Compositions |
Theater/Opera
Das Chicago Song
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Yours, Anne
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Rappaccini's Daughter
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Chamber
String Quartet 1959Duration: 18 minutes Scored for: string quartet World Premiere: April 14, 1959 Brandeis University String Quartet Robert Koff (violin), Giora Bernstein (violin), Uri Pianka (viola), Madeline Foley (cello) |
Fantasy No. 1Duration: 24 minutes
Scored for: flute, piano, string quartet World Premiere: 1987 Merkin Hall, New York NY Renee Siebert (flute), David Oei (piano), Richard Sortomme (violin), Carol Webb (violin), Rebecca Young (viola), Warren Lash (cello) Commissioned by Richard Sortomme and For the Love of Music |
Fantasy No. 3Duration: 17 minutes Scored for: flute, piano, french horn, string quartet World Premiere: March 1, 1993. St. Paul's Chapel, New York NY Renee Siebert (flute), David Oei (piano), Sharon Moe, (french horn), Richard Sortomme (violin), Carol Webb (violin), Rebecca Young (viola), Semyon Fridman (cello) Commissioned by Richard Sortomme and For the Love of Music |
A Song for Silenced Voices (Recitative and Aria)
Duration: 10 minutes Scored for: cello, piano World Premiere: February 27, 1995. WQXR Radio Commissioned by Concert Artists Guild and Semyon Fridman (cello) November 30, 1997. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC Steven Honigberg (cello), Brian Zeger (piano) |
To Be A ChildDuration: 7:30 minutes Scored for: flute, cello, harp, mezzo-soprano World Premiere: August 11, 1996. Aaron Copland Heritage Society Barbara Diesel (flute), Eliot Bailen (cello), Wendy Lucas (harp), Maura Molloy (mezzo-soprano) Commissioned by Wendy Lucas and Elyrica |
Brass QuintetDuration: 9 minutes Scored for: Two Trumpets, French Horn, Trombone, and Tuba World Premiere: April 1999. Aspen CO New York Premiere: November 7, 1999 Canadian Premiere: February 3, 2013. University of British Columbia Commissioned by The Manhattan Brass Quintet Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing Available for purchase from Hal Leonard Music |
Monday MorningDuration: 8 minutes Scored for: violin, cello, piano World Premiere: June 11, 1999. Landon Gallery, New York Kristina Cooper (cello), Laura Frautschi (violin), John Novacek (piano) Commissioned by Michelle DiBucci Recordings: MOTO ETERNO, Navona Records (#nv6341), 2021 Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing Available for purchase from Hal Leonard Music |
DialoguesDuration: 21 minutes Scored for: flute, cello, piano World Premiere: Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, Scarsdale NY Lisa Hansen (flute), Steven Honigberg (cello), Christopher Lewis (piano) Commissioned for A Concert for Reflection Recordings: I Remember, Newport Classics (NPD 85656), 1999 |
Too Far AwayBased on an Aria from “Rappaccini’s Daughter” Scored for: flute, oboe, piano World Premiere: March 2, 2000 Commissioned by Carla Moe and Matt Sullivan |
Boy on the RunText by Ilsa Gilbert Scored for: tenor, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano World Premiere: March 22, 2000. Christ and St Stephen’s Church, New York NY Commissioned by Mimi Stern-Wolfe |
From the WallBased on anonymous text found on the wall of a World War II Jewish safehouse.
Duration: 7 minutes Scored for: flute, cello, piano, mezzo-soprano World Premiere: November 11, 2005. Vancouver BC Brenda Fedoruk (flute), Sarah Fryer (mezzo-soprano), Aleksander Szram (piano), Ariel Barnes (cello) |
Two Songs on Texts of Ilsa GilbertI. Life on Loan II. Heard the News Scored for: soprano, piano World Premiere: April 24, 2005. St. Marks Church-In-The-Bowery, New York NY Tiffany DuMouchelle (soprano), Janet E. Hopkins (soprano), Mimi stern-Wolf (piano) Commissioned by Mimi Stern-Wolfe |
Aria for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and HarpScored for: flute, oboe, cello, harp World Premiere: March 14, 2009. St Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland OH Performed by Panorámicos Washington State Premiere: July 11, 2010. 2010 Bellingham Festival of Music Christina Smith (flute), Joseph Robinson (oboe), Rita Costanzi (harp), Steven Thomas (cello) Commissioned Mary Kay Robinson |
Fantasie for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and HarpsichordScored for: flute, oboe, cello, harpsichord World Premiere: June 5, 2011. St. Marks Church-In-The-Bowery, New York NY Performed by The Queen’s Chamber Band Commissioned by Elaine Comparone for the Queen's Chamber Band |
SerenataScored for: oboe, harp World Premiere: 2017. FEMUSC Festival, Brazil Rita Costanzi (harp), Alex Klein (oboe) |
Choral
The Ballad of the Lion and the LambA modern carol Scored for: mixed chorus (SATB) and piano Lyrics: Nancy Sutton |
Seeds of PeaceScored for: choir, piano Text: Janet Wallach World Premiere: July 11, 2003. Seeds of Peace Camp, Otisfield ME |
The Gathering PlaceScored for: choir (acapella)
Text: Kenneth G. Mills |
God's WorldScored for: soprano, SATB chorus | mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus World Premiere: November 11, 2006. St. Helen's Church, Vancouver BC Sarah Fryer (soloist) New York Premiere: November 22, 2008. St. Peter’s Church, New York Arlene Travis (soloist) with the Gregg Smith Singers Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing Soprano and mezzo-soprano arrangements available for purchase from Hal Leonard Music Soprano Mezzo-soprano |
SchechyanuScored for: soprano, mezzo-soprano, choir, piano (or organ) World Premiere: November 16, 2003. Central Synagogue, New York Ida Ra Cahana (soprano), Mimi Lerner (mezzo-soprano) Joint commission by Central Synagogue, New York and Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh |
Solo Piano
Prelude1957, revised 2010
Scored for: piano World Premiere: Brandeis University, Waltham MA Commissioned for A Concert for Reflection, Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, Scarsdale, New York Christopher Lewis (piano) John Novacek Piano |
Television