Composing an American Life
Orchestral
Marimba Concerto: After Hampton 1992
With either percussion and piano or full orchestra
- Solo marimba, full orchestra: 2d1,2,2(d bs cl),2/4,3,3,1/timp/3 perc*/str.(1 stand d elect.bs)
Vocal
Try Me, Good King 2000
Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII
- Text Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves & Katherine Howard
- Soprano, piano
Choral
VERDAD (True) 2019
- Poet Gabriela Mistral adpt. Libby Larsen
- SATB a cappella chorus, SATB solo quartet
Opera
Barnum's Bird 2000
Chamber opera in two acts
- Librettists Libby Larsen & Bridget Carpenter
- Flute, violin, cello, piano, and a pit chorus of 16–32 singers
Opera
Dreaming Blue 2002
Family opera in one act
- Librettist Libby Larsen in collaboration with students of Mountain View Elementary School, Salt Lake City, UT
- SSA children's chorus, rhythm chorus, drumming group, cued CD recording, and orchestra*
OrchestralInstrumental
Ghosts of an Old Ceremony 1991
for Orchestra and 10 Dancers
- Full orchestra: 3-1-1, Bs Cl-1/3-4-3-1/perc(3)*/pno-sampler/strings.
Vocal
Love Doctor 2017
- Text Based on the comic by Doug Wildey with animation by Toni Lindgren
- Mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, piano, and animated comic book
Orchestral
What The Monster Saw 1987
Orchestral fantasy based on part two of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein"
- Chamber orchestra: 1dpicc,1,1dbs cl,1dcbsn/1,1,0,0,/timp/perc*/synth/str, optional visuals
Instrumental
With Love and Hisses 1985
Silent film with double woodwind quintet and piano
- Double woodwind quintet and piano
