Dog Days [2008-2012]

duration: 127 minutes
for 6 singers, 1 actor and amplified chamber ensemble
Libretto by Royce Vavrek after the short story by Judy Budnitz
Commissioned by Peak Performances @ Monctlair
(Scenes from Dog Days (2009) commissioned by Carnegie Hall through The Weill Music Institute)

Listen to Scenes from Dog Days at CarnegieHall.org

AM I BORN [2012]

duration: 32 min.
oratorio for soprano soloist, choir and orchestra
(2222 – 2220 –  2 perc. – piano – harp – strings)
libretto by Royce Vavrek
Commissioned by Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus

can be staged as part of Brooklyn Village

Vinkensport or, The Finch Opera [2009-2010]

duration: 40 minutes
for 6 singers and orchestra
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Commissioned by Dawn Upshaw for the Bard Conservatory

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Dear Atticus – sung by Leroy Davis

*This aria available in a chamber version for string quartet, guitar, piano and percussion.

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The Professional – sung by Celine Mogielnicki

*This aria available in a chamber version for string quartet, bass guitar, piano and percussion.

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…Quasi Fetal Position… – sung by Madyson Page

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

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A Study In Fracture

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Kinetic Symphony

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Symphonie Méchanique

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Finale, bittersweet

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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

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X. Two Marines

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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