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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Quietus	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:09:00	Quietus   Quietus
Youth's serenade	Unknown		00:14:00
Forewords	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:05:00
Dream of Now	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
PAX	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00	PAX
Clothes of Heaven	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00	Clothes of Heaven
Piececitos	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2018	00:13:00	Piececitos   Piececitos
Senex Puerum Portabat	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2018	00:04:00	Senex Puerum Portabat   Senex Puerum Portabat
Da Pacem Domine	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2018	00:04:00	Da Pacem Domine   Da Pacem Domine
Basket, the song of Gertrude Stein's Poodle	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2018	00:00:00	Basket, the song of Gertrude Stein's Poodle   Basket, the song of Gertrude Stein's Poodle
Small Boat of Stars	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2016	00:03:00	Small Boat of Stars
October	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2015	00:03:00	October
Lagrimas y locuras	Keyboard	2013	00:09:00	Lagrimas y locuras   Lagrimas y locuras
Scalerica d'oro	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2013	00:07:19	Scalerica d'oro   Scalerica d'oro
Moire	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2013	00:09:00	Moire   Moire   Moire
Cassandra's Lament	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2013	00:07:00	Cassandra's Lament
After Alcyon's Dream	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2011	00:11:00	After Alcyon's Dream   After Alcyon's Dream   After Alcyon's Dream   After Alcyon's Dream
Runes & Ritual	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:11:00	Runes & Ritual   Runes & Ritual   Runes & Ritual
PAX	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2010	00:00:00	PAX
Clothes of Heaven	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2009	00:05:00	Clothes of Heaven
Return	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2009	00:03:00	Return
When Lost in the Forest	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2009	00:05:00	When Lost in the Forest
Grieve Not	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2008	00:05:00	Grieve Not
Therefore	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2007	00:05:00	Therefore   Therefore   Therefore   Therefore
V'Shamru	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2007	00:04:00	V'Shamru
Mere Dark	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2006	00:04:00	Mere Dark
Psalm XXIII	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2006	00:08:00	Psalm XXIII
Why the Caged Bird Sings	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2006	00:07:00	Why the Caged Bird Sings   Why the Caged Bird Sings
Lo in a Manger	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2006	00:05:00	Lo in a Manger
In A Dark Time	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2006	00:06:00	In A Dark Time   In A Dark Time   In A Dark Time   In A Dark Time   In A Dark Time
Close Your Eyes	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:04:00	Close Your Eyes   Close Your Eyes
Beyond The Shadow Of The Rain	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:08:28	Beyond The Shadow Of The Rain   Beyond The Shadow Of The Rain   Beyond The Shadow Of The Rain
From The almanac of last things	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:03:00	From The almanac of last things   From The almanac of last things   From The almanac of last things
While Hope Remains	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2002	00:18:00
Who is that Stranger	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2002	00:07:00	Who is that Stranger   Who is that Stranger
Firefighter's Prayer	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:05:00	Firefighter's Prayer   Firefighter's Prayer   Firefighter's Prayer   Firefighter's Prayer   Firefighter's Prayer   Firefighter's Prayer
Moonlight in the Woods & Vacant Cities	Orchestra	2000	00:07:19	Moonlight in the Woods & Vacant Cities
Seven Soliloqueys of Small Birds	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:06:00	Seven Soliloqueys of Small Birds
String Quartet #3 (1999)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1999	00:12:00	String Quartet #3 (1999)   String Quartet #3 (1999)   String Quartet #3 (1999)
Reflections on water dreams	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1999	00:04:00	Reflections on water dreams
Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:14:00	Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs   Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs   Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs   Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs   Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs   Revisitation of myth, A : cycle of four songs
Loveletter (postmark, San Jose) : a tiny, tender tuba r	Orchestra	1998	00:06:00	Loveletter (postmark, San Jose) : a tiny, tender tuba r   Loveletter (postmark, San Jose) : a tiny, tender tuba r
