Music
The musical work is, for me, a site where the irrational and the rational, the sensual and the conceptual, and, most basically, sound and silence, spar and dance and transcend their seeming dichotomies. Through ever-evolving interpretations of recurring musical materials, I explore the unity of memory and imagination—remembering as an act of imagining, and imagining as an act of remembering. My composing is inspired by movement and the contemplation of change, whether in the physical world or in the psyche. The physicality of musical performance and our emotional identification as listeners with its energy, gestures, and implicit drama are among its further driving forces. My early encounter with electroacoustic music also strongly affected how I approach musical creation, stoking my fascination with the fluidity of time and my attentiveness to the rhythmic, timbral, and harmonic nuances that lend what I hope to be a richer resonance to every moment.
Collections
Trilogy
Transparency (Part I), 2004, rev. 2010 [perc] | score | recording
Clear Sky, 2006 [sopr sax solo/ensemble] | score | recording
like morning, 2012-14 [soprano/string quartet] | score | recording
Inflorescence
Points of no return (Inflorescence I), 1992-93 [fl/perc] | score | recording
Praeludium (Inflorescence II), 2008-09 [pno solo] | score | recording
Danse d’été (Inflorescence III), 2010 [fl/pno] | score, see Danses Vagues
Inflorescence IV, 2011 [2 fl] | score | recording | video
Breathing ritual (Inflorescence V), 2012 [sopr/perc/pno] | score | recording | video
Conducted Ensembles
Cicada June | Geheimlicht, 2016-18 [eight solo voices] | score | recording
Four places, many more times, 2011 [perc quartet]
| score | recording (live)| recording (studio)|(conductor optional)
Former Selves, 1999-2007 [guit solo/ensemble/electronics] | score (unrevised) | recording (2007) recording (2016)
Land, 1996-97 [large ensemble/playback] | score
A part of many journeys, 1993-94[hn/2 trb/vlc/cb] (conductor optional) | score
Zwischenwelt, 1989/91 [perc solo/small ensemble] | score
“…in gleicher Weise umher”, 1988-89 [sopr/violinist/guitarist/ensemble] | score
Chamber and Solo
Figure-Ground, 2018-19 (short version) [violin and string trio] | score | recording
Shrinking world, expanding, 2018-19 [percussion solo] | score | recording
Sixty Cycles, 2015, rev.2017 ['cello solo] | score | recording
Danses vagues, 2010/2014 [fl/pno] | score | recording
Les yeux ouverts, 2009-10 [vibraphone solo] | score | recording
Belle du desert, 1995/98-99/2001 [sopr/perc/playback] | score | recording
Reprise, 1996 [bcl solo] | score
Utopian, 1993 [trb solo] | score
Downstream, 1991-92 [guit/playback] | score | recording
Glimpses, 1986, rev.1988 [fl/vla/guit] | score
Her Dance Refracted, 1983/85 [fl/vn] | score
Acousmatic
Oneirograph (Studies I-III), 2015 [with optional film] | recording
Tel, 1985-87