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ORCHESTRA/CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

CHAMBER SYMPHONY NO. 1 'NIGHT MUSIC' (2011)

15 minutes

2(1=picc).1.2.1 1.2(2=flg).2.1 perc 0.0.0.0.0

Commissioned by the BJU Faculty Chamber Winds

Premiered in 2011 in Greenville, SC

 

OF SHRAPNEL AND BLOOD (2014)

50 minutes

Version for Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, SATB chorus, and orchestra

(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns in F, B-flat trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, 2 percussion, electric guitar, harp, and strings)

Text by Brian Turner, Rudyard Kipling, Siegfried Sassoon, and Walt Whitman, and from the Qu'ran

Premiered April 2014 in Houston, TX

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ALSO AVAILABLE: 'Greenbriar' chamber version

0.1.1.1 2.0.0.0 perc pno 2.1.1.1

This arrangement for the Greenbriar Consortium, Anne Leek, director

Premiered January 27, 2015 at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Houston, TX

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CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, STRINGS, PERCUSSION & CELESTA (2014)

22 minutes

Premiered February 26, 2015 at Duncan Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX

Aaron Perdue, flute; orchestra conducted by Jerry Hou

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CONCERTO FOR ENGLISH HORN AND STRINGS (2017)

12 minutes

Commissioned by Brett Linski

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THE SONGS OF OPHELIA (2017)

7 minutes

Commission from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Premiered June 2016 by the ASO and conductor Robert Spano

2 flutes (1=picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (2=bcl), 2 bassoons (2=cbn); 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba; timpani, percussion (sus. cymbal, tambourine, BD); harp, strings

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TOMBSTONE SONGS (2017)

8 minutes

Version for baritone and chamber orchestra

1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 timp perc strings

Texts from humorous tombstone epitaphs

Commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

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NURSERY RHYMES (2017)

10 minutes

Version for baritone and chamber orchestra

1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 timp perc strinsg

Texts from well-known nursery rhymes

Commissioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

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TWO SPIRITUALS (2019)

6 minutes

Commissioned by Tamra Grace Jones and the Carlisle (MA) Chamber Orchestra

Premiered February 2019

2 flutes (=picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons; 3 horns, trombone, bass trombone, tuba; timpani, strings

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WHIRLIGIG (2019)

3 minutes

Commission from ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)

Premiered September 2019 at Miller Outdoor Theatre by ROCO and conductor Mei-Ann Chen

piccolo, flute, 2 oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon; 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (bicycle bell, triangle, finger cymbals, crash cymbal, suspended cymbals, hi-hat, brake drum, kick bass, tam-tam); celesta, strings

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THE PARALLACTIC TRANSITS (2022)

4 minutes

For the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano

Premiered April 2023

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CLOUDS OF UNKNOWING (2022)

12 minutes

for solo brass quintet and orchestra

Commission from Houston Brass Quintet

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MASS IN EXILE (2023)

45 minutes

for solo baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra

Text by Leah Lax

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FIRST LIGHT (2023)

5 minutes

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Sütterlin, conductor

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JOHN THE REVELATOR (2024)

5 minutes

ROCO

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

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