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photo credit: Marianne Chua
CHORAL
Protocol (2020)
TTBB —three movements — 14"
on newly-written poems by Kaveh Akbar, Aiden Feltkamp, and Hieu Minh Nguyen
commissioned by Cantus Vocal Ensemble
An Hour Is Not a House (2022)
SATB —two movements — 6"
on poetry by Jane Hirshfield
for Dr. Erika Tarawa Jenkins and the choirs of Kennesaw State University
Never Will Give Up My Shield (2020)
SATB —three movements — 15"
three arrangements of Sacred Harp tunes
commissioned by Dr. Erin Colwitz and the Marquette Choral Society
SONGS with piano
Roses (2023)
soprano and piano — five songs — 14"
on poetry by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
written for Alexandra Nowakowski (soprano) — commissioned by Astral Artists
Rooms (2024)
soprano and piano — two songs — 9"
on poetry by Jane Hirshfield and Laura Foley
commissioned by Chelsea Helm (soprano)
Silver Songs (2024)
soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano — six songs — 25"
on poetry by Frank O'Hara, Jeanne Murray Walker, Rebecca Hoogs, Richie Hofmann, and Kate Northrop — commissioned by Mirror Visions Ensemble
What I Didn't Know Before (2023)
middle voice and piano — song — 5"
on poetry by Ada Limón — commissioned by Mirror Visions Ensemble
premiered by Scott Murphree (tenor) and Grant Wenaus (piano)
Thundercloud Over Half-Dome (2020)
soprano and piano — song — 6"
a setting of a letter by photographer Ansel Adams
commissioned and premiered by Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Fox Songs (2019)
soprano and piano — three songs — 15"
on poetry by Jane Hirshfield, Cake Wilkinson, and Anastasia Pennington-Flax
written for and co-premiered sopranos Alexandra Nowakowski and Ann Moss
Hard Stones (2018)
soprano and piano — four songs — 15"
on poetry by Ann DeSiro, on the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings
commissioned and premiered by Ann Moss (soprano)
Two Modern Love Songs (2015)
bass-baritone and piano — two songs — 5"
on poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay
written for and premiered by Adrian Sanchez (baritone)
Three Songs on Darkness (2014)
soprano and piano — three songs — 8"
on poetry by Emily Brontë and Lord Byron
written for and premiered by Cristin Colvin (soprano)
SONGS with other forces
Honey (2023)
soprano and cello — two songs — 6"
on poetry by Jane Hirshfield
commissioned by the SoHap Ensemble (Sabina Balsamo and Chas Barnard)
I Shall Be Coming Back to You (2023)
soprano and tenor saxophone — four songs — 12"
on poetry by Witter Bynner
commissioned by Dr. Lara Brooks and Dr. Robert Brooks
Blessed Is The Match (2023)
soprano, clarinet, and piano — five songs — 14"
on poetry by Hannah Szenes
commissioned by Dr. Elizabeth Thompson and Dr. Anne Dervin
Instructions on Not Giving Up (2024)
soprano, tenor saxophone, and piano — four songs — 20"
on poetry by Li-Young Lee, Richie Hofmann, Jess Janz, and Ada Limón
commissioned by Dr. Lara Brooks and Dr. Robert Brooks
Phenomenal Cage (2024)
soprano and piano quintet — five songs with interstitial movements — 25”
on texts / libretto by Joshua McGuire
commissioned by Dawna Rae Warren — to be premiered with Boulder Opera
Emitting Light (2022)
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and piano — four songs — 16"
on poetry by Kim Addonizio and Richie Hofmann
commissioned by Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano)
Sustain (V.) (2020)
bass-baritone, cello, and piano — 4"
on poetry by Jess Janz
written for Ryan McKinley (bass-baritone)
Not So Far As The Forest (2018)
soprano and cello — song — 5"
on poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay
commissioned by Juxtatonal (Jocelyn Zelasko and Bryan Hayslett)
Heart Is A Lamp (2018)
mezzo-soprano or contralto, viola, and cello — two songs — 7"
on poetry by Susan Blackwell Ramsey
commissioned by Emily Marvosh (contralto)
Unsex Me Here (2017)
mezzo-soprano and string quartet — three songs — 15"
on poetry by William Shakespeare, Laura Attridge, and Anastasia Pennington-Flax
commissioned by Brooke Larimer (mezzo-soprano)
Letters from a Bird of Prey (2017)
soprano and percussion (single desk) — song — 7"
on poetry by Anastasia Pennington-Flax
commissioned by Mèlange Ensemble (Margot Rood and Caleb Herron)
Amplification (2015)
unaccompanied duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano — 14"
on poetry by Susan Blackwell Ramsey
written for the Michigan Recital Project (Emily Marvosh and Margot Rood)
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