Alice Tierney (2023) 00:11:00
solo soprano, piano
Soprano aria excerpts from the opera Alice Tierney.
Solo Vocal
Decomposition (2023) 00:04:00
solo soprano, 2 violins
Commissioned by Glass Clouds Ensemble for the Yellow Barn Residency
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo soprano, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for soprano and piano
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for mezzo and piano
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo baritone, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for baritone and piano
Black Thunder (2021) 00:4:00
solo baritone, piano
A setting of Luke Stromberg's poem for solo baritone, violin, cello, and piano, composed for Network for New Music's Poetry Project 2008. Arranged for voice and piano for CodyRay Caho, 2021.
Four Poems of Nikita Gill (2020) 00:12:00
solo mezzo-soprano(s), piano
A song cycle for solo mezzo-soprano, and a treble trio
The Bodice Ripper Project (2020) 00:08:00
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
Commissioned by Maren Montalbano for her one-woman show in the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Farewell Angelina (2019) 00:04:00
solo voice, viola
An arrangement of the Bob Dylan song, commissioned by soprano Elise Brancheau for a concert benefiting coLAB Arts.
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, string orchestra
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song," arranged for strings for the Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, violin, double bass, piano
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song."
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song."
Four Poems of Nikita Gill (2018) 00:12:00
solo soprano(s), piano
A song cycle for solo soprano, and a soprano trio
Hervararkviða (The Incantation of Hervor) (2016) 00:12:00
solo mezzo soprano, violin, harp
Song cycle for mezzo, violin, and harp, with text based on Icelandic Poetic Edda.
Tesla's Pigeon (2013) 18:00
solo soprano, orchestra
2013 orchestral arrangement. Cover art by Robinson Smith. A song cycle for soprano about the elderly scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla and his relationship with a white dove in New York City.
June (2012) 8:00
solo voice, looper pedal
Composed for Voice of this Generation and Network for New Music. For solo voice (any range) and looper pedal.
Tesla's Pigeon (2010) 18:00
solo soprano, piano
Cover art by Robinson Smith. A song cycle for soprano and piano about the elderly scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla and his relationship with a white dove in New York City.
Three Patriotic Songs (2009) 08:00
solo countertenor, 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), harpsichord
Neo-baroque arrangements of "America," "Stars and Stripes Forever," and "God Bless the USA" for countertenor, flutes, and harpsichord.
a summer more like a song (2008) 1:00
solo baritone, piano trio
Song for baritone and piano trio composed for Network for New Music's poetry project.
Handshake: A Scherzo (2008) 06:00
solo soprano, Pierrot ensemble, large percussion
A humorous, raucous homage to the sounds of the Information Age in a setting of the Lorem Ipsum. Pierrot ensemble with large percussion.
Black Thunder (2008) 06:00
solo baritone, piano trio
Song for baritone and piano trio composed for Network for New Music's poetry project. Selected for Honorable Mention in the ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation 2009 Art Song Competition.
L'homme Armé (2006) 06:00
solo soprano or tenor, Theremin, horn, clarinet, cello, tape
For 5-piece chamber ensemble and tape. A somber reaction to gun culture in the United States composed during the violence of the Iraq War and the shooting at Virginia Tech. Featuring found sound recorded during the conflicts and a metrical canon, with lyrics taken from a medieval call to arms.
Decomposition (2023) 00:04:00
solo soprano, 2 violins
Commissioned by Glass Clouds Ensemble for the Yellow Barn Residency
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo soprano, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for soprano and piano
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for mezzo and piano
Eat the Rich (2022) 00:04:30
solo baritone, piano
A folk-inspired protest song for baritone and piano
Black Thunder (2021) 00:4:00
solo baritone, piano
A setting of Luke Stromberg's poem for solo baritone, violin, cello, and piano, composed for Network for New Music's Poetry Project 2008. Arranged for voice and piano for CodyRay Caho, 2021.
Four Poems of Nikita Gill (2020) 00:12:00
solo mezzo-soprano(s), piano
A song cycle for solo mezzo-soprano, and a treble trio
The Bodice Ripper Project (2020) 00:08:00
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
Commissioned by Maren Montalbano for her one-woman show in the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Farewell Angelina (2019) 00:04:00
solo voice, viola
An arrangement of the Bob Dylan song, commissioned by soprano Elise Brancheau for a concert benefiting coLAB Arts.
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, string orchestra
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song," arranged for strings for the Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, violin, double bass, piano
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song."
Come My Tan-Faced Children (2019) 00:05:40
solo mezzo-soprano, piano
Art song commissioned by Lyric Fest for premiere at "Carol of Words - Walt Whitman in Song."
Four Poems of Nikita Gill (2018) 00:12:00
solo soprano(s), piano
A song cycle for solo soprano, and a soprano trio
Hervararkviða (The Incantation of Hervor) (2016) 00:12:00
solo mezzo soprano, violin, harp
Song cycle for mezzo, violin, and harp, with text based on Icelandic Poetic Edda.
Tesla's Pigeon (2013) 18:00
solo soprano, orchestra
2013 orchestral arrangement. Cover art by Robinson Smith. A song cycle for soprano about the elderly scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla and his relationship with a white dove in New York City.
June (2012) 8:00
solo voice, looper pedal
Composed for Voice of this Generation and Network for New Music. For solo voice (any range) and looper pedal.
Tesla's Pigeon (2010) 18:00
solo soprano, piano
Cover art by Robinson Smith. A song cycle for soprano and piano about the elderly scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla and his relationship with a white dove in New York City.
Three Patriotic Songs (2009) 08:00
solo countertenor, 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), harpsichord
Neo-baroque arrangements of "America," "Stars and Stripes Forever," and "God Bless the USA" for countertenor, flutes, and harpsichord.
a summer more like a song (2008) 1:00
solo baritone, piano trio
Song for baritone and piano trio composed for Network for New Music's poetry project.
Handshake: A Scherzo (2008) 06:00
solo soprano, Pierrot ensemble, large percussion
A humorous, raucous homage to the sounds of the Information Age in a setting of the Lorem Ipsum. Pierrot ensemble with large percussion.
Black Thunder (2008) 06:00
solo baritone, piano trio
Song for baritone and piano trio composed for Network for New Music's poetry project. Selected for Honorable Mention in the ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation 2009 Art Song Competition.
L'homme Armé (2006) 06:00
solo soprano or tenor, Theremin, horn, clarinet, cello, tape
For 5-piece chamber ensemble and tape. A somber reaction to gun culture in the United States composed during the violence of the Iraq War and the shooting at Virginia Tech. Featuring found sound recorded during the conflicts and a metrical canon, with lyrics taken from a medieval call to arms.