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Fabrication 25: Carbon fl, cl, pno, pc, vn, vc 2019 •
Fabrication 26: Subterfuge fl, cl, pno, pc, vn, vc 2019 •
Fabrication 29: Spiel double string quartet 2019 •
Aubade violin, cello 2017 •
Fabrication 14: Lookalike piano, percussion 2017 ••
Negotiations wind quintet, string quintet 2017 •
Quartet No.5: Confirmation Bias string quartet 2017 •
Dark Days flute, string quartet 2016 •
Fabrication 16: Misstatement cl, bs cl, gtr, pno, vn, va, vc 2016 •
Four Scenes violin, cello 2016 •
Lamplighter Reveal string quartet 2016 •
Quartet No.4: Pulse string quartet 2016 •
Sleep. House. Field flute, viola, harp 2016 •
Fabrication 22: Smoke fl, cl, tbn, pno, vn, e bass 2015 ••
Fabrication 28: Artefact 2 pianos 2015 ••
Fabrication 30: Imitation cl, gtr, pno, vn 2015 •
Fabrication 20: Assemblage 2 violins 2014 ••
Fanfare brass quintet 2014 •
Fabrication 15: Amplification fl, cl, pno, pc, vn, vc 2013 ••
Fabrication 10: Itch bass clarinet, marimba 2012 ••
Fabrication 6: Pretext fl, cl, tpt, pno, pc, vn, vc 2013 ••
Fabrication 9: Disposition 2.2.2.2. 0.0.0.0. 4 vn, 2 va, 2 vc, db 2012 •
Fabrication 17: Stunt clarinet, piano, violin 2010 ••
MJ clarinet, saxophone, piano 2010 •
Fabrication 4: Device double wind quintet 2009 •
Trunkles piano trio 2009 •
Fabrication 3/3a: Dodge clarinet, violin 2008 ••
Fabrication 8/8a: Semblance string trio 2008 ••
Lemonsauce flute, guitar 2007 •
What's That Buzzing Sound sop, bar, 25 instrumentalists on five stages 2007 •
Bubble flute, piano 2003 •
Elbow sax, tpt, tbn, pno, 5 pc, electric gtr, e bass 2003 ••
Kreutzette piano, violin 2003 ••
Often fl, bs cl, pno, pc, va, vc 2003 ••
What I Can't Kick piano quartet 2003 ••
Magritte, Magritte oboe, horn 2002 •
Barely Without Wings horn, violin, cello 2000 •
Nightlife saxophone, piano, cello 2000 •
Umberhulk fl, bs cl, pno, pc, vn, vc 2000 ••
Urban Affair piano trio 2000 ••
Bad Weather 2 pianos 1999 •
Dark Mother piano trio 1999 ••
This That percussion sextet 1998 •
Quartet No.3 string quartet 1997 •
Big Bad Wolf 3 tpt, pno, hp, string quintet 1996 •
Rhinestones Pinecones Telephones fl, pno (4 hands), mar, vn, vc 1996 •
Weegee cl, sax, tpt, pno, pc, vc 1996 ••
Music for Bach to Walk to Hear Buxtehude By wind quintet, pno, pc, string quintet 1994 ••
Quartet No.2 string quartet 1993 ••
The Bluenote flute, piano, cello 1993 •
Oboe Sonata oboe, piano 1992 ••
Totentanz 2 pianos 1991 ••
Cello Sonata cello, piano 1990 ••
Flute Sonata flute, piano 1990 ••
Quartet No.1 string quartet 1990 ••
Violin Sonata "Emma Lee" violin, piano 1990 ••
Piano Trio piano trio 1989 •
Wind Quintet wind quintet 1988 •
Suite flute, tuba 1987 •
Hammer and Darkness, Mirror and Knife 2.2.0.2. 2.3.2.0. 2 pc, 2 db 1986 ••
Humming Harvest Gone Snow Motor fl, hp, vib, vn, va, vc 1986 ••
Quartet Movements string quartet 1982
House fl, cl, pno, vc 1981
Off Course wind quintet 1981
