet -- Hardy Jackson: 8.30.05 -- Interlude 1 -- Dennis Hastert: 9.1.05 -- Bridge to Gretna --
For orchestra. In one movement. With program and performance notes. Premiered in 2007 by the Yale Philharmonia. Duration: ca. 10'. Score, 45 p.
Privilege is a collection of five short pieces, to be performed individually or as a set. The first and third movements are settings of little texts questioning a contemporary privileged life. The second
She said, "It's like if they don't have room for something, and they don't know how to throw it out, and they put it in back in the garage." I said, "Is that how you feel?" She
Written as a reaction to Jena Osman's book "Corporate Relations," a collection of poems that follows the historical trajectory of corporate personhood in the United States, this piece in five movements