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strings
quartet
Fabrication 29: Spiel 2019 • (double string quartet)
Quartet No.5 2017 ••
Lamplighter Reveal 2016 •
Quartet No.4 2016 •
Quartet No.3 1997 ••
Quartet No.2 1993 ••
Quartet No.1 1990 •
Quartet Movements 1982—withdrawn
trio
Fabrication 8: Semblance 2008 •
Aubade 2017 • violin, cello
Four Scenes 2016 • violin, cello
Fabrication 20: Assemblage 2014 • 2 violins
solo
Arch 2009 • cello
Rivulet 2006 • doublebass
Violence 1981—withdrawn violin
Jug Jug 1979 •• viola
strings and piano
quartet
What I Can’t Kick 2003 ••
trio
Trunkles 2009 •
Urban Affair 2000 ••
Dark Mother 1999 ••
Piano Trio 1989 •
duo
Kreutzette 2003 • violin, piano
Violin Sonata "Emma Lee" 1990 • violin, piano
Cello Sonata 1990 • cello, piano
Flatlands 1977—withdrawn violin, piano
winds and piano
Bubble 2003 • flute, piano
Oboe Sonata 1992 •• oboe, piano
Flute Sonata 1990 •• flute, piano
Horses for Courses 1980—withdrawn clarinet, piano
piano
Fabrication 28: Artefact 2015 •
Bad Weather 1999 •
Totentanz 1991 ••
Up 1979 •
Many Returns 2024 •
Two Elegies 2014 •
Interlude 2014 •
Slow Peacherine Rag 2006 •
Intérieurs 2005 ••
Preludes 2003 ••
Rotation/Tao 1992—withdrawn •
Wetherby Nocturne 1991 ••
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1998 •
Piano Sonata No.3 1985—withdrawn
Four on Holiday 1984—withdrawn •
Piano Sonata No.2 1981—withdrawn
Piano Sonata No.1 1981 ••
Piano Work 1977 •
mixed
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seven or more players
Negotiations 2017 • wind quintet, string quintet
Fabrication 16: Misstatement 2016 •
clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello
Fabrication 9: Disposition 2012 •
2.2.2.2, 0.0.0.0, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, doublebass
Fabrication 6: Pretext 2011 ••
flute, clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
Elbow 2003 ••
saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, 5 percussion, electric guitar, electric bass
Big Bad Wolf 1996 • 3 trumpets, piano, harp, string quintet
Music for Bach to Walk to Hear Buxtehude By 1994 ••
wind quintet, piano, percussion, string quintet
Parrots 1984—withdrawn
2 recorders, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, percussion, string quartet|
Unhinging 1979—withdrawn
piccolo, 2 trumpets, percussion, 2 violins, doublebass, electronics
Fabrication 26: Subterfuge 2019 •
Fabrication 25: Carbon 2019 •
Fabrication 15: Amplification 2013 ••
Often 2003 •• (+ electronic playback)
Umberhulk 2000 ••
Fabrication 22: Smoke 2015 ••
flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, electric bass
This That 1998 •• percussion sextet
Weegee 1996 ••
clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, piano, percussion, cello
Rhinestones Pinecones Telephones 1996 •
flute, marimba, piano (4 hands), violin, cello
Humming Harvest Gone Snow Motor 1983 ••
flute, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello
Stop Sliding 1981 ••
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, cello, doublebass
Solos and Duets 1978—withdrawn
oboe, clarinet, celeste, percussion, viola, cello
quintet
Dark Days 2016 • flute, string quartet
Fanfare 2014 • brass quintet
Fabrication 4: Device 2009 • double wind quintet
