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2009 Five Poems, for soprano and piano   Five poems by Constantin Cavafy. In Greek. Commissioned by Kathy Yiannoudes, Diller-Quaile School of Music.
2008 Mots d’heures: Gousses, Rames Ten French Conceits, Soprano and Piano  

Poems by Luis d’Antin van Rooten. Commissioned and premiered by Kristen Brown.
Listen to Movement 5
Listen to Movement 10
2007 Compound Carmen, for two mezzos and piano   Book by David Garner. A staged comic scene. Commissioned and premiered by Wendy Hillhouse and Catherine Cook.
2007 Spoon River Songs (rev.), for mezzo and piano   Texts by Edgar Lee Masters. Five songs and a prelude added to the previous three, at the request of Susanne Mentzer.
2005 The Cremation of Sam McGee, for soprano, violin and piano  

Poem by Robert W. Service.  Commissioned by Olivia Stoddard.  Premiered May, 2005. 
Commissioned by Citywinds.  Premiered June 7, 2002.
Listen to The Cremation of Sam Mc Gee
2004 Five Chokas for the New Princess, a cappella for three women's voices  

Texts by Mutsuo Shukuya.  Commissioned by Mutsuo Shukuya.  In Japanese.  Premiered by Miwako Isano, Michiko Saito and Micheline Steacy December 31st, 2005 at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. 
Listen to Five Chokas for New Princess 1
Listen to Five Chokas for New Princess 4

2004 Phenomenal Woman, for soprano and piano  

Seven poems by Maya Angelou.
Commissioned by Katy Sisco. Premiered May,2004.
Listen to Movement 2
Listen to Movement 3
Listen to Movement 6
2004 Three Songs, for soprano and piano   Texts by Heather Klein. Commissioned and premiered by the poet.
2004 Spoon River Songs (rev.)  

Texts by Edgar Lee Masters. One song added at the request of Katherine Growdon, who premiered it along with the previous two in May, 2004
Commissioned by Susanne Mentzer.
Listen to Movement 1
Listen to Movement 2
Listen to Movement 3
2002 Viñetas Flamencas, for tenor, wind-quintet and piano  

Text by Federico García Lorca. In Spanish.
Commissioned by Citywinds.  Premiered June 7, 2002.
Listen to Movement 2
Listen to Movement 3
Listen to Movement 6
2002 The Curious Sofa, a staged solo for soprano and piano, with one non-speaking role   Story by Edward Gorey.
Commissioned by Asia Roos. Premiered March, 2002. Duration: 15'
2000 Seven Nocturnes, for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra  

Text by Odysseus Elytis.  In Greek.
Commissioned by Marie Bafus. Premiered April 30, 2000.  Listen to Nocturne 3

1999 Eins und Alles, for soprano, horn and piano   Text by Christian Morgenstern.  In German.
Commissioned by Sylvia Anderson. Premiered 1999.
1998 Tombstones in the Starlight, for soprano and piano   Texts by Dorothy Parker.
Commissioned by Suzanne Lustgarten. Premiered in March, 1999.
1998 Cinco Poemes de Jaime Manrique, for tenor and piano  

Texts by Jaime Manrique.  In Spanish.
Commissioned by Mark Hernandez. Premiered in August, 2001.
Listen to El Cielo Encima de la casa de Mi Madre
Listen to Mamba
Listen to Elegia al Cisne
Listen to Saudale

