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

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

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

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

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

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 (2022)

4 minutes

For the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano

Premiered April 2023

CLOUDS OF UNKNOWING (2022)

12 minutes

for solo brass quintet and orchestra

Commission from Houston Brass Quintet

MASS IN EXILE (2023)

45 minutes

for solo baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra

Text by Leah Lax

FIRST LIGHT (2023)

5 minutes

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Sütterlin, conductor

JOHN THE REVELATOR (2024)

5 minutes

Orchestra TBA