Wind Quintet 1988 • wind quintet
Offcourse 1981, withdrawn wind quintet
Fabrication 30: Imitation 2015 • clarinet, guitar, piano, violin
House 1981, withdrawn flute, clarinet, piano, cello
Epithalamium 1979 • flute, guitar, vibraphone, violin
trio
Sleep. House. Field. 2016 • flute, viola, harp
MJ 2010 • clarinet, saxophone, piano
Fabrication 17: Stunt 2010 •• clarinet, piano, violin
Nightlife 2000 • saxophone, piano, cello
Barely Without Wings a Drink for the Birds in my Head 2000 •
horn, violin, cello
The Bluenote 1993 • flute, piano, cello
Suite 1987 • flute, tuba, piano
duo
Fabrication 14: Lookalike 2017 •• piano, percussion
Fabrication 10: Itch 2012 •• bass clarinet, marimba
Fabrication 3: Dodge 2008 • clarinet, violin
Lemonsauce 2007 • flute, guitar
Magritte, Magritte 2002 • oboe, horn
Fabrication 18: Fairyland 2012 •• vibraphone
Fabrication 23: Offshoot 2009 • percussion
Fabrication 2: Cut 2008 • tuba
Fabrication 24: Upshot 2008 •• snare drum
Fabrication 1: Cover 2008 • trombone
Approach 2007 •• flute, playback
Say It 2005 ••• vibraphone
Snapshots for Fred 2004 • guitar
Underwater 1992 • guitar
The Great Hoop 1989—withdrawn • organ
Robertson 1981—withdrawn • flute
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with 7 or more instruments
Objects and Intervals 2008 •• flute, clarinet, piano, harp, string quartet
Five Little Fly Stories 1989 flute, clarinet, 2 percussion, string quartet
Life in Avondall 2012 •• flute, clarinet, horn, piano, percussion, violin, cello
Hog-tied and Bled Dry 1996 •
2 panpipes, 2 saxophones, 3 synthesizers, marimba, electric guitar, electric bass
Goback Goback 2003 ••
flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, harp, percussion, string quintet
The World, the World, and the World 1989 ••
flute, bassoon. horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, synthesizer, percussion, guitar
What's That Buzzing Sound 2007 • 25 instrumentalists on five stages
Vanishing Cream 2002 • piccolo, clarinet, harpsichord,
childrens' percussion group
with 6 instruments
Forgot 2005 • flute, clarinet, prepared piano, percussion, violin, cello
Kleine Mechanische Tänze 1986 • with flute, 2 clarinets, piano, violin, cello
Passage 2005 • theremin, harp, celeste, 3 cellos
Fabrication 27: Romance 2019 • 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 pianos
Drowning/In the Bus/Ask For Nothing 2007 • musical saw, crotale, 2 mbiras, 4 cellos
with 5 instruments
American Folk Songs, Book 2 1996 • piano, string quartet
When I Looked Down From the Bridge 1989 •• oboe, string quartet
Five Fantasias on Two Laments 1982 •• 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, harp
Head Down Legs Up 1985 •• flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello
with 4 instruments
Something Coming Our Way 2015 • 4 violins
Air Baby 2001 •• flute, clarinet, percussion, violin
Rejoice 1979 • flute, clarinet, violin, cello
2024
Fabrication 7: Apologue 2012 • 2 clarinets, 2 doublebasses
A Supermarket in California 2013 •• string quartet
with 3 instruments
Corso Songs 1990 • piano, doublebass
Transitive 1984—withdrawn harp, 2 percussion
Black Flag 1982—withdrawn • 3 clarinets
