Chamber Works

  • A View from the Trenches, a song cycle based on poetry written during WWI, for baritone voice, flute, clarinet, guitar, and piano (2018)

  • An Earthen Man, six songs for baritone voice and string quartet on poetry by Wendell Berry (2009-10)

  • Broncho Billy’s Sentence, for flute, clarinet in B-flat, violin, ’cello, and piano; titled after and composed as a soundtrack for the silent film of the same name (1990)

  • Dances and Meditations for flute ensemble and percussion (2021)

  • Face to Face, for string quartet. A concert-length multi-movement work based on a dramatic story, with optional image projection, lighting, and costuming. (2024-2025)

  • Follow the Drinking Gourd (1999, rev. 2015). Incidental music suite, based on the story of the Underground Railroad. Optional narration and audience participation. Versions for string quartet or quintet; or wind quintet.

  • Indignation, for string quartet (2009)

  • Life, in three movements, for Violin, Alto Saxophone, and Piano (2018)

  • Reclamation Space, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, digital sound, and video projection (2025-26)