2023
FRETLESS BLUES – FOR FRETLESS BANJO AND HARMONICA
Commissioned by Choreographer Louisa Miller
2022
MAMIE TILL READS THE FBI REPORT – FOR VOICE AND PIANO, WITH CLAPPING DANCERS
Commissioned by Spectrum Dance Theater Choreographed by Donald Byrd
2018
CERCLE D’AMOUR
Dance Score for Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company New Jersey Performing Arts Center
2017
VANISHING BORDERS
Music for art exhibition, Santiago de Cuba For mandolin, guitar, pennywhistle
MUSIC for CONCERTINA and OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Commissioned by Dance Education Laboratory Performed at the National Dance Education Organization
2016
DIALOGUES
Aswara Academy of Music and Dance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Performance of new pieces composed for banjo and Ceplempong, Gamelan and other instrumentation native to Malaysia, with Malaysian instruments.
2015
SECRETS OF THE NORTH
For actor, two dancers, string quartet, nyckelharpa, concertina and Mouth harp. Incidental music to a story by Isak Dinesen, The Sailor-Boy's Tale. Commissioned by the Hudson Valley Festival of the Arts, with assistance from New York University. Premiere: The Mohonk Mountain House.
THE VAGABONDS
Chamber music composed for strings, winds, brass, marimba and cimbalom, with Mixed Chors and Actors, and full-screen projections. Inpired by the writings and illumiations of poet William Blake. Commissioned by LABA, Excerpt premiered at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, NYC
2004
ACCUSTOMED TO TRAVELLING
Composed for performance by singer Naaz Hosseini (formerly of Meredith Monks Company, The House,) and violist Andy Teirstein. Choreographed by Jim Martin. Text: Mahmoud Darwish. Premiered at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dance Faculty Workshop. November, 2004
TRACES OF BRUSH
Commissioned by Temple University for Choreographer Kun Yang Lin
Premiere The Yard, Chilmark, Ma, 2004
MEN IN SUITS
Commissioned by Chris Elam. Premiere 2004, PS 122, New York City
WHO WILL ROLL AWAY THE STONE?
Commissioned by Mary Seidman. Premiered 2004, Merce Cunningham Studio
2003
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
Choreographed by Cherylyn Lavagnino. Premiered 2003 New York University
2002
UNEASY DANCES
Commissioned by The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Premiere - Danspace, New York City.
2000
HALLELUJAH
Commissioned by The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and the University of Arizona. Premiere - Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ. March, 2000
1998
PAR TERRE
Commissioned by Terry Creach and Dancers. Premiere - Wave Hill, 1998
1996
THE BEAST
Commissioned by Donald Byrd/The Group. Premiere- BAM Majestic Theater, NYC April, 1996
RHAPSODY FOR BOY SOPRANO AND STRINGS
Commissioned by Stephen Petronio Danco Co., Inc. Premiere - The Joyce Theater, NYC April, 1996
1995
DEADLY SINS
Commissioned by Phyllis Lamhut. Premiere-Dance Theater Workshop, NYC March, 1995