Chamber/solo

  • i carry your heart with me

    for soprano, baritone and piano (2009; 3 minutes) – Text: E. E. Cummings
  • Ink Dots

    for clarinet, viola and percussion (2011; 10 min.)
  • Invocation

    for bell tree (2022; 2 min.)
  • Jazz Jig for Jim

    for piano (2013; 8 min.)
  • Kuku’s Kartoon

    for keyboard harmonica (2021; 3 min.)

    Kuku is a mischievous, bright-red Chinese stuffed animal who’s a good friend of my grandchildren.
  • Lost River

    for bass viola da gamba and piano (2016; 9 min.)
  • Love Songs to a First-Born

    for baritone voice and viola (1986; 8 min.)
  • Mackinaw Ekphrasis

    for two horns, two trombones, percussion, keyboaard, violin, viola, cello, bass and projected visuals (2009; 15 min.) – Images by Kenneth Kashian
  • Mirroring

    for shakuhachi and cello (2019; 11 min.) performed by Shawn Renzoh Head, shakuhachi and Daron Kirsch, cello
  • Molly and the Opposite Elf

    children’s musical play for speaking actors and chamber ensemble (1996; 60 min.)