Stop Sliding fl, cl, pno, pc, vc, db 1981 ••
Horses for Courses clarinet, piano 1980
Epithalamium fl, gtr, vib, vn 1979 •
Unhinging picc, 2 tpt, pc, 2 vn, db, electronics 1979
Up 2 pianos 1979 •
Flatlands violin, piano 1977
Solos and Duets ob, cl, cel, pc, va, vc 1977
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Many Returns piano 2024 •
Interlude piano 2014 •
Two Elegies piano 2014 /span> •
Fabrication 18: Fairyland vibraphone 2012 ••
Near and Far cello 2011 ••
Arch cello 2009 •
Fabrication 23: Offshoot percussion 2009 •
Fabrication 1: Cover trombone 2008 •
Fabrication 2: Cut tuba 2008 •
Fabrication 24: Upshot snare drum 2008 •
Approach flute, electronic playback 2007 ••
Rivulet doublebass 2006 •
Slow Peacherine Rag piano 2006 •
Intérieurs piano 2005 ••
Say It vibraphone 2005 •••
Snapshots for Frederick guitar 2004 •
Preludes piano 2003 ••
Rotation/Tao piano 1992 •
Underwater guitar 1992 •
Wetherby Nocturne piano 1991 ••
The Great Hoop organ 1989 •
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose piano 1988 •
Piano Sonata No.3 piano 1985
Four on Holiday piano 1984 •
Piano Sonata No.2 piano 1981
Piano Sonata No.1 piano 1981 ••
Robertson flute 1981 •
Violence violin 1981
Jug Jug viola 1979 ••
Piano Work piano 1977 •
chamber with voice
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Seven Songs on Poems of Grace Paley sop, pno, pc 2025 •
The Vanity of Earthly Greatness tenor, reed trio 2025 •
My Dead Boyfriend mezzo-sop, ob, pno, 2 pc 2024 •
Fabrication 27: Romance tenor, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 pnos 2019 •
Hard Songs soprano, cimbalom 2016 ••
Something Coming Our Way sop, 2 fl, 2 vn 2015 •
A Supermarket in California baritone, string quartet 2013 ••
Fabrication 7: Apologue sop, tenor, 2 cl, 2 db 2012 •
Life in Avondall mezzo-sop, fl, cl, hn, pno, pc, vn, vc 2012 ••
Objects and Intervals sop, fl, cl, pno, hp, string quartet 2008 ••
Drowning/In the Bus/Ask For Nothing 3 voices, mus saw, crot, 2 mbiras, 4 vc 2007 •
Forgot sop, fl, cl, prep pno, pc, vn, vc 2005 ••
Passage countertenor, theremin, hp, cel, 3 vc 2005 •
Goback Goback bar, fl, ob, cl, pno, hp, pc, string quintet 2003 ••
Vanishing Cream narrator, picc, cl, hpschd, children's pc group 2002 ••
Air Baby sop, fl, cl, pc, vn 2001 ••
I Am You sop, gtr, vc 1999 •
American Folk Songs, Book 2 sop, pno, string quartet 1996 •
Hog-tied and Bled Dry mezzo-sop, 2 panpipes, 2 sax, 3 synth, mar, e gtr, e bass 1996 •
Ziigwang, Niibing, Dagwaaging, Biboong sop, fl, hp 1992
Coatsworth Songs sop, cl, pno 1991 •
Corso Songs sop, pno, db 1990 •
Songs of Loneliness soprano, viola 1990 ••
Brillig sop, tenor, fl, pno 1989 ••
Five Little Fly Stories sop, fl, cl, 2 pc, string quartet 1989 •
The World, the World, and the World bar, fl, bnc hn, tpt, tbn, tba, synth, pc, gtr 1989 ••
When I Looked Down from the Bridge mezzo-sop, ob, string quartet 1989 ••
The Bee in the Campaka Flower soprano, percussion 1988 •
