Canzona Nova: Fractured Fairy Tale  (2010)

Commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players.

Duration: 15’ Instrumentation: oboe, violin, viola, violoncello, piano

Jigsaw Patterns  (2010)

Commissioned by the Rivers School Conservatory.

Duration: 6' 30" Instrumentation: flute, violin, violoncello

Line Drawings  (2010)

Commissioned by the Concord Chamber Music Society.

Duration: 22' Instrumentation: violin, Bb clarinet, piano

I. Canon, Cut and Paste

II. A Farewell to Old Friends

III. Hidden Variable

IV. Obbligato Aria

V. Chickens

history of the world in seven acts  (2009)

Music to join with computer animation by Jonathan Bachrach. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University

Instrumentation: flute, bass clarient, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion

history of the world in seven acts (click icon at right to view video)   »

Three Pieces for Flute Solo  (2008)

Commissioned by the James Pappoutsakis Fund.

Duration: 7' Instrumentation: flute solo

I. Basic Operations/II. Note Juggler/III. Heavy-Metal Chorale-Fantasy

Resin in Resonance  (2008)

Commissioned by the New Gallery Series Inspired by the collage art of April Clay

Duration: 13' Instrumentation: oboe, violin, piano (four-hands), percussion

I.. Veiled Veneers

II. Quick Draw

Time-lapse video of April Clay at work, accompanied by Quick Draw   »

Preludes  (2008)

Written for Vento Chiaro.

Duration: 6' Instrumentation: woodwind quintet

I. Air Pentatonic

II. Shuffle Glasgow

abridged history of the world in seven acts  (2008)

Music to join with computer animation by Jonathan Bachrach.

Duration: 7' Instrumentation: flute, clarient, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion

Trivia  (2005)

Commissioned by the Weilerstein Trio.

Duration: 18' Instrumentation: violin, violoncello, piano

I. Multiverse

II. Time Traveler

III. Coursing

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Plain Song, Fantastic Dances (2005)

Commissioned by the St. Botolph Club for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in celebration of the Club's 125th anniversa.

Duration: 20' Instrumentation: cl, hn, bsn, vln, vla, vc, cb

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As Above (2005); video by Ean White

Commissioned by the Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Foundation for Collage New Music,

Duration: 16' Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, hn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno, perc

As Above:

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Fantasia en Amarillo (2004)

Funded by FleetBank Celebrity Series for Sergey Schepkin.

Duration: 5' Instrumentation: piano

Fantasia en Amarillo

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Resonance Frames (2003)

Music to join with join with six films by Pamela Larson. Fnded by Harvard University 'First Nights.'

Duration: 8' Instrumentation: cl, pno, perc, vln, vc

I. Photon Waves

II. Willow

III. Zig Zag

IV. U.F.O. / V. Spin / VI. Desert Dash

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Themes from a Midsummer Night (2001)

.Funded by the Shakespeare & Company

Duration: 18' Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, hn, tpt, pno, hp, perc, 2 vlns, vc, cb

I. Air: Oberon in Flight

II. Theseus' Law

III. Hermia's Helter Skelter Scherzo

IV. Hermia and Lysander

V. Bottom Brays

VI. Sly Pack

VII. Apotheosis ... Morning

VIII. Titannia's Fairies

IX. Time Dream

X. Postlude (the Most Gentle)

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Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland  (1999); libretto by Dana Bonstrom

Commissioned by the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center (NYC).

Duration: 30’ Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2/2.1.1.0 pno, perc, strings, narrator

I. Introduction II. Geppetto's Workshop III. Pinocchio's Escape IV. The History of Pinocchio V. The Blue Fairy VI. Pinocchio and Candleflame VII. The Coach to Funland VIII. The Trip to Funland IX. Funland X. Donkeyland XI. The Coachman's Return XII. The Circus XIII. Pinocchio's Lament XIV. A Watery Adventure XV. Pinocchio's Return

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Geppetto's Workshop  (1997)

Commissioned by Elizabeth Ostling through a grant from the Fromm Foundation.

Duration: 17’ Instrumentation: flute, piano

I. A Piece of Magic Wood that Laughs and Cries Like a Child

II. Pinocchio Frolics with Punch and Judy, Which Incites the Menacing Fire-Eater

III. The Talking Cricket Warns Pinocchio of the Dangers Ahead

IV. Pinocchio Ignores the Talking Cricket's Warning and is Chased by the Fox and the Cat

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Cable Ready  (1997)

Commissioned by the Core Ensemble through a grant from Meet the Composer.

Duration: 17’ Instrumentation: vc, pno, perc

I. Power Chords

II. The All-Interval Tetrachord Blues

III. Fully Inserted

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Grooved Surfaces  (1996)

.Commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva

Duration: 12’ Instrumentation: fl, cl, vln, vc, pno, perc

I. Frame Shifting

II. Pitching Rotation

III. Flipside

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Punch Lines  (1996)

Duration: 7’ Instrumentation: harp solo

Design School (1994/5)

Commissioned by Parnassus (NYC).

Duration: 20’ Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, bsn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno

I. Fibonacci's Fanfare

II. Photoelectric Effect

III. Reptiles

IV. Matrix Mechanics

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Caution to the Wind  (1993) concerto for flute and chamber ensemble

Commissioned by the Koussevitsky Music Foundation for flutist Peggy Friedland and the Griffin New Music Ensemble.

Duration: 21’ Instrumentation: flute solo, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb, hp, perc

I. Introduction

II. Excursion

III. Recitative

IV. Divisions

V. Solioloquy

VI. Incursion/Exit

"Reptiles" by M.C. Escher

Harlequin Sketches  (1991)

Commissioned by William Matthews.

Duration: 15’ Instrumentation: guitar

I. Twilight Promenade

II. Minimetalism

III. Once and for All

IV. Nylon Drumming

V. Ricochet

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Lines of Approach  (1990)

Duration: 11’ Instrumentation: fl, hp, perc

Personae  (1986)

Commissioned by Speculum Musicae, Sonor, the San Francisco Contemprary Music Players through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Duration: 20’ Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, hn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno

Concertino  (1984)

Commissioned by Parnassus.

Duration: 14’ Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, vln, vc, cb, pno

Il Ventaglio di Josephine  (1983)

Written for my sister, Josephine Gandolfi.

Duration: 5’ Instrumentation: piano

Il Ventaglio di Josephine (recorded by Josephine Gandolfi)

String Trio  (1981)

Duration: 12’ Instrumentation: vln, vla, vc

Four Miniatures  (1979)

Duration: 8’ Instrumentation: flute

"The Jumping Bridge" from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation Photo by Michael Gandolfi.