1998 Eloise, a staged solo for soprano and piano   From the book by Kay Thompson.
Commissioned by Alexandra Garner. Premiered in March, 1999
1998 The Highwayman, for soprano and string quartet   On the poem by Alfred Noyes.
Commissioned by Cheryl Cain.
Premiered April 18, 1998
1997 Fireflies and Willows, for soprano, baritone and piano   Poems by Nakajima and Nozaki, trans. by James Kirkup. Premiered in November, 1997, Tokyo.
1997 Symptom Recital, for soprano and piano   Poem by Dorothy Parker.
Commissioned by Linda Brewer.
Duration: c.45"
1997 In dieser Zeit, for soprano and piano   3 Songs on poems by Mascha Kaléko. In German.
1. Lied zur Nacht
2. In dieser Zeit
3. Gebet
Commissioned by Dr. Bettina Pohle.
Premiered by Alexandra Garner in September, 1997
Duration:15'
1997 Five Scots Songs, for soprano, violin and cello   Arrangements of five Scots folksongs.
Commissioned by Susan Zeleznick.
Premiered by her in May, 1997.
Duration: 8'
1996 Epitaphs, for mixed a capella chorus  

Texts by Michelangelo.  In Italian.
Commissioned and premiered by the San Francisco Chamber Singers.
Duration: 15'
Listen to Epitaphs 1
Listen to Epitaphs 2
Listen to Epitaphs 3
Listen to Epitaphs 4
1995 El Alma y la Memoria: In Memoriam Edwin Barlow, for soprano and piano  

Four songs on poems by Antonio Machado.  In Spanish. Commissioned by Linda K. Brewer, and premiered by her in November, 1995.
Durarion: 13'20"
Listen to ElAlma 1
Listen to ElAlma 2
Listen to ElAlma 3
Listen to ElAlma 4
1993 Bestiary, for soprano, horn, clarinet and piano   Listen to Landcrab (Margaret Atwood)
Listen to Hail to thee, blithe owl (Ring Lardner)
Listen to The Truro Bear (Mary Oliver)
Listen to Penguins in the Home (Helen Bevington)
Listen to Cricket (orig. Splinter) (Carl Sandburg)
Listen to The Axolotl (David McCord)
Commissioned by the Beaumont Ensemble. 1993.
1993 Out of Silence, for baritone, horn, clarinet and four cellos   Commissioned by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, for the Conservatory's 75th anniversary.
Text by J. Gallegos.
Premiered by the New Music Ensemble April 22, 1993.
Duration: 15'
1990 Forget-Me-Not, for soprano and piano.   Commissioned by Alexandra Horton.
Anonymous text.
Premiered by Miss Horton in May, 1991.
Duration: 6'
1990 Six Caprices of García Lorca, for tenor and piano   Texts by Garcia Lorca. In Spanish.
Listen to movement 4
Listen to movement 6
Commissioned by tenor Mark Hernandez, 1991.
Duration: 14'
1989 Medea Alone, for soprano a capella   Based on Robinson Jeffers' adaptation of Euripides' Medea, the work calls for lighting, costume and stage blocking.
Duration: 22'
1988 Facets for soprano and piano   The Bee Box (Sylvia Plath)
Siren Song (Margaret Atwood)
Mushrooms (Sylvia Plath)
Duration: 11'
1987 Two From Spoon River, for tenor solo and mezzo-soprano solo, with piano accompaniment & for mezzo-soprano solo, with piano accompaniment   Text from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology.
I. Fiddler Jones
II. Lucinda Matlock.
Premiered by the Conservatory Cantata Singers, with the composer at the piano, CAMI Hall, New York, May, 1988.
Duration: 11'
1987 Dances From King David, for soprano and piano  

Text from three psalms.
Commissioned and premiered by Catherine Naglestad in Spring, 1988.
Duration: 10'
1986 Annettes Lieder, for soprano, cello and piano   Text by Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848).  In German.
Listen to movement 1
Listen to movement 2
Listen to movement 3
Commissioned by Mimi Ruiz, and premiered by her in 1986.
Duration: 15'
1986 Jammerwochie (Jabberwocky), for baritone and piano   Text by Lewis Carroll, trans. by Robeert Scott (?). In German.
Duration: 7'
1985 Three Blake Settings, for mezzo-soprano and piano   Texts by William Blake.
Song
Mad Song
The Fly
Premiered by Ann-Mia Sadowsky, 1986.
Duration: 11'
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