Scores and recordings available upon request. If you have any information to add to the premiers of any of these works, please contact me.
Solo
Old Roger (2013)
- for Cello
- Commissioned by Susannah Montandon for performance at the Louisiana Sinfonietta Library Concerts
- Duration: 1:30
- Premier: June 5, 2013; Greenwell Springs Library, Baton Rouge, LA
Bottled Up (2013)
- for Solo Flute
- Duration: 4:00
- No live performance
Hart Street (2010)
- for Alto Saxophone
- Commissioned by Dinos Constantinides for performance by Athanios Zervas
- Duration: 4:00
- Premier: September 20, 2010; LSU Recital Hall
- Premier performer: Athanios Zervas, alto saxophone
- To listen to the premier: click here.
Kaiju (怪獣) (2008)
- for Cello
- Score generated by a computer program written in Common Music (Lisp)
- Duration: 6:30
- Premier performer: Susannah Montandon, cello
- To listen to the premier: click here.
Memoria (2007)
- for Alto Saxophone
- Commissioned by and dedicated to Emily Bair
- Duration: 6:00
Two Short Piano Pieces (2007)
- for Piano
- Duration: 1:50
- No live performance
An Imp Takes its Seat in the Back Pew of St. Andrews Cathedral (2007)
- for Trombone with Piano Resonance
- Duration: 2:50
- No live performance
Three Piano Pieces (2007)
- for Piano
- Duration: 9:00
- No Live Performance
DogsArePeopleToo… (2007)
- for Solo Saxophone performing on Soprano, Alto, and Baritone Saxophones
- Commissioned by and Dedicated to Ryan Muncy
- Influenced by an amateur artist of the same name (artist unknown)
- To download the artwork: click here.
- Duration: 16:00
- Premier: May 31, 2007; Fondation des État-Unis, Paris, France
- Premier Performer: Ryan Muncy, saxophone
- To listen to the premier: click here.
A Sunday Sermon by the Rev. Thom Marland (As Interpreted by Anna, Age 7) (2006)
- for Bass Saxophone and Piano
- Also arranged for Cello and Piano (2009)
- Commissioned by Susan Poirier
- Duration: 8:30
- Premier: January 27, 2007; Bryan Recital Hall, BGSU
- Premier performers: Susan Poirier, bass saxophone;
- To listen to the premier: click here
Winding Way (2005)
- for Alto Saxophone
- Also arranged for Bassoon (2009) and Flute (2009)
- Commissioned by Nathan Mandel
- Duration: 5:30
- Premier: June 13, 2005; Conservatorio di musica “Luigi Cherubini,” Florence, Italy
- Premier performer: Nathan Mandel, alto saxophone
- To listen to the premier: click here
Vanity of Vanities: The Last Days of Solomon (2004)
- for Oboe
- Also arranged for Soprano Saxophone (2004)
- Duration: 7:30
- Premier: February 19, 2006; Bryan Recital Hall, BGSU
- To listen to the premier: click here
Shadows (2000)
- for Piano
- Duration: 4:15
- Premier: March 21, 2001; Marshall Recital Hall
Chamber
Five Screaming Amps (2011)
- for Any Number of Electronic Instruments
- Written for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana (LoLs)
- Duration: Variable
- Premier: April 4, 2011; Manship Theater, Baton Rouge
- Premier performers: Nick Hwang, Lindsey Hartman, Corey Knoll, Jeff Albert, and Yemin Oh, laptop instruments
- To view the premier performance: Click Here
Haunted Dreamscapes (2009)
- for Two Amplified Cellos
- Commissioned by and Dedicated to Susannah Montandon and Milica Nelson
- Duration: 13:00
- Premier: November 10, 2008; LSU Recital Hall
- To listen to the piece: click here
- Performers: Susannah Montandon and Pedro Huff, cello
Goetia (2008)
- for Woodwind Quintet
- Duration: 12:00
- To listen to the piece: click here
A Signora’s Dirty Chimney (2006)
- for Saxophone Quartet (SATB)
- Based on the Renaissance Guild song Canto de’ Spazzacamini
- Commissioned by Kim Gedde
- Duration: 2:30
Battõjutsu ( 抜刀術 ) (2007)
- for String Quartet
- Duration: 5:30
- Premier: November 12, 2010; LSU Recital Hall
- Premier performers: Luis Alberto and Raul Gomez, violin; Morgan Bartholic, viola; and Susannah Montandon, cello
- To listen to the premier: click here
The Phantom Soldier (2006)
- for String Quartet
- Inspired by the ghost tale told by William K. Smith and collected by Ruth Ann Musick
