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Three Pœms of e.e. cummings (1983) soprano & piano

until and i heard
in the rain
may my heart

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Two pœms of Theodore Roethke (1985) soprano & piano

Wish for a Young Wife
The Young Girl

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Two Prayers (1986,1989) mixed choir, a cappella
for James Wood and the Madrigal Singers of St. Paul's School

Jesu Grant Me This I Pray
O Lord, who art unchangeable (Kirkegaard)

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"Destiny or Discovery" (1993)
sequenced Synthesizer and trumpet, recorder and guitars
for the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium

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Aviarium (1994) mixed choir and orchestra
Commissioned by the Concord Chorale

Hope is the thing with feathers (Dickinson)
The Butterfly (Friedmann)
The Windhover (Hopkins)

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Daughtersongs (1995 NHSCA New Works Grant) voice & piano
for Peggo Horstmann Hodes

Born Yesterday (Larkin)
Surrender (Larsen)
Listen (Tomahanso)
For Jessica, My Daughter (Strand)
Lullaby (Hodes/Caswell)

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Ubi Caritas (1995) three part chorus
for the Polyphony Choir, Abbey of Regina Laudis, Bethlehem, CT

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Requerdos Imaginarios: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Guitar & 'Cello (1996)
commissioned by the Concord Community Music School

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Magnificat (1997) mixed choir, organ and maracas
commissioned for MJ Hackett and St. Paul's School Choir

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Sarasongs (2002) women’s choir, flute, clarinet & piano
commissioned by Concord Community Music School

Poems by Sara Teasdale

Over the roofs
Life has loveliness to sell
Barter
Let it be you

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Avaloketishavara's Taxi (2003) woodwind quartet
commissioned by The Infinities Ensemble

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Epitaph Dances (2003-4) piano solo
commissioned by Gregg Pauley

Epitaph Piazzolla: Tango
Epitaph Lauro: Vals
Epitaph Ginastera: Danza
Epitaph Bernstein: Mambo

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Piano Sonata (2005) piano solo
for Peggy Senter

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brave, bright cry (2005) voice, flute, clarinet & piano
poetry of e.e. cummings

until and i heard
in the rain
since feeling is first
may I feel
it may not always be so
may my heart

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artsongs (2006) Baritone & piano

Rothko (Marc Elihu Hofstadter)
Monet (Lisel Mueller)
Pollock (Danel Hare)
Chagall (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

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Wind Words (2007) Mixed Choir and Small Orchestra
Commissioned for the Concord Chorale
poetry of Theodore Roethke

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three lines (after roethke) (2008) for flute and piano
for Jean Benson & Gregg Pauley

1. The soul has many motions...
2. The spirit moves, yet stays...
3. Being, not doing, is my first joy...

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a hole in a flute (2008) for mixed choir, harp and hand percussion
text from the poetry of Hafiz
for Kathleen Lyons-Pingree

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new work (2009) for harp and orchestra
for Kathleen Lyons-Pingree

 

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