- ‘Tis a Gift to be Simple
SATB Chorus (2:30)
- ‘Tis You
SSA Chorus, String Quartet (optional), Piano (6:00)
- 1492
Amplified piano and percussion (8:15)
- A Line-Storm Song
Soprano or Mezzo and Piano (4:10)
- A Little Water Music
Electronic playback
- Adonai Ro’i
SATB Chorus (2:00)
- Adventure on Mt. Hehuan
Instrumentation: Solo bass drum with optional interactive electronics Duration: 9:00 Premiere: 11/18/2021 TechnoSonics XXI University of Virginia Adventure on Mt. Hehuan (Mountain of Joy in Chinese) is named for a mountain in Taiwan, where percussionist I-Jen Fang grew up. It is scored for solo bass drum and optional interactive electronics and is dedicated to Ms. Fang, with whom…
- Akhmatova Songs
Soprano or Mezzo, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano (13:10)
- Alleluia
SATB Chorus + brief soprano solo (4:00)
- Amulet
SSA Chorus (1:12)
- And the Night Will Shine as Day
Soprano and organ (6:00)
- Arche
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (17:00)
- Aseret Makot (The Ten Plagues)
Three-part chorus, flute, cello, piano (3:00)
- Assembly Line #1
Oboe (8:00 +, variable)
- Aura
Orchestra: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1, 3 perc, strings (18:35)
- Autumn Way
Instrumentation: Solo Cello Duration: 2:48 Commission: String Poet Premiere: 9/23/2014 Suzanne Mueller String Poet Studio Series Long Island Violin Shop Huntington, Long Island Autumn Way, for solo cello, was commissioned by String Poet , an online journal with a Studio Series hosted by the Long Island Violin Shop in Huntington, NY. String Poet ran a poetry competition and paired…
- Bagatelle
Piano (1:14)
- Baruch HaBa
Voice (1:00)
- Being in Time
Wind Ensemble & Electronics (10:00)
- Birkat Kohanim
SATB Chorus (4:25)
- Black Moon
Orchestra: (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,6,5,4,3,2 (min) and electronics. (15:35)
- Blue Air
Blue Air is a video collaboration by artist SoHyun Bae and composer Judith Shatin. They first met at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts where they were studio neighbors who were moved by each other’s art. The current project began with a conversation at SoHyun’s studio, with Judith recording her painting as well as their…
- Carreño
Piano/Mezzo-soprano (one or two players, 20:00)
- Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi
Piano (21:00)
- Cherry Blossom and a Wrapped Thing; After Hokusai
Amplified clarinet and multichannel or stereo electronics (7:52)
- Cinnamon
Electronic music for film
- Cinqchronie
Instrumentation: Wind Quintet (7:20)
- Civil War Memories
Electronic playback
- Clave
Flute, Bb clarinet, tenor sax, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion (9:45)
- COAL: A Folk Oratorio
Chorus, Appalachian Ensemble, Synthesizer, Electronics (80:00, can be excerpted)
- Commonwealth Salute
Symphonic Band (3:30)
- Coursing Through the Still Green
Solo Flute (3:00)
- Doxa
Viola and piano (6:10)
- Dreamtigers
Flute and guitar (13:45)
- Dust & Shadow
Organ
- Elijah’s Chariot
String Quartet and electronic playback (19:45)
- Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee
Solo Voice (1:40)
- Fantasía Sobre El Flamenco
2 Trpt, 2 trmb, tuba or 2 trpt, 2 trmb, horn (9:45)
- Fantasy on St. Cecilia
Piano (16:40)
- Fasting Heart
Solo Flute (8:00)
- Fledermaus Fantasy
Violin and piano or Violin, viola, cello, contrabass and piano (19:00)
- Follies and Fancies
Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Piano (orchestrated version, with fl, bssn, vln, vcl, hpschd) (55:00)
