LIST OF WORKS

Vocal/Choral

All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded (2016) 3:00

for SSATB a capella chorus, setting the words of John Bennet

Comminsioned by the Southern Connecticut Camerata to celebrate their 40th anniversary


Ask Me No More (2005) 4:06

for mezzo soprano and piano, setting the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson


Dreams (2016) 2:25

for mezzo soprano and piano, setting the poem by Langston Hughes


Domestic Work, 1937 (2010) 6:10

for mezzo soprano and piano, setting the poem by Natasha Trethewey


Gnosis (2002) 7:30

for SATB chorus, vibraphone and marimba, setting the poem of the same name by
transcendentalist poet, Christopher Pearse Cranch
Recipient of the Masterworks Prize, 2006


Hestia’s Loom (2003) 4:27
for SSAA a cappella chorus, setting an excerpt from the poem “The Webbing of Women” by Susan S. Fulljames


Hope (2017) 6:15

for two sopranos, Native American flute, silver flute, clarinet, and percussion, setting Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"


maggie and milly and molly and may (2003) 2:28

for SA chorus, flute and piano, setting the poem by E. E. Cummings
First Prize in the Berkshire Children’s Chorus Composition Competition, 2007
Published by Treble Clef Music Press


The Phoenix (2017) 3:27

for mezzo-soprano and flute, setting words from the poem The Phoenix Who Survived, by
Dean Fraser-Phillips


Prayer for Peace: E Pluribus Unum (2001) 4:30

for SATB a cappella chorus, setting 47 different words for 'peace’ from fifty-six different
languages

Honors Distinction in the Waging Peace Through Singing Competition, 2002


Sanctum, Sanctum, Sanctum (1988) 5:20

for SSA chorus and piano, setting an excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut’s Requiem, translation into
Ecclesiastical Latin by John F. Collins

Recipient of the Settie Lehmann Fatman Prize for best composition in small form, 1988


The Shepherd and the Night Sky (2000) 4:00

for solo treble singer, SAB chorus, flute and piano, setting words by the composer.
Recipient of the Masterworks Prize, 2006
Recorded for ERM Media by the Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin conducting
Released on Holidays of the New Era CD by ERM Media on Nov. 15, 2006


Song of Thanksgiving (1993) 3:30

for SATB chorus and keyboard, setting psalm 108
Arranged for SATB chorus, two flutes, two French horns, piano and string orchestra for the St. Joseph Choir and the St. Joseph Chamber Orchestra, Astoria, NY


Teach Me a Blessing (2011) 5:36

for soprano, mezzo-soprano, trumpet and piano, setting the words of Leah Goldberg, in both Hebrew and English
Commissioned by the Temple Shearith Israel, Ridgefield, CT

Time Alone (vocal) (2000, 2016) 2:54 for mezzo soprano and piano, setting the composers own words

Music from the second ovement of Time Pieces for solo piano


Tree Trilogy (2006)
a work in three movements, for adult SSAA chorus, children’s chorus and piano.
    City Trees 3:00     

    for SSAA chorus and piano, setting the poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
    The Talking Oak 2:00     

    a round in three parts for children’s chorus and piano, setting the poem by Mary Carolyn Davies
    I am Tree 3:10     

    for SA adult chorus, children’s chorus and piano, setting words by the composer


Unspoken Prayer (2009) 10:00

for mezzo-soprano solo, SSA chorus and piano, setting words by the composer


Instrumental

Before and After the End (1997) 5:20
for two violins, viola and two cellos
Finalist in the American Romanian Team for the Arts Young Composers Competition, 1998


Bird Suite (2020) 26:00

for xiao, string quartet and two percussion players, five movements, third movement xiao solo, strings and percussion tacit
     Listen For the Birds
     Woodpecker’s Song
     Loons on the Lake
     Dancing Owl
     Shore Birds


Cakewalk Rondo (2013) 1:39

for flute trio or choir in three parts, with graded parts I, II and III


Circle Jam (1998) 5:43

for flute, Native American flute with A fundamental, clarinet, djembes, dun-dun, shakere, claves and maracas (four players)


Cloud Shadows (2019) 7:25

for high D tin whistle, Native American flute, xiao, silver flute, and low D tin whistle


Cybele (2014) 5:43
for flute and piano


A Dance for Ilse (2008) 2:09
for piano solo
Commissioned by Suzanne Enser Ryan


A Day in Martin Park (2010) 2:30
for piano solo


For me and Allen (2008) 6:58
for flute and piano


Glissade (2020) 6:30

for high D tin whistle, slide whistle, alto flute, bass clarinet, and snare drum


Hedels Fanfare (1998) 12:00
for brass band and percussion, in four movements
Commissioned by the “Door Eendracht Sterk” Fanfare Band of Hedel, the Netherlands


Lonesome Flute: Fantasy on a Native American Theme (1997) 4:46
for flute solo
 
Moody Morning (2008) 3:36

for piano solo


Moving Toward Home (2018) 6:00

for uilleann pipes, clarinet, bassoon, and cello


A Night Song (2005) 5:11
for flute, cello and piano


One for Sorrow, Two for Joy (2022) 4:55
for bass clarinet solo


The Peaceful Wanderer (2022) 7:45
for Native American flute in F#, percussion (one player), and piano


Phoenix Falling (2014) 13:25
for chamber orchestra


Signe’s Song (2009) 4:23
for flute, oboe and guitar
Commissioned by George Cork Maul and The Constellation Trio


Quartet for Reeds and Strings (2014) 5:28
for oboe, clarinet, cello and piano


Soft-spoken Power (2018) 4:00
for solo Native American flute


Tantrum (2015) 6:00 for solo piano


Time Pieces (2005)
five short movements for solo piano
Recorded on a Spectra CD, Allen Brings performing
    1. Times Squared 2:40
    2. Time Alone 3:25
    3. Dinnertime 2:06
    4. Time Warp 3:01
    5. All in Good Time 1:55


Under a Cobalt Sky (2018) 8:40

for clarinet, violin, santoor, and tar


Wind Quartet (1984)
for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon

Recipient of the Settie Lehmann Fatman Prize for best composition in large form, 1989


Wooing Song (2023) 3:50

for Native American flute and piano


Yvett'e Meditation (2023) 8:00

for low D Irish tin whistle and piano


Zephyr (2019) 6:30

for xiao, suspended cymbal, and cello


Vocal Arrangments

How Great Thou Art  (2007) 4:15

an arrangement of the traditional hymn for SATB a cappella chorus


Oró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile (2021) 2:35
for tin whistle, alto solo, and SSA chorus, an arrangement of the traditional Irish folk song


The Parting Glass (2023) 3:15

for SATB chorus and soloists, viioin, snare drum, and cymbal, an arrangement of the traditional Irish folk song


Water’s Comin’ In (2000) 2:10

for SSA a cappella chorus, an arrangement of the original work, words and music by Evelyn Avoglia


Welcome is the Season (2006) 3:10

an arrangement of the original work, words and music by Claudia Chapman.
Set for SSA chorus, flute and piano


What Wondrous Love is This? (2004) 3:00

an arrangement of the Southern Harmony hymn, for SSA a cappella

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