Catalog

Orchestra

  • Assemble (2024) - 12’ - 3(III+pic)-3(III=eh) -3(III=bs cl)-3(III=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, 4 perc, hp, strings

  • The Comfort of Asymmetry (2023) – 5’25” - 2-2-3-(III=bs cl)-2, 2-2-2-0, mar, vib, hp, pno/cel, el gtr, strings

  • El Jaleo (2019) - 6.5’ - fl, ob, cl, bs cl, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, pno, strings

  • Finding the Dance (from Stillpoint) (2020) - 6’ - piano, SSAATTBB, strings

  • Ode (2018) - 17’ - pic-2fl-2ob-Eb cl-2Bb cl, bs cl-2bsn-cbsn, 4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, pno/cel, hp, SATB chorus, strings

  • Colors (2017) - 5’ - string orchestra

  • Stories from Home (2017) - 11’ - 4 (IV=pic)-2-4(IV=bs cl)-4(IV=cbsn), 4-4-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings

  • Equality (2015) - 5’ - 3(III+pic)-3-4 (IV=bs cl)-3(III=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, narrator, strings

  • Dream Elegy (2015) - 8’ - {orchestral version} 3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, 2 perc, hp, strings

  • Motor City ReMix (2003/2014) - 8’ - 2(II+pic)-2-2(II+bs cl)-2(II=cbn), 4-2-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings

  • Shards of Serenity (2013) - 3.5’ - 2(II+pic)-2-2-2, 4-2-3-0, 2 perc, pno, hp, strings

  • Whitman’s War (2013) - 15’ - 2(II+pic)-2(II+eh)-2(II+bs cl)-2(II=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, perc, solo sop, strings

  • The Party Starter (2010) - 4’ - 2-2(II+eh)-3(III=bs cl)-3(III=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, perc, pno, strings

  • Halcyon Sun (2003) - 16’ - 4(IV=pic)-3(III=eh)-3(II/eflat cl, III/bs cl)-3(III=cbsn), 4-4-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings

  • Motor City Dance Mix (2003) - 8’ - 3(III+pic)-3(III=eh)-3(III+bs cl)-3(III=cbn), 4-4-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings

  • Actions Rendered: Interpretations of Pollock for Three Orchestras (2000/2002) - 17’

  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1999) - 12’ - 2-2-2(II/bass cl)-2(II/cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, hp, strings

  • House of Dreams (1997) - 10’ - 3(III/pic)-2-3(III=bass cl)-3(III=cbn), 4-2-3-1, timp, 2 perc, hp, pno/cel, strings

  • Summer Frenzy (1996) - 5’ - 2-2-2-2, 2-2-2, timp, 2 perc, strings

  • Birthday Waltz (1996) - 2’ - 2(I=picc)-2-2-2, 4-3-3-1, timp, 3 perc, strings

  • Fanfares and Flourishes on an Ostinato (1995) - 5’ - 2-2-2-2, 2-3-2-1, 3 perc, strings

  • Martha’s Waltz (1994) - 5’ - 2(II/pic)-2-2-2, 3-2-2-1, perc, piano, strings

Band/Wind Ensemble Music

  • Dream Elegy (2015/2016) - 8’ - {band/wind ensemble version}
    pic, 3 fl, ob, eh, Eb cl, 3 Bb cl, bs cl, cbs cl, bsn, cbsn, sop sax, alto sax, tnr sax, 4 Bb tpt, 4 hn, 2 tbn, bs tbn, euph, tuba, dbass, hp, glspl

Chamber Music

  • Fourth Quartet (2022) - 18’ - string quartet and electronics

  • Dream Elegy (2015/2020) - 8’ - {chamber ensemble version: fl/pic, ob/eh, Bb cl, bs cl, cbs cl, bsn, 2 hn, 2 Bb tpt, tbn, b tbn}

  • Third Quartet (2019) - 17’ - string quartet, percussion duo

  • Mobius (2018) - 4’ - cl, vln, vlc, pno

  • Follow (2017) - 4’ - 2 violins

  • Calibrating (2016) - 5’ - marimba, violin

  • String Quartet No. 2: Forged Sanctuary (2015) - 13’

  • Rebounds (2015) - 5’ - bass clarinet, marimba

  • Synchrony (2015) - 8’ - oboe, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, pre-recorded audio

  • His House is Not of This Land (2015) - 7’ - alto fl, bs cl, vln, vla, vlc

  • The Clarity of Cold Air (2013) - 7’ - flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano

  • Americana (2012) - 6.5’ - flute, acoustic guitar, drums, voice, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass

  • Final Light (2012) - 3’ - violin, piano

  • Sonata Variation (2010) - 5’ - violin, piano

  • Alchemy (2009) 9’ - alto flute, cello

  • American Voices (2009) - 15’ - trombone choir (4 tenors, 2 basses), narrator

  • Tone-Grafting (2008) - 8’ - alto fl, 2 vlns, vla, vlc

  • For Two (2007) - 5’ - piano, drum set

  • After the Wailing [Stephen Caldwell Wright] (2007) - 5’ - soprano, violin, viola, cello

