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Modern Mixtures: Piano Sonata. 18 min. Premiered by Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano, on the PianoForte Salon Series, broadcast live on Chicago Public Radio, WFMT 98.7 FM, Chicago, IL, 6/27/08.

Tone Poems for Bassoon and Piano. 8 min. Performed by Rafael Zanon, bassoon and Sergey Bezrodny, piano, MUSIC ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, The Conservatory of Asturias, Spain, 12/19/07; premiered by Doug Spaniol, bassoon and Bradley Haag, piano, Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend Auditorium, IN, 2/25/99.

Mood Etudes, duet for Bb Clarinets. 8 min. Performed by Miguel Angel Font and Rocio F. Garin, MUSIC ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, The Conservatory of Asturias, Spain, 12/19/07; performed by Ton Bok and Miny Leeuw, Festival Nieuwe Muziek, Mueller Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland, 3/7/93; Mostly Women Composers Concert Series, Bloomingdale House of Music, New York, NY, 1/26/93; tape used in program by DANCECIRCUS, Milwaukee, WI, 4/16&23/92; premiered at Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 11/11/92.

Paranormal Transits: Cosmic Clowns, interdisciplinary work for narrator, oboe, percussion, doublebass and dancer. 15 min. Text by the composer. Mark Wooldrage, narrator; Pat Morehead, oboe; Catherine Barnes, percussion; Kells Nollenberger, doublebass; Betty Salamun, dancer; Marjorie M. Rusche, conductor; premiered at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Composers Forum MUSICIRCUS event, 10/7/07.

Comments, song cycle for soprano and piano.  8 min.  Poetry by Dorothy Parker.  Performed by Laurel Thomas, soprano and Jeffrey Jacob, piano, Composition Recital, Indiana University South Bend Recital Hall, IN, 3/29/07; Joan Metelli, soprano and Joe Kahre, piano, FESTIVAL 30:  NEW MUSIC, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 3/30/00; Rebecca Arington, soprano and Kyomi Sugimura, piano, Michiana Composers Concert, IUSB Auditorium, IN, 3/15/00; Joan Metelli, soprano and Miko Kominami, piano, IUSB Recital Hall, IN, 11/23/99; Joan Metelli, soprano and Mark Riggleman, piano, IUSB Auditorium, IN, 9/18/99; Susan Swaney, soprano and Raymond T. Feldman, piano, Bloomington Community Chamber Music Recital, IN, 2/15/98 and at the Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 11/13/94; premiered by Vivica Genaux, soprano and Grant Wenaus, piano, IU Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 4/16/92.

Christmas Postlude, In Dulci Jubilo & Stille Nacht, arr., 3 min., Betty Woodland, organ, First United Methodist Church, South Bend, IN, 12/17/06.

Arctic Voyager, for flute, koto, violin, viola & cello. 15 min. Tessa Brinckman and Ensemble East West, Global Voyages for Six, Music and Art Series, First Presbyterian Church, Portland, OR, 9/10/06; Midland Regional Library, 9/12/06; Multnomah Downtown Central Library, 9/17/06; with funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR.

She Stoops to Conquer, one-act chamber opera adapted from the comedy by Oliver Goldsmith.  55 min.  Libretto by Andrew Joffe.  Commissioned by the American Chamber Opera Company, New York, NY; with funding from the Indiana Arts Commission, the Stickley Foundation, and the American Music Center.   “When I Come of Age” aria performed by Keith Bertrand, baritone; Jane Kenas-Heller, piano; Echoes of the Lake:  The Music of Chicago Composers, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, 10/15/05; excerpts presented by Sonja Mihelcic, mezzo; Dustin Dougan, baritone; Paulo de Andrade, piano; Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend Auditorium, IN, 3/20/01; premiered by the American Chamber Opera Company, June 10, 11, 14 & 15, 1999, St. Clement’s Church, 423 West 46th Street, New York, NY.  Andrew Joffe, stage director; Douglas Anderson, conductor; Kate Hardcastle, Lynn Norris, soprano; Constance Neville, Pamelia Phillips, mezzo; Mrs. Hardcastle, Daniel Rawe, countertenor; Young Marlow, Mark Victor Smith, tenor; Tony Lumpkin, Mark Heimbigner, baritone; Mr. Hardcastle, Mark Sullivan, bass-baritone.  Drafts of Scenes 1-3 presented at the Crossroads of Traditions:  The Second InterAmerican Composition Workshop, convened by the Latin American Music Center, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN, 7/13/96.

Chanting to Paradise, SSAA chorus. 10 min.  Commissioned for the Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir by Nancy Menk, conductor.  Texts by  Emily Dickinson.  Premiered Moreau Center for the Arts, Saint Mary’s College, IN, 4/28/05.

Piano Portraits:  Nightwatch  1. In Memorium  2. Bluesy Cantabile, piano solo.  10 min.  Tamar Mikeladze, piano; Recital Hall, Indiana University South Bend, 3/11/05; premiered by Maria Stablein, piano; College Music Society Great Lakes Chapter Composers Concert, Saint Mary’s College, IN, 4/4/03.

