Opera/Ballet

The Listeners (2021) 115'

For 8 principal singers, SATB chorus and orchestra 2 (db picc),2,2,2 - 4,2,2,1 - perc (2) - harp - piano - strings - electronics

Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz

Commissioned by the Norwegian National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Chicago Lyric Opera

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Orpheus Alive (2019) 60'

Music for a ballet made in collaboration with choreographer Robert Binet and playwright Rosamund Small

for Orchestra: 2,2,2,2 - 4,2,3,1 - perc (2) - harp - piano - strings 222242312perchppfstr; electronics

choreography by Robert Binet and play by Rosamund Small

Commissioned by the National Ballet of Canada

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A Flourish of Green (2013) 5'

A micro-opera for soprano, tenor, and piano

for soprano, tenor, and piano sop., ten., pno.

libretto by Mark Campbell, after Boccaccio’s Decameron (Day Four, Story Five)

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SALT (2012) 23'

A mini-opera for alto voice, amplified cello and electronics

for alto voice, amplified cello and electronics alt., amp. vc., elec.

libretto by Erin Cressida-Wilson

Commissioned by UNC Chapel Hill and Linda and Stuart Nelson for cellist Maya Beiser and vocalist Helga Davis

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Orchestra

Chamber Ensemble

Millennium Canticles (2022) 15'

for 4 percussionists 4 perc.

Commissioned by Third Coast Percussion, with support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Bruce Oltman, the Third Coast Percussion New Works Fund, and the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation

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A Thousand Tongues (2011) 7'

Chamber Ensemble with Voice

As Long As We Live (2012) 4'

A Thousand Tongues (2011) 7'

Solo

A Thousand Tongues (2011) 7'

Vocal

Map of Jan’s Body (2016) 3.7'

an aria from the opera Breaking the Waves

for soprano and piano sop., pno.

libretto by Royce Vavrek after the film by Lars von Trier

commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Beth Morrison Projects

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Golden Heart (2016) 3'

an aria from the opera Breaking the Waves

for mezzo-soprano and piano

libretto by Royce Vavrek after the film by Lars von Trier

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As Long As We Live (2012) 4'

I Am Not Mine (2012) 3.5'

an aria from the opera Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

for mezzo-soprano, piano and pre-recorded electronics

libretto by Royce Vavrek after the journals of Isabelle Eberhardt

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A Thousand Tongues (2011) 7'

Film Scores

A Fool and His Money (2009) 10'

Soundtrack to the silent film by Alice Guy Blaché

for violin, clarinet, two keyboards, double bass

commissioned by the Whitney Museum

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When Marion Was Little (2009) 15'

Soundtrack to the silent film by Alice Guy Blaché

for violin, clarinet, two keyboards, double bass

commissioned by the Whitney Museum

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