SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2015
A Trilling Piece for Terry for Piano and one or more players. Sarah Cahill.
Twins Peeking at Koto for two Accordions and Koto. Other Minds Foundation
The Mystery Beyond Matter for five instruments, EIS and multichannel sound system. Quiet Music Ensemble
For Amnon Wolman for one or more singers or instrumentalists. Ensemble Musica Nova – Israel
Intensity 21.5 for Bass Flute. Claire Chase
Climactic Climate: Environmental Dialogue for radio broadcast. Wave Farm 90.9 fm.
2014
Whatchamacallit for the Thingamajigs for Glass, Sho, Hichiriki, Flutes, Clave, Gong, Bass Drum and electronics and Berkeley Art Museum. New Music USA
Dial Tone Drone for telephone and sound files. Aura Satz
Sound Piece for amplified table, objects and instruments. California State University, Long Beach _New Music Ensemble_
Motion Memory, Mermaids for V Accordion, EIS, Cello and Multichannel sound system, Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium
Heptagonal Dreams for for Seven Paetzold flutes and electronics– Commissioned by Plenum
Redwood Shrine for Piano out of doors. Sarah Cahill.
A Gathering of Voices for Steven Miller for a crowd of voices and two megaphones. Steven Miller
2013
Concerto for Bass Drum and Ensemble – Winsome Brown for ICE.
2012
The Nubian Word for Flowers - Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2011
Tower Ring for gong, chorus, mixed instruments and the Ann Hamilton Tower - Oliver Ranch Foundation
2010
Olas, Sobre Las Olas for any ensemble - Estamos Ensemble
2009
Waking the Noise Intoners (Intonarumori) for 16 players - Performa 09
Sound Light Migrations for accordion, expanded instrument system and light - Mills College, Oakland, CA
Oracle Bones for spoken word, accordion, koto and electronics - phonoFEMME Festival, Vienna, Austria
Sudophonia for sudophone orchestra - John Richard
2008
A Fluting Moment - Jean-Pierre Dautricourt, 5-10'
Magnetic Trails for piano & violin - Margrit Schenker 20'
A New Indigo Peace for piano and audience - pianist Sarah Cahill, 10'
Urban Echo: Circle Told for dance and large chorus - the Mendelssohn Club and the Leah Stein Dance Co, Philadelphia, PA
The Heart of Tones – Mixed Realities version for trombones, voices and Avatar Orchestra Metaverse - Avatar Orchestra Metaverse
The Library of Maps Part IV: The Map of the Heart, The Map of Stones & The Map of Unruly Threads - installation by Moira Roth
2007
Inner/Outer Matrix for mixed ensemble - sfSound Festival
2006
Blue Heron for piano and string bass Basso Duo
One Hundred Meeting Places for violin, cello and percussion - New York Miniaturist Society
Murphy Mixup - Princeton Laptop Orchestra
2005
String-utopia for cello and violin - Jessica Catron
Maquilopolis, film score - Vicky Funari
70 Chords for Terry: A Meditation on String Theory - Pacific Rim Festival for the Kronos Quartet
The Gender of Now: There But Not There for Trombone and Piano - Sarah Cahill
2004
Listen Edgemar - Hugh Livingston
The Noh Project II - June Watanabe Dance Company
2003
Big Room - Morgan Thorsen Dance Company, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Vigil for Piano - VisionintoArt New York
Sound Geometries for Chamber Orchestra and Expanded Instrument System (EIS) with 5.1 surround sound - Musiques Nouvelles, Brussels, Belgium
2001
Quintuplets Play Pen, homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger for solo piano - Sarah Cahill
Sister Dreams for solo percussionist - Peggy Ben Kesar
Io and Her and the Trouble with Him - Arts Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison
Sound Patterns and Tropes 2001 for chorus and Percussion - University of Wisconsin River Falls
2000
Lunar Opera:Deep Listening For_Tunes - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1999
Antigone's Dream with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones - Meet the Composer
1998
Primordial/Lift for ensemble - Fromm Foundation
Out of the Dark for chamber orchestra - Frau Musika (Nova)
Ear Piece - WDR Köln, Germany
1997
Four Meditations for Orchestra - SEM Ensemble
sound signum - WDR Köln, Germany
Saxual Orientation - Rova Saxophone Quartet for
Paulina!, film soundtrack - Vicky Funari
1996
Beyond the Mysterious Silence - Berkshire Music Festival
Ghostdance with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1995
Shape Shifting - American Accordion Association
1994
Hommage A Serafina - Tanz Ensemble, Basel, Switzerland
1993
Njinga; the Queen King - Brooklyn Academy of Music/Walker Art Center/Yellow Springs Institute/NYSCA, Brooklyn, NY
1992
Time Piece - New American Radio with funds from Meet the Composer
Walter's Finest Hours with funds from Meet the Composer/Choreographer Program - Susan Marshall Dance Co.
Pebble Music - Habaragani
1991
Contenders - Susan Marshall Dance Co. with funds from Meet the Composer/Choreographer Program
Skin - Paula Josa Jones Dance Works
1990
A Poem of Change - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
1989
Dream Horse Spiel - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
1986
Dear. John: A Canon on the Name of Cage - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
2015
A Trilling Piece for Terry for Piano and one or more players. Sarah Cahill.
