Works
New Work (upcoming)
Commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Fromm Music Foundation
Instrumentation: full orchestra
New Work (upcoming)
Commissioned by violist Louise Schulman
Instrumentation: viola & guitar
Under a Dim, Orange Light 2012
Commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: flute/bass flute, viola, and guitar
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
When the Wind Comes, the Grass Bends 2011
Commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet
Instrumentation: string quintet – violin(2), viola, cello(2)
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
Pu Songling's Bizarre Tales 2011
Commissioned by Meet The Composer
For Music from China
Instrumentation: erhu, pipa, yangqin, piccolo/alto flute, bass clarinet, and percussion
Duration: ca. 15 minutes
It Is an Illusion You Were Ever Free 2010
I. Little Fugue
II. Valentine
III. Like Lightning Across an Open Field
Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment and Triple Helix Piano Trio
Lyrics by Frank Bidart
Instrumentation: piano trio and women's choir (mixed chorus version available, arranged in 2011)
Duration: ca. 13.5 minutes
Rio del Tizon 2010
Commissioned by cellist Rhonda Rider
Instrumentation: solo cello
Duration: ca. 6.5 minutes
Rhetorical Flourishes: Three Shepard Songs 2010
I. Oh! On an April Morning
II. Let's Hear It
III. Empiricist of Clouds
Commissioned by the Monadnock Music Festival
Lyrics by Neil Shepard
Instrumentation: soprano, viola, clarinet/bass clarinet, and percussion
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Burst 2010
Commissioned by the Magic Clarinet Quartet
Instrumentation: Bb clarinets (3) and bass clarinet
Duration: ca. 3 minutes
Toil, Live, and Sing 2009-2010
Written for 2010 Pacific Rim Music Festival
Instrumentation: ajaeng, violin, and cello
Duration: ca. 7 minutes
Being: Two Collins Songs 2009
I. The Night House (ca. 7 minutes)
II. Shoveling Snow with Buddha (ca. 6 minutes)
Commissioned by Volti
Lyrics by Billy Collins
Instrumentation: a cappella chamber choir
Through Time…, with Su Shr 2009
Commissioned by cellist Rhonda Rider
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Duration: ca. 6 minutes
Sky Lantern 2009
Commissioned by the Tone Melody Flute Ensemble
Instrumentation: piccolos (2), G flutes (2), flutes (21), alto flutes (6), bass flutes (4), clarinet, bassoon, percussion (2), piano, cello, and double bass
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
At the Brink of the Chill 2008-2009
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
Duration: ca. 18 minutes
Worries Just As Real 2008
Commissioned by the National Chiang Kai –Shek Cultural Center
Instrumentation: violin and piano
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
The Orphan of Zhao 2008
(Concert Version) – derived from the incidental music for a play of the same title
Commissioned by the Brandeis Theater Company and the MusicUnitesUS
Instrumentation: erhu, yang-qin, viola, cello, percussion
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Flicker 2008
Commissioned by the Triple Helix
Instrumentation: violin, cello, and piano
Duration: ca. 3 minutes
Dou Zhen 2008
Commissioned by the Ju Percussion Group
Instrumentation: six percussionists with mixed instruments
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Mountain is Mountain 2007
Commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: solo flute and string orchestra
Duration: ca. 16 minutes
The Orphan of Zhao 2007
– incidental music for a play of the same title
Commissioned by the Brandeis Theater Company and the MusicUnitesUS
Instrumentation: erhu, yang-qin, viola, cello, percussion
Duration: ca. 38 minutes
Binge Delirium 2007
Commissioned by Chris Froh
Instrumentation: one percussionist with mixed instruments
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Wu 2006-07
Commissioned by the Arts Council Korea
Instrumentation: gayaguem and cello
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Lonebird 2006
Commissioned by Chamber Music Now, for pianist Marilyn Nonken
Instrumentation: solo piano
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Orpheus With His Lute 2006
Written for James Olesen
Lyrics by William Shakespeare
Instrumentation: chamber choir
Duration: ca. 3 minutes
Three Fantasias 2006
Commissioned by clarinetist Wen-Shin Chang of Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentation: solo clarinet
Duration: ca. 9 minutes
Lost Threads 2005-06
Written for the Empyrean Ensemble, with funding from Meet the Composer
Instrumentation: piccolo/alto flute, viola, bass clarinet, and percussion
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Tangled in Smoke 2004
Written for pianist Amy Dissanayake and her tango project
Instrumentation: solo piano
Duration: ca. 3 minutes
Transpiration 2003-04
Written for pianist Amy Dissanayake and the Empyrean Ensemble
Instrumentation: violin, cello, and piano
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Shadow Chase 2003
Commissioned by the Left Coast Ensemble, with funding from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation and Meet the Composer
Instrumentation: string quartet
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Lotus•Piercing•Tender 2003
Written for the Violafest! – a Viola Festival
Instrumentation: four violas
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Longing for String Trio 2002-2003
Commissioned by The 2003 International Festival of Women in Music Today, Seoul
Instrumentation: violin, viola, and cello
Duration: ca 10 minutes
kai•men•da•ji 2002
Commissioned by the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, written for pianist Lara Downes and Alexander String Quartet
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, cello, and piano
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Perplexing Sorrow 2001-2002
Commissioned by Earplay
Instrumentation: flute, viola, and piano
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Subliminal Waters 2001
Instrumentation: solo violin
Duration: ca. 13 minutes
The Horizon Unfolds 2000
Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
Amid Haze – Concerto for Erhu and Chamber Orchestra 1998-1999
Commissioned by ALEA III
Instrumentation: erhu, flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussions, strings
Duration: ca. 13 minutes
Ballade 1998
Instrumentation: solo piano
Duration: ca. 7 minutes
Duet for Clarinet and Violoncello 1996-1997
Instrumentation: clartinet and cello
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Sestetto No.2 1996
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra 1995
Instrumentation: solo clarinet and string orchestra
Duration: ca. 14 minutes
A Common Man’s Dream 1995
Instrumentation: tenor and piano
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Clarinet Quartet 1994-1995
Instrumentation: 4 clarinets in b-flat
Duration: ca. 9 minutes
Music for Solo Marimba 1992
Instrumentation: solo marimba
Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Music for Chamber Orchestra 1991-1992
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, harp, 2 percussions, and strings
Duration: ca. 13 minutes
Escape 1991
Instrumentation: solo flute
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
Ripples 1990
Instrumentation: flute, violin, cello, and piano
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Sestetto 1989-1990
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Clarinet Sonata 1988-1989
Instrumentation: clarinet and piano
Duration: ca. 8 minutes