In this my green, green world : six verdant love songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1997	00:08:00	In this my green, green world : six verdant love songs
Incantation	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1997	00:05:00	Incantation
Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and pi	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:08:00	Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and pi   Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and pi
Eulogy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:07:00	Eulogy   Eulogy
String quartet #2 (1995)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:13:00	String quartet #2 (1995)   String quartet #2 (1995)   String quartet #2 (1995)
Toward a time of renewal	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:23:00	Toward a time of renewal   Toward a time of renewal   Toward a time of renewal   Toward a time of renewal   Toward a time of renewal   Toward a time of renewal
Toward a Holography of His Heart	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1995	00:04:00	Toward a Holography of His Heart
Partings and farewells : six songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:18:00	Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs   Partings and farewells : six songs
Glancing below : a ballet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:13:30	Glancing below : a ballet   Glancing below : a ballet   Glancing below : a ballet
Where angels may lie down among us : a chamber symphony	Orchestra	1992	00:12:30	Where angels may lie down among us : a chamber symphony   Where angels may lie down among us : a chamber symphony   Where angels may lie down among us : a chamber symphony   Where angels may lie down among us : a chamber symphony
Birthday music for Manda	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1992	00:04:00	Birthday music for Manda
Sweet briar elegies	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:04:00	Sweet briar elegies   Sweet briar elegies   Sweet briar elegies   Sweet briar elegies
Songs for an unborn child	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:09:00	Songs for an unborn child
Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:20:00	Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of   Daughters of silence : eight songs about experiences of
Midnight menageries	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:12:00	Midnight menageries
Sticky grimaces, toothy grins	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:09:00	Sticky grimaces, toothy grins   Sticky grimaces, toothy grins   Sticky grimaces, toothy grins   Sticky grimaces, toothy grins   Sticky grimaces, toothy grins
From the forest of chimneys	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:16:30	From the forest of chimneys   From the forest of chimneys   From the forest of chimneys   From the forest of chimneys
Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing	Orchestra	1991	00:17:30	Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing   Shadow, sighs, and songs of longing
Ephemeris	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:12:00	Ephemeris   Ephemeris   Ephemeris   Ephemeris   Ephemeris   Ephemeris
Tiger's tail, The	Orchestra	1990	00:10:00	Tiger's tail, The   Tiger's tail, The   Tiger's tail, The
Wreath of silver birds	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1990	00:09:00	Wreath of silver birds   Wreath of silver birds
Love in the early morning : two songs ... about loving	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:14:00	Love in the early morning : two songs ... about loving   Love in the early morning : two songs ... about loving   Love in the early morning : two songs ... about loving
Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:13:00	Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs   Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs   Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs   Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs   Door standing open, The : a cycle for four songs
Plaint for a prince and king	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1989	00:09:00	Plaint for a prince and king   Plaint for a prince and king
Quintet for clarinet and strings	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:13:00	Quintet for clarinet and strings   Quintet for clarinet and strings   Quintet for clarinet and strings
Three Whitman songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:12:00	Three Whitman songs   Three Whitman songs   Three Whitman songs
V'erastich li l'olam	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:04:00	V'erastich li l'olam
King's twelve moons : a chamber opera in one act	Opera/Theater	1989	00:40:00	King's twelve moons : a chamber opera in one act
Plaint for a prince and king	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1989	00:09:00	Plaint for a prince and king   Plaint for a prince and king   Plaint for a prince and king   Plaint for a prince and king
Chinese handcuff, The	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:02:00	Chinese handcuff, The   Chinese handcuff, The   Chinese handcuff, The
Time feeds on itself	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:02:00	Time feeds on itself   Time feeds on itself