The Vanity of Earthly Greatness2025•oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Flowers, Fish, and Prophecy 1980—withdrawn • oboe, harpsichord, percussion
with 2 instruments
Seven Songs on Poems of Grace Paley 2025 • percussion, piano
I Am You 1999 • guitar, cello
Ziigwang, Niibing, Dagwaaging, Biboon 1992—withdrawn flute, harp
Coatsworth Songs 1991 • clarinet, piano
The Master Nailer 1978 • flute, piano
Brillig 1989 •• flute, piano
with 1 instrument
Hard Songs 2016 • cimbalom
Songs of Loneliness 1990 •• viola
The Bee in the Champaka Flower 1988 • percussion
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Chrononhotonthologos 2017 •
4 principals, 4 or more small roles, clarinet, saxophone, percussion,
violin, electronic playback, optional satellite ensemble, optional chorus
Leif 2008 •• soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
No Exit 2007 •• 4 roles, saxophone, percussion, viola, cello
Freshwater 1994 •• 6 roles, 1.1.1.1, 2.1.1.0, piano, harp, percussion, strings
From the Record of Ancient Matter 1992—withdrawn •
narrator, soprano, tenor, SATB chorus, clarinet, 2 trombones,
synthesizer,
2 percussion, cello
Over the River 1988—withdrawn • 5 roles, women's chorus, 2 pianos
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Fabrication 32: Manouevre 2019 • 2.2.2.2, 2.2.1.1, 3 pc, 2 pnos, strs
Fabrication 12: Grapevine 2019 • 0.2.2.0, 2.2.0.0, 3 pc, 2 pnos, strs
Xylophonic 2016 •• 3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, timp, 3 pc, 2 harps, piano, strs
Grand Monadnock Measures 2013 ••• wind ensemble
Fabrication 21: Earful 2009 •• string orchestra
Fabrication 13: Monster 2008 •• 2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.0, 2 pc, strs
Fabrication 11: Cast 2008 •• 2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.0, 2 pc, strs
Antimphony 2006 • 2.2.2.2, 4.2.2.1, 2 pc, strs
Thick 2005 •• string orchestra
G Major 2003 •• 2.2.2.2, 4.2.2.1, 2 pc, strs
Bull Dancer 1997 • 2.2.2.2, 4.2.3.1, piano, harp, 3 pc, strs
Big Bad Wolf 1996 • 2.2.2.2, 2.3.3.0, pc, strs
Sinfonietta 1989 •• 2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.1, 2 pc, celeste, harp, strs
Twistification 1988 •• 3.3.3.3, 4.3.3.1, piano, harp, 4 pc, strs
Promenade 1988 • 2.2.2.2, saxophone quartet, 2.2.2.1, timp, strs
Hammer and Darkness, Mirror and Knife 1986 ••
2.2.0.2, 2.3.2.0, 2 pc, 2 cb
Aggravating Ideas 1981—withdrawn 2.2.2.2, 4.3.3.1, 3 pc, piano, strs
Gloss 1977—withdrawn 1.1.1.1, 1.2.0.0, 5 pc, 2 pnos, sts
with solo instrument
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Drive 2015 •• 3.3.3.3, 4.2.3.1, 2 pc, harp, piano/celesta, strs
An Other I 2005 •• 3.2.2.2, 4.2.3.0, 2 pc, strs
Dark River 1996 • 2.2.2.2, 2.1.1.0, harp, celeste, 3 pc, strs
Violin Concerto 1982 •• 1.1.1.1, 2.1.1.0, 3 pc, strs
Me and the Devil 1998 • 2.0.4.2, 2.1.10, banjo, harp, celeste, 2 pc, strs
with voice
Fabrication 31: Fiction 2019 • soprano, tenor, 2.2.2.2, 2.2.1.1, 2 pc, strs
Fabrication 19: Slant 2019 • soprano, tenor, 2.2.2.0, 2.0.0.0, 3 pc, strs
The Pleasure of Departing 2014 •
tenor, baritone, 0.0.0.0, 4.0.3.1, 2 pc, strs
Uncertainty Is Beautiful 2004 •• soprano, 2.2.2.2, 2.2.0.0, timp, strs
Seven Dream Bagatelles 1985 •
vocal quartet, 3.2.0.0, 0.2.3.0, prep pno, pno, 4 pc, strs
with chorus
Natural Selection 2009 •• 0.3.0.0, 0.3.0.0, organ, timp, strs
