Works

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ORCHESTRA

Flyway Detour (version for small orchestra) (2007)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double-bass; 10 min.

 
Pantoumime (2004)
orchestra; 8 min.

 
Symphony (2002-03)
orchestra; 24 min.

 
Serendipitous Scenes (2001)
orchestra; 10.5 min.

 

CHAMBER/SOLO

Color Coordinate(s) (2008)

flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion (1), harp, piano, violin, viola, cello; 6 min.


Running the Full Gamut for solo harpsichord (in-progress)

Second unRaveling: (4X25) Chains of Sisyphean Shepard Tones (2008) for solo piano

Refrain from Riffing (2007-08)
alto sax, harp (microtonally tuned); 10 min.

Ebbing Flow (2007)
clarinet, violin, cello, piano; 17 min.

Flyway Detour (2006)
violin, cello, piano; 10 min.

Enjamb/Infuse/Implode (2006)
flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, 'cello; 7.5 min.

Untitled (2006)
flute, clarinet, viola; 2 min.

Windswept Cypresses (2005)
flute, viola, harp, percussion; 9 min.

 
Partial to Partials (2004)
'cello, optional live electronics (Max/MSP); 9 min.

 
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2000-02)
21 min.
inspired by the "Vinteuil Sonata" in Proust's Swann's Way
(3rd mvt.)

Live Ear Emission! (2001)
(homage to Olivier Messiaen)
piano solo; 3 min.

 

VOICE

Drifting (2005)
SATB soloists, clarinet, string quartet; 5 min.
text by Tao Qian, trans. by Tan Shilin
(complete)

Swan and Shadow (2002, rev. 2005)
tenor, flute, clarinet/b. clarinet, piano, violin, cello; 8 min.
text by John Hollander
(ending)

OPERA

The True Story of Ah Q (2003-04)
Chamber opera in ten scenes; 24 min.
libretto by Anthony Cheung, after Lu Xun

 

ELECTRONICS

Partial to Partials (2004)
as listed under Chamber/Solo

Depressed Notes (2004)
improvised piano, CD playback; 5 min.

 
unRaveling (2003)
CD playback; 3 min.

 

OLDER WORKS (mostly withdrawn)

The Varieties of Harmonic Experience (2003)
flute, oboe/eng. horn, clarinet/b. clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 perc., piano, violin, viola, 'cello, double bass; 8 min.
(final movement of Symphony No. 1, arranged for chamber ensemble)

 
Good Hours (2003)
soprano, alto, tenor soloists, strings; 6 min.
text by Robert Frost (from North of Boston)

Syllabi (2002)
chamber opera in one act; 13 min.
libretto by Jesse Coffino-Greenberg

AS IS: Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky in L.A. (2001)
chamber opera in one act; 13 min.
libretto by Anthony Cheung

No Unnecessary Noise (2001)
flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello; 5 min.

Two Duets for viola and cello (2000) 3 min.

Villanelle for SATB Chorus (2000); 5 min.
text by James Joyce

Cello Concerto (1998-2000)
'cello solo, 3(pic.).3(e.h.).4.2+cbn./4331/timp.3perc./hp.pno+cel./strings; 41 min.

Quintet for piano and strings (1998) 10 min.

Portrait... for orchestra (1998) 8 min.

 
String Quartet No. 2 (1997) 25 min.

Elegy for the Victims of Nanjing for viola (1997) 6 min.

Four Songs for voice and piano (1997) 9 min.
[I. A Drinking Song (Yeats); II. Three Movements (Yeats); III. The Noise of Waters (Joyce); IV. Piano (D.H. Lawrence)]

Piano Sonata (1996) 23 min.

String Quartet No. 1 (1995) 18 min.

Three Piano Pieces (1995) 10 min.
[I. Inside a Transparency, II. Hallucinations of a Maximalist, III. In Memory of Schoenberg]