Triad of blessing, A	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:12:00	Triad of blessing, A
Milkman, eggs please	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:04:00	Milkman, eggs please
To a poor old woman	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:01:00	To a poor old woman
Don't Write to Me	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1988	00:02:00	Don't Write to Me   Don't Write to Me
Musica, los muertos y las estrellas, La	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:12:00	Musica, los muertos y las estrellas, La   Musica, los muertos y las estrellas, La
Cantares de los perdis	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:11:00	Cantares de los perdis   Cantares de los perdis
Woodwind Quintet : O llama de amor viva	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:10:00	Woodwind Quintet : O llama de amor viva   Woodwind Quintet : O llama de amor viva   Woodwind Quintet : O llama de amor viva
Simeni kachotam al libbecha = Set me as a seal upon you	Orchestra	1987	00:17:00	Simeni kachotam al libbecha = Set me as a seal upon you
Orison of Ste. Theresa	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1986	00:09:00	Orison of Ste. Theresa   Orison of Ste. Theresa   Orison of Ste. Theresa   Orison of Ste. Theresa
Voices of the iron harp	Keyboard	1986	00:12:00	Voices of the iron harp   Voices of the iron harp
String quartet #1 (1986)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1986	00:14:00	String quartet #1 (1986)   String quartet #1 (1986)
Choral theopheusty, A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1985	00:05:00	Choral theopheusty, A
Ojos, Los	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:02:19	Ojos, Los   Ojos, Los
Assent Of The Swallow, The	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1985	00:25:00	Assent Of The Swallow, The
Yeatsongs of a fool	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:13:00	Yeatsongs of a fool   Yeatsongs of a fool
Up into the silence	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:09:00	Up into the silence   Up into the silence
Oxen carol, The	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1985	00:06:00	Oxen carol, The
Oneiros, The dream	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1985	00:14:00	Oneiros, The dream   Oneiros, The dream
Five American echoes	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1983	00:06:00	Five American echoes
Kiss of anima mundi, The	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1983	00:07:00	Kiss of anima mundi, The   Kiss of anima mundi, The
Turbulence, stillness, and saltation	Orchestra	1983	00:09:00	Turbulence, stillness, and saltation   Turbulence, stillness, and saltation   Turbulence, stillness, and saltation
Organal voices	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1983	00:06:00	Organal voices   Organal voices
Sonando suenos de tango	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:03:19	Sonando suenos de tango   Sonando suenos de tango   Sonando suenos de tango
Gemido de la guitarra	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:04:00	Gemido de la guitarra   Gemido de la guitarra   Gemido de la guitarra
Of honey and of vinegar	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:14:00	Of honey and of vinegar   Of honey and of vinegar   Of honey and of vinegar   Of honey and of vinegar   Of honey and of vinegar
Glimpses	Orchestra	1981	00:09:00
Prophecy and Psalm, A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1981	00:12:00	Prophecy and Psalm, A   Prophecy and Psalm, A
Mourning madrigals	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:14:00	Mourning madrigals   Mourning madrigals
Quartet for saxophones	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1980	00:11:00	Quartet for saxophones   Quartet for saxophones   Quartet for saxophones   Quartet for saxophones
3 short sacred anthems	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	00:08:00	3 short sacred anthems   3 short sacred anthems
Three Short Sacred Anthems	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1980	06:00:00	Three Short Sacred Anthems   Three Short Sacred Anthems
Wisps	Keyboard	1978	00:09:00	Wisps   Wisps
On the beach at night alone	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:10:00	On the beach at night alone
2 Introits	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:01:00	2 Introits   2 Introits
Three Whitman visions	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:12:00	Three Whitman visions
Prayers of steel	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1977	00:07:00
Tears	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:00:00
Look down fair moon	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:00:00	Look down fair moon   Look down fair moon
Two introits	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:02:00	Two introits   Two introits
Cords	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:08:00	Cords   Cords
Passing pentarcs, a momentary exchange	Keyboard	1967	00:00:00	Passing pentarcs, a momentary exchange   Passing pentarcs, a momentary exchange
Contemplations	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1967	00:06:00	Contemplations   Contemplations
Andante cantabile	Keyboard	1965	00:02:30	Andante cantabile

