| Clever
Gretel (2011,
in progress) |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Chamber opera based on the story of
the same name by the Brothers Grimm. Premiere scheduled for Summer
2011, Lone Star Lyric Theatre Festival.
Work in progress.
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| Radio
Opera
(2010, in progress) |
Music
and libretto by the composer, adapted from Sorry Wrong Number by Lucille
Fletcher (used by permission). Premiere scheduled for Summer 2010,
Lone Star Lyric Theatre Festival. Work in progress.
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| Augustus
(2010,
in progress) |
Music
by Aaron Alon, libretto by Michael Remson. Chamber opera in two acts
based on the story of the same title by Herman Hesse (used by permission).
Work in progress. |
| True
Fairy Tales (2010,
in progress)) |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Book by Amy Willerson and the composer.
Musical in two acts based on the stories of the Brothers Grimm. Work
in progress. |
| The
Breath of Life (2007) |
Music
by Jefferson Todd Frazier, libretto by Michael Remson. Chamber opera
in two acts based on an original story. Scored for eight member vocal
ensemble, small chamber chorus and chamber orchestra (7 instruments).
Commissioned by the McNair Foundation and the Powell Foundation.
Libretto and score available for review. |
| Mary
Surratt (2007) |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Grand opera in two acts based on the true
life story of Mary Surratt, first woman hung by the Federal Government
in the United States. Scored for five leads (s/ms/ms/t/bar), supporting
roles, chorus and orchestra (standard arrangement).
Libretto and score available for review. |
| Sibanda:
A Tale from Africa (2003) |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Chamber/childen's opera in one act based
on the Zimbabwean folk tale "A Tree to Sing To" translated
by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Canongate Books (used by
permission). Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera's "Opera New World"
program in affiliation with Opera to Go and presented by the ExxonMobil
Houston Grand Opera student performance series. Subsequently performed
by the Abilene Collegiate Opera. Scored for six singers (s/ms/ms/t/bar/b),
piano and percussion (performed by either the cast members or on stage
percussionist). Libretto and score available for review. |
| The
Last Leaf (1997, revised 2003) |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Chamber opera in one act based on the
short story by O. Henry (public domain). Premiered in 1997 at the University
of Houston. Excerpts performed in 2000 through the New York City Opera
Showcasing American Composers series and at the American Festival for
the Arts. World premiere staging at Texas Tech University Opera Theatre,
2006. Scored for four singers (s/ms/t/bar) and chamber orchestra (fl/ob/cl/bsn/hrn/trom/perc1/
perc2/harp/vln1/2/vla/vcl/cb). Libretto and score available for review.
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| The
Better Man (1992). |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Chamber opera in one act based on the
short story by Ray Russell (used by permission). Currently unavailable. |
| How
She Comes and Goes (1989). |
Music
and libretto by the composer. Chamber opera in one act based on the
short story by Djuna Barnes (permission pending). Currently unavailable. |
| Suite
de Danses (2009) |
Sextet
for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Written for The
Nucleus Ensemble. Premieres in Los Angeles, March 2009 and performed
again at the American Festival for the Arts, summer 2009. Score and
parts available through BluMuG. |
| Midnight
Mass (2007) |
Violin
and viola duo. Comissioned by Eva Cappelletti-Chao and Phillippe Chao.
Premiered Summer 2007 at American Festival for the Arts/Rothko Chapel.
Score and parts available through BluMuG. |
| Three
Piano Miniatures (2006) |
Piano
solo. Commissioned by Valerie O'Toole on the occasion of her husband's
sixthieth birthday. Premiere Galway Ireland, April 2006. Score available
from the composer. |
| Whistle
Stop! (2003) |
Solo
Organ with coach's whistle. Commissioned by Dr. Crista Miller, Eastman
School of Music. Premiered Fall 2003 at the EROI Festival, Rochester
NY. Several subsequent performances including at the 2009 AGO National
conference (July 2009). Score available through BluMuG. |
| Five
by Five (1998) |
Wind
Quintet. Commissioned by the American Festival for the Arts to celebrate
the five year partnership with the Meliora Winds. Score available through
BluMuG. LISTEN
NOW! |
| Remembrance:
Nunu. (1997) |
Oboe/Vibraphone.
Score available through BluMuG.
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| Variations
for Flute and Piano (1996) |
Flute/Piano.
Score available through BluMuG. |
| Fanfare
and Air (1996) |
Solo
euphonium (or bass trombone/tuba). Score available from the TUBA/Euphonium
Press. |
| Songs
on Sasso (2006) |
Soprano
solo with piano. Two songs based on the poems of Laurence Sasso (used
by permission). Score available from BluMuG. |
| After
Whitman (2002) |
Baritone
solo with string quintet and mallets. Commissioned by the American Festival
for the Arts. Text from various poetry by Walt Whitman (public domain).
Score available for review. LISTEN
NOW! |
| Three
Sandburg Settings (2001) |
Soprano
solo with piano. Text from various poetry by Carl Sandburg (public domain).
Score available from BluMuG.
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| Three
Irish Ballads (1996) |
Mezzo-soprano
solo with piano. Arrangements of traditional Irish songs from Moores
Irish Melodies (public domain). Score available from BluMuG. |
| Since
I First Saw Him and The Descent of Winter
(1989). |
Soprano
solo with piano. Currently unavailable. |
| Mass
(2010) |
SATB.
Work in progress. |
| Celebration!
(2004) |
SATB.
Commissioned and premiered by the Rhode Island College Choruses, Spring
2004. Poetry by Lawrence Sasso (commissioned). |
| Chamber
Music (2001) |
SATB,
piano and flute (oboe/clarinet substitution possible). Text excerpted
from the poems of James Joyce (public domain). Commissioned and premiered
by the Rhode Island College Choruses. Score available from the composer.
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| Women
in Praise of the Sacred (2001) |
SSA.
Text taken from various poetry featured in the book Women in Praise
of the Sacred (edited by Jane Hirshfeld) and used by permission. Score
available from the composer. |
| Kyrie
(1998) |
SATB.
Text from the latin mass. Score available from the composer. |
| Two
Psalms (1998) |
TTBB.
Biblical text. Score available from the composer. |
| Lullabyes
of the Americas (1998). |
SATB.
Arranged from various lullabyes from North and South American cultures.
Score available from BluMuG.
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| Psalm
121 (1997) |
SATB.
Biblical text. Commissioned by St. Martin's Lutheran Church. Score available
from the composer. |
| Fulfill
Ye My Joy (1997) |
SATB.
Biblical text (Phillippians 2:2). Commissioned and performed by members
of the Houston Choral Society. Score available from the composer. |
| Women
and Love Through the Ages (1997) |
SSA.
Text from various poetry (permission pending). Commissioned by the University
of Houston Women's Chorus. Permissions pending on all texts. Score available
from the composer. |
| Five
Poems of Djuna Barnes (1996) |
SATB
(chamber only). Text from The Book of Repulsive Women by Djuna Barnes.
Score available from the composer. |