80th Birthday Tribute for Philip (2022)
for oboe and bassoon
Huron Duo (2022)
for English Horn and horn
Moon on Shimmering Water (2021)
for marimba and piano
premiered by the SHHH!! Ensemble, Zac Pulak, marimba and Edana Higham, piano
Lockdown Unravelling (2021)
for oboe and piano
Night Sky (2018)
for string quartet
commissioned by and dedicated to the North Bay Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Jones, musical director and conductor
Retro Variations: Search for a new melody (2015)
for violin, clarinet and piano (6″)
Come Dance With Me the Dance of Life (2014)
for solo bassoon and string orchestra (12″)
commissioned by North/South Consonance, Max Lifschitz, director
premiered June 2, 2015 by Gilbert Dejean, bassoon, with the North/South Chamber Orchestra conducted by Max Lifschitz
Three Dances (2013)
for oboe, violin, cello, piano (13″)
Contemporary Sarabande — Bourrée — Tango
The Stutterer (2012)
for double bass and speaker (5″)
Poetry by Nina Corwin
Conversations (2011) (published by Jeanné, Inc.)
for oboe and percussion (13″)
Early Morning — Liquid Light — Fallen in the Garden of Eaton
Dedicated to Alicia Cordoba Tait and George Blanchett
Yangtze River Journey (2010)
for flute, pipa, erhu, violin, cello, piano
Prairie Portraits (2010) (published by Jeanné, Inc.)
for English horn and piano (9”)
Landscape of Chance — Flatlands — Stormy Sky
Dedicated to Carolyn Hove, English hornist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Also available for clarinet and saxophone.
Disquieted Souls (2009)
for English horn and chamber ensemble (woodwind quintet and string quintet) (15″)
Commissioned by North/South Consonance, Max Lifschitz, director
premiered by Patricia Morehead with North/South Consonance
Dedicated to Carolyn Hove, English horn extraordinaire
Also available for English horn and organ or piano
recorded by Carolyn Hove on Navona Records “Good News Falls Gently”
Three Icons of the Feminine Divine (2009)
for oboe, English horn, contraforte (contrabassoon), and piano (12”)
(also available for flute, oboe, English horn and piano)
Dedicated to Alicia Cordoba Tait
Ladders of Anxiety (2007)
for flute, guitar, violin, viola, and cello (13″)
Commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble
Salome’s Dance (2006)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (11”)
Commissioned and premiered by ACM (Accessible Contemporary Music)
Pulsars and Tango (2006)
for string quartet (11″)
Commissioned and premiered by ACM (Accessible Contemporary Music)
Antiphonal (2005)
English horn and cello (4”)
Also available for clarinet and cello or viola
La suite noire (2003)
tpt, EH, ten sax, tuba (8”)
Commissioned by the Foothills Brass, Alberta, Canada, for Ensemble Noir
Also available for brass quintet
Hommage to Thurber (2002)
fl (alto fl, picc), cl, tuba, vla, vc, narr. [11”)
dedicated to the memory of Marshall Patner
Down Quicksand Alleys (2001)
for woodwind quintet and piano (20″)
Insomnia — The Chosen — Hypervigilance
Inspired by poetry of Nina Corwin
Orpheus Revisited (2001)
oboe, bassoon and piano (9”)
Commissioned by the Arbitrio for the IDRS convention in Buenos Aires, Argentina
con amore for b.c. (2000)
oboe d’amore, string quartet (10”)
Just Before the Rain (2000)
mandolin, clarinet, cello (7”)
Commissioned by Greek mandolinist Dimitris Marinos
also available for string trio or for pipa, erhu and cello
Y 2 Klarinets (1999) (published by Jeanné, Inc.)
two B-flat clarinets (8”)
Commissioned by Richard Nunemaker of the Houston Symphony
Arioso (1998)
oboe, harpsichord (5”)
Commissioned by and dedicated to Joyce Turner Hilkevitch of “Mostly Music”
Also available flute or trumpet and piano.
The Handmaid’s Tale (1998)
for two pianos (16″)
Commissioned by American Women Composers for Ursula Oppens and Aki Takahashi
Event Horizon (1998) (published by Jeanné, Inc.)
saxophone quartet (8”)
Commissioned by the Fondazione Donne in Musica for the quartet Donne in Sax
Memories (1997)
clarinet, violin, cello, piano (5”)
Elegy (1996) (published by Jeanné, Inc.)
English horn and piano (7″)
Also available for clarinet, viola, or alto saxophone
Design Five: Double Trouble (1994)
alto saxophone, cello (6”)
Edible Flute (1993)
for flute and piano (8″)
Commissioned by Mary Stolper
Echoes of an Opera to be (1993)
flute, guitar, marimba, percussion (10”) in two movements
Cubic Trio (1991)
violin, viola, cello (4”)
Music for Five (1990)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (15″)
Winner of the International League of Women Composers Competition
Design Four: Flares and Phasers (1987)
two alto flutes or alto flute and clarinet (6”)
Commissioned by flutists Carole Morgan and Caroline Pittman
Design Three (1987)
two clarinets or two saxophones (6”)