- For The Birds
Amplified cello and electronic playback (14:00)
- For the Fallen
Versions for amp. clarinet, cello, flute, trumpet, soprano sax & stereo electronics (7:02)
- Gabriel’s Wing
Flute and piano (9:00)
- Gazebo Music
Flute and cello (6:00)
- Glimmerings
Electronic playback
- Glyph
Solo viola, string quartet, piano *(18:00)
- Gregor’s Dream
Amp. piano trio & stereo electronics (10:15)
- Grito del Corazón
Any of the following, either individually or in combination, amplified: bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, mezzo, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, marimba, multi-percussion, piano + electronics and optional video) (5:11)
- Hark My Love
SATB chorus and piano (3:10)
- Hearing the Call
Instrumentation : 2 Trumpets (Bb) and 2 snare drums (2:00)
- Hosech Al P’ney HaTehom
Electronic playback (11:10)
- Houdini: Memories of a Conjurer
Cello, piano, percussion (Theater Piece) (55:00)
- House Music
Electronic playback (3:08)
- I Am Rose
SSA + electronic playback (3:00)
- I Love
SATB Chorus (5:00)
- Icarus
Violin and piano (18:00)
- Ice Becomes Water
String Orchestra + Electronics fashioned from field recordings of glaciers (12:00)
- Ignoto Numine
Piano Trio (15:00)
- Jefferson, In His Own Words
Narrator, 2 Fl (dbl picc), 2 ob (dbl Eng Hn), 2 cl, 2 bssn, 2 hrn, 2 trpts, 2 trmb, tba, tymp, 2 perc, strings (25:00)
- Kairos
Amplified flute, computer interface to run Max-MSP (version 5 or higher), foot pedal and stereo playback (16:00)
- Khamsa
Percussion Quintet (battery percussion) (6:30)
- Ki Koleich Arev
Soprano, flute and piano (1:00)
- La Frontera
- Long Story Short
Piano Trio (4:45)
- Lost Angels
Trumpet, bassoon, piano (15:00)
- Love Song
Oboe and English Horn (3:45)
- L’étude du Coeur
Viola (6:30)
- Marvelous Pursuits
Vocal quartet and piano 4-hands (19:00)
- Meridians
Clarinet (9:00)
- Monument in Brass
Brass Quintet Fanfare (5:00)
- Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin
Three-part chorus with optional piano accompaniment (3:00, variable repetition)
- Ockeghem Variations
Wind quintet and piano (18:00)
- Patterns
- Penelope’s Dream
Cello (8:00)
- Penelope’s Song
Amplified viola & electronics from weaving sounds (9:07)
- Piping the Earth
Orchestra: 3 fl (3rd dbl picc), 3 oboes (3rd dbl eng hn), 3 cl, 3 bssn, 4 hns, 3 trpt, 2 trmb, tba, 3 perc, timpani, hrp, strings (8:30)
- Piping the Earth
- Plain Song
Piano and electronics (12:00)
- Quatrain
Violin, viola, clarinet, bass clarinet (9:00)
- Respecting the First
Amplified String Quartet and electronic playback (14:55)
- Respecting the First (Amendment)
Instrumentation: String Orchestra and Electronics Duration: 14:30 Commission: San Jose Chamber Orchestra Premiere: 3/29/20 San José City Hall Rotunda San José , CA Program Notes: The first amendment, with its protections of speech, religion, the press, and the right of people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, lies at…
- Rising on the Wings of Dawn
Rising on the Wings of Dawn, for solo violin, embodies the rising shape in its melodic and structural design.
- Rotunda
Computer music video/film (HD or DVD available for presentation) (15:00)
- Rotunda
One day, in late spring 2005, I was sitting in my office, upstairs in Old Cabell Hall, looking at the flow of life on the Lawn. I had often been delighted by the feeling of life on the Lawn, and by the shifting weather patterns above it. But this time, I suddenly saw the scene ...
