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Compositions

Wind Ensemble:

Trash Cart Kinematics (2005), wind ensemble, duration 4’

Vocal/Choral Music:

Greek Lyric Poems (2007), bass-baritone, alto flute, piano, text from Greek Lyric Poetry (Sherod Santos), duration 14', premiered May 4, 2007 at Michigan State University

Soundings (2005), SATB choir, unaccompanied, duration 3’

Elegy (2005), soprano, baritone, horn, and string quartet, text from Elegy for My Sister (Santos), duration 20’, premiered April 15, 2006 at the University of Missouri (Elegy won a 2006 BMI Student Composer Award.) -- listen to
"III. Identity" and "IV. Forgining, Unforgiving, Fierce" from Elegy

Trees (2005), three-part choir (SAB) and piano, text Trees (Kilmer), duration 3’

Clarence Dreams (2005), two-part mixed choir and piano, text from King Richard III (Shakespeare), duration 3’

Solo/Mixed Chamber Ensemble

Voices (2007), solo trumpet, duration 5', premiered May 4, 2007 by Mark Flegg at Michigan State University

Emulsion (2007), clarinet/bass clarinet, soprano sax, horn, cello, and marimba,
duration 13', premiered March 23, 2007 at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York. (Emulsion won the 2007 Michigan State Honors Competition.)

Images (2006), solo marimba, duration 8’ -- Listen to "Red" from Images

Variations on a Chant Melody (2005), mixed chamber winds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, and percussion), duration 5’

Quartet? (2004), two pianos and two metronomes (4 performers total), duration variable (about 3-4’), premiered April 15, 2006 at the University of Missouri

Saxophone Quartet

sax discourse (2004), saxophone quartet (SATB), duration 4’, premiered March 13, 2005 by the Contreras Saxophone Quartet at the University of Missouri
-- listen to sax discourse

Brass Quintet

Brass Quintet No. 1 (2004), duration 9’40”, premiered April 20, 2004 by the Premier Brass Quintet at the University of Missouri

Dreamscape (2003), brass quintet, duration 3’30”, premiered April 30, 2004 by the Green Street Brass Quintet at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign