ORCHESTRAL

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

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

CONCERTO FOR ENGLISH HORN AND STRINGS (2017)

12 minutes

Commissioned by Brett Linski

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

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

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

THE PARALLACTIC TRANSITS (2021)

4 minutes

For the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano

CLOUDS OF UNKNOWING FOR SOLO BRASS QUINTET AND ORCHESTRA (2022)

12 minutes

Commission from Houston Brass Quintet.

MASS IN EXILE (2023)

45 minutes

for chorus and chamber orchestra

Text by Leah Lax

FIRST LIGHT (2023)

5 minutes

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Sütterlin, conductor