Vinkensport or, The Finch Opera [2009-2010]

duration: 38 minutes
for 6 singers and orchestra
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Commissioned by Dawn Upshaw for the Bard Conservatory

[coming soon]

Dog Days [in-progress]

for 5 singers, 1 actor and chamber ensemble
Libretto by Royce Vavrek after the short story by Judy Budnitz
(Scenes from Dog Days (2009)commissioned by Carnegie Hall through The Weill Music Institute)

[coming soon]

Music for The Musical Illusionist [2007]

duration : 15 min
for string quartet and electronics
commissioned by Alex Rose
performed for The Formalist Quartet
sound design by James Sizemore

Introduction

A Study In Fracture

Kinetic Symphony

Symphonie Méchanique

Finale, bittersweet

Soldier Songs [2004-2006]

duration : 60 min
for Bass-Baritone and sextet
commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

VI. Still Life with Tank and iPod

X. Two Marines

See Projects for more information and video

Music for Shakespeare’s MacBeth [2001]

duration : 106 min
for electronics, percussion, soprano and oboe

Music for Wycherley’s The Country Wife [2000]

duration : 35 min
for baroque chamber orchestra

The State of Our Union is… [1999]

duration : 10 min
for mixed ensemble, narrator and 10-30 actors