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Yearnings for Symphony Orchestra (2010)
Duration ca. 12’
Instrumentation
3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, Strings, Harp, Timp, 3Perc. [3Tam-Tams, 2Sus.Cym, Cr.Cym, Tri, Marimba (5 Oct.), Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Tenor Drum, and Large Bass Drum]
First Performance
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor; New England Conservatory Orchestra; Student Composer Readings, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, December 8th, 2010.
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Two Forest Songs (2010)

Movement I: The Road Black
Movement II : The Forest Realm
Duration ca. 12’
Text Brett Yates
Instrumentation
SATB Choir, Piano and English Horn
First Performance
Mark A. Boyle, conductor; Rutgers University Choir; "Music as Mirror - A Farewell Concert", Kirkpatrick Chapel, New Brunswick, NJ, May 3rd, 2010.
Commissioned by
Mark A. Boyle and the Rutgers University Choir; composed in collaboration with poet Brett Yates and visual artist Allan Arp.
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March and Sing (2010)
Duration ca. 5’
Instrumentation
3 Trp, 2 Hns, 2 Trb, B.Trb, Euph, 2 Tuba
Written for Tad Suzuki and the University of Las Vegas Brass Ensemble
First Performance
UNLV, Fall 2010 (forthcoming)
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Rolling River (2009)
Duration ca. 8’
Instrumentation
2 Fl (1 dbl. Pic), 2 Ob (2 dbl. EHn), 2 Cl (2 dbl. BCl), 2 Bsns, 4-2-3-1, Strings, Harp, Piano/Cel., 5 Timp., Perc. [3 Perc: Tam-Tam, Sus. Cym, Cr. Cym, Tri., Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Snare Drum, Field Drum, Tenor Drum, Concert Toms, B.D.]
First Performance
Kraig Williams, conductor; Transylvania Symphony Orchestra; Brevard Music Center. Composer Readings, Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina, July 27th, 2009.
Awards
Winner 2010 Buffalo Philharmonic Composers Forum; subsequent performance with BPO

Finalist 2010 ASCAP/ Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
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Regenerations - A Set of Variations for Orchestra (2007-2008; rev. 2009)
Duration ca. 13’
Instrumentation
3 Fl (3 dbl. Pic), 2 Ob (2 dbl. EHn), 3 Cl (3 dbl. BCl), 2 Bsns, 4-2-3-1, Strings, Harp, Piano, 5 Timp., Perc. [4 Perc: 3 Tam-Tams, 3 Sus. Cym, Cr. Cym, 1 L.Tri, 1 M.Tri, 2 Marimbas (5.0 octave, 4.3 octave), Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Crotales, Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, B.D.]
First Performance
Kynan Johns, conductor; Rutgers University Symphony Orchestra; "A Fantastique Gala" - Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2nd, 2008.
Awards Winner, 2010 Earshot New Music Readings; subsequent performance with Nashville Symphony

Finalist, 2009 ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composers Awards
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Atmospheres (2007)
Duration ca. 9’
Instrumentation String Orchestra
First Performance
Student Composer Readings; Kenneth Lam, conductor, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra (assorted members), AMFS Campus, Aspen, Colorado, August 2007.
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The Splendor Falls: Contemplations on Life and Death (2008-2009)

Movement I: The Splendor Falls
Movement II : Tears Idle Tears
Movement III: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Duration ca. 15’
Text Alfred Lord Tennyson
Instrumentation SATB Choir, Tenor Solo and Piano
First Performance
Patrick Gardner, conductor; Mark Boyle, tenor, Holly Chatham, piano, Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir; Rutgers University Composer Reading, Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 4th, 2009.
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To the Evening Star (2007)
Duration ca. 5’
Text Lord Byron
Instrumentation SATB Choir
First Performance
Brian Katona, conductor; Members of Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers Glee Club; An Afternoon of New Music presented by the Rutgers Graduate Composers Forum, Schare Recital Hall, New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 7th, 2007.
     
 
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