- Duration: 8:45
- Premier: February 25, 2008; LSU Recital Hall
- Premier performers: Stefka Madere and Ema Lacrue, violin; Ila Rondeau, viola; and Susannah Montandon, cello
- To listen to the premier: click here
Coffin Hollow (2005)
- for Chamber Ensemble (A Fl, Cl, Pno, Perc, Vln, Vc)
- Inspired by the ghost tale told by Charles Shaver and collected by Ruth Ann Musick
- Masters Thesis (Bowling Green State University)
- Duration: 7:45
- Premier: February 9, 2006; Bryan Recital Hall, BGSU
- To listen to the premier: click here
The Long-Necked Bottle (2005)
- for Saxophone Quartet (SSAA or SATB)
- Based on the Renaissance Guild song Canto de’ Profumieri
- Duration: 2:45
- Premier: June 10, 2005; Aula Magna Concert, Florence, Italy
Walking Alone (2002)
- for Percussion Ensemble
- Commissioned by Renee Wyatt for performance by the Fairmont State University Percussion Ensemble
- Duration: 6:30
- Premier: March 21, 2001; Marshall Recital Hall
- Premier performers: MU Percussion Ensemble
…And the Glory of the Lord (2000)
- for Trombone Octet (SSAATTBB)
- Arrangement of the Chorus from Handel’s Messiah
- Duration: 3:30
- Premier: March 21, 2001; Marshall Recital Hall
- Premier performers: MU Trombone Choir
Large Ensemble
Darkish Knob (2011)
- for String Orchestra
- Commissioned by Dinos Constantinides
- Inspired by the ghost tale told by Eleanor Harper and collected by Ruth Ann Musick
- Duration: 9:00
- Premier: March 25, 2011; LSU Recital Hall
- Premier performers: Louisiana Sinfonietta
- To listen to the premier: click here
Beethoven is Dead (2009)
- for Orchestra
- Contains quotations of Symphony No. 5, Movement I by Beethoven and Five Pieces for Orchestra, No. 4 by Schoenberg.
- Duration: 6:00
- No Live Performance
The Magician (2008)
- for Band
- Commissioned by Philip Wyatt
- Duration: 4:45
- No Live Performance
Bonfire of the Vanities (2008)
- for Chamber Orchestra
- Contains quotations of Ecce quam bonum by Savonarola
- Duration: 10:00
- No Live Performance
Vocal
Thinking of You (2007)
- for Soprano and Piano
- Text: J. Corey Knoll
- Duration: 4:00
- No live performance
Quiet Contemplations on a Lonely Sabbath (2005)
- for Soprano and Piano
- Commissioned by: Rizzo Arellano
- Text: The Lord’s Prayer
- Duration: 6:35
- No live performance
Five Screaming Composers (2004)
- for Any Number of Composers
- Written for Praecepta, the SCI chapter at Bowling Green State University
- Duration: Variable
- To listen to the piece: click here
Selva Oscura (2004)
- for Coloratura-Soprano and Piano
- Commissioned by Suzanne Scholand
- Text: Inferno I by Dante Alighieri
- Duration: 5:05
- Selected for International Review of Composers in Belgrade, Serbia 2008.
- Selected for European Composers Forum in Ljubljana, Slovenia 2011
- Performers: Katarina Jovanovic, soprano and Natalija Mladenovic, piano.
- To listen to the premier: click here
the Runaway (2004)
- for Coloratura-Soprano and Piano
- Commissioned by E. Summer Ellis
- Text: Timothy Guice
- Duration: 4:00
The Calling (2004)
- for Tenor Solo, SAB Choir, and Piano
- Dedicated to: Wendy Richter on the occasion of her Ordination
- Text: Biblical
- Duration: 5:05
A Prayer (2003)
- for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
- Text: J. Corey Knoll
- Duration: 4:45
Three Poems of Catullus (2001)
- for SATB Choir
- Text: Gaius Catullus
- Duration: 6:05
- Premier: March 21, 2001; Marshall Recital Hall
- Premier Performers: Members of the MU Chamber Choir
Acousmatic
Transformations on a Decayed Form (2011)
- for 5-channel Fixed Media
- Duration: 3:45
Muezza (2009)
- for 2-channel Fixed Media
- Source material provided by Honey the Cat
- Duration: 6:20
- To listen to the piece: click here
Metallurgy (2008)
- for 2-channel Fixed Media
- Duration: 9:40
- Selected for SEAMUS 2011 National Conference
- Selected for ICMC 2011
- To listen to the piece: click here
Experiment 31 (2002)
- for 2-channel Fixed Media
- Duration: 4:50
- To listen to the piece: click here
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