composition as explanation (2020) 60'
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
Mezzo,Ten,Bar,Bass, fl(picc),cl(bcl),tpt,perc,pf(acc),vn,va,vc,db
soprano, solo violin, 1,1,0,0/1,0,0,0/2 perc/hp or pno/optional synth/1,1,1,1,1
Indigo Films
soprano, cl, perc, egtr, piano, vc, db
commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick and Arts Brookfield
SSA + perc, vla, vc
Louth Contemporary Music Society
2 egtr, drum set
Susan Marshall and Company
solo percussion quartet; 2(1pic).2.2(1bcl).2(1cbn)/4.3.2(1btbn).1/3perc.timp/hp.pno/str; chamber orchestra version: 1+picc.2.2.1+cbn/3.2.2.1/3perc.timp.hp.pno/strings
Barbican Centre and Los Angeles Philharmonic
solo percussion quartet; 1+picc.2.2.1+cbn/3.2.2.1/3perc.timp.hp.pno/strings
Barbican Centre and Los Angeles Philharmonic
soprano; flute, clarinet, percussion, cello
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
SSAA playing simple percussion instruments
love failwas co-commissioned byTheBrooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival,TheInternational Festival of Arts & Ideas,TheJohn F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund,TheCenter fortheArt of Performance at UCLA,TheSecrest Artists Series atWakeForestUniversity,andHancher Performances attheUniversityofIowa.movement 4,thewoodandthevine, was commissioned byTheNewman Center forthePerforming Arts atUniversityofDenver,TheUniversity of California atRiverside,andtheSanta Fe Concert Association inSanta FE,NM.movement 10,I live in pain, in a different version, was originally written for “TheCrossing,” Donald Nally, conductor.
SSAA chorus (or 8 solo women singers) playing simple percussion instruments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa
C. Scott Films
2 piccolos, 2 trumpets in C, 1 drummer
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, for the opening of the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
cello and percussion, in unison
for Maya Beiser and Evelyn Glennie
large chorus, plus one snare drum
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and Leah Stein Dance Company
piccolo and percussion
London Sinfonietta
fl/pc,cl/bcl,pf,vn,vc,perc
Eighth Blackbird
fl, bcl, tbn, pno, perc, egtr, vln,va,vc,db; amp
the Crash Ensemble
percussion duo
a percussion consortium (The Meehan/Perkins Duo – Doug Perkins and Todd Meehan, The Coalescence Duo – Judy Moonert and Greg Scour, Matthew McClung and Lisa Nicol, and Greg Beyer, Michael Correa, Matthew Duvall, Hunter/Gatherer – Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, and Yu Chun Kuo)
4 voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion
Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall for Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices
solo cello, solo piano, solo percussion, strings
Real Quiet
cello, piano, percussion, video
Real Quiet
solo marimba
a marimba consortium (Thomas Burritt and the University of Texas Percussion Program, Michael Burritt, David Cossin, Joseph Gramley, Eduardo Leandro, Todd Meehan, William Moersch, Doug Perkins, Steven Schick, Adam Sliwinski, Robert Van Sice)
2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp
Mannheim Opera
solo perc,1,2,2,2/2111/timp,3perc,pf/str
the Eos Orchestra for Evelyn Glennie
vc, pno, rock organ, e gtr, drums
Audrey Riley
percussion quartet
So Percussion
fl(pic),cl(bcl),perc,vn,va,vc,pf
cl,pf,vc, perc and 1 or 2 non-percussionists
picc,pf,vn,vc
Pearls Before Swine Experience
cello and four non-percussionists
Nuova Consonanza for Alter Ego
toy piano and metal pipes; for one player - who may be either a toy pianist or a percussionist
commissioned for recording by Margaret Leng Tan
percussion
0.0.3.0/2.0.0.0/hp.eorg.eb.perc/2va.2vc
the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
bn,bar sax,pf,syn,perc (also available for fl,bcl,pf,vn,vc,perc)
Sound Pressure
fl,ob,cl(bcl),hn,timp,vn,va,vc,db
the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
pf solo, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 hn, tpt, tbn, perc