instrumental (solo + chamber ensemble)

orchestra and wind ensemble

solo voice

chorus

electronic music

THE MYSTERY OF STILLNESS

(chorus (SATB), percussion (2 players); text by E. E. Cummings) (1979) 10'

PHILIPPIANS HYMN

(chorus (SATB); text from the Bible) (1983) 3'

MEDITATION FOR CANDLEMAS

(chorus, (SATB); text by Denise Levertov) (1994) 4' [P]

THE AVOWAL

(chorus, (SATB); text by Denise Levertov) (1997) 5’

FIRE-MEMORY/RIVER–MEMORY

(chorus (SATB) and orchestra (2222 422 timp, perc(2) hp strgs); texts by Denise Levertov) (1997) 21’ [P]

Commissioned by Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia.

SPIRALING ECSTATICALLY

(chorus (SATB); text by E. E. Cummings) (1998, revised 2007) 6’

SALVE REGINA

(chorus (SATB); traditional Latin text) (2000) 6’

Commissioned by Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

CINDER

(from the song cycle Holy the Firm) (arrangement for women’s chorus (SSAA) and piano) (2002) 3’

Arranged at the request of ASTER women’s chorus

MATINS

(chorus (SATB), solo oboe, strgs (may be performed with small body of strings); texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins and Mary Oliver) (2003) 18’

Commissioned by Peggy Pearson and The Cantata Singers

SCORE EXCERPT

ONE THING I KNOW

(chorus (SATB); text by Anne Porter) (2005) 4’

SCORE EXCERPT

ONE WITH THE DARKNESS, ONE WITH THE LIGHT

(women’s chorus (SA); text by Wendell Berry) (2006) 2’