choral works

solo works

electroacoustic works

chronological list

alphabetical list

 

chamber works:

  Click on highlighted titles to hear sound samples. Some titles also have pdf excerpts/copmplete and/or YouTube video clips.
               
  SEMPER DOLENS   2016   7:00
solo and 6 taped flutes (6C, 1bass)
  Premiered 11/2018 by Manuel Zurria, Centro di Ricerca Musicale, Bologne, Italy
  Recording on (f)lute songs, Modern Love 109
  Ariadne Press 18065            
               
  DANCE OF FEAR   2016   4:00
soprano soloist and string quartet
  Ariadne Press 16063        
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  BANNISTER'S GROUND 2013 2:00 alto recorder and 3 cellos
  Ariadne Press 13058        
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  DOWLAND'S TEARS   2011   8:00
10 flutes (7C, 3 bass) One C flute with B extension
  Premiered 9/2011 by Manuel Zurria; Milan, Florence, Padova, Italy
  Recording on Manuel Zurria, Landscape with Tears, Die Schachtel Zeit C13
  Recording on (f)lute songs, Modern Love 109
  Ariadne Press 11056        
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YouTube, program notes
               
  BACH'S SET   2007   11:30   solo cello and 8 taped cellos
  Commissioned by David Gibson            
  Premiered 3/2007 by David Gibson, Bethlehem (NY) Public Library
  Ariadne Press 07051   score   program notes, YouTube
               
  FOUR PLAY 1986, 2007 8:00 4 violins
  Ariadne Press 86053        
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  NOTES PASSING NOTES 2007 14:15 2 live and 2 taped women's voices
  Premiered 1/2007 by International Wow Company, P.S. 122, NYC (revision of 1981 piece)
  Ariadne Press 07050        
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  GULF WAR SYNDRONE (rev).   2006 6:00 piano, clarinet, cello, percussion, & tape
  Premiered 11/2006 by The EAR Unit, Red Cat Theater, Los Angeles
  Ariadne Press 06049            
               
  GULF WAR SYNDRONE 2004 8:00 piano, synthesizer, clarinet, 2-4 other voices, & tape
  Commissioned by The DownTown Ensemble
  Premiered 10/2004 by The DownTown Ensemble, Sounds LIke Now Festival, La MaMa, NYC
  Ariadne Press 04047           program notes (pdf)
               
  WOLFF TONES E-TUDE 2004 10:00 piano, 2 sustaining instruments, & 2-4 melody instruments
  Commissioned by The DownTown Ensemble
Premiered 4/2004 by The DownTown Ensemble, Renee Weiller Hall, NYC
Ariadne Press 04046           program notes (pdf) YouTube
             
COPRALALIA, LA LA LA 2002 5:00 2 sopranos and tape, text by Castelloza
Premiered 5/2002 by Anna Dembska and MJ Leach, Renee Weiller Hall, NYC
Ariadne Press 02042   score excerpt
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THE SACRED DANCE 1999 5:45 soprano and string quartet
Premiered 3/2002 by Audrey Luna and Oxford String Quartet, Miaimi University (Ohio)
Miriam Gideon Prize in Composition, International Alliance for Women in Music (2002)
Ariadne Press 99032   score excerpt
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FIRST STRING 1998 12:00 string quartet
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts
Ariadne Press 98029   score excerpt
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  ARIADNE'S LAMENT   1993, 1996   8:15   8 trombones
  Ariadne Press 96021   score excerpt
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  ARIEL'S SONG   1987, 1996   10:50   8 trombones
  Ariadne Press 96008   score excerpt
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WINDJAMMER 1995 10:15 oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
  Premiered 3/1995 by Libby Van Cleve, Charlotte Simpson, and Klyph Johnson; Roulette, NYC
  Recording on Ariadne's Lament, New World Records 80525
  Ariadne Press 95025   score excerpt
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CORRINA OCARINA 1994 7:00 flute and harp
  Commissioned by Giverny
Premiered 3/1994 by Giverny, Alternative Museum, NYC
  Ariadne Press 94023   score excerpt
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HE GOT DICTATORS 1993 3:45 soprano, piano, and bass; text by Stevie Smith
  Commissioned by Bermuda Triangle
  Premiered 5/1993 by Bermuda Triangle, Bang on a Can Festival, The Kitchen, NYC
Recordeded 1993 by WGBH
  Ariadne Press 93020   score excerpt
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BARE BONES 1989 9:00 4 trombones (or bass trombones)
Commissioned by The DownTown Ensemble
  Premiered 11/1989 by The DownTown Ensemble, New Music America, Merkin Hall, NYC
  Recorded 11/1989 by WNYC (as "Untitled")
Recording on Downtown Only, by The DownTown Ensemble, Lovely Music LCD 3081 (2002)
Ariadne Press 89016   score excerpt
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GUY DE POLKA 1987 3:10 guitar, cello, accordion, and marimba
  Commissioned by Guy Klucevsek
  Premiered 8/1988 by Ain't Nothing But a Polka Band; Jacob's Pillow; Lee, MA
  Ariadne Press 88011    
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LAKE EDEN 1986 20:00 open instrumentation
  Commissioned by Relâche
  Premiered 8/1986 by Relâche, Charles Ives Center, CT
  Ariadne Press 86007        
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8 x 4 1985 10:50 alto flute, clarinet, English horn, and voice
  Commissioned by The DownTown Ensemble
  Premiered 6/1984 by The DownTown Ensemble, Samaya Foundation, NYC
  Ariadne Press 85005        
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TRIO FOR DUO 1985 10:10 alto flute and voice and taped alto flute and voice
  Commissioned by Newband
  Premiered 3/1985 by Stefani Starin and MJ Leach, Theater of the Open Eye, NYC
  Recorded 6/1990 for broadcast by Radio Bremen
  Recording on Celestial Fires, XI 107
  Recording on Manuel Zurria, Landscape with Tears, Die Schachtel Zeit C13
  Recording on (f)lute songs, Modern Love 109
  Ariadne Press 85004        
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program notes (pdf), YouTube
               
4BC 1984 18:45 4 bass clarinets
  Premiered 6/1984 by MJ Leach, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NYC
  Published in Soundings XVI
  Recording on Pipe Dreams, Blume 011
  Ariadne Press 84003   score excerpt
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HELD HELD 1984 18:10 alto flute and voice and taped alto flute and voice
  Premiered 6/1984 by Barbara Held and MJ Leach, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NYC
  Ariadne Press 84002        
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  NOTE PASSING NOTE 1981 14:15 solo and taped women's voice
  Premiered 10/1981 by MJ Leach, Ohio Performance Space, NYC
  Recorded 5/1983 by WKCR, NYC
  Published in EAR Magazine, Vol. 8, #1-2, Feb.-May 1983
Ariadne Press 81001   score       program notes (pdf)

 

Publishers: C.F. Peters and Ariadne Press

B Recording on Pipe Dreams, Blume 011

C Recording on 60X60 Project, Capstone CPS-8744

D Recording on Manuel Zurria, Landscape with Tears, Die Schachtel Zeit C13

I Recording on The NYFA Collection: 25 Years of New York New Music, Innova 233

L Recording on DownTown Only, Lovely Music 3081

M Recording on (f)lute songs, Modern Love 109

N Recording on Ariadne's Lament, New World 80525-2

T Recording on Manuel Zurria, Hotel Boltanski, Atopos 026-27

X Recording on Celestial Fires, XI 107

* Recording on Aerial 6, AER1994/6

§ Recording on Polka from the Fringe, Starkland 218


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