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opera
  • The Dial— (in progress) based on the life and works of the New England transcendentalists…libretto currently being written by composer

small ensemble
  • Untitled (four scordatura classical guitars) (in progress)
  • 20 Years (2008) – soprano, piano, marimba (unperformed)
  • Mirfak at Midnight (2004) – clarinet, violin, piano, percussion (premiered by the California EAR Unit, 2004)
  • Le Moment Jaune (2003) – woodwind quartet (premiered 2003)
  • Wind Chases the Sun (2003) – speaking flute, speaking clarinet, speaking violin, speaking cello, speaking pianist, speaking percussion (premiered 2003) [based on “Prison Writings” by Leonard Peltier (permission granted)

voice/piano
  • Four Songs from the Dhammapada (2008) –mezzo-soprano, piano (premiered 2008)
  • Le Chat (2006) – soprano, piano (premiered 2006) [text by Charles Baudelaire]
  • Puma at the Chapultepec Zoo (2003) – mezzo-soprano, piano (premiered 2002) [text by Gregory Corso]
  • Another Night in the Ruins (2002) –song cycle for soprano, piano (premiered 2002) [text by Galway Kinnell, permission granted]
  • Morning (2000) – soprano, piano (premiered 2000) [text by Mary Oliver]

solo piano
  • The Mountain Spirit (in progress) –speaking pianist [based on the poem by Gary Snyder]
  • The Garden (2007) – premiered 2007
  • Sui:Yu (2003) – premiered 2003, recorded 2005

other solo
  • If I Told Him (2005) – unaccompanied soprano (premiered 2005) [text by Gertrude Stein, permission granted]
  • Elegy for Laika (2003) –solo violin with white noise (premiered 2003)