COMPOSITIONS


El Contrapunto de arena, op. 21 - a divertimento for wind quintet - (in progress)
             I. Jactancia de quietud (Boast of Quietness)
            II. Alguien y cualquierra (Someone and Anyone)
           III. Esa playa última de tu ser (That Ultimate Beach of Your Being)
           IV. Infinita es la historia de la arena (Infinite is the History of Sand)
            V. Cuando la luz como una enredadera (When Light Like a Climbing Vine)
  • to be premiered by UMD Faculty Wind Quintet​
  • ​inspired by the writing of Jorge Luis Borges
  • This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to appropriations from The McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Legislature’s general and arts and cultural heritage funds.

​Ultra Vires, op. 14  - concerto for violin
               I. Siege Engine
              II. Vertex
             III. Teunim Elgna - Angle Minuet
             IV. Bound by Acquiescence 
  • premiered by Erin Aldridge at Sacred Heart Music Center, January 18, 2018     

Kelp Forest - full orchestra, - 10'  op. 20

Yeats Cycle - tenor, piano, op. 15
            I. A Coat, No. 8
                 II. The Two Trees, No. 7
         III. The Wild Swans at Coole, No. 1
               IV. A Dream of Death, No. 6
                 V. The Cat and the Moon,  No. 10
            VI. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, No. 2
          VII. The  Cap and Bells, No. 3
        VIII. Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, No. 9  
        IX. Sailing to Byzantium, No. 4
            X. A Drinking Song, No. 5
  • text by William Butler Yeats
  • I-III premiered by Adam Sippola at Sacred Heart Music Center, January 18, 2018​
  • IV-V premiered by Adam Sippola at Teatro Zuccone, Duluth Homegrown Music Festival 2018
  • VI-X to be premiered at Peace Church, Duluth, MN April 26, 2019

Pierrot, op. 4   -TTBB a capella choir, or solo tenor with piano
              I. Here I Am
               II. The Waters Rise
              III. Great Cumulous Clouds
              IV. In the North   
  • centos from poetry of Louis Jenkins
  • I - III performed by William Bastian at Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, MN, January 18, 2018

Come to the Water, op. 13 - SATB choir/ piano
  • text by Deborah Cooper​​​

​Water Roots, op. 17 - piano, horn, violin, bass flute, Bb clarinet 
  • premiered at Greenlight New Music Festival at Bent Paddle Brewing in Duluth, MN

Colossal Dream, op. 12 - SATB or SA choir/ optional piano
  • text compiled from Emma Lazarus and Martin Luther King Jr.
  • premiered at Sara Thomson's Art of Ubuntu concert April 28, 2017

Evening, op. 6  - SATB choir/ piano
  • text based on Phantasies by Emma Lazarus             

Sax-Zim Bog, op. 10 - bassoon and piano, or saxophone choir

Elegy for the Erased, op. 11 - violoncello and contrabass
  • commissioned by Vince Osborn and Edward Willett

One Minute Pause - piano solo​, op. 16

One Minute Pause II - 2 violins, 2 flutes, viola, piano, op. 19

Three Preludes - piano solo, op. 18
      
Repartee, op. 12 - violoncello, contrabass, horn  ~ or  bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, horn 

Four Tone Poems: Meditations on Lake Superior, op. 3  -  piano solo
              I. Sails and Egress
               II. A Moveable Beach
              III. Navires dans la nuit
              IV. Exiles and Gyres
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A Christmas Cantata, op. 7 - SATB choir and chamber orchestra
              I. Comfort Ye, My People
              III. Magnificat
              IV. Joseph, Son of David
            VII. O Magnum Mysterium            
  •    commissioned by Jim Pospisil and Peace Church UCC, Duluth, MN
  •    co-composed with Brad Bombardier

Toccata, op. 1  -  piano solo

Waltz without Gravity, op. 8 - piano solo

​Seven Songs for Somewhere Else, op. 9 - piano solo
                
Metamorphosis of Maria Sibylla Merian, op. 2  -  piano solo

The Abbey, op. 5  -  piano solo
  • commissioned by Saint Norbert of Xanten