Composing an American Life
Orchestral
The Atmosphere as a Fluid System 1992
Solo flute and chamber/full orchestra
- Solo flute, chamber orchestra: 1,1,1,1/1,0,0,0/timp/3 perc*/pno/str.
Instrumental
Land 2023
A six-movement work for french horn, cello and piano
- French horn, cello and piano
Choral
2. The Night of the Full Moon from Three Summer Scenes 1988
- Text Lloyd Frankenburg
- SATB chorus: picc,2,2,2,2/4,3,3,1/2 perc/hp/str.
Choral
3. Picking Apples from Three Summer Scenes 1988
- Text Maurice Lindsay
- SATB chorus, optional women's chorus, orchestra: picc,2,2,2,2/4,3,3,1/2 perc/hp/str.
Choral
1. Primrose (Yellow, Yellow) from Three Summer Scenes 1988
- Text William Carlos Williams
- SATB chorus, orchestra: picc,2,2,2,2/4,3,3,1/2 perc/hp/str.
Choral
Alaska Spring 2011
A Choral Suite in Five Movements
- Text Tom Sexton
- SATB chorus, string quartet or piano
Choral
And Sparrows Everywhere 1981
Three Songs for Unaccompanied Mixed Voices
- Text Keith Gunderson
- SATB a cappella chorus
Instrumental
Black Birds, Red Hills 1996
A Portrait of Six Paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe
- Viola, clarinet, piano
Instrumental
Black Roller 1981
for Chamber Ensemble
- Viola (featured), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano
Orchestral
Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow 1989
Concerto for Flute and Harp
- Solo flute, solo harp, chamber orchestra: 2d1,2,2,2/4 hrn/timp/2 perc*/str.
Instrumental
DDT 2014
- Text Morse Code (air, h2o, bird, insect, wonder, ah, human, drill baby drill, stop)
- Percussion*
Instrumental
Downwind of Roses in Maine 2009
- Flute, clarinet, mallet percussion (marimba, vibes, orchestra bells)
Orchestral
Earth 2015
Holst Trope
- Full orchestra: 2d1,2,2-cor ang,2,bs cl, 2, contrabsn/4-3-3-1/timp/2 perc*/pno/hp/str.
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.
Choral
In a Winter Garden 1982
Advent Meditations and Carols
- Librettist Patricia Hampl
- Soprano and tenor solo, SATB chorus with solos, chamber orchestra
Instrumental
Kathleen, As She Was 1989
Fantasy piece for oboe and harpsichord inspired by a woodcut of a boat
- Oboe, harpsichord
Choral
Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth 1992
- Text The Bible, Joy Harjo and Maurice Kenny, Meister Eckhart, Chinook Psalter, M.K. Dean, Wendell Berry & Gerard Manley Hopkins
- SATB chorus, SSA chorus (opt.), oboe, percussion*, string quartet, 4-hand piano
Vocal
My Ántonia 2000
Seven Songs for high voice and piano based on the novel by Willa Cather
- Text Willa Cather adpt. Libby Larsen
- High voice, piano
Vocal
Raspberry Island Dreaming 2002
Mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
- Poets Patricia Hampl & Joyce Sutphen
- Mezzo-soprano, chamber orchestra: 2,2,2,2,/1,1,0,0,/timp/perc*/hp/str.
Vocal
Raspberry Island Dreaming 2002
Mezzo-soprano and piano
- Poets Patricia Hampl & Joyce Sutphen
- Mezzo-soprano, piano
ChoralOrchestral
Song - Dances to the Light 1994
- Text Texts by young people
- SA chorus, speaker, Orff instrumentarium*, full orchestra: 2d1,2,2,2/2,2,2+bs tmbn,1/timp/2 perc**/hp/str.
Orchestral
Still Life With Violin 2000
- Solo violin, full orchestra: picc,2,2,2,2/4.3.3.1/timp/2 perc*/str.
Orchestral
Symphony: Water Music 1985
Symphony no. 1
- Full orchestra: picc,2,2,2,bs cl,3/4/3/3/1/timp/3 perc*/pno,cel/hp/str.
Choral
Three Summer Scenes 1988
- Text William Carlos Williams, Lloyd Frankenburg & Maurice Lindsay
- SATB chorus, optional women's chorus, orchestra: picc,2,2,2,2/4,3,3,1/2 perc/hp/str.
Choral
We Pray to Be at Peace 1992
from Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth
- Text M.K. Dean
- SSAA Chorus and Piano or Optional Oboe, String Quartet and Suspended Cymbal
Choral
Within the Circles of Our Lives 1992
from Missa Gaia: Mass for the Earth
- Text Wendell Berry
- SATB Chorus and Piano
VocalOrchestral
Emergency Haying 2023
For Baritone Solo Voice and Orchestra
- Text On the Poem "Emergency Haying" by Hayden Carruth
- Solo voice: Bass/Baritone; 1 Flute (doubles piccolo); 1 Oboe (doubles English horn); 1 Bb clarinet; Bass clarinet; 1 Bassoon; 2 Horns; 1 Bb Trumpet; Timpani; Percussion; Piano/celeste; Strings
