Instrumental Works
Large Ensemble
Arezzo Triptych
Heaven’s Rapture, hell’s bells
Ghost of Arezzo Cathedral
Death’s thin melody too…
(2011/12. Rev. 2015) 20’ in three movements for fixed media and improvising wind ensemble
Commissioned by Joseph Parisi and the UMKC Wind Ensemble
Event Horizon
(2009) 11’ for wind ensemble
Commissioned by Bethel College, Timothy Shade, Cond.
Premier, Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, April 11, 2010
Listen to Event Horizon
Finally…
(2009) 4’30” for wind ensemble and solo jazz alto (for Bobby Watson)
Premier, CBDNA National Conference, UT, Austin, UMKC Wind Symphony, Steve Davis, cond., March 27, 2009
Larger than Home
(2007) 8’ for wind ensemble
Premier, CBDNA Regional Conference, UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony, Steve Davis, cond., Februrary 29, 2008
Symphonie Pastorale
(2000) 16’ 35” large orchestra
Premier: UMKC Conservatory Orchestra, Robert Olson, cond., October, 2000. Selected for the American Composer's Orchestra Whitaker Readings, 2003.
“Out of Crooked Timber…”
(2000) 9’30” accordion orchestra with soloist
Commissioned by Joan Sommers for the UMKC Conservatory Accordion Orchestra
Premier: Int. Association of Accordion Teachers Conference, Chicago, July 2000.
Portrait: North and South Maroon
(1998) 10’ Wind Ensemble
*Commissioned by Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Premier: Northeastern State University Wind Ensemble, Robert Carnochan, cond., April 30, 1998.
Shapes of Wind
(1997) 15’ Wind Ensemble
Premier: UMKC Wind Ensemble, December 4, 2001, Sarah McKoin, conductor.
Citlaltepetl
(1992) 18’ Wind Ensemble
Premier: The University of Colorado Wind Ensemble, Allan McMurray Conductor, September 1, 1994.
Chamber
Awaken!
(2018) 14’ for Trombone and Piano
Commissioned by the Curators of the University of Missouri, and dedicated to JoDee Davis, Professor of Trombone, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Premier: November 3, 2019, Kansas City
Recording: Forthcoming on Albany Records
Arise!
(2018) 12’ for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Pian
Commissioned by Fort Hayes State University New Music Festival
Premier: November 3, 2018, Fort Hayes State University
Align!
(2018) 10" to any duration for any instrumentation in pair
Commissioned for Mnemosyne Ensemble
Premier: September 28, 2018, Kansas City New Media Performance Festival
Postcard Prairie
(2010) 11’ for Soprano, piano, tenor sax and trombone)
Commissioned by Bethel College with text by Nathan Bartel
Premier: April 11, 2010, Bethel College
Rock Hard
(2008) 7’ for piano and percussion
Commissioned by the Petrella Duo
For Whom…
(2005) 9’ for Sextet and Electroacoustic Sounds
Commissioned for 8th Blackbird by the 3rd Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival
Point Royal
(2004) 4’ for Brass Ensemble (3 tpts., 4 hrns, 3 trbns, 2 euph., F tuba, CC tuba, and 1 perc.)
Commissioned by Rita and Irwin Blitt and the UMKC Conservatory of Music
Improvisations 1-3
(2004) 8’ solo piano
Written for the Van Cliburn Piano Competition Composer Initiative
Circus
(2004) 25’ entertainment in 9 movements for flute and piano
Commissioned the American Composer’s Forum Jerome Composer Commissioning Program for Calliope (Shannon Wettstein and Elizabeth McNutt)
Scrum, for very mixed quintet
(2002) 9’ for bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, accordion, organ and bagpipes
Commissioned by newEar, Kansas City
Wood, Wind, Water, Earth
(2001) 12’ dizi, erhu, yangqin, and tape
Commissioned by Meet the Composer for Music From China.
Premier: Merkin Hall, New York, November 17, 2001.
Infamous Quotes
(1999) 8’ brass quintet
Rhapsody for Two
(1998) 6’ violin/viola
*Commissioned by Douglas Beilman and Joanna Hood for the 1998 Chamber Music New Zealand Festival.
Four Mile Creek
(1997) 6’30” violin, guitar, and vibraphone
String Quartet No. 1
(1994) 20’
Sextet
(1993) 8’ alto saxophone and woodwind quintet
Colorado Etudes
(1993) 13’ solo piano
les etoiles
(1990) 7’ organ
Premier: RLDS Chapel, Kansas City, Andrew Lang, February 27, 2000.
Quintessential Quartalessence
(1989) 8’ trumpet and piano
Vocal
Peacefully
(2009) 4’ SATB
Commissioned by Bethel College
Premier: Bethel College, April 2010
Soliloquy
(2003) 7’ SATB
Text by Edward Abbey
Two Marsden Hartley Songs: Fisherman’s Last Supper and Bach for Breakfast
(2003) 6’ Soprano and Piano
Commissioned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art