Opera/Music Theater:
Scenario (2003-4)
for theatrical soprano and virtual orchestra (soundfile); text by S.J. Perelman, "Scenario"; 17 minutesThe Watermelon Cargo - acoustic chamber orchestra version (2003/2018)
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel
four singers (SATB), small SATB chorus (12 singers), flute, oboe/EH, three percussion, accordion, string quartet (or strings), electric bass; 45 minutesCinderella's Bad Magic - acoustic chamber orchestra version (2002/2018)
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel
five singers (SSATB), flute, oboe, vibraphone, accordion, piano, string quartet (or strings), electric bass; 43 minutes <The Watermelon Cargo (chamber opera; 2002-3)
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel; four singers (SATB), chorus, flute, three synthesizers, fretless bass, drums; 43 minutesCinderella's Bad Magic (2002; opera)
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel; five singers (SSABarB), flute, three synthesizers, fretless bass; 43 minutesCuster and Sitting Bull (1997-99)
Custer: "If I Were an Indian..." Sitting Bull: "Do You Know Who I Am?" Sun Dance / Battle of the Greasy-Grass River Custer's Ghost to Sitting Bull
for speaking voice and computer tape; 35 minutes
Incidental Music for Alice in Wonderland (1991-92)
flute, clarinet, electronics (keyboard sampler and synthesizer)
Chorus:
In Silence (2015)
for SATB chorus and piano; poem by Thomas Merton; 5 minutes
Commissioned by James Bagwell and the Cincinnati May Festival Youth Chorusmy father moved through dooms of love (2005)
for SATB chorus, violin, piano; text by e. e. cummings; 12 minutesTranscendental Sonnets (2001-2)
The Son Enoch Love Faith The Word
Chorus, two soloists, and orchestra (2, 2, 2, 2; 2, 2, 1 [no tuba]; perc [timp, glock]; strings; soprano and tenor soloists; SATB; also version for chorus and two pianos) - commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir; poems by Jones Very (1813-1880); 34 minutesOrchestra:
Piano Concerto No. 2 (2023)
for piano solo, orchestra (2-2[EH]-2-2; 2-2-2; 2 perc [vib, wdblk, glock], harp, strings); three movements, 29 minutes
Commissioned by Emanuele ArciuliCap Rock Wind (2016)
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1,1,1,alto sax,1; 1,1,1; el gt, vib, pno; strings); text from House of Earth by Woody Guthrie (1947); 18 minutes
Commissioned by ContemporaneousSymphony, "Implausible" (2014)
for orchestra, 3-2-2-2; 2-2-3-0; piano, harp, vib., perc., strings; five movements, 40 minutesScenario (2003-4/2012)
for soprano and orchestra (3-2-oboe d'amore-2-3; 2-3-2; harmonica; acoustic guitar; timp, xyl, mar, tam-tams, drum set; celesta; strings); text by S.J. Perelman, "Scenario"; 17 minutesSerenity Meditation (2011)
for chamber orchestra (2 2 2 BsCl 2 - 1 0 0 0 - cel - chimes - timp - strings); 13 minutesSunken City (Concerto for Piano and Winds in memoriam New Orleans; 2007)
for piano solo with flute, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, 3 trumpets, horn, 3 trombones, bass; 25 minutesThe Disappearance of All Holy Things from this Once So Promising World (1998)
for orchestra (winds 2221, 2 hns, 1 trp, 1 perc, strings); 11 minutesString Quartet:
Concord Spiral (2010)
for string quartet; 8 1/2 minutesHudson Spiral (2010)
for string quartet; 13 minutesThe Light Summer Land (2010)
for string quartet; 25 minutes
commissioned by Carson CoomanLove Scene (2003)
for string quartet in just intonation (based on Act III of The Watermelon Cargo); 6 minutes
Chamber Music with Voice(s):
Proença (2015)
- Be.m pac d'ivern - poem and melody by Peire Vidal (late 12th century)
- Na Audiart - poem by Ezra Pound
- Alba (En un vergier sotz fuella d'albespi) - anonymous medieval poem, translation by Ezra Pound
- Estat ai en greu cossirier - poem by the Comtessa de Dia (late 12th century)
- L'aura amara - poem by Arnaut Daniel (late 12th century), translation by Ezra Pound
- Near Perigord - poem by Ezra Pound (excerpted)
for alto voice, flute, vibraphone, electric piano, and electric bass; 47 minutes
Commissioned by Michelle Allen McIntireYour Staccato Ways (2014)
1. Couplets
2. Flatland
3. Little Womb
4. Hotel Minor
5. Takeoff
for female voice, flute, clarinet, trumpet, vibes, piano, violin, viola, cello; text by Karen Schoemer; 14 minutesStreet Music (2009)
for clarinet, tenor sax, drum(s), voice, violin, cello; 4 minutesThe Stream (Admonitions) (1987)
for female voice, vibraphone, and four percussionists; text by Henry David Thoreau; 7 minutesCherokee Songs (1983)
for soprano and percussion; 12 minutesOil Man (1981)
for 2 flutes, clarinet, piano, drums; text by Kyle Gann from letters by Marvin GannSong of Acceptance (1980)
for three female voices, flute, French horn, trombone, tuba, celeste, two violins, and cello; length indeterminate; texts from Lao-Tzu, Walt Whitman, and EcclesiastesSatie (1975)
for female voice, violin, flute, harp, celesta; texts by Erik SatieOther Chamber Music:
Marvelous Accidents (2024)
for piano and percussion; 8 minutesThe Days Fly Away (2024)
for viola and piano; 14 minutes
Commissioned by Elisabeth SmaltTrieste (2023)
for cello, vibraphone, piano; 19 minutes
Commissioned by House on FireAmateur California Prune-Picker (2022)
for Harry Partch instruments; 10 minutesBut Even So (2022)
for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano; 14 minutesLagniappe (2018)
1. One movement too many...
2. ...and another one thrown in
for Disklavier (computer-driven piano), Ondes Martenot, harp, vibraphone, and contrabass; 15 minutes
Commissioned by the Americas SocietyApparition (1999/2016)
for viola and piano (arrangement of third movement of the "Last Chance" Sonata); 8 minutesCatskill Set (Songs without Words) (2013-14)
1. Rocks
2. In the Fields
3. The Pond
4. Roadside
5. Summer
for flute, clarinet, trumpet, vibes, piano, violin, viola, cello; 14 minutesSang Plato's Ghost (2013)
for flute, oboe, harp, percussion, accordion, viola, and bass; 11 minutes
Commissioned by the Ghost EnsembleRomance Postmoderne (2012)
Version for two live pianists on electric pianos; 8 1/2 minutesScene from a Marriage (2010)
for viola and piano; 9 minutes
commissioned by Marka GustavssonSnake Dance No. 3 (2009-10)
for microtonal keyboards, four percussionists, and fretless bass; 11 minutes
commissioned by the Sam Houston State University Percussion Ensemble, John Lane, directorThe Planets (Astrological Studies) (1994-2008)
Book I: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars (1994) Book II: Jupiter (2001), Mercury, Saturn (2008) Book III: Uranus (2007), Neptune (2001), Pluto (2008)
for flute, oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, synthesizer, percussion (tom-toms, cymbals, vibraphone), viola, and double bass (movements performable separately); 75 minutes
commissioned by the Relache EnsembleComposure (2007-8)
for four electric guitars; 14 minutes
commissioned by Tim BradyKierkegaard, Walking (2007)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello; 16 minutes
commissioned by the Seattle Chamber PlayersImplausible Sketches (2006/2011)
1. The Desert's Too-Zen Song 2. Mediating Daydream 3. The Goodbye Fugue 4. Frigid Azure 5. Don't Touch My Pint
for piano, four hands; 32 minutesThe Day Revisited (2005)
for flute, clarinet, keyboard sampler, synthesizer, electric bass (microtonal, 27-tone just-intonation scale); 13 minutesMinute Symphony (2004)
1. Passionate, with energy 2. Sustained, thoughtful 3. Jaunty 4. Exuberant
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello; 1 minute
New World Coming (2001)
for solo bassoon with flute (or oboe), violin (or viola), and piano; 6 1/2 minutesHovenweep (2000)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; 11 minutes; commissioned by the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble"Last Chance" Sonata (1999)
1. Flowers 2. Snake Dance 3. Apparition 4. Dance of Indeterminate Ethnicity
for clarinet and piano; 19 minutesArcana XVI: Homage to Joan Tower (Tuning Study No. 5) (1998)
for three synthesizers (24-tone scale); 7 minutesSnake Dance No. 2 (1995)
for percussion quartet with optional sampling keyboard; 12 minutesSnake Dance No. 1 (1991)
percussion quartet with optional keyboard sampler; 12 minutes
Chicago Spiral (1990-91)
for flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone (or three flutes), drums, violin, viola, cello, and synthesizer; 9 minutesCyclic Aphorisms (1988)
for violin and piano; three movements; 8 minutesI'itoi Variations (1985)
for two pianos; 26 minutesHesapa ki Lakhota ki Thawapi ("The Black Hills Belong to the Sioux") (1984/9)
for flute, trumpet (or saxophone), synthesizer (or accordion), and drum; 9 minutesBaptism (1983)
for two flutes, two drums, glockenspiel, and synthesizer; 12 minutesMountain Spirit (1982-83)
for two flutes, two drums, and synthesizer; 12 minutesAs the Day Is Long (1982)
for flute, synthesizer, drums, and computer tape; 13 minutesTo the Fount Be the Glory (1981; completed 2016)
for brass, woodwind, or string quartet; 3 minutes, or extendible (furniture music)Long Night (1980-81)
for three pianos; ca. 22 minutesTempo Canon (1979)
for harp, piano, and harpsichord
Lord Thomas and Fair Annie (1978)
for alto flute, clarinet, viola, harpsichord, celestaSiren (1978)
for five flutesUntitled, 1977 (1977)
for two flutes, marimba, violin, contrabassSolo Piano:
The Pensive Morning (2024)
for Disklavier and live pianist; 12 minutesNocturne No. 11: Managing Expectations (2023)
for piano; 7 minutesNocturne No. 10: The Eddying River (2023)
for piano; 6 1/2 minutesNocturne No. 9: Am Grab von Bruckner (2023)
for piano; 6 1/2 minutesNocturne No. 8: Homage to Clementi (2023)
for piano; 6 1/2 minutesNocturne No. 7: Night Sky (2023)
for piano; 7 minutesNocturne No. 6: Spectral Dance (2023)
for piano; 6 minutesNocturne No. 5: The Argument of Innocence (2023)
for piano; 6 minutesNocturne No. 4: Nora in the Night (2022)
for piano; 4 minutesTrois Nocturnes Ambiants (2022)
- Collines de lavande (Lavender Hills)
- Souvenirs d'un tango (Memories of a Tango)
- Crepuscule sans fin (Twilight without End)
for piano; 22 minutes
commissioned by Francois MardirossianInexact Tango (2022)
for piano; 4 minutesWhispers (2020, in progress)
for retuned electronic keyboard; seven movements, 40 minutes (so far)Surrealities (2012-13)
1. Axioms of the Wind
2. Deep Denial
3. Disaggregated Harmonies
4. Circling the Horizon
5. Unaccommodating Polka
6. Incommensurate Quantities
7. Mistimed Adieu
for three-octave toy piano or celesta; 17 minutesGoing to Bed (Homage to Philip Glass) (2012)
for piano; 6 minutes
Commissioned by Nicolas HorvathEarth-Preserving Chant (2010)
for piano; 11 minutes
commissioned by Emanuel ArciuliWar Is Just a Racket (2008)
text by General Smedley Butler; for speaking pianist; 9 minutes
Commissioned by Sarah CahillOn Reading Emerson (2006)
for piano; 8 minutes
Commissioned by Sarah CahillTriskaidekaphonia (Tuning Study No. 6) (2005)
for (electronically simulated) microtonal piano; 5 minutesPrivate Dances (2000/4)
1. Sexy 2. Sad 3. Sentimental 4. Sultry 5. Saintly 6. Swingin'
for piano; 25 minutes
Commissioned by Sarah CahillTime Does Not Exist (2000)
for piano; 16 minutesDesert Sonata (1994-95)
for piano; two movements; 19 minutesUntitled Phase Study 1993 (1993)
for piano; 3 minutesParis Intermezzo (1989)
for toy piano; 6 1/2 minutes
The Convent at Tepoztlan (Homage to Nancarrow: Canon 23:24) (1989)
for piano and computer tape, or two pianos; 7 minutes
Sweeney Out West (Four Vacation Mishaps for Piano) (1986-88)
for pianoStraddled in the Sun The Ocotillo's Message Questionable Company (The Transformation Tango) Satori Canyon Windows on Infinity (1987)
for piano; 12 minutes
The Question Answer'd (1983)
for piano; 4 minutesThe Mercy of the Storm (1981)
for piano; 11 minutesOther Solo Instrument:
Ballad for Harry (2024)
for Partch Chromelodeon; 6 minutesTwo Creatures (2015/18)
- Reticent Behemoth
- Affable Denizen
for quarter-tone accordion; 9 minutes
Commissioned by Veli KujalaSummer Serenade (2014)
for organ; 15 minutesEchoes of Nothing (Tuning Study No. 11) (2011)
I. Nothing
II. Something
for retuned virtual piano; 15 minutes
commissioned by Aron KallayNew Aunts (Tuning Study No. 9) (2008)
for retuned keyboard sampler; 5 minutesOlana (2007)
for vibraphone; 8 minutes
commissioned by Andrew BlissFugitive Objects (Tuning Study No. 7) (2007)
for keyboard sampler in just intonation; five minutesLaredo (1988)
for snare drum; five minutesDakota Moon (1982)
for clarinetDesert Flowers (1979)
for fluteWorks for Disklavier and other mechanical instruments:
Bedazzlation (2024)
for mechanical piano (Disklavier); 7 minutesConsolatio Solitudinis (The Comfort of Solitude, 2021-22)