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts:  Composition. Manhattan School of Music. Ancillary fields in theory, piano and voice

Master of Arts : Musical Composition. Graduate Faculties, Columbia University

Digital Music Certificate  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Arts: Musical Composition. Sarah Lawrence College

      Principal Teachers:  John Corigliano, Manhattan School of Music; Meyer Kupferman, Sarah Lawrence College

Juilliard Preparatory Division – violin, piano and theory

 

Teaching, Public Lectures, and Academic Experience

BRIO Prize, Bronx Council on the Arts (2017)

Meredith College, Raleigh NC (2016) Artist in Residence

The New York Philharmonic, (2005-2015) pre-concert lecturer, insight presenter

 “Composer in the Metropolis”  Con Edison Resident Composer (NYC) 2013-2014

John Jay College, CUNY (2012) Adjunct Professor of Piano

College of Music, University of North Texas, Denton, TX   (2010-2012 ) Visiting Professor of Composition

           Teaching upperclassmen and graduate students musical composition and orchestration

Dallas Symphony, (2011-2012) pre-concert lecturer

Montclair State University, New Jersey, (2010) Visiting Specialist: composition, orchestration, advanced musical analysis

The 92^nd Street YMHA, School of Music, (2006-present) and The New York Society Library (2008-present)

      Lecture series linking music to the history of ideas, with an emphasis on New York’s musical and intellectual life

Sweet Briar College (2007-2010) Visiting Artist, collaborating with faculty in the creation of a new work, and giving nine lectures on Modernism, Postmodernism and diatonic and atonal  theory for faculty and students, and the public

Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, (2002-2006)

National Parks Service, Acadia National Park, Artist in Residence (2006) created and conducted public workshops

The Frick Collection, (2005) lecturer connecting visiting painting exhibits with in-house concerts   

Empire State College, S.U.N.Y., Preceptor and Evaluations Consultant l995-97, 1980-l984

Billings [Montana] Symphony, Composer in Residence 1994-5

Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Composer in Residence 1985, 1987

Lincoln Center Institute, Teaching Artist, designing/implementing new curricula 1990

Fordham University, Assistant. Professor of Music: Music History, Jazz, Musical Concepts l981-83

Manhattan School of Music, Doctoral Teaching Fellow: music theory, sight-singing, dictation l980-l982

Hunter College, C.U.N.Y., Center for Lifelong Learning.  “Patterns of Contemporary Culture" l978-79

 

Orchestral Positions and Residencies

Meredith College, Raleigh NC (2016) Artist in Residence

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pre-concert Lecturer 1990-91, 2004—2015

“Composer in the Metropolis”  Con Edison Resident Composer (NYC) 2013-2014

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pre-concert Lecturer 2010-2012

New Philharmonic of New Jersey, Pre-concert Lecturer 2010

National Parks Service,  Composer-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA 2006

Gold Coast Chamber Players, (San Francisco, CA) Composer-in-Residence,  2003-2005

Piccolo Spoleto Festival/ Charles Ives Center for American Music/ Charleston (SC) Symphony 2002

San Jose Symphony, Guest Composer 1998 San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Guest Composer 1999, 1998

Wayne Chamber Orchestra, Guest Composer 1998-2000

Harvestworks, PASS digital/electronic studio, Composer Digital Programming Fellow 1995

Billings [Montana] Symphony, Composer-in-Residence 1994-5

Lake Placid Symphonietta, Composer-in-Residence 1992

National Orchestral Association, Fellow 1990-1991

Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Composer-in-Residence 1985, 1987

 

Grants, Honors and Awards

BRIO Award, Bronx Council on the Arts 2017

Uncommon Music Festival Award for When Lost in the Forest  2017
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship 2017

New Ariel Piano Composition Award for Lagrimas y locuras  2016
 “Composer in the Metropolis” (NYC) Con Edison Resident Composer 2013-2014

Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music Composer of the Month (February, 2013)
Aaron Copland Foundation Award  2013

2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music – nomination for Lagrimas y locuras

2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music – two nominations for Runes and Ritual

Research Enabling Grant, University of North Texas  2011-2012

Drisha Institute, Artist Fellow 2007-2008

Manhattan Choral Ensemble First Prize, for The Clothes of Heaven for 40 unaccompanied voices 2006

New York Virtuoso Singers Choral Composition Competition for Therefore 2005

First Prize, First Annual Jezick Ensemble Prize for treble choir for Why the Caged Bird Sings 2004

International Alliance for Women in Music, Miriam Gideon Prize for A Revisitation of Myth 2003

Waging Peace for Toward a Time of Renewal for orchestra and chorus 2002

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music String Quartet Competition Commission 1999 (String Quartet #3)

Women’s Philharmonic Orchestral Reading Fellow 1998  In Memory the Heart Still Sings

Artist Fund Fellowship New York Foundation for the Arts, 1998

First Prize New England Chamber Orchestra Competition 1994 for Where Angels May Lie Down Among Us

Tyrone Guthrie Fellowship 1994, Annemakerrig, Ireland

First Prize International Eisteddfod Competition 1992 for La musica, los muertos y las estrellas

Chamber Composition Grant A.C.T.S. Foundation 1992

First Prize New Music for Young Ensembles,1991(Woodwind Quintet, O llama de amor viva) 1984 (Of Honey and Of Vinegar)