Kleine Mechanische Tanze sop, fl, 2 cl, pno, vn, vc 1986 ••
Head Down Legs Up tenor, fl, cl, pno, vn, vc 1985 ••
Transitive sop, hp, 2 pc 1984
Black Flag soprano, 3 clarinets 1982 •
Five Fantasias on Two Laments mezzo-sop, 2 fl, 2 cl, hp 1982 ••
Flowers, Fish, and Prophecy high voice, ob, hpschd 1980
Rejoice sop, fl, cl, vn, vc 1979 •
The Master Nailer sop, fl, pno 1979 •
orchestra and large ensemble
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Fabrication 12: Grapevine 0.2.2.0. 2.2.0.0. 2 pnos, 3 pc, strs 2019 •
Fabrication 32: Manouevre 2.2.2.2. 2.2.1.1. 2 pnos, 3 pc, strs 2019 ••
Xylophonic 3.3.3.3. 4.3.3.1. pno, 2 hps, 3 pc, strs 2016 ••
Grand Monadnock Measures wind ensemble 2013 •••
Fabrication 21: Earful string orchestra 2009 ••
Fabrication 11: Cast 2.2.2.2. 2.2.2.0.2 pc, strs 2008 ••
Fabrication 13: Monster 2.2.2.2. 2.2.2.0. 2 pc, strs 2008 ••
Antimphony 2.2.2.2. 4.2.2.1. 2 pc, strs 2006 •
Thick string orchestra 2005 ••
G Major 2.2.2.2. 4.2.2.1. 2pc, strs 2003 ••
Big Bad Wolf 2.2.2.2. 2.3.3.0. pc, strs 2000 •
Sinfonietta 2.2.2.2. 2.2.2.1. 2 pc, cel, hp, strs 1989 ••
Bull Dancer 2.2.2.2. 4.2.3.1. pno, hp, 3 pc, strs 1997 •
Promenade 2.2.2.2. sax quartet, 2.2.2.1. timp, strs 1997 •
Twistification 3.3.3.3. 4.3.3.1 pno, hp, 4 pc, strs 1988 ••
Aggravating Ideas 2.2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. pno, 3 pc, strs 1981
Gloss 1.1.1.1. 1.2.0.0 5 2 pnos, 5 pc, strs 1977
orchestra with solo instrument
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Drive solo violin, 3.3.3.3. 4.2.3.1 2 pno, hp, 2 pc, strs 2015 ••
An Other I solo violin, 3.2.2.2. 4.2.3.0. 2 pc, strs 2005 ••
Me and the Devil solo piano, 2.0.4.2. 2.1.1.0. banjo, hp, cel, 2 pc, strs 1998 •
Actaeon solo cello, 2 hn, strs 1997 ••
Dark River solo violin, 2.2.2.2. 2.1.1.0. hp, cel, 3 pc, strs 1996 •
Violin Concerto solo violin, 1.1.1.1. 2.1.1.0. 3 pc, strs 1982 ••
orchestra with solo voice(s)
Fabrication 19: Slant sop, tenor, 2.2.2.0. 2.0.0.0. s pc, strs 2019 •
Fabrication 31: Fiction sop, tenor, 2.2.2.2. 2.2.1.1. 2 pc, strs 2019 •
The Pleasure of Departing tenor, bar, 0.0.0.0. 4.0.3.1. 2 pc, strs 2014 •
Uncertainty Is Beautiful sop, 2.2.2.2. 2.2.0.0. timp, strs 2004 ••
Young voice, 2.2.2.2. 2.1.1.1. hp, pno, pc, strs 1988, orch 2025 •
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Chrononhotonthologos 8+ roles, cl, sax, pc, vn, playback, opt. satellite ens, opt, chorus 2017 ••
Leif 2 roles, fl, cl, pno, pc, vn, vc 2008 ••
No Exit 4 roles, sax, pc, va, vc 2007 ••
Freshwater 6 roles, 1.1.1.1. 2.1.1.0. pno, hp, pc, strs 1994 ••
From the Record of Ancient Matters 3 roles, chorus, cl, 2 tbn, synth, 2 pc, vc 1992 •
Over the River 5 roles, women's chorus, 2 pnos 1988
chorus and vocal ensemble, unaccompanied
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The Virtuous Life vocal quintet: SATTB 2024 •
In Childhood's Thicket sop, bar, SATB, playback, looping pedals 2017 ••