for computer-run piano; 12 1/2 minutesHappy Ending (for David Garland) (2019)
for Disklavier (computer-driven piano); 5 minutesHyperchromatica (2012; 2015-17; 2020-21)
a collection of twenty-one pieces for three microtonally retuned, computer-run pianos; three hours and 23 minutesAndromeda Memories (2016-17); 8 minutes
Futility Row (2015); 9 minutes
Orbital Resonance (2015); 11 1/2 minutes
Pavane for a Dead Planet (2016); 9 minutes
Star Dance (2015-16); 6 1/2 minutes
Ride the Cosmos (2016-17); 6 minutes
Dark Forces Signify (2016); 8 minutes
The Lessing is Miracle (2015-16); 9 1/2 minutes
Busted Grooves (2017); 7 minutes
Rings of Saturn (2016-17); 13 minutes
Pulsars (2017); 10 minutes
Delta Oracle (2020); 9 minutes
Neptune Night (2017); 14 minutes
Spacecat (2017); 4 1/2 minutes
Extravehicular Activity (2021); 9 minutes
Reverse Gravity (2016-17); 6 minutes
Romance Postmoderne (2012); 8 1/2 minutes
Geometry (2021); 17 minutes
2.7 Kelvin (2020); 12 1/2 minutes
Liquid Mechanisms (2016); 13 minutes
Galactic Jamboree (2015-16); 7 minutes
Unquiet Night (Mechanical Piano Study No. 10) (2004)
for Disklavier; 16 minutes
Petty Larceny (Mechanical Piano Study No. 9) (2003)
for Disklavier; 6 minutes
Imaginary Island (2003)
for nine computerized toy pianos; 2 minutes
Tango da Chiesa (Mechanical Piano Study No. 8) (2002)
for Disklavier; 6 minutes
Cosmic Boogie-Woogie (Mechanical Piano Study No. 7) (2000-2001)
for Disklavier; 8 minutes
Bud Ran Back Out (Mechanical Piano Study No. 6) (2001)
for Disklavier; 3 minutesTexarkana (Mechanical Piano Study No. 5) (2000)
for Disklavier; 4 minutesFolk Dance for Henry Cowell (Mechanical Piano Study No. 4) (1999)
for Disklavier; 2 minutesNude Rolling Down an Escalator (Mechanical Piano Study No. 3) (1997/99)
for Disklavier; 5 minutesThe Waiting (Mechanical Piano Study No. 2) (1997)
for mechanical piano (Disklavier); 7 minutes
Despotic Waltz (Mechanical Piano Study No. 1) (1997)
for mechanical piano (Disklavier); 2 minutes
Electronic Works:
The Afterlife of Sitting Bull (2007/2024)
for soundfile; 7 minutesAnaconda (2022)
for retuned electric keyboard; 17 minutesThe Insomnia of Lilacs (2018)
for virtual flutes, vibraphone, and piano (with 58 pitches/oct.); 31 minutesNursery Tunes for Weird Children (2012/15)
1. Down to the End of the Town
2. Up the Hill and Up Again
3. Tiger, Tiger, Turning Right
4. The Cracked Bells of St. Swithun's
5. Jack Ate a Blackbird
Virtual piano, 33 pitches/octave; 10 minutesMystic Chords (Rhythm Study) (2012)
for soundfile; 6 1/2 minutesThe Unnameable (2012)
for keyboard sampler and soundfile; 12 minutesNonexistent Landscape (2012)
for keyboard sampler and soundfile; 11 minutesSolitaire (2009)
for retuned keyboard sampler and soundfile; 14 minutesThe Aardvarks' Parade (Triskaidekaphonia 2: Tuning Study No. 10) (2009)
for retuned keyboard sampler and soundfile; 10 minutesCharing Cross (Tuning Study No. 8) (2007)
for keyboard sampler in just intonation, and soundfile; 8 minutesHow Miraculous Things Happen (Tuning Study No. 4) (1997)
for synthesizer (24-tone scale) and tape; 11 minutesFractured Paradise (Tuning Study No. 3) (1995)
for synthesizer (16-tone scale) and tape; 4 minutesHomage to Cowell (Tuning Study No. 2) (1994)
for keyboard sampler (just-intonation scale); 5 minutes
So Many Little Dyings (1994)
for keyboard sampler; text (and sampled voice) by Kenneth Patchen; 6 minutesGhost Town (1994)
for synthesizer (seven-limit just-intonation scale) and computer tape; 10 minutesSuperparticular Woman (Tuning Study No. 1) (1992)
synthesizer (22-tone scale) and computer tape; 4 minutesCanso (1981)
computer tape; 3 minutes