First Prize Amadeus Choir, 1991, (Toronto) for Three Short Sacred Anthems and The Oxen Carol

Orchestral Reading Fellowship National Orchestral Association, 1990-91 The Tiger's Tail

First Prize First Universalist Church New Music Competition 1989 for Three Spanish Songs

Delius Foundation Grand Prize and Chamber Music Award 1988 for  Organal Voices

The Church and the Artist (Archdiocese of Seattle) l987 for Orison of Ste Theresa

Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Fellowship 1986

Artists Fellowship [Inaugural Year] New Jersey State Council on the Arts (in recognition of "Outstanding Artist Merit” and "Achievement as an Artist") 1984-1985

First Prize Baroque Choral Guild l984 for Five American Echoes

First Prize Delta Omicron Competition l984 for Forewords

First Prize Chamber Symphony of Princeton l984 for Turbulence, Stillness and Saltation

First Prizes National League of American Pen Women 1988, l987, l986, l985, l983, l982

First Prize Inter-American Music Awards, Sigma Alpha Iota 1980 for On the Beach At Night Alone

 

Recent Selected Compositions, Commissions and Performances

La Madre Truste for mezzo, violin, cello, clarinet, bassoon and piano, for the American Chamber Ensemble   (2017-2018)

My Heart is Like a Singing Bird,  for the Leatherhead Choral Society (UK)  (2017)

O Felix Caecelia,  for LAUDEM, the Association of Liturgical Musicians of Canada (2017)

ASmall Boat of Stars two string duos commissioned by String Poet (2015-2016)

Summer Synchrony for piano, two, four, eight or sixteen hands, commissioned by Octavia Piano Ensemble of Meredith College, 2015-16 

Dances at Dusk, concert arias for soprano, saxophone and piano, for  “Riot for Three” 2015-16

Festival of Wallach Works: Meredith College, Raleigh, NC.  Feb 2-6, 2016  Performances included: 

     Daughters of Silence,  Meow Mix, Firefighters’ Prayer,  Summer Synchrony (world premiere),  Scalerica d’oro, String Quartet #2, After Alcyon’s Dream,  A Revistation of Myth, Spiritual, Love in the Early Morning

Williams’ Songs, for soprano and marimba, commissioned by Mary and William Trigg 2015

Moiré String Quintet, commissioned by the Aaron Copland Foundation and Dr. Joán Groom, 2013-14

Scaleria d’Oro suite for cello and dumbek, commissioned by the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York  [NYC premiere scheduled Oct 10, 2012]

Take Home a Dog,  commissioned by ArtsVenture, Fairbanks, Alaska for the Fairbanks Humane Society, 2012 (Fairbanks premiere, March 3, 2013)

Cassandra’s Lament for unaccompanied women’s voices commissioned by the Jane Austen Society of North America, 2011 (NYC premiere October 7, 2012)

Lagrimas y Locuras  for Ana Cervantes’ Monarca Project, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina; New York City Premiere, Nov 16, 2011

Runes and Ritual for Piano Quartet commissioned by the James Piano Quartet and Sweet Briar College 2009; Voices of Change, Dallas, Southwest premiere October 9, 2011   Nominated for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music

Toward a Time of Renewal for large chorus, four solo voices and symphony orchestra.

commissioned by The New York Choral Society,  1995, Carnegie Hall, NYC;  Columbia University April 25, 1998

College Music Society, National Conference 2011

A Revisitation of Myth  for piano, viola and medium voice “Cutting Edge Concerts”  NYC April 4, 2002 and Donnell Library Series 2002; Gold Coast Chamber Players, San Francisco, CA 2004; Voices of Change, Dallas, TX Southwest premiere 2011

Loveletter (postmark San Jose), for euphonium and strings, commissioned by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra 1999; required

     Competition repertoire International Women’s Brass Conference 2011; published 2011 Just for Brass 2011

From the Forest of Chimneys, an octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn and strings.  Commissioned and premiered by

     The New York Philharmonic Ensembles 1992; Milken Archive for Jewish Music (NAXOS) 2011

Therefore, for a cappella chamber choir, New York Virtuosi, New York City 2005  published, G. Schirmer 2010

The Clothes of Heaven for 40 unaccompanied voices, Manhattan Choral Ensemble commission 2006

In a Dark Time, for horn and piano, International Women’s Brass Conference commission 2005-6

