Lecture/Presentation/Performance

Composers Forum, Frost School of Music, University of Miami. Spring 2008, date TBA.

Approaches to Form in the Multimedia Artwork

International Seminar Series, Listening to Music: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation, Network for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science Technology and Music, Centre for Music Technology, University of Glasgow, June 13, 2007.

Teaching Music Theory with contexts in World Music

Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece. March 27, 29, 2007.

A process of musical discovery; musical metaphor and meaning in the setting of contemporary Gaelic poetry

Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Harvard University, October 10, 2004.

Compositional Trends and the Music of Lukas Foss

University of Glasgow, Visiting Lecture Series, Music Department. March, 2002.

Recordings

Faces of a Woman

Tapestry, "Grainne" (Grace O'Malley)," Recorded March 20-23. Release date: October 2007, (MDG), Musikproducktion Dabringhaus and Grimm.

Songs from a Sunrise Land (working title)

Ives String Quartet, Mockingbird Quartet, "anail cuminhe, (breath of memory)," Recorded October 15-16, CCRMA, Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Label and release date TBA.

Holocaust Echoes, "A deep night has fallen"

Composed for the Yom HaShoah commemoration and the International Conference, Confront: Resistance in Nazi Germany, April 17, 2002, Boston College. Michalczyk, John.

Music for Films

The Killing Silence: Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture

John Michalczyk, director. Etoile Documentary Group, Boston, November 18, 2004 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. Film currently being broadcast internationally. Music dur. 37 min.

Civic Courage

Paul Godreau, director, Etoile Documentary Group, Boston. March 25. Eric Kniffen, guitar, music dur 14'.

Tunnels

VC, and Perc.(1), Film by Cliff Evans, live performance by Odd Appetite May 2, 2004, Paine Hall, Harvard University.

Car Moving/Landscape Rushing

Film by Pamela Larsen Kaneb, TIMARA Studios, Oberlin Conservatory, July 6, 2003, rev, May 2, 2004, Paine Hall, Harvard University.

Unexpected Openings: Nothern Ireland Prisoners

Dramatic underscore. September, 22, 2000 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Broadcast on WGBH, Film nominated for a New England Emmy. Etoile Documentary Group. Boston.

Lair Gheal Aig Ciaradh (White Mare at Dusk)

woman's vocal quartet and harp. dur. 6mins. Text by Aonghas MacNeacail. Scottish Voices, Musica Nova Series, West End Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, June 10 2007. Commissioned by Musica Nova.

anial cuminhe, (breath of memory)

string quartet and woman's vocal quartet, Hawthorne Quartet, Gasson Hall Boston College, October 29, 2007.

New Work for string Quartet

Esterhazy Quartet, February 18, 2008, Jesse Auditorium, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Music. Commissioned by the Esterhazy Quartet.

Grainne, (Grace O'Malley)

women's voices, Tapestry, National Gallery Of Art, Washington, DC. March 19, 2008.

New work, for cello and electronics

Asdis Arnasdottir, cello, Faculty Concert Series, Tonskoli, Sigursveis, Reykjavik, Iceland. Spring 2008. Date TBA.

New Work, for viola and multimedia

Scott Woolweaver, viola, Faculty Recital Series, Brooks Roger Hall, Williams College, Spring 2008, Date TBA

New Work for Uileann Pipes and String Quartet

Michael Dunne, Uileann pipes, String Quartet TBA, Premiere, Limerick, Ireland, Date TBA. 2008 Commissioned by Michael Dunne.

New work for guitar

commissioned by the International Guitar Congress/Festival of Corfu, summer, 2008.

All works either published or pending publication by Anniesland Music, Boston, unless otherwise noted.

Passage

a tone poem for solo cello, dur: 12 mins, May 6, 2007, Adamian Center, Bentley College, commissioned by Dr. José Hidalgo and the New England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and Disassociation, for the conference: Human Trafficking and Mental Health. May 12, Cambridge Multi-cultural Arts Center.

Five of Nine, for percussion five players

dur: 12mins. Commissioned by the Krousis Ensemble and the Greek Composers Union. March 29, 2007, Goethe Institute, Athens, Greece.

Grainne Mhaol, (Grace O'Malley)

women's voices, dur: 7' commissioned by Tapestry. February 25, 2007, St. Martin's Church, Museum Concerts Series, Providence RI, May 12 2007, Argonne National Library, Arts at Argonne Chamber Music Series, Chicago, IL.

DiVersIons, (Six movements and two interludes to be performed with paintings by Cathy Lebowitz)

solo violin, dur: 12 min, Brenda Van Der Merwe, violin, Nick Bailey, engineer. Nov. 5, 2006 Edwin Pickman Hall, Cambridge MA. January 28, 2007 St Marks Episcopal Church, The Bowery, NYC.

Alexander: Three Imaginary Mobiles for saxophone quartet

dur: 13 min. commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, Harvard University. Premiere, First and Second Church, Boston, March 25, 2006, the Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet. May 11, 2007, Bowdoin College.

anail cuminhe (breath of memory)

womens voices and string quartet. dur: 14 min. Gaelic Texts by Aonghas MacNeacail, performances funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board, UK. Ives Quartet and Mockingbird Quartet. Oct. 13, 2006, Palo Alto, Oct.14 San Jose, Petit Trianon Theater, Oct. 13 Noe Valley Chamber Music, San Francisco, performances in Boston, Melbourne and Glasgow TBA.

Be not still, O God, (Vir Perfecte)

SATB dur: 6 mins. Text from the Book of Psalms. Commissioned by the Seraphim Singers, Mission Church, Boston, February 20, 2006.

Nightbird

for any solo saxophone, dur: 4 mins. April 10, 2006, Gasson Hall, Boston College. Philip Stauedlin, saxophone.

O Deus Ego Amo Te, (Rev. J. Robert. Barth, S. J. in memoriam)

SATB, dur: 5 mins. Text by St. Francis Xavier. Commissioned by St Mary's Chapel, Boston College, Performance TBA.

Falling in Love with God

SATB. dur: 4 min. Text by Padre Arrupe, S. J. commissioned by the Jesuit Urban Centre, Boston. Performance TBA.

Iomradh nan tursachan, (Report from the stone circle)

for mezzo-soprano and viola, dur: 12 min. Texts by Aonghas MacNeacail, Laurie Monahan, mezzo- soprano, Scott Woolweaver, viola March 20, 2005, St. Paul's Church, Brookline, MA. Commissioned by Laurie Monahan and Scott Woolweaver.

Three Gaelic Folk Songs, I Ublan (apples), II Am bial na coille, (In the mouth of the forest, III. Lair gheal aig ciradh, (White mare at dusk)

voice and oboe, dur: 7 min Texts by Aonghas MacNeacail. Harvard Celtic Colloquium, October 10, 2004. Harvard University. Versions for voice in combination with violin, viola, flute, and clarinet.

In Balance

SATB, Texts by St Thomas More and Jorge Guillemot, commissioned by New Century Voices, door: 11 mins. May 16, 2004 Kings Chapel, Boston, New Century Voices.

DreamMotions

viola and electronic media, Scott Woolweaver, viola, October 3, 2004 Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge, MA.

Bossa Nova

for electronic tape, dur: 3mins, text Thomas Arsenalaut, TIMARA Studios, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio, June 29, 2003.

Whither Shall I go

Five part a cappella SSAAA chorus, dur: 12 min (Psalm text and Rilke excerpts) commissioned by Pandora’s Vox vocal ensemble, May 15, 2003, St Paul’s Catholic Church, Cambridge.

Imaginary Possessions

solo trumpet in Bb or C, dur: 6mins, Steven Banzaert, trumpet, February 20, 2003, Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Lila (originally named Vortex)

piano solo. dur: 9 mins. commissioned by the Music Festival of the Hamptons. July 18,2003, Bridgehampton, The Museum of the American Piano, New York, New York, November 25, 2003. Steven Masi, piano.

Oidhche Chiùin (Gentle Night)

for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, dur: 8'30". Text by Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley Maclean), Laurie Monahan, mezzo-soprano. Commissioned by the Navigator Foundation for the opening of Scotland Calls: a World Premiere Exhibition of 20th century Scottish Photography. May 31,2002, Boston Public Library. Boston, MA.

A deep night has fallen (texts by Sharon Olds and Margaret McAllister)

Soprano, Bb Cl. V.C. Piano, Percussion (1). dur. 18’30” Commissioned by the Fine Arts Department of Boston College for the Yom HaShoah commemoration and the International Conference, Confront: Resistance in Nazi Germany, April 17,2002, Boston College. Michalczyk, John. Ed. Confront, Resistance in Nazi Germany, Peter Lang, New York, 2004.

Three Summer Pieces

Bb Cl, Vln. dur: 9 mins, Hector Scott Vln., Shinobu Scott, Cl., Museum of Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland. June 10 2002.

Of no country I know

for mezzo soprano, orchestra and chorus, dur: 20 mins. Texts from the book by David Ferry, dur 20mins. 2001.

Four Summer Pieces

Ob. VC. dur: 9mins, June 26, 2000.Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

There is a boundary to looking

Bb Bass Cl, Trpt, Perc.(2), Hp, Pno, Vln (2), Vla, VC, DB. Commissioned by ALEA III, Theodore Antoniou, artistic director, February 19, 2000. Tsai Performance Center, Boston MA.

Things that are worse (song on a text by Sharon Olds)

Sop, Cl, VC, Perc (1), December 15, 1999, Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge MA

Four Movements

for KMSJ, Vln. Cl. V.C. Pno. dur; 10 mins. Baverstam Chamber Players, December 13,1998, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Four Miniatures for String Quartet

dur: 8 mins, November 8, 1997, Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge MA.

Cançoes Excentricas

soprano, string orchestra, harp, percussion, dur 17 mins. March 8, 1997, Longy Chamber Orchestra, Edwin Pickman Hall, Cambridge MA.

Three movements

bassoon solo, dur 6'45", Scotia Festival of Music, May 22 1996, Scotia Festival of Music, Halifax.

Violet Logic II

bassoon and electronic tape, dur:11 mins, Janet Underhill, bassoon, Audible Visions, November 10, 1995 Somerville, MA

Violet Logic I

saxophone and electronic tape, dur: 11mins, May 8, 1995, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA. Dan Smith, saxophone

Reiterations

clarinet solo (1994), commissioned by Mark Miller and the Warebrook Contemporary Festival, January 29, 1995 Emmanuel Church, Boston. Earnestly Music, Sharon MA.

Four Preludes for Solo Trumpet

dur: 8 mins. Jane Sanford, trumpet. Commissioned by Jane Sanford. Boston University Concert Hall. February 14.1995

Quartet

flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, dur: 8 mins. June 22, 1994, June in Buffalo Festival. New Millennium Ensemble.

Four Songs from the Separate Rose

mezzo-soprano, harp, dur: 12 mins. Texts by Pablo Neruda, Crosscurrents, September, 18, 1993 First and Second Church, Boston MA, Judith Kellock, mezzo soprano, Susan Robinson, harp.

Prayer for the Safe Journey of Anne

soprano and orchestra, dur: 6mins, Text Margaret McAllister, May 8, 1992, Latitia Blaine, soprano, Boston College Symphony Orchestra. Written for Anne Shapiro, chairperson, music department.

Alhambra

marimba solo, and dur: 7'20". Commissioned, Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, James Smith, marimba. July 