Hearing the Grass Grow, My Water Buffalo, song for soprano, cello, and piano.  10 min.  Commissioned by the Indiana Music Teachers Association for their 2003 state conference.  Laurel Thomas, soprano; Wendell Miller, cello; Jeffrey Jacob, piano; Sauder Hall, Goshen College, IN, 11/22/03.

Dreaming the RagWaltz Blues, piano concerto.  14 min.  Commissioned by the Leighton-Oare Foundation, South Bend, IN.  Premiered by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, conductor; Jeffrey Biegel, piano; Morris Performing Arts Center, 4/26/03; broadcast on WAUS-FM, Berrien Springs, MI, 5/11/03.

Passages II:  Requiem, string quartet.  11 min.  Performed by the Chester String Quartet, Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend Auditorium, IN, 2/17/02; performed by Nanette Foley, violin; Emily Selke, violin; Rachel Bienemann, viola; Joanna Change, cello; Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 11/13/94; premiered at Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 4/6/93.

Songs of Love and Death, song cycle for soprano, Bb clarinet, violin, and cello.  20 min.  Commissioned by the Gotham Ensemble, New York, NY.  Presented on the Sundays in the Park With Music concert series, American Composers Forum-Chicago Chapter & Chicago Park District, IL, 10/14/01; performed by Joan Metelli, soprano; Caroline Hartig, Bb clarinet; David Blakley, violin; Roger Malitz, cello; FESTIVAL 30:  NEW MUSIC, Ball State University, IN, 3/30/00; premiered by Dawn Waggener, soprano, Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 11/13/94.

Arctic Chill, string orchestra.  15 min.  Commissioned and premiered by the Indiana University South Bend Philharmonic, Aaron Berofsky, conductor, IUSB Auditorium, IN, 12/14/00.

Fanfare for the Millennium, full orchestra.  9 min.  Commissioned and premiered by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, conductor, at the Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN, 4/8/00; broadcast on WAUS-FM, Berrien Springs, MI, 4/23/00.

Colors, for violin and piano.  10 min.  Performed by Kathryn Berofsky, violin and Christine Larson Seitz, piano, Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend Auditorium, IN, 3/15/00; premiered by Rachel Heineman, violin, and Jeremy Denk, piano, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 11/11/92.

Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow, spiritual arr. for SATB chorus and brass quintet.  3’15”.  Performed by the DuPage Chorale, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, IL, 12/5/99; the Chancel Choir, Holiday Brass Concert, St. Louis Cathedral, MO, 12/12/95; the Chancel Choir, First United Methodist Church, Bloomington, IN, 12/3/95.  Commissioned and premiered by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Robert Porco, conductor, on “A Festival of Carols,” East 91st Street Church, Indianapolis, IN, 12/10&11/94.

Then Sunrise Kissed My Chrysalis, for SATB chorus, violin, cello, and piano.  9 min.  Text arranged by composer based on poetry of Emily Dickinson.  Commissioned by the American Composers Forum-Chicago Chapter.  Premiered by the DuPage Chorale, Lee Kesselman, music director; Rika Seko, violin; Larry Glazier, cello; Russell Stern, piano; McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, IL, 3/21/99.

Tone Poems for Bassoon and Piano.  8 min.  Premiered by Doug Spaniol, bassoon and Bradley Haag, piano, Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend Auditorium, IN, 2/25/99.

When the Shepherd Moon Shall Flee, song for soprano and piano.  4 min.  Text arranged by composer from poems by East African poets Anna Yardeni and Willy David Kamera.  Performed by Lisa Feurzeig, soprano and Marjorie M. Rusche, piano, Michiana Composers Concert, Indiana University South Bend, IN, 3/19/98; Westminster Presbyterian, Minneapolis, MN, 2/5/84; Walkabout Dance Studio Performance Series, San Francisco, CA, 1/23/81; premiered at the Kenya Music Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, 5/76.

Chrysalis, full orchestra.  10’30”.  Premiered by the Concert Orchestra, Paul McGovern, conductor, Musical Arts Center, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN, 2/1/98.

Goddess Songs, chamber opera for SSA chorus, flute, oboe, bassoon, piano, percussion, and dancers. 
1 hour.  Premiered by Opera Millennium and The Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 7/25-28/96.
Text by composer adapted from Greek goddess myths.  Angela Malek, artistic director; Kim Dienhelt, conductor; Linda Shapiro, movement director.  Funded by The McKnight Foundation, Arts Midwest-Meet The Composer, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN.

Mutability, for violin and piano.  9 min.  Performed by Carolyn Balfe, violin and Matthew van Hoose, piano; Ford Hall, Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN, 4/20/96; Sophie Arbuckle, violin and Constance Moore, piano; Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, 2/8/93; Leslie Shank, violin and Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Music in the Park series, St. Anthony Park, MN, 11/13/88; broadcast on KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 3/14/89; premiered by Leslie Shank, violin and Heather MacLaughlin, piano, Minneapolis, MN, 1/17/88.