Therefore, for a cappella chamber choir, New York Virtuosi, New York City 2005

Beyond the Shadow of the Rain, meditations on a Shang Dong folksong, for violin, viola and cello, commissioned by the Jade String Trio 2003, Shanghai and New York City, 2004

After Alcyon’s Dream for clarinet, viola and piano, commissioned by the Halcyon Trio 2003

The Tiger’s Tail. an orchestral overture

Spoleto Festival and Charles Ives Festival of American Music 2002; San Jose Symphony, March 8,9, 1997        

Women's Philharmonic, San Francisco Sept. 27, 1991; National Orchestral Association NYC March 23, 1991

A Revisitation of Myth  for piano, viola and medium voice “Cutting Edge Concerts”  NYC April 4, 2002

Why the Caged Bird Sings for treble voices, horn, piano or strings, Plymouth Music Series [VocalEssence] 2002

Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano, American Chamber Ensemble 2001

String Quartet #3 commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music for the Muir Quartet, 1999-2001

From the Almanac of Last Things for piano and medium voice, commissioned by Paul Sperry for the Joy In Singing’s Millennial Concert 2001

Glancing Below, a ballet for eight players:

Showcase Presentation of the Juilliard Dance Theater 1999; Hartford Ballet and Hartford Symphony, 1995;

Guild of Musicians for Dance, Hunter College, NYC 1995; commissioned by The Carlisle Project, Philadelphia

Loveletter (postmark San Jose), for euphonium and strings, commissioned by the San Jose Chamber orchestra 1999

Toward a Time of Renewal for large chorus, four solo voices and symphony orchestra.

commissioned by The New York Choral Society,  1994, Carnegie Hall, NYC;  Columbia University April 25, 1998

String Quartet (1995) La Musica Festival, Sarasota FL 1996

La musica, los muertos y las estrellas  for a cappella SATB

Plymouth Music Series, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis 1994

Florilegium Chamber Choir, Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC May 29, 1989

Shadow, Sighs and Songs of Longing for cello and orchestra, Billings [Montana] Symphony, 1994

Where Angels May Lie Down Among Us

Boston Chamber Ensemble, Cambridge, MA 1994; Commissioned and premiered by the Lake Placid Symphonietta, 1992

From the Forest of Chimneys, an octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn and strings. 

Commissioned and premiered by The New York Philharmonic Ensembles, opening subscription concert 1992

Sweet Briar Elegies for soprano saxophone and cello ensemble.

Commissioned and premiered by Le Festival Internationale des Violoncelles, Paris and Beauvais [France], May 1993

Three Short Sacred Anthems for treble choir, Union Theological Seminary Symposium and Film: Beauty and Liturgy 1993

The Wreath of Silver Birds, a suite for unaccompanied piccolo, The Art Institute of Chicago, in conjunction with their Magritte Exhibit  1993

“Epistolary,” from Daughters of Silence New York Festival of Song, Weill Hall, NYC 1992

The King's Twelve Moons a chamber opera, Magic Circle Opera Repertory Ensemble at the CitiCorp Center, New York City 1992

Three Whitman Songs for voice, clarinet, French horn and bassoon. American Chamber Ensemble  1992

String Quartet (1986) Charles Ives Center for American Music 1991

 

Publishers:                    G.Schirmer                  E.C. Schirmer                                    To The Fore (saxophone works)

                                                C.F. Peters                       Carl Fischer                                  Just For Brass (brass works)

Service, Offices and Membership In Societies and Organizations

Composers Now, Fund for the City of New York, Advisory Board, 2014-

Music Adviser to the Solender Memorial Music Fund of UJA - Federation of New York 2011-

New Music for Young Ensembles, President, Board of Advisors 2013-  , Board of Advisors 2010-

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellow’s Council 2011-

Shearith Israel League of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York,   President 2008-2010,

Alhambra, Board of Directors 2006-

Joy in Singing, Board of Directors 2004 - 2007

Fulbright Senior Specialists, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars: U.S. Studies review committee, 2002-06

Society of Composers, Inc, Executive Committee 1984-1993; Submissions Coordinator 1986-1993; Editor, "Newsletter"

American Composers Alliance 1974-1998 (Nominating Committee 1989, 1987, 1985)

BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) 1980-