Musical Works

Saddlebunch Studies (Seven easy pieces for piano) (12:00) 2022.


Garland for Steven Stucky (Variations on a compound melody) for piano (19:00) 2020.


School of Velocity for piano (14:00), in 3 movements, 1992; commissioned by Donald Berman.

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Lumen I, Lumen II for flute (8:00), in 2 movements, 2001.


Three Studies for Guitar (7:00), 1975-76.

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Learning to Swim for clarinet and piano (6:00), 1989.

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Tranced for violin and piano (6:00), 1990; commissioned by the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association.


Echoi for violin and piano (14:00), in 3 movements, 1999.

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Sppooo for celesta and vibraphone (12:00), in 5 movements, 2001.

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Tesserae for viola and piano (8:00), 2002; commissioned by Jonathan Bagg.

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Tesserae II for alto saxophone and piano (8:00), 2005.


Bagattelle for 2 pianos (12:00), in 5 movements, 2006.


Partite sopra Ciaccona for 2 pianos (10:00), 2011; commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard for Donald Berman and John McDonald.

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Tesserae for violin and piano (8:00), 2015.


Giblet for flute and piano (6:00), 2015.


Uncle Inferno for piano, 6 hands (7:00), in 3 movements, 1987; commissioned by the Longy School of Music, received 1990 Composers Guild First Prize (music for children).

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Clarion/Shadowing for clarinet, violin, and piano (12:00), in 2 movements, 1992; received 1994 International Clarinet Association Competition honorable mention.

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Giocattolo for piccolo, guitar, and celesta (9:00), 2012.

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“Unpresidented Act” for violin, cello, and piano (10:00), 2017.


Tema for string quartet (12:00), 1987; commissioned by the Boston Composers String Quartet, received 1990 Composers Guild First Prize and 1988 Malloy Miller Composition Prize (Boston University).


Sospiri for string quartet (15:00), in 2 movements, 2016.


Squeezebox for string quartet (6:00), in 3 movements, 2017.


Cloches for piano, violin, viola, and cello (9:00), 1995; commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble.


Quaterna for saxophone quartet, in 3 movements (17:00), 1998; commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet.


Roulade for flute, harp, and string trio (8:00), 1991; received 1992 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award from Composers, Inc.

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Cortege for brass quintet (15:00), in 3 movements, 1994; commissioned by the Brass Consortium and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.


Still Raining, Still Dreaming for 6 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (8:00), 1996, revised 2001; commissioned by Boston Musica Viva and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition.

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Twenty Ways Upon the Bells for 7 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano/celesta, percussion, violin, viola, and cello (9:00), 1994; commissioned by the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts; received 1997 Heckscher Foundation Composition Prize.

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Cloches II for 8 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass (9:00), 1997; commissioned by Musica d’Oggi.

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Drinking Songs for mezzo soprano, 2 harps, and 2 pianos (13:00), 2005.

A Drinking Song
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Potatores Exquisiti
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Le Vin Perdu
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Dronken
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The Applicant (Sylvia Plath) for narrator and string quartet (8:00), 1986.

Furies for 11 players: flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (11:00), 2006; commissioned by Sequitur, funded by the Guggenheim Foundation.

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Catena for piano and chamber orchestra: 1120, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (15:00); in 3 movements (without pause); 2000; commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble.

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Parallel Universe for string orchestra (12:00), 2004; funded by the Guggenheim Foundation.

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Il Mare Dentro (the sea within) for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (10:00), 2008; commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

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Flumen (river) for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (10:00), 2013.


Summer Morning by a Lake for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (6:00), 2014.


Time’s Arrow for orchestra: 2222, 2210, harp, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (15:00); in 2 movements; 1995.