Grass/Roots for saxophone orchestra (11 players, or multiples thereof) (2008, 11’)
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Double Concerto (Chamber Concerto no. 3) for flute, bassoon and chamber orchestra (2005; 20')
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Black Fugatos (Symphony No. 2 in two movements) (2000; 24')
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Painted Words (1996; 14')
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Goyescas Negras: Scenes from the Deaf Man's Villa (Symphony in three movements after Goya) (1986-87; 20')
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Opera
Akhmatova, opera in 3 acts (libretto by Don Mager) (2000-01; 3 hours)
Solo with Orchestra or Band
Chamber Concerto no. 3 for flute, bassoon and chamber orchestra (2005; 20')
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Concertino for bassoon and wind ensemble (1999; 16')
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The Enchanted Horn for four actor/instrumentalists and orchestra (1998; 45')
Painting for the Blind (Kevin Elmore) for tenor and orchestra (1993; 20')
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Chamber Concerto No. 2 for alto trombone and chamber orchestra (1987-88; 16')
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Symphonic Band / Wind Ensemble
Garden of Exile (2005; 20')
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Concertino for bassoon and wind ensemble (1999; 16')
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Fallen, fallen all the works of light (1997; 10')
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Llanto por Cristina Gómez (1991; 12')
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Large Ensembles
Bigaku for flute, doubling alto flute and piccolo, Bb clarinet doubling Bb bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion (1 player) and piano (2006; 15’)
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Four Postcards from Ancient Nihon for percussion sextet (2002; 20')
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Silence Spoken Here / Fun with Hieroglyphs for solo alto trombone and trombone choir (2001; 10')
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Winter Light for eight trumpets (1996; 4')
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Lumens for large mixed ensemble (1995; 13')
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La luz es como el agua for 26 brass instruments (1994-95; 8')
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La belle captive (after Magritte) for low brass ensemble (1994; 8')
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Ave de plumas férreas for ten trumpets (1991; 7')
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Canyon Music for brass choir (1986; 15')
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Chamber Concerto No. 1 for oboe, 2 multi-percussion, harp, piano and string quintet (1984-85; 20')
Lamento for soprano, male speaking voice, solo double bass and ten double basses (Pedro Geoffroy Rivas) (1983; 9')
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Chamber Music
I Wonder as I Wander: Five Songs of J.J. Niles arranged for cello and double bass (2006, 12')
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Stolen Song Titles (Three Pieces for Trumpet, Alto Saxophone and Piano) (2006, 15')
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Monorail to Atomland (A Dystopian Toccata for Trumpet, Alto Saxophone and Piano) (2005, 4')
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Cancionero Vasco (Five Basque Songs Arranged for Four Double Basses) (2005; 13')
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Nazca Lines for percussion duo (2004, 11')
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Cantigas: Quodlibet on Medieval Iberian Tunes for flute (doubling piccolo and tambourine), oboe (doubling English horn) and piano (2004, 12')
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Clarinet Quintet for Bb clarinet/bass clarinet and string quartet (2002; 17')
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Recording Available (includes sound clips)
Epitafio for English horn or alto saxophone and percussion (1 player) (2001; 10')
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Sabi for violin and percussion (1 player) (2000; 5')
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Spiky Epiphanies for piano trio (2000; 10')
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Imagined Rituals for flute (doubling bass flute) and percussion (1 player) (1999; 15')
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Memento Mori 3: Ribbons on the Memory Wall for violin, clarinet and piano (1999; 13')
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Three Inventions for Three Brass Instruments (1998-99; 9')
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Eupraxophy for woodwind quintet (1998; 10')
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Two Shape-Note Hymns for double bass quartet (1998; 3')
Concertino à Tre for flute, bassoon and piano (1995; 20')
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Recording Available
And what rough beast…? for tuba and percussion (1 player) (1995; 10')
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Memento Mori 2: Hope Chest Full of Sand for string quartet (1995; 16')
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Memento Mori 1: Red Carnations in White Lace Curtains for cello, percussion and piano (1993, revised 1995; 9')
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Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones for violin, clarinet and piano (1993; 8'30")
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night by silent sailing night-in memoriam john cage for string quartet (1993; 4'33")
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Músico en la nada (Meditations on a photograph by Flor Garduño) for trumpet and bass drum (1992; 5')
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Amentecáyatl for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano (1991-92; 5')
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Recording Available (includes sound clip)
…un arco iris negro sobre la noche azul (nocturne after garcía lorca) for oboe/English horn, horn, cello, percussion (1) and two pianos (1988, revised 1990; 7')
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Absolutely Just a Reminder … for bassoon quartet (1988; 3'30")
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9 aphorisms for 3 saxes (1983; 7')
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Imágenes al atardecer (Dichos de luz y amor III) for alto flute, cello, marimba, ceramic bells and rainstick (1983; 6')
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Solo Instrument and Piano
Singing the Sorrow for alto saxophone and piano (2004, 10')
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Sonata for Violin and Piano (2003; 20')
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Las viudas de Calama-after a poem by Marjorie Agosín for contrabassoon (or bassoon or bass clarinet) and piano (2000, 11')
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Recording Available (includes sound clip)
Sorrow is nearly violet for trumpet or cornet in Eb and piano (1996, revised 2004, 10')
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Recording Available (includes sound clip)
This hard, gem-like flame … this ecstasy for Eb trumpet and piano (1995; 7')
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Recording Available (includes sound clip)
aprilmourningmusic (in memoriam charlou thomas satterwhite) for tenor saxophone and prepared piano (1985; 12')
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Solo Instrument
The Low Hum of Melancholy—Lament for Ritchie for trombone (2007, 4’)
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The Five Rivers of Hades for piano (2007, 32’)
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Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought, Alone for piano (2004, 9')
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Witnesses of Time (Four studies on photographs of Flor Garduño) for solo cello (2003, 21’)
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Recording Available
Piano Flamboyant for solo piano (1999; 6-7')
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Recording Available
Ethnic Sketches for solo double bass (1998; 13-15')
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Character Sketches for clarinet (1973; 10')
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Electronic
soft clocks/GALA ascendant (htSD) (1989; 9')
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Choral
Agnus Dei for mixed voices, children's voices (optional) and organ (1998; 4')
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Five Miniatures for mixed voices, soli, string quintet and harp (poems by May Swenson) (1973; 10')
Vocal Chamber Music
Van Gogh’s Flowers for tenor, horn and piano (poems by Marjorie Agosín) (2008, 17’)
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Las desaparecidas for high voice and guitar (poems by Marjorie Agosín) (2000; 18')
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Passagework for high voice, clarinet and piano (poems by Don Mager) (1997; 15')
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Suffer Even the Least for speaking voice and double bass (poems by Don Mager) (1995; 21')
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Líneas de piedra y piedad for soprano, double bass and piano (on texts from Mexican and Guatemalan cemetery inscriptions) (1994; 16')
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Two Points of No Return for baritone, flute, percussion and cello (poems by Robert Nosow) (1985; 10')
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Songs (High voice and piano)
Deathsongs (poems by Henley, Dickinson and Colby) (1984; 7')