sop, bar, SATB, playback 2017, revised 2026 •
Housman Settings SATB 2007 •
The Red Shoes women's chorus 2006, revised 2025 •
Eccho and Narcissus vocal quartet: CtTTB 1995, revsed 2026 •
Nuts SATB, violin 1992
A New Shepherd's Calendar vocal sextet: SSATTB 1991 •
The Good Moolly Cow SATB 1989 •
Traveler's Tales SATB 1989 •
Five Ambo Ghost Songs SATB 1987 •
chorus and vocal ensemble, accompanied
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Spencer the Rover SATB, brass band 2016 •••
Entrenched male quartet, pno, 2 vc 2015 •
Natural Selection double SATB, 0.3.0.1. 0.3.0.0 org, timp, strs 2009 ••
Fabrication 5: Spinach soprano, tenor, tpt 2008 •
Harmonie du Soir women's chorus, string orchestra 2008 ••
Hex women's chorus, 4.4.4.4. 6.4.3.2. hp, 3 pc, strs 2004 ••
Get a Transfer men's chorus, 0.0.0.0. 4.4.3.1. pno, 2 pc 2002
The Bridge children's chorus, fl, cl, 2 tpt, tbn, pno, pc, db 2002 •
World Wheel sop, bar, SATB, 2.3.1.2. 2.3.3.0. synth, 2 pc, strs 1999 ••
Haunted vocal quartet, piano 1997 •
Separation SATB, 4.2.0.2. 0.0.4.0. timp, pc, strs 1997 •
I Heard My Lover Knocking SATB, 2 fl, string quartet 1996 ••
Sh'ma tenor, SATB, 2.0.2.0. 0.0.0.1. pc, strs 1995 ••
The Burning Babe SATB, org, sn dr, strs 1995 •
Four British Folk Songs children's chorus, pno 1993 •
The Book of Aphrodite women's chorus, 2 fl, 2 tpt, vib 1992 ••
Meditation upon 'Canticles' SATB, organ 1990 ••
Illumination sop, women's chorus, pno, 1989 ••
The Wind and the Harvest SATB, 3 percussion 1989 •
Sugar Float SATB, 4.4.6.6. 4.4.4.2. 2 hp, 4 pc 1987 •
Seven Dream Bagatelles vocal quartet, 3.2.0.0. 0.2.3.0. prep pno, pno, 4 pc, strs 1985 •
voice
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Three Songs from 'Paris Spleen' soprano, piano 2015 •
Panic baritone, piano, playback 2012 •
Five Songs voice, piano 1998–2012 ••
Six Songs on Poems of Margaret Atwood mezzo-soprano, piano 2000 ••
The Reckless Heart soprano, piano 1998 ••
Before You Came baritone, piano 1997 •
Boy Mad baritone, piano 1995 (revised 2025) ••
Wasserabstieglieder tenor, piano 1992 •
Welsh Songs baritone, piano 1992 •
American Folk Songs, Book 1 tenor, piano 1991 ••
Cleopatra soprano, piano 1990 ••
The Rainy Summer baritone, piano 1990 ••
Return to a Place baritone, piano 1989 •
T'ang Poems soprano, piano 1989 ••
The Language of the Garden soprano, piano 1989 ••
Five American Songs soprano, piano 1988 ••
Household Tales soprano, piano 1988 •
Traveling Through the Dark tenor, piano 1988 ••
The Little Box soprano, piano 1987 ••
Songbook 2 voice, piano 1987 (revised 2025) •
Songbook 1 voice, piano 1982 (revised 2025) •
electronic
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Often video soundtrack 2003 ••
aah playback 2001 •
On Site video soundtrack 2001 ••
On Site Remix playback 2001 •
One Head video soundtrack 2001 ••
One Head Remix playback 2001 •
Won't Get Fooled Again video soundtrack 2001 ••
Won't Get Fooled Again Remix playback 2001 •
