Song Reader (in progress)
song cycle reimagining Beck's Song Reader for soprano and piano
Projected Duration: 60'
Text: Beck Hansen, Song Reader (English)
Written for Far Song
Liber Elementorum (in progress)
for 4 berimbau players
Projected Duration: 40'
Written for Gregory Beyer and Arcomusical
Doppelgaengers (2023)
for erhu and piano
Duration: 6'
Written for Hsiao Chih-I and Wang Jui-Ching
The (Mis)Remembered Geography of My Percussive Motherland (2023)
five pieces for percussion ensembles of varying sizes
Quómixik Íbix (after FZ, EC, and OM)
for 4 percussionists
Duration: 5'50"
J'Táku Gthumá-a (after JC, LH, and HC)
for 5 percussionists
Duration: 8'45"
Mnémniang (after KA, AH, and SR)
for 7 percussionists with an indeterminate number of other players
Duration: 11'
Tik-Twíktikwa (after GL and GHG)
for 8 percussionists
Duration: 10'15"
Pta-Vichíg-Fta (after EV and DCI)
for 10 percussionists
Duration: 6'30"
Total Duration: 45'
Written for the University of Delaware Percussion Ensembles
Score Preface Pages
Video of live performance (YouTube)
Fabular Arcana (2021)
concerto for retuned piano and orchestra
I. Hexefriri's Grand Parallactic Clockwork
II. The Coal-Bog Giantesses
III. Concerning the Great Bøyg's Various Reconstructions of Solveig's
Song from the Degraded Memories of Malevolent Woodland Spirits
IV. Insecta ex Machina
Duration: 38'
Written for Paul Sánchez and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Score Preface Pages
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (YouTube)
The Hammers That Forge Time (2020)
for Javanese gamelan
Duration: 11'30"
Written for the Northern Illinois University Gamelan Ensemble
Score Preface Pages
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (YouTube)
Consolation New (2018)
for 1 pianist playing 2 retuned pianos
Duration: 13'
Written for Paul Sánchez
Recorded on David M. Gordon's Mysteria Fidei
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (YouTube)
Toy Gamelan Manifesto (2017)
for 2 percussionists
Duration: 14'
Written for the Quey Percussion Duo
Mysteria Incarnationis (2015)
song cycle for soprano, violin, and prepared piano
I. Shbih hakimo
II. Man hi tamrah
III. Manu yab lo (Lullaby 1)
IV. Manu mtse dnimar
V. Lo aten ber (Lullaby 2)
VI. Brikh hu dlo sokh destayakh
Duration: 37'
Text: Hymns on the Nativity, St. Ephrem (Syriac)
Written for Far Song
Recorded on David M. Gordon's Mysteria Fidei
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (YouTube)
Studies on the Pythagorean Gong (2013)
for lead (tenor) steelpan
I. Symphony of Limbs
II. Dyadic Lullaby
III. Clockwork Labyrinth
IV. Perpetuum Mobile
Duration: 11'30"
Written for Liam Teague
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (YouTube)
Jigsaw Zither (2012, revised 2020)
for solo berimbau player with 5 live or recorded berimbau players
Duration: 9'30"
Written for Gregory Beyer and Arcomusical
Audio of live performance (2012 version, SoundCloud)
Video of live performance (2012 version, YouTube)
Just As I Am, Without One Plea (2012)
for soprano, alto flute, and piano
Duration: 5'
Text: Just As I Am, Without One Plea, C. Elliot (English)
Written for the Chicago New Arts Trio
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Gratias agimus tibi (for HW) (2012)
for orchestra
Duration: 7'
Written for the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra
Labyrinthus Musicus (2012)
for soprano/alto saxophonist and prepared piano
Duration: 14'
Written for Joren Cain
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
On Love (2011)
for soprano and piano
Duration: 2'30"
Written for Nick Cherone and Shannon Smith
Apocryphal Dances (2010)
for 4 percussionists and prepared piano
I. Yxoi Eth Drazhim
II. The Parakeet Coil
III. Sesquilinear Tango
IV. Churghin Taqma
Duration: 15'
Written for the Wheaton College Percussion Ensemble
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Video of live performance - Mvt. I (YouTube)
Video of live performance - Mvt. II (YouTube)
Video of live performance - Mvt. III (YouTube)
Video of live performance - Mvt. IV (YouTube)
Fanfare (in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky) (2010)
for chamber orchestra
Duration: 2'30"
Written for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Quasi Sinfonia (2008)
for 16 players
I. Allarmi
II. Ritual
III. Tema con variazioni
IV. Allarmi e campane
Duration: 24'
Written for Contempo
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
The Serpentine Harp (2007)
for retuned harpsichord
Duration: 8'30"
Written for Daniel Paul Horn
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Diclavis Enorma (2007)
for keyboards (1 player) and CD
I. Motus Perpetuus
II. Musica Ornata
III. Passacaglia
Duration: 13'
Written for Tim Smile
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
The Dowry Negotiation (2007)
for SSAA choir and percussion
Duration: 7'
Text: Phonetic Sounds (IPA)
Written for the Wheaton College Women's Chorale
Nocturne (2005)
for piano
Duration: 4'
Written for Lisa Kaplan
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Speaking in Tongues (2004)
for violin, viola, cello, and waterphone
Duration: 16'
Written for the Pacifica Quartet
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Sequentarium (2003)
for 3 accordions
I. Imitatio
II. Oquetus
III. Ymnus
IV. Quodlibet
V. Cantus
Duration: 20'
Written for the Motion Trio
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Shivchei Yir'ah ve-Simcha (2003)
for 5 voices, violin, cello, and prepared piano
Duration: 22'
Text: Psalms 93, 97, 111, 117, and 148 (Hebrew)
Written for the Aguavá New Music Ensemble
Fader, stilla våra andar (2002)
for soprano and piano
Duration: 5'
Text: Father, Give a Tranquil Spirit, E. Hawkinson (Swedish)
Written for Valerie J. Gordon
Recorded on David M. Gordon's Mysteria Fidei
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Friction Systems (2002, revised 2005)
for 6 players
Duration: 14'
Written for Eighth Blackbird
Recorded on Eighth Blackbird's strange imaginary animals
Audio from album (YouTube)
Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra (2001)
for lead (tenor) steelpan and orchestra
I. Fantasia
II. Moto Perpetuo
Duration: 20'
Written for Liam Teague
Circumflexus (2001)
for alto saxophone
Duration: 7'
Written for Joren Cain
Recorded on Joren Cain's Voices of Dissent
Audio from album (SoundCloud)
Canticum (2000)
for flute, violin, and guitar
Duration: 8'30"
Written for the Tarutelin Trio
A Song of Ascents (1999)
for soprano and prepared piano
Duration: 14'
Text: Psalm 121 (Hebrew)
Written for Valerie J. Gordon
Kyrie (1999)
for SSAATTBB choir
Duration: 6'
Text: Kyrie (Greek)
Written for the Northern Illinois University Chamber Choir
Loop Drone (1999)
for double seconds steelpans (1 player) and Balinese gamelan
Duration: 8'
Written for Seion Gomez and Han Kuo-Huang
Hollow Psalm (1998, revised 2009)
for Javanese gamelan and orchestra
Duration: 12'
Written for the Chicago Sinfonietta
Audio of live performance (SoundCloud)
Cat-King-Caterpillar (1997)
for 7 players
Duration: 7'30"
The Wheel (1996)
for marimba and 2 percussionists
Duration: 6'30"
Written for Mark Marzocco
Butcher Shop (1996)
for soprano, piano, and 7 percussionists
Duration: 24'
Text: Butcher Shop, C. Simic (English)
Psalm in Opposition (1995)
for Javanese gamelan and 6 percussionists
Duration: 4'30"
Written for the Northern Illinois University Gamelan Ensemble
Apep and the Void (1994)
for wind ensemble
Duration: 10'30"
Written for the Carl Sandburg High School Symphonic Band
In the Dragon's Court (1993)
for 10 percussionists
Duration: 6'
Written for the Carl Sandburg High School Percussion Ensemble