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CHAMBER

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Quartet Movements  1982—withdrawn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  • 

duo
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Violence  1981—withdrawn  violin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Flatlands  1977—withdrawn  violin, piano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
duo
Bubble  2003    flute, piano
Oboe Sonata  1992    oboe, piano
Flute Sonata  1990   flute, piano
Horses for Courses  1980—withdrawn  clarinet, piano


piano
duo
Fabrication 28: Artefact  2015  •
Bad Weather  1999  
Totentanz  1991 
Up
  1979 

solo
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1992—withdrawn  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Piano Sonata No.3  1985—withdrawn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1984—withdrawn  •
Piano Sonata No.2  1981—withdrawn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Parrots  1984—withdrawn  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Unhinging  1979—withdrawn  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


pierrot ensemble (with percussion)

Fabrication 26: Subterfuge  2019  •
Fabrication 25: Carbon  2019  
Fabrication 15: Amplification  2013  
Often  2003    (+ electronic playback)
Umberhulk  2000  •

sextet
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


quartet
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

solo
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



CHAMBER WITH VOICE
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with 7 or more instruments
soprano

Objects and Intervals  2008   flute, clarinet, piano, harp, string quartet
Five Little Fly Stories  1989  flute, clarinet, 2 percussion, string quartet


mezzo-soprano
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

baritone
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

soprano and baritone
What's That Buzzing Sound  2007  •  25 instrumentalists on five stages

narrator
Vanishing Cream
  
2002  •  piccolo, clarinet, harpsichord,
   childrens' percussion group



with 6 instruments
soprano

Forgot  2005  •  flute, clarinet, prepared piano, percussion, violin, cello
Kleine Mechanische Tänze  1986  •  with flute, 2 clarinets, piano, violin, cello

countertenor
Passage
  2005  •  theremin, harp, celeste, 3 cellos

tenor
Fabrication 27: Romance
  
2019  •  2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 pianos

3 voices
Drowning/In the Bus/Ask For Nothing  2007  •  
musical saw, crotale, 2 mbiras, 4 cellos


with 5 instruments
soprano

American Folk Songs, Book 2
  1996  •  
piano, string quartet
 

mezzo-soprano
When I Looked Down From the Bridge  1989  •  oboe, string quartet
Five Fantasias on Two Laments  1982    2 flutes, 2 clarinets, harp

tenor
Head Down Legs Up
  
1985  •  flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello


with 4 instruments
soprano

Something Coming Our Way  2015  •  4 violins  
Air Baby  2001  •  flute, clarinet, percussion, violin
Rejoice  1979  •  flute, clarinet, violin, cello

mezzo-soprano
My Dead Boyfriend  
2024   •  oboe, piano, 2 percussion 

soprano and tenor

Fabrication 7: Apologue  2012  •  2 clarinets, 2 doublebasses

baritone
A Supermarket in California
  2013  •  string quartet


with 3 instruments
soprano

Corso Songs  1990  •  piano, doublebass
Transitive  1984—withdrawn  harp, 2 percussion
Black Flag  1982—withdrawn   •  3 clarinets

tenor
The Vanity of Earthly Greatness  2025    oboe, clarinet, bassoon

high voice

Flowers, Fish, and Prophecy
  1980—withdrawn  •  oboe, harpsichord, percussion


with 2 instruments
soprano

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

soprano and tenor
Brillig
  1989  •   flute, piano


with 1 instrument
soprano

Hard Songs  2016    cimbalom  
Songs of Loneliness  1990  •  viola
The Bee in the Champaka Flower  1988  •  percussion



OPERA
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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




ORCHESTRA AND LARGE ENSEMBLE
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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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solo violin
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

solo cello
Actaeon  1997    2 horns, strs

solo piano

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
satb
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 

women's chorus
Harmonie du Soir  
2008   •  string orchestra
Hex  2004     4.4.4.4, 6.4.3.2, 3 percussion, harp, strings



CHORUS AND VOCAL ENSEMBLE
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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
satb
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  •

women's chorus

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



VOICE AND PIANO
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soprano
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 


mezzo-soprano
Six Songs on Poems of Margaret Atwood  2000 
The Language of the Garden  1989  

tenor
American Folk Songs, Book 1  1991  
Traveling Through the Dark  1988 

high voice
Wasserabstieglieder
  1992 

baritone
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  •

various
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  •




ELECTRONIC
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video soundtrack
Often
  2003  •
On Site  2001  •
One Head  2001  •
Won't Get Fooled Again  2001  
Rita's Lucky Summer  1997


playback
aah
  2001  •
On Site Remix  2001  •
One Head Remix  2001  •
Won't Get Fooled Again Remix  2001