What Belongs to You (2021) 90'

opera for tenor and sinfonietta Tenor - 1121 – 1110 – 2 perc. – piano/synth – strings

libretto by the composer after the novel by Garth Greenwell

BLACK LODGE (2019) 70'

an industrial opera film

for tenor and amplified ensemble tenor, rock band, string quartet, and backing track

libretto by Anne Waldman

Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and the Allen R and Judy Brick Freedman Venture Fund for Opera. Developed by Beth Morrison Projects and the California Institute of the Arts. It was written for the LA based band, Timur and the Dime Museum.

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Lessons (2019) 2.5'

baritone voice and piano

text by Walt Whitman

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Eleven Fragments for the Book of Dreams (2017) 10'

solo voice (baritone or mezzo-soprano)

Text by Sonja Krefting

Commissioned by Sparks & Wiry Cries for David Adam Moore

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Dog Days (2012) 120'

opera in three acts

6 singers, 1 actor and amplified chamber ensemble 2S,M,2T,Bar,actor; cl(=bcl)-perc(2)-pft-elec.git-vln-vla-vcl-db

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)

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Soldier Songs (2006) 60'

an opera in song

for baritone and amplified septet Bar; fl(=picc,afl,perc).cl(=bcl,perc)-perc(2)-pft-vln.vcl (all instrumentalists doubling voice); tape

Commissioned by Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

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Soldier Songs - Boom Bang Dead

Soldier Songs - Still Life with Tank and iPod

Soldier Songs - Two Marines

Last Nightfall (2011) 8'

for soprano and amplified ensemble for soprano, e-gtr, cl, e-vln, e-vcl, drumset, vibes, synth.

Libretto by Royce Vavrek

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archaeology (2012) 5'

mezzo-soprano (or tenor) and piano

Text by Royce Vavrek

Commissioned by Opera America for the Opera America Songbook

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To A Stranger (2010) 4.5'

baritone voice and piano

Texy by Walt Whitman

Commissioned by Scott Guinn and Tyson Deaton with a generous grant from the Walt Whitman Project, Greg Trupiano, Artistic Director