World Wheel 1999 •• soprano, baritone, 2.3.1.2, 2.3.3.0, 2 pc, synth, strs
Separation 1997—wihdrawn • 4.2.0.2, 0.0.4.0, timpani, pc, strs
Sh'ma 1995 •• tenor, piano, 2.0.2.0, 0.0.0.1, pc, strs
Sugar Float 1987—withdrawn • 4.4.6.6, 4.4.4.2, 4 pc, 2 hps
2008 •• string orchestra
Hex 2004 •• 4.4.4.4, 6.4.3.2, 3 percussion, harp, strings
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vocal ensemble
Entrenched 2015 • male vocal quartet, piano, 2 cellos
Fabrication 5: Spinach 2008 •• soprano, tenor
Haunted 1997 • vocal quartet, piano
Eccho and Narcissus 1995 • vocal quartet
A New Shepherd's Calendar 1991 • vocal sextet
unaccompanied
The Virtuous Life 2024 •
In Childhood's Thicket 2017 •• with soprano, baritone, looping pedals, playback
Four Housman Settings 2007 •
The Good Moolly Cow 1989 •
Travelers' Tales 1989 •
Five Ambo Ghost Songs 1986 •
The Red Shoes 2006 •
with solo instrument
Four British Folk Songs 1993 • children's chorus, piano
Nuts 1992—withdrawn SATB chorus, obbligato violin
Meditation Upon 'Canticles' 1990—withdrawn SATB chorus, organ
Illumination 1989 •• soprano, women's chorus, piano
with ensemble
Spencer the Rover 2016 ••
SATB chorus, 3 cornets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba
The Bridge 2002 •
children's chorus, flute, clarinet, 2 tpts, tbn, pno, perc, doublebass
Get a Transfer 2002
men's chorus, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, piano, 2 perc
I Heard My Lover Knocking 1996 ••
SATB chorus (or vocal octet), 2 flutes, string quartet
The Burning Babe 1995 • SATB chorus, organ, snare drum, strings
The Book of Aphrodite 1992 ••
women's chorus (or 3 female voices), 2 flts, 2 tpts, vib
The Wind and the Harvest 1989 • SATB chorus, 3 percussion
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My Papa's Waltz 2010 ••
The Reckless Heart 1998 ••
Cleopatra 1990 ••
T'ang Poems 1989 ••
Sisters by a River 1988 •
Five American Songs 1988 ••
Household Tales 1988 ••
The Little Box 1987 ••
Six Songs on Poems of Margaret Atwood 2000 ••
The Language of the Garden 1989 ••
American Folk Songs, Book 1 1991 ••
Traveling Through the Dark 1988 ••
Wasserabstieglieder 1992 •
Panic 2012 •• (with electronic playback)
Ode to Clothes 2011 •
A Dream Deferred 2009 ••
Before You Came 1997 •
Boy Mad 1995 ••
Welsh Songs 1992 •
The Rainy Summer 1990 ••
Return to a Place 1988 •
Songbook 2 1986–2015
Three Queneau Songs 1986 •
Happy Birthday 1 1987 •
Happy Birthday 2 1987 •
Noon 1987 •
If You Imagine 1987 •
Louis XVI Goes to the Guillotine 1987 •
Les Vrais Miracles 1987 •
Three Apollinaire Songs 1987 •
Susie Asado 1987 •
Three Soupault Songs 1987 •
Wild Geese 1992 •
Three Songs from 'Paris Spleen' 2015 •
Songbook 1 1978–1982
Les Colchiques 1976 •
Sweet Peg 1978 •
Christopher Boyce's Suicide Note 1982 •
Two Levertov Songs 1982 •
Three Old French Songs 1982 •
Two Stevens Songs 1982 •
On Chloris Walking in the Snow 1982 •
Three Arp Songs 1982 •
Five Ambo Ghost Songs 1982 •
Mu'tazz Songs 1982 •
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Often 2003 •
On Site 2001 •
One Head 2001 •
Won't Get Fooled Again 2001 •
Rita's Lucky Summer 1997
aah 2001 •
On Site Remix 2001 •
One Head Remix 2001 •
Won't Get Fooled Again Remix 2001 •