  • Trio (2006) - 8’ - violin, cello, piano

  • Monochrome (2005) - 10’ - flute, violin, cello, percussion

  • Between Days (2003) - 11’ - fl, cl, vlc, pno

  • Love Songs (1999) - 8’ - fl, cl, perc, sop, vln, vla, vlc

  • Introit (1994) - 2 Bb trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba

  • Sonata for Flute & Piano (1993) - 10’

  • Tracing Lines - woodwind quartet and drums

  • Dark Flowers - alto/bass flute and piano

Solo Works

  • Subaquatic Meditation (2021) - 7’ - electric guitar

  • No Man’s Land (2021) - 2’ - piano

  • Trouble (2020) - 1.5’ - trombone

  • Journal Entry (2020) - 5’ - violin

  • The Flamboyant Frenchman (2013) - 2’ - Bb cornet

  • The Intimacy of Harmony (2013) - 8’ - piano

  • Laconic Prelude (2006) - 2.5’ - piano

  • Two-Part Inventions (1998) - 7’ - piano

Opera/Ballet

  • The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry (2018) 12’
    Text - Carole Real
    commissioned and premiered by the Boston Opera Collaborative
    2 Sopranos, Mezzo, Male Actor, Bb clarinet, marimba, piano, violin, cello

  • Always (2016) 10’
    commissioned and premiered by the Boston Opera Collaborative
    2 sop, 2 ten, piano

  • Naomi in the Living Room (1995/2001) 20’
    premiered by Curtis Opera Theater
    2 sop, bar, pno
    (orchestrated version: ob, cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, perc, hp, 2 sop, bar, 2 vln, vla, vlc, cb premiere: Orchestra 2001, Freeman)

  • Primary Movements: A Ballet (2006) 30’
    commissioned and premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with the Dallas Black Dance Theater
    3 Bb clarinets, alto sax, 4-3-3-1, timp, 4 perc, pno, acous bs/elec bs, strings

Song Cycles

  • Poppies in the Graveyard (2021) - 9’ - soprano, Bb clarinet/bass clarinet, piano

  • Whitman’s War (2012) - 13’ - soprano, piano

  • After the Wailing [Stephen Caldwell Wright] (2007) - 5’ - soprano, violon, viola, cello

  • “To what purpose, April…?” [various] (2007) - soprano, piano

  • Songs of Experience [various] (2005) - 12’ - high voice, piano

  • Love Songs [Cisneros] (1999) - 8’ - high voice, piano

  • Account of a Farmer [Smith] (1993) - 13’ - medium voice, pno

High Voice

  • Youth, Day, Old Age and Night [Whitman] (2002)

  • Little Elegy [Wiley] (2002)

  • Anaphora [Bishop] (2001)

  • Fan for a Floating Woman [Cisneros] (2001)

  • Sonnet [Bishop] (1997)

  • Requiem [Stevenson] (1994)

  • Magnificat {with organ} (1994)

Medium Voice

  • Must All Then Amount To But This [Whitman] (2013)

  • Coffin Lake, Colorado [Smith] (1993)

  • The Span of Life [Frost] (1992)

Low Voice

  • Starling [Smith] (1992)

Choral Works

  • The Mystery (2022) 4’ - SATB
    A motet written as a prelude to Bach’s Cantata No. 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden

  • Dream Variations (2019) - 5’ - SATB chorus, organ

  • I, Too, Sing (2018) - 15’ - ob, cl/bs cl, hn, perc, children’s chorus, 2 vlns, vla, vlc

  • Most This Amazing (2011) - 4’ - SSAATB, organ

  • Requiem Brevis (2008) - 7.5’ - SSATB

  • Watch for the New Thing (2007) - 5’ - SATB, handbells, organ

  • from Mother Love (1997) - 7’ - SATB

  • Visit to St. Elizabeth’s (1999) - 6’ - solo soprano, SSA, piano

  • Symphony (of Light) (1995) - 4’ - SATB, pno

Orchestrations

  • Suite Divine (2023) 22’ - 2 (II+pic)-3(III=eh)-3(III= bs cl)-3(III=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, perc, hp, strings

  • Lift Every Voice & Sing (2022) 4’30’ – 2-2(II=eh)-2-2, 4-2-2-1, timp, perc, strings
    An adjustable orchestration of James Johnson’s music. There are optional instruments that could be added that would expand the orchestration to the following:
    3(II=pic)-2(II=eh)-3(II=bs cl)-3(II=cbsn), 4-3-3-1, timp, perc, hp, pno, SATB chorus, strings

  • Blind Tom’s Battle (2020) 8’ – pic/fl, ob, Eb cl/Bb cl, bsn, hn, 2 vlns, vla, vlc, cb