The Scarlet Letter, an opera in 2 acts, libretto by the composer.  2 hours.  Scenes in concert version presented at Words and Music:  The First InterAmerican Composition Workshop convened by Carmen Tellez, Director, Latin American Music Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 7/9/94 & 7/15/94.  A concert presentation of entire piano-vocal work premiered at the Creative Arts Auditorium, Bloomington, IN, 3/29/93.  Hester Prynne, Emily Howard, soprano; Pearl, Angela Malek, soprano; Arthur Dimmesdale, Fred Kilgallin, tenor; Roger Chillingworth, Curtis Cook, bass; Dan Michalek, piano.

Passages, string quartet.  8 min.  Sartory String Quartet, St. Catherine’s College, St. Paul, MN, 2/26/94.  Commissioned and premiered by the Sartory String Quartet, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, 4/5/92.

Mood Etudes, duet for Bb Clarinets.  8 min.  Performed by Ton Bok and Miny Leeuw, Festival Nieuwe Muziek, Mueller Zaal, Amsterdam, Holland, 3/7/93; Mostly Women Composers Concert Series,
Bloomingdale House of Music, New York, NY, 1/26/93; tape used in program by DANCECIRCUS,
Milwaukee, WI, 4/16&23/92; premiered at Indiana University Bloomington Recital Hall, IN, 11/11/92.

Mutability, for tenor and chamber orchestra with optional electronic effects.  14 min.  Performed by the Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 6/5/88; premiered by Dan Nelson, tenor, on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fine Arts Series, WI, 3/31/87.

Mutability, full orchestra.  13 min.  Reading by the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis, MN, 10/18/88, funded by The Ensemble Reading Program, Minnesota Composers Forum, St. Paul, MN.

Brenda, monodrama/song cycle for soprano, violin, and piano.  37 min.  Text arranged by composer based on prose by Brenda Ueland.  Commissioned by the Schubert Club, St. Paul, MN.  Excerpts premiered at St. Benedict’s College, Collegeville, MN, 9/30/86.  Entire composition broadcast on KFAI, Minneapolis, MN, 3/8/87; WCBN, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/25/87; and WCVT, Baltimore, MD, 2/2/89.  Excerpts performed on the American Women Composers-Midwest 1987-88 concert series, Chicago, IL, 5/13/88.

Safari!, for violin, cello, and piano.  7 min.  Performed on a Minnesota Composers Forum concert at the Ordway McKnight Theatre, St. Paul, MN, 4/12/87; premiered on KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio’s Live From Landmark concert series, St. Paul, MN, 1/24/85.

Quartet for Strings, string quartet.  8 min.  Composer interview and tape broadcast on Music in Minnesota, KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 11/6/86; premiered by the San Francisco String Quartet at Hellman Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA, 8/8/81.

Spring Morning, baritone and woodwind quintet.  6 min.  Poem by D.H. Lawrence.  Broadcast on KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 11/6/86 & 11/82; premiered on a Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 10/28/82.

Dance of Death, chamber opera in 2 acts.  48 min.  Libretto by Dan Pinkerton, adapted from the play by August Strindberg.  Premiered by the Skylight Comic Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 2/2&3/85.  Soprano, mezzo, tenor, bass, mime role, 2 french horns, percussion, piano, and string quartet.  Commissioned by the 1983 Minnesota Composers Forum Commissioning Program funded by the Jerome Foundation.

Whales Weep Not!, song for mezzo and piano.  15 min.  Poem by D.H. Lawrence.  Commissioned by the Schubert Club, St. Paul, MN; premiered on the Music in the Park concert series, St. Anthony Park, MN, 1/20/85; broadcast on KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Berkeley, CA, 2/81.

Nightwatch, for solo piano and dancer.  12 min.  Commissioned by DANCECIRCUS, Milwaukee, WI; performed by Betty Salamun on a Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 3/22/84; premiered by Betty Salamun at the Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI, 5/26&27/83.

Variations on Four Themes of Sappho, song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra.  12 min.  Poems by Geoffry Gardner.  Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra, So. St. Paul, MN, 11/12/84; soprano, horn, ‘cello, piano, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, MN, 5/80; premiered on Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, MN, 1/28/79.

Mobile, trio for violin, cello and piano.  10 min.  Broadcast on KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 11/81; performed on a Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 3/28/81; premiered on the Walkabout Dance Studio Performance Series, San Francisco, CA, 1/23/81.

Animals, song cycle for mezzo and piano.  18 min.  Poetry by Blake, Dickinson, Yeats, and Monro.  Broadcast on KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Berkeley, CA, 2/81; KSJN, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 6/80; premiered on a Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1/20/80.

Much Madness is Divinest Sense, song for tenor, piccolo, flute, horn, piano.  8 min.  Texts arranged by composer using poem by Emily Dickinson and T.V. commercials.  Robin Taylor, tenor.  Radio broadcast on KUOM-FM, University of Minnesota Radio; performed on Minnesota Composers Forum concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 5/75; premiered on U of MN Contemporary Music Ensemble concert, 3/75.