works

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LARGE ENSEMBLE

Honeycomb

(2016) - chamber orchestra and electronics, or wind ensemble and electronics, ca. 5'00''
Listen to wind ensemble version

Rainbow Gravity

(2015) - 12 performers of the same instrument/voice, ca. 13'15''
Listen (excerpt)

What Never Was and What Could Still Be

(2015) - concert band, ca 6'15''
Listen (excerpt)

Horror Vacui

(2014) - concert band, ca. 8'00''
Listen (excerpt)

Twilight

(2009) - string orchestra, ca. 4'45'' also arranged for solo guitar.
Listen (excerpt)

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Mantric Septet

(2016-2017) - flute, clarinet, oboe, piano, percussion, violin, cello, ca. 10'00'' (work in progress)

Antifragility

(2016) - clarinet, alto/baritone saxophone, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, double bass, ca. 7'30''
Listen

Triple Helix

(2016) - marimba trio, ca. 6'45''

Rationalize

(2016) - bass clarinet, marimba, electronics, ca. 5'00''

a small priceless thing

(2015) - piano quintet, ca. 8'00''
Listen

Quiver

(2015) - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, electric guitar, piano, and optional electronics, ca. 6'15''

Montage for the New World

(2014) - percussion quartet and electronics, ca. 10'00''
Listen

break / make

(2014) - percussion sextet, ca. 4'45''
Listen

PRISM

(2014) - guitar duo, ca. 12'15''
PRISM
I. Refractions
II. A Chilling Effect
III. Bullrun Toccata
Listen

Irreconcilable Differences

(2014) - string quartet, ca. 8'45''
Listen

OMEGA

(2013) - 1 to 4 percussionists, and electronics, ca. 19'00''
Listen to intrepretation by Justin Iadonisi
Listen to intrepretation by Chamber Cartel (excerpt)

Shrapnel

(2013) - guitar trio, ca. 9'00''

Sonata for Oboe and Piano

(2012) ca. 8'15''
Listen

Slumbers Kiss Your Golden Eyes

(2011) - flute, viola, harp, ca. 7'30''
Listen

Kindlemusik

(2011) - marimba duo, ca. 3'30''
Listen

Hymn in B Major

(2010) - 5 performers, flexible instrumentation, ca. 1'30''-3'00''

Nocturne for String Quartet

(2010) ca. 4'00''

Spellbound

(2010) - alto flute and guitar, ca. 7'30''

Trio No. 3

(2009) - guitar trio, ca. 3'45''

Sauntering

(2008) - flute trio, ca. 3'00''

Coral Beach

(2008) - flute and guitar, or clarinet and guitar, ca. 2'45''

Variations on Broken Machines: Illicit

(2008) - trumpet, bass, piano, drums, ca. 4'00''

Trio No. 2

(2008) - guitar trio, ca. 2'30''

Variations on Broken Machines: Reveille

(2007) - trumpet and piano, ca. 5'30''

Trio No. 1

(2006) - guitar trio, ca. 2'00''

SOLO

{pulse}pitch

(2016) - percussion and electronics, ca. 6'30''

From Afar, Drawing Near

(2015) - trumpet and electronics, ca. 10'00''

Whispers, Secrets, and Codes

(2015) - flute, ca. 12'00''
Whispers, Secrets, and Codes
I. Prelude
II. FVGVE
III. Ciphertones

Hijacker

(2015) - player piano controlled by electronics, ca. 10'00''

endless forms most beautiful

(2014-?) - evolving music for any pitched solo instrument, ca. 2'00''-5'00''

thy angels watch me...

(2013) - prepared harp, ca. 6'00''

Fathom

(2012) - cello and electronics, or double bass and electronics, ca. 6'00''

glass, darkly

(2012) - piano, ca. 9'30''

Laika

(2011) - piano and electronics, ca. 4'15''

Rondo

(2011) - oboe, ca. 4'00''

warmth

(2011) - guitar, ca. 4'00''

Blackberry Winter

(2010) - guitar, ca. 5'00''

WINSTON

(2009) - piano, ca. 17'00''
WINSTON
I. Two Minutes
II. The Golden Country
III. Where There Is No Darkness
Anthem and March: Doubleplusgood Reprise

Twilight

(2008) - guitar, ca. 4'45'' also arranged for string orchestra.

Variations on a Theme of Debussy

(2008) - guitar, ca. 5'00''

The Life and Times of a Monarch Butterfly

(2006) - piano, ca. 3'45''

CHORAL / VOCAL

On a Mote of Dust

(2013) - mixed choir and percussion, ca. 5'00'' (work paused)

mist and light

(2012) - SATB a cappella chorus, ca. 7'30''

The Untitled

(2008) - flute, piano, alto soloist, men's choir, ca. 4'30''

Two Becomes One

(2007) - soprano and piano, or soprano and guitar, ca. 3'45''

FIXED MEDIA (with no live performers)

Harmonic Meditations

(2014-2017) - stereophonic playback, ca. 24'00'' (work in progress)
Harmonic Meditations
I. Siddhartha
II. (work planned)
III. We Could Live Forever Tonight
IV. (work planned)
V. Wasting All My Precious Time

Because Something Is Happening Here But You Don't Know What It Is

(2013) - quadraphonic or stereophonic playback, 3'45''

M3TA11UR6Y

(2013) - stereophonic playback, 11'06''

Pressure

(2012) - stereophonic playback, 6'45''

To Hear Before Going To Sleep

(2011) - stereophonic playback, 2'59''

personne n'est a la maison

(2011) - stereophonic playback, 3'02''

MISCELLANEOUS (arrangements, collaborations, etc)

Fix You (originally by Coldplay)

(2015) - arrangement for soprano sax 1 and 2, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, tuba, piano, drum set, ca. 4'45''

Let's Dance (originally by David Bowie)

(2015) - arrangement for soprano sax, alto sax 1 and 2, tenor sax, trombone, tuba, piano, drum set, ca. 5'30''

AV/DC: 3 Phases

(2014) - short film, ca. 3'00'' composed music in collaborative work with visual artist Daniel Smith

Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon (originally by Ren Guang)

(2013) - arrangement for guitar duo, ca. 4'00''

Music of the Spheres

(2012) - installation: video, and quadraphonic or stereophonic playback, indefinite duration on a 10'00'' loop, composed music in collaborative work with composer Matthew Phillips and visual artist Daniel Smith

The Nasty EP

(2012) - voice, guitar, synthesizers, electronics, drums, ca. 10'00'', composed music in collaborative composition with Reggie Perry, Johnny Le, and Phillip Broughton, released as fixed media

Things Are A Lot More Like They Used To Be Than They Are Now

(2008) - voice, guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, ca. 65'00'', composed music in collaborative composition with Andre Griffin, Eric Thompson, Scott Smith, and Mike Jesberger, released as fixed media

Bobby's Big Idea

(2008) - short flim, ca. 6'00'', composed music

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