Complete List of Works

ORCHESTRAL AND CHAMBER MUSIC

— 2023 Proverb, for Sandbox Percussion. Premiered at Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail Montana.

— 2022 a raft, the sky, the wild sea, concerto for jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and orchestra. Co-commissioned by the London Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Winston-Salem Symphony. Premiered by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra with Mr. Lovano.

— 2021 Seven Limbs, for string quartet and electric guitar. Premiered by the Aizuri Quartet and Nels Cline in livestreams for UCLA’s Center for Performing Arts, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech; and Aperio, Music of the Americas.

— 2018 Torio, for piano, shakuhachi and shamisen. Commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts. Premiered Tenri Cultural Center, New York, NY.

— 2018 Deliquescent, for solo cello. Premiere at Tribeca New Music Festival by Ashley Bathgate.

— 2017 No Fear (Of Silence), for shakuhachi and cello. Commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts. Premiered Tenri Cultural Center, New York, NY.

-- 2016 Objects in Mirror, for orchestra. Commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan. Premiered Stratford-Upon-Avon, U.K.

— 2016 Have Fun, for solo piano. Commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts for Taka Kigawa. Premiered Tenri Cultural Center, New York, NY.

-- 2014 Veronika, for cello, electronics and visual light projections. Workshop premiere at the Oberhausen Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany.

-- 2010 Black Diamond Express Train to Hell, for for orchestra, solo cello and sampler. Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Swan in Stratford-Upon-Avon, U.K. Premiere performance by the American Composers Orchestra featuring Maya Beiser at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.

-- 2010 A Far Playground, viola and piano, premiered by Mary Rowell and Geoffrey Burleson at the Tribeca New Music Festival, Merkin Hall, New York, NY; and for cello and piano, premiered by Inbal Segev and Leon Livshim in Madison, NJ.

-- 2010 Slowly She Turns, for violin and hand percussion, commissioned by Shem Guibbory, premiered at Joe’s Pub, New York, NY.

-- 2008 Only Breath, for cello and electronics. Commissioned and performed by Maya Beiser, at The Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT; The Ravinia Festival, Chicago IL; Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.

-- 2008 . . . and disbelievers, for solo cello. Premiere at Gusman Hall, University of Miami.

-- 2005 Gift, for solo piano. Premiere by Kathleen Supové in New York City.

OPERA

-- 2018 Savage Winter, a chamber opera with libretto adapted by the composer. Premiered at Pittsburgh Opera, subsequent performances at the Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.

-- 2013 Doubt, a grand opera in two acts. Commissioned and premiered by Minnesota Opera, with libretto by John Patrick Shanley. Subsequent performances at Union City Opera, St. Louis, MO.

-- 2008 Arjuna's Dilemma, an opera/oratorio commissioned and produced by Music-Theatre Group, based on the Bhagavad Gita with libretto adapted by the composer. Premiered at the Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. Subsequent performances at Dallas Opera (Dallas, TX) and One World Theatre (Kathmandu, Nepal)

1994 Atomic Opera. Produced by TWEED Theatre Works. Premiere at the Ohio Theatre (New York, NY)

ART SONG

-- 2024 La Cita, For the Romero Guitar Quartet and mezzo soprano.

— 2021 Tree of Pearls, for female voice, piano, cello, violin and shakuhachi. Commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts. Premiered Tenri Cultural Center, New York, NY.

— 2015 The Boy’s Nature and Doubt Sermon. Premiered Grant Park Festival Orchestra, Chicago, IL.

-- 2014 Sorry For Your Loss, commissioned by Christine Brewer. Premiered at The Morgan Library, New York City.

-- 2014 Our Vision for the Future, commissioned by Lyric Fest. Premiered by Kiera Duffy at Bryn Mawr College.

-- 2009 Music Is Food, commissioned by Shem Guiborry

CHORAL MUSIC

-- 2019 What You Can Do For the World for mixed youth choir. Commissioned by The Young People’s Chorus of New York City, premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

-- 2016 The Fate of His Ashes: A Requiem for Victims of Power. Commissioned by Seraphic Fire, premiere at First United Methodist Church, Coral Gables, FL.

-- 2014 Bobobo, for girls chorus. Commissioned by the Kingswood Oxford School, to premiere at at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

-- 2012 How to Survive In The Woods, for children’s chorus. Commissioned by The Young People’s Chorus of New York City, premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

-- 2008 Fortune, for youth chorus. Commissioned and erformed by The Young People's Chorus of New York City, conducted by Francisco Nunez at The Miller Theatre, New York, NY.

-- 2007 Kyrie, for 12 male voices. Commissioned and performed by Chanticleer at The Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA; on tour in San Jose, Berkeley, Carmel and Sacramento, CA.

MUSIC FOR DANCE

-- 2006 You Are Only An Instrument -- Commissioned by the David Parsons Dance Company, premiered at the Joyce Theatre, New York City.

RECORDINGS

— 2024 Savage Winter, chamber opera. Tony Boutté, Alan Johnson, Frank London, Douglas J. Cuomo.

— 2021 Seven Limbs, Aizuri Quartet and Nels Cline. Sunnyside Records.

— 2010 Only Breath, for cello and electronics. On Maya Beiser’s CD Provenance. Innova Records (778)

-- 2008 Arjuna's Dilemma, chamber opera. Conducted by Alan Johnson. Innova Records (697)

-- 2007 Kyrie, for 12 male voices. Performed by Chanticleer. Warner Classics 8122-79984-4

-- 1999-2004 -- arranged, produced and conducted orchestral recordings for various pop music artists including Britney Spears (Oops I Did it Again - multi-platinum #1 album); N’SYNC (N’SYNC - multi-platinum album, #1single ); Mandy Moore (So Real - Gold Album) and Anastacia (Not That Kind - Platinum album)