electro-acoustic

On speaking a hundred names (2010) for bassoon and processing
written for Rebekah Heller, commissioned by ICE as part of ICElab

pneApnea (2007) for alto flute and processing
written for Claire Chase

Dowser (2007) for bass clarinet and processing
written for Joshua Rubin

Simple Songs of Birth and Return (2007) for Mbira and processing
for Doug Perkins

Like sweet bells jangled (2009) for Eb clarinet (or violin), crotales, and ring modulator
written for Duo Breekbaar

Diving Bell (2002) for triangles and processing

Crawlspace (2002) for amplified (acoustic) computer, processing, and tape
commissioned by Magalhães Music, with funding from Meet the Composer

Talking to Vasudeva (2002) for river stones, processing, and field recordings
commissioned by the Outer Ear Festival in Chicago, with funding from Meet the Composer

chamber

Dovetail (2011) for solo snare drum
Commissioned by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Modern Snare Drum Competition

Skrzyp Skrzyn (2010) for amplified string quartet
Commissioned for the Calder Quartet by the MATA Festival and the Carlsbad Festival

Whet (2010) for percussion trio and 18 amplified cymbalsCommissioned for TimeTable Percussion by the Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA

Sounder (2009) for mixed septet and percussion sculpture installation by Trimpin
Commissioned the 2009 Ojai Festival and written for eighth blackbird

Winnow (2009) for 4 percussionists and frame drums
Commissioned by Ethos Percussion Group

The Mechanics of Escapement (2008) for toy piano and clock chimes
Commissioned by Concert Artists Guild for Phyllis Chen
click here to read about the piece on Phyllis' blog

The Bright and Hollow Sky (2008) for ensemble (flute, clarinet, trumpet, guitar, and percussion) with electronics
Commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Underwritten by the American Composers Forum, with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.

Kebyar Untai (2005) for hammered dulcimer and cello
for Odd Appetite

Stitching and unstitching (2006) for scraping boards, cello, and electronics
for Odd Appetite

Toggle (2000) for saxophone (or any sustaining instrument) and percussion

When to Stop (1998) for solo marimba
commissioned by Robert van Sice

April Showers (1996/2001) for three players with waterguns
for the Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble

Nine Dances (1995) for solo cello
for Lisa McCormick

large ensemble

 On the Nature of Thingness (2011) for soprano and 10 instruments
Commissioned by ICE as part of ICElab

 Bells (2011) for clarinet, flute, piccolo, percussion, spatialized percussionists, with 4 channel diffusion and 4 channels of cellphone transmission
Commissioned by ICE for Alice Tully Hall's "Tully Scope Festival", as part of ICElab

 An outside with an inside in it (2010) for soprano and 8 instruments
Commissioned by Defenestration at Franklin Pierce University

 Kuta and the Southern Cross (2006) for handbells 
for the AUMC Handbell Choir

concrète

Rehearsing the Present (2005)
commissioned by Capturing the Moving Mind and the Trans-Siberian Radio

Performance materials are available on the shop page, any many works have audio or video excerpts.