Twins Peeking at Koto for two Accordions and Koto. Other Minds Foundation
The Mystery Beyond Matter for five instruments, EIS and multichannel sound system. Quiet Music Ensemble
For Amnon Wolman for one or more singers or instrumentalists. Ensemble Musica Nova – Israel
Intensity 21.5 for Bass Flute. Claire Chase
Climactic Climate: Environmental Dialogue for radio broadcast. Wave Farm 90.9 fm.
2014
Whatchamacallit for the Thingamajigs for Glass, Sho, Hichiriki, Flutes, Clave, Gong, Bass Drum and electronics and Berkeley Art Museum. New Music USA
Dial Tone Drone for telephone and sound files. Aura Satz
Sound Piece for amplified table, objects and instruments. California State University, Long Beach _New Music Ensemble_
Motion Memory, Mermaids for V Accordion, EIS, Cello and Multichannel sound system, Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium
Heptagonal Dreams for for Seven Paetzold flutes and electronics– Commissioned by Plenum
Redwood Shrine for Piano out of doors. Sarah Cahill.
A Gathering of Voices for Steven Miller for a crowd of voices and two megaphones. Steven Miller
2013
Concerto for Bass Drum and Ensemble – Winsome Brown for ICE.
2012
The Nubian Word for Flowers - Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2011
Tower Ring for gong, chorus, mixed instruments and the Ann Hamilton Tower - Oliver Ranch Foundation
2010
Olas, Sobre Las Olas for any ensemble - Estamos Ensemble
2009
Waking the Noise Intoners (Intonarumori) for 16 players - Performa 09
Sound Light Migrations for accordion, expanded instrument system and light - Mills College, Oakland, CA
Oracle Bones for spoken word, accordion, koto and electronics - phonoFEMME Festival, Vienna, Austria
Sudophonia for sudophone orchestra - John Richard
2008
A Fluting Moment - Jean-Pierre Dautricourt, 5-10'
Magnetic Trails for piano & violin - Margrit Schenker 20'
A New Indigo Peace for piano and audience - pianist Sarah Cahill, 10'
Urban Echo: Circle Told for dance and large chorus - the Mendelssohn Club and the Leah Stein Dance Co, Philadelphia, PA
The Heart of Tones – Mixed Realities version for trombones, voices and Avatar Orchestra Metaverse - Avatar Orchestra Metaverse
The Library of Maps Part IV: The Map of the Heart, The Map of Stones & The Map of Unruly Threads - installation by Moira Roth
2007
Inner/Outer Matrix for mixed ensemble - sfSound Festival
2006
Blue Heron for piano and string bass Basso Duo
One Hundred Meeting Places for violin, cello and percussion - New York Miniaturist Society
Murphy Mixup - Princeton Laptop Orchestra
2005
String-utopia for cello and violin - Jessica Catron
Maquilopolis, film score - Vicky Funari
70 Chords for Terry: A Meditation on String Theory - Pacific Rim Festival for the Kronos Quartet
The Gender of Now: There But Not There for Trombone and Piano - Sarah Cahill
2004
Listen Edgemar - Hugh Livingston
The Noh Project II - June Watanabe Dance Company
2003
Big Room - Morgan Thorsen Dance Company, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Vigil for Piano - VisionintoArt New York
Sound Geometries for Chamber Orchestra and Expanded Instrument System (EIS) with 5.1 surround sound - Musiques Nouvelles, Brussels, Belgium
2001
Quintuplets Play Pen, homage to Ruth Crawford Seeger for solo piano - Sarah Cahill
Sister Dreams for solo percussionist - Peggy Ben Kesar
Io and Her and the Trouble with Him - Arts Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison
Sound Patterns and Tropes 2001 for chorus and Percussion - University of Wisconsin River Falls
2000
Lunar Opera:Deep Listening For_Tunes - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1999
Antigone's Dream with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones - Meet the Composer
1998
Primordial/Lift for ensemble - Fromm Foundation
Out of the Dark for chamber orchestra - Frau Musika (Nova)
Ear Piece - WDR Köln, Germany
1997
Four Meditations for Orchestra - SEM Ensemble
sound signum - WDR Köln, Germany
Saxual Orientation - Rova Saxophone Quartet for
Paulina!, film soundtrack - Vicky Funari
1996
Beyond the Mysterious Silence - Berkshire Music Festival
Ghostdance with Choreographer Paula Josa Jones - Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1995
Shape Shifting - American Accordion Association
1994
Hommage A Serafina - Tanz Ensemble, Basel, Switzerland
1993
Njinga; the Queen King - Brooklyn Academy of Music/Walker Art Center/Yellow Springs Institute/NYSCA, Brooklyn, NY
1992
Time Piece - New American Radio with funds from Meet the Composer
Walter's Finest Hours with funds from Meet the Composer/Choreographer Program - Susan Marshall Dance Co.
Pebble Music - Habaragani
1991
Contenders - Susan Marshall Dance Co. with funds from Meet the Composer/Choreographer Program
Skin - Paula Josa Jones Dance Works
1990
A Poem of Change - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
1989
Dream Horse Spiel - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
1986
Dear. John: A Canon on the Name of Cage - Westdeuscherundfunk (WDR)
