ORCHESTRAL
the need / to be shattered & rebuilt (2025) 7'30
3(2 pics).3(c.a).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.3.1/timp/2 perc/1 hrp/pno/str(14.12.9.9.6)+small auxiliary instruments
He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing (2024) 11'
2(pics).2.2(bcl).2(cbn)./4.2.3.0/timp/1 perc/str(8.6.5.5.3min)+small auxiliary instruments
O flower of fire (2023) 17'
3(pic., alt. flt.).3.3(bcl).3(cbn)./4.3.2+btbn.1/timp/3perc/2hrp/str(16.14.12.10.8)+small auxiliary instruments
Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama (2020) 5'20
2.2(C+D harm.).2.2(C+D harm.).2.2.0.0/timp/1perc./str(7.6.5.4.3)
Nexus (2020) 6'
3(2pic.)+al.fl.2+ca.3(3Cm harm.)+bcl.3(3D+A harm.)+cbn/5.4.4(2 30-note music box).2/timp(30-note music box).3-8 perc./2hp/cel./str
Disillusioned Dreamer (2018) 12’
2(pic.).2.2.2.(cbn)/4.2.2+btbn.1/hrp/2 perc/str(12.10.8.8.6)
The Spark Catchers (2017) 10’
2+picc.2.2(bcl).2/4.2.2+btbn.1/hrp/2 perc/str(12.10.8.8.6)
LARGE ENSEMBLE
building a burning house (2026) 17'
1 (picc.,al.fl.).0.1(bcl).0/1.1.1.0/1 perc./Harp(prepared)/str(1.0.1.1.1 -- all prepared)+small auxiliary instruments
And At Pains To Temper The Light (2024) 11'
str(4.3.2.2.1)
...I may turn to salt (2023) 9'
str(5.5.4.4.2)+small auxiliary instruments
shouting forever into the receiver (2022) 14'
1(al.fl.).1.1.1/1.1.1.0/2 perc./2pf/str(1.1.1.2.1)+small auxiliary instruments
Where is the chariot of fire? (2020) 6'30
2(picc.).2.2(C+D harm.).2(C+D harm.).2.2.1.1/hrp/pf(2 wind-up music boxes)/2 perc./str(2.[15-note music box]2.2.2.2)
Verdala (2018) 5’
1(pic.).1.1(blc).1/1.1.1.0/hp/1 perc.str(1.1.1.2.1)
SMALL ENSEMBLE
hounded earth (2025) 15’
String Quartet (2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello -- all prepared)
when flesh is pressed against the dark (2024) 10'
Voice, Trumpet in C, Trombone, Bass Clarinet
Gilt (2024) 10'
Saxophone Quartet
Even sweetness can scratch the throat (2023) 12'
1 (picc.,al.fl.).0.1(bcl).0/1.0.1.0/1 perc./str(1.0.1.1.1)+small auxiliary instruments
How ruin nested inside each thimbled throat / & made it sing (2022) 10’
String Quartet (2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello) + small auxiliary instruments
Tuxedo: Between Carnival and Lent (2022) 7'30
Voice and Ensemble (2 Cuffed Violins, 2 Harmonicas, and Music Boxes)
Tuxedo: (Copper); Ivory Mask (2021) 10'
1 Oboe ( = Voice, wind-up music box, and Harmonica in D); 1 Piano ( = Bosun's whistle, Voice, wind-up music box, and Harmonica in C + eight afro combs, and two pieces of A5 paper)
Glances / I Don’t Belong Here: (2019) 10’
String Quartet (2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello)
Vera (2008) 8’20
1 Clarinet in Bb, 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello
SOLO
yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky! (2022) 3'
Two Oboe Reeds + Three Wind-Up Music Boxes
Weroon Weroon (2022) 5' minimum
Cuffed Violin/Viola/Cello
Tuxedo: Diving Bell 2. (2021) 10'
Harp ( = Voice + 4 Large Metallic Dreadlock Cuffs; 6 Plastic Mini Hair Claw Clips; Strip of Cardboard)
Tuxedo: Crown; Sun King (2021) 8'
Cuffed Violin ( = Voice; five wind-up music boxes)
Tuxedo: Hot Summer No Water (2020) 6'
Violoncello ( = 30 note Music Box; Voice; ACME Metropolitan Whistle)
Processional (2018) 6’
Piano
On the Chequer’d Field Array’d (2013) 10’
Piano
VOCAL
this is but an oration of loss (2022) 12'
SM-SATBarB + small auxiliary instruments
Rosalind (2020) 15'
Soprano ( = 15 note Music Box; Harmonica in C), Baritone, and Piano ( + a piece of A4 paper)
The Knife of Dawn (2016) 15’
Baritone and Piano
Not Hands Like Mine (2015) 5’30
2 Sopranos, 1 Alto
Incident (2011) 6’
Soprano and Piano
CHORAL
Regina Caeli (2014) 4’
SSAATTB a cappella
Fundamental (2010) 10’
SATB Choir and Brass Quintet
Nativity (2006) 4’30
SSA Trio and SSA Chorus a cappella
MUSIC-THEATRE/OPERA
The Knife of Dawn (2016) 60’
Solo Baritone, 2 Sopranos, 1 Alto (pit choir), 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Violoncello, 1 Harp
MOVEMENT-THEATRE
Dimensions of a Creole Continuum (2021)
Co-composed with Jessie Cox
for limitless performers and limitless time
INSTALLATION
You carve & carve until a coin of light appears (2024)
Cuffed strings
Tuxedo: Dust Bowl #3 (2022)
for massed ensemble of harmonicas and optional SATB voices
Stung; Butterfly (2021)
rug of vibrating coins
Baracara Region 6 (2021)
for voices doubling on harmonicas