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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS
The Transmutation Notebooks — in development
for voice, harp, two pianos, two guitars, three percussionists, two violins, cello, bass
60'
for voice, harp, two pianos, two guitars, three percussionists, two violins, cello, bass
60'
a study of some of the terrible ways I love to play the cello, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, for Robert deMaine, premiered January 28, 2025.
for solo cello
5'
for solo cello
5'
History of Life — to be premiered Summer 2026
for voice and 12 instrumentalists, on re-tuned harp, two upright pianos, two guitars, two hurdy-gurdies, two vibraphones, two violins, cello, bass
text and co-conception by Thomas Bartscherer
330'
History of Life is an evening of music and story that imagines an unbroken tradition of ancient Greek epic, as though it had been passed down through time from the world of Homer to the present day, perpetually evolving, incorporating new stories and new means of expression with each new generation.
In the center of the performance is Iarla Ó Lionáird (The Gloaming), a singer in the Irish tradition of sean-nós, who takes on the role of the Homeric bard, leading the audience through a musical tapestry that weaves together three distinct narratives — Odysseus returning home, Charles Darwin embarking on the voyage on the HMS Beagle, and a young girl discovering the world on the islands of Cabo Verde in the 1830s — into the immense fabric of the greatest of all epics, the history of life itself, in all its baffling superabundance, teeming diversity, and terrible beauty.
for voice and 12 instrumentalists, on re-tuned harp, two upright pianos, two guitars, two hurdy-gurdies, two vibraphones, two violins, cello, bass
text and co-conception by Thomas Bartscherer
330'
History of Life is an evening of music and story that imagines an unbroken tradition of ancient Greek epic, as though it had been passed down through time from the world of Homer to the present day, perpetually evolving, incorporating new stories and new means of expression with each new generation.
In the center of the performance is Iarla Ó Lionáird (The Gloaming), a singer in the Irish tradition of sean-nós, who takes on the role of the Homeric bard, leading the audience through a musical tapestry that weaves together three distinct narratives — Odysseus returning home, Charles Darwin embarking on the voyage on the HMS Beagle, and a young girl discovering the world on the islands of Cabo Verde in the 1830s — into the immense fabric of the greatest of all epics, the history of life itself, in all its baffling superabundance, teeming diversity, and terrible beauty.
Stranger Love, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Premiered May 20, 2023, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz.
an opera in three acts
for 8 singers, 6 dancers, and chamber orchestra
text and co-conception by Thomas Bartscherer
375'
Scored for a 28-piece orchestra and unfolding on an expansive time-scale across more than six hours, Stranger Love is a grand celebration of being alive in the unfathomable mystery of an ever-expanding universe. Both a love story and the story of love, Stranger Love broadens in scope over the course of three acts as it moves from the experience of individual lives through an archetypal image of the possibilities of human love, and at last to an ecstatic vision of the divine — a love supreme.
an opera in three acts
for 8 singers, 6 dancers, and chamber orchestra
text and co-conception by Thomas Bartscherer
375'
Scored for a 28-piece orchestra and unfolding on an expansive time-scale across more than six hours, Stranger Love is a grand celebration of being alive in the unfathomable mystery of an ever-expanding universe. Both a love story and the story of love, Stranger Love broadens in scope over the course of three acts as it moves from the experience of individual lives through an archetypal image of the possibilities of human love, and at last to an ecstatic vision of the divine — a love supreme.
Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things), co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Ojai Music Festival, premiered September 19, 2021.
for two harps and two retuned pianos.
19'
for two harps and two retuned pianos.
19'
Gravity and Grace, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, premiered June 1, 2019.
for organ and two retuned pianos.
15'
for organ and two retuned pianos.
15'
Goodbye Sonnet, premiered September 2019.
for high voice, electric guitar, and vibraphone
9'
for high voice, electric guitar, and vibraphone
9'
La Vita Nuova (and other consequences of Spring), commissioned by Colin Davin and Emily Levin, premiered June, 2017.
for guitar and harp
15'
for guitar and harp
15'
After The Rain, commissioned by F-Plus, premiered January 6, 2017.
for clarinet, vibraphone, and violin.
8'
for clarinet, vibraphone, and violin.
8'
Ecstasy, commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, premiered August, 2016.
for SATB Choir, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
8'
for SATB Choir, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
8'
Delphinium, commissioned by the Albany Symphony, premiered in June, 2016.
for high voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, vibraphone, harp, violin, viola, cello, bass
6'
for high voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, vibraphone, harp, violin, viola, cello, bass
6'
Achilles Dreams of Ebbets Field, commissioned by Kathleen Supové, premiered May 19, 2016 at the DiMenna Center, New York, NY.
for solo piano
105'
for solo piano
105'
Magnolia, commissioned by ZOFO, premiered May 10, 2016.
for piano four hands
6'
for piano four hands
6'
Seasickness and Being (in love), commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, premiered May 26th, 2015 at Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA.
for chamber orchestra
15'
for chamber orchestra
15'
Y E A R, commissioned by Sarah Cahill and the Ross McKee Foundation in honor of Terry Riley's 80th birthday, January 29th, 2015.
for solo piano
15'
for solo piano
15'
Sky Madrigal, commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, August 2014.
for orchestra
15'
for orchestra
15'
The Bakkhai, commissioned by Contemporaneous, premiered December 7, 2013.
for 3 high voices, tenor voice, 2 oboes, cello, bass, re-tuned piano, 2 percussion
30'
for 3 high voices, tenor voice, 2 oboes, cello, bass, re-tuned piano, 2 percussion
30'
Invisible Skyline, commissioned by the Berkeley Symphony, December 2012.
for orchestra
30'
for orchestra
30'
Gone, Gone, Gone, commissioned by the Del Sol Quartet, December 2012.
for string quartet
15'
for string quartet
15'
I Was a Stranger, commissioned by John Adams and Deborah O'Grady for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, August 2012.
for orchestra
10'
for orchestra
10'
Atlas of Somewhere on the Way to Howland Island, commissioned by Contemporaneous, September 2011.
for chamber orchestra
36'
for chamber orchestra
36'
Six Night Sunrise (Music of Barges & Metallic Stars), commissioned by the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, August 2010.
for violin and piano
9'
for violin and piano
9'
A Way A Lone A Last A Loved A Long the Riverrun, commissioned by Contemporaneous, May 2010.
for bassoon, violin, cello, bass, percussion
15'
for bassoon, violin, cello, bass, percussion
15'
Lighthouse (Refugee Music by a Pacific Expatriate), commissioned by Contemporaneous, March 2010.
for amplified string quintet
12'
for amplified string quintet
12'
Nobody, Not Even the Rain, Has Such Small Hands, for the Da Capo Players, December 2009.
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
9'
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
9'
Dreams and False Alarms, August 2009.
for two pianos, one tuned down a quarter-tone
20'
for two pianos, one tuned down a quarter-tone
20'