Works for Stage:
• Oblivion. 2022. 70′
Opera in One Act
Libretto by John Aylward, Dante Alighieri, Book of Daniel, trans. / adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Tenor, Two Baritones, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Electric Guitar, Electronics
publisher’s score in preparation
• Angelus. 2014-18. 44′
Monodrama
Libretto by Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Flutes(s), Oboe, Clarinet(s), Violin, Cello, Percussion
publisher’s score in preparation
• Switch. 2016. 90′
Chamber Opera in One Act
Libretto by Aylward & Multiple Authors, adapt. Aylward
Soprano, Baritone, Flute(s), Clarinet(s), Cello and Percussion
Commissioned by Le Laboratoire, Cambridge for their inaugural season
Orchestral and Large Chamber Ensemble Works:
• Celestial Forms and Stories. 2014-19. 53″
Chamber Ensemble
• Ananke. 2019. 15′
Chamber Ensemble
• Narcissus. 2018. 12′
Chamber Ensemble
Fromm Foundation Commission
• Atmospheric Tremors. 2013. 10′
Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor
• Translucent Windows. 2012. 12′
Wind Ensemble
Commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble; Eric Hewitt, Conductor
• Flight out of Mind. 2012. 30′
Chamber Orchestra.
Commissioned by Sound Icon. Jeffrey Means, conductor
• Etesians. 2013. 10′
Flute/alto/piccolo, 2 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), violin, cello and piano.
For the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation.
• Stillness and Change. 2010. 12′
Flute/alto/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano and percussion
Matthias Pintscher, conductor. Ecce ensemble. May 5th, 2010. Tenri Cultural Institute.
• Songs from the Wild Iris. 2010. 25’
Soprano, violin, clarinet, cello and percussion.
Premiere: Ecce Ensemble, Matthias Pintscher, conductor.
Chamber Works For Smaller Ensembles:
• Tiergarten. 2018. 12′
Soprano and contrabass.
texts by Rainer Marie Rilke.
Premiered by the Departure Duo
• Arachne. 2017. 23′
Violin, viola and cello.
Premiered by Sound Energy.
Equilibrium Series. Cambridge, MA
• Phaedrus. 2016. 6′
Flute and clarinet.
Premiered at the Etchings Festival. July, 2016.
Keiko Murakami, flute; Vasko Dukovski, clarinet
• Mercury. 2014. 8′
Violin, cello, flute and clarinet.
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble. Yoshi Onishi, conductor.
• Daedalus. 2016. 9’20”
Bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin and cello.
Based on the original work for wind quintet.
• Daedalus. 2014. 8’30”
Flute(s), clarinet(s), oboe, bassoon and horn.
Commissioned and premiered by The City of Tomorrow
• I Saw My Life Go By in the Coyote’s Jaws. 2013. 5′
Soprano, violin, cello, oboe and clarinet.
Performed by Ecce Ensemble, Jeffrey Means, conductor.
• Flux, Ripple, Flutter. 2013 (rev. ’15). 14′.
Piano solo
Premiered by Nolan Pearson at Istanbul Technical University.
US Premiere by Julia Den Boer at Le Laboratoire, Cambridge.
• Ephemera. 2014. 7′.
Bass clarinet and cello.
Premiered by Vasko Dukovski and Serafim Smigelskiy.
DiMenna Center, New York, NY.
• The Undulations of Water. 2007. 5′
Flute, Cello, and Percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone and Crotales)
Premiered by the Ecce Ensemble at the American Composers’ Forum
Washington DC. April 12th, 2007.
• Compulsive Loves. 2011. 9′
Alto saxophone and piano.
Commissioned by Open Space to Commemorate Milton Babbitt
• Reciprocal Accord. 2010. 12″
for violin and cello.
Performed by Curtis Macomber, violin and Chris Finkel, cello
• Images of Departure. 2009. 15′
Viola and piano.
Commissioned and dedicated to Mark Berger.
Premiered by Mark Berger and Ketty Nez, piano.
• Verschwinden. 2007. 9′
Viola and Electronics.
Premiered by Mary Ruth Ray. Brandeis University.
• Functions of Consciousness. 2006. 6′
Clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Dedicated to The New York New Music Ensemble.
• Two Postcards. 2005. 6′
Piano solo
Dedicated to and premiered by Karina Sabac.
• Dragonfly. 2003. 10′
Cello and piano
Dedicated to and premiered by Joshua Gordon.
Winner of the 2008 International Society of Contemporary Music Prize.
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Improvisations with Electronics
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