- Round 3
Trombone (variable duration)
- Ruah
Chamber Orchestra: 1111/111/str (23:00)
- Run
Piano Quartet (8:25)
- Scirocco
Piano (3:05)
- Sea of Reeds
Amplified clarinet, with pvc tube extensions, mics, and effects procesor (such as digitech tsr-24); Max-MSP version in process (13:45)
- Secret Ground
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello (14:00)
- Selah
Female vocal quartet or women’s chorus + harp (15:00)
- Shapirit Y’fehfiah
SSA Chorus (3:00)
- Sic Transit
Percussionist (2 Singing Bowls of different sizes, 5 temple blocks, med. sus. cymbal, 2 timbales, snare, 2 bongos, fingercymbal) and CADI (Configurable Automated Drumming Machine), (finger cymbal, high and low woodblock, high and low cowbell, tambourine) (9:00)
- Singing Still
Flute (5:00)
- Singing the Blue Ridge
Mezzo, Baritone, Orchestra (2,2, 2,2,2,2,2,1,2, strings) electronics (CD) made from indigenous wild animal calls (14:00)
- Sister Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
Soprano and viola, also available for soprano and clarinet (2:00)
- Songs of War and Peace
SATB Chorus + piano (also check out version for SATB + chamber orchestra) (16:30)
- Spin
Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Viola Cello (6:00)
- Spring Tides
Amp. fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno, interactive electronics (Max-MSP5 or higher)(11:00)
- Storm
Amp. tenor sax and electronics (6:50)
- Stringing the Bow
String Orchestra (15:00)
- Study in Black
Flute and Percussion (4:00)
- Sursum Corda
Cello (8:43)
- Sweet Harmony
Soprano and Piano (1:30)
- Tape Music
Stereo electronics (7:14)
- Tape Music∞
Small cardboard box, blunt pencil or similar object, packing tape on a dispenser with teeth, and stereo electronics (5:00)
- Terra Infirma
Instrumentation: Sop. Sax.. Trpt., Trmb, Vln, Vla, Vc, Perc, electronics Duration: 15:00 Commission: Michigan Technological University in collaboration with the Great Lakes Research Center Premiere: 10/2021 Note: Image credit: NASA/JSC Program Note: The Great Lakes, formed from receding glaciers, and holding 20+% of the volume of the world’s surface fresh water, provide habitat for all manner of flora…
- Teruah
Shofar (Yemenite style, Eb pitch), 3 hrns, 2 trpts, 2 trmbs, timpani (9:00)
- The Best Angel in Heaven
I composed The Best Angel in Heaven in memory of Sandra Santos-Vizcaino, the wonderful third-grade teacher at PS 9 in Brooklyn, NY who passed away from Covid-19.
- The God of Glory
SATB Chorus (4:45)
- The Jabberwocky
TTBB (5:45)
- The Janus Quartet
String Quartet (12:00)
- The Jumblies
SSA + piano (5:51)
- The Passion of St. Cecilia
Solo piano, 2 fl (2nd dbl picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bssn, 2 tpts in C, 2 Hn, 2 trmb, 1 tba, 3 perc, strings (21:00)
- The Wendigo
SSA (14:00)
- Three Summers Heat
Mezzo or soprano and electronic playback (19:00)
- Time To Burn
Oboe and 2 percussion (2 bongos, 3 rototoms, tambourine, 2 timables, large and small brake drum, medium tamtam and bow)(2 bongos, claves, flexatone and bow, 1 maraca, slapstick, 5 temple blocks 2 tomtoms, vibraslap) (9:30)
- To Keep the Dark Away
Piano (11:00)
- Tongue Twisters
SSA Chorus and Piano (7:20)
- Tower of the Eight Winds
Violin and Piano (16:00)
- Trace Elements
2 Pianos & 2 Percussion (10:00)
- Tree Music
Interactive Electronics, Wireless Camera (variable duration)
- unter soreles vigele
Instrumentation: Mezzo and piano Duration: 4:00 Commission: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Premiere Performance: 6/30/2020 Evolution Program, Facebook & Youtube Presented by YIVO, Center for Jewish History, NYC Program Note: When Alex Weisser, Program Director of YIVO (Institute for Jewish Research) in New York, approached me about commissioning a song that would take one of…
- Vayter un Vayter
Bass (or Bass-baritone), clarinet, cello, piano (15:45)
- View from Mt. Nebo
Piano Trio (14:30)
- Water Ways
Electronic playback (1:00)
- We Bring You Peace
SATB (2:00)
- We Hold These Truths
Chorus, brass quintet and timpani (15:00)
- Wedding Song
Soprano and english horn (or alto flute, or clarinet, or viola) (5:00)
- Werther
Flute (dbl picc), clarinet, violin, cello, piano (8:20)
- When the Moon of Wildflowers is Full
Flute and cello (3:30)
- Why the Caged Bird Sings
SATB Chorus + Piano (4:45)
- Widdershins
Piano (8:30)
- Wind Songs
Wind Quintet (12:00)
- Zipper Music
2 amplified zipper players with headphones for click track, Electronics performer for MIDI controlle with computer running MaxMSP, also mixer, stereo playback system