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ensemble works

Microlude in Three Primes
(2012) for percussion quartet
description

Once, in a grove of tamarisk
(2012) for mallet percussion trio
description
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Mirror / Fall
(2011) for oboe and trombone
description | watch

Nongak
(2011) for mallet percussion duo
description

In tall and tufted reeds
(2009) for alto flute, cello and accordion
description

Pines Long Slept in Sunshine
(2009) for percussion ensemble
description | listen | watch (premiere performance by the University of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble)

In Daylight and Cool White (to Dan Flavin)
(2008) for flute ensemble
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Petit Hommage à Jehan Alain
(2007) for alto flute and cello
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Music for a Royal Palace
(2006) for sheng (Chinese mouth organ), viola, marimba and percussion
description | audio of premiere performance courtesy of Carnegie Hall

Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze
(2005) for oboe, bassoon, acoustic guitar, eletric guitar, piano and percussion (instrumentation adaptable to other ensembles)
description | CD

Iris
(2003) for flute, guitar, cello and marimba
description | CD

Signals Intelligence
(ensemble version, 2002) for percussion ensemble
description | CD | listen | watch
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Thao
(1997) for flute, oboe, marimba, vibraphone, violin, contrabss and ching
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Traces
(1997) for two violas

After This, Nothing
(1997) for bass clarinet and viola
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Ritual Music
(1995) for oboe, viola, bassoon and piano
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String Quartet
(1995)
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works with Thai classical instruments

Lineamenta
(2000) for chamber orchestra and Thai instruments
description

Pan-lom
(1998) for large ensemble of Thai and Western instruments
description | CD

 

works for khaen (Lao / Northeast Thai mouth organ)

Five Cycles
(2002) for khaen solo
description | watch

Epilogue for a Dark Day
(2001) for khaen solo
description | CD

Three Body Problem
(1999) for khaen and cello
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Telemetry Lock
(1999) for khaen solo
description | listen

Tashi Delek
(1998) for khaen solo
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the wind blows inside
(1997) for khaen solo
description | CD

Three Lai
(1996) for khaen, violin and viola
description | listen | CD | watch

 

ensemble works for improvisers

Cleopatra
(2010) for tenor saxophone, guitar and piano
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Serpent of Five Tongues
(2009) for guanzi and sheng (Chinese oboe and Chinese mouth organ)
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Mastodon
(2009) for bass clarinet, guitar and piano
description

Repudiation and Sacrifice (Music in Service of Revolution)
(2004) for voice, woodwinds, percussion, computer and electronics
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I Want to Believe
(2002-04) for soprano saxophone and piano or trio with vibraphone
description | audio excerpt | CD

 

instrumental solo works

010 machine states
(2012) for flute
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Aeneas in the Underworld: Infelix Dido
(2012) for guitar/orator and tape with optional second guitar
description

Strata
(2011) for extended range glockenspiel (c-f''') or celesta
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Aeneas in the Underworld, Act I
(2011) for guitar/orator
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11 Sequences for Tom Johnson
(2010) for pipe organ
description

Plenum Vortices
(2009) for percussion
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Jolie Sphinx
(2009) for violin
description | watch

Motetus
(1995/2009) version for extended range glockenspiel (c-f''')
description | watch

Telemetry Lock II
(2006) for 5-string electric violin
description

Liber Pulveris
(2005) for acoustic guitar
description | CD

Signals Intelligence
(solo version, 2002) for percussion
(virtuoso version, 2009) for percussion
description | CD | watch

First Spectrum of the Contrabass
(2002) for contrabass
description

Song for a Form Carved by Water
(2001) for soprano saxophone with drone accompaniment
description | listen

Bear Woman Dances
(2001) for piano solo
description

wind-chime
(1997) for sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
description

things that flow
(1996) for harpsichord solo
description | listen

Motetus
(1995) for carillon
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Four Piano Sketches
(1992-1995) for piano solo
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vocal works

Madrigal: Epitaphium Poliae
(2012) for choir SSAATTBB
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Song for a Glacial Boulder
(2002) for soprano or tenor and saxophone quartet
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electronic works

Piano Field
(2012) 2-channel audio
description

Hector Mine
(2004) 2-channel audio
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Truisms
(1995) for reader and computer
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compositions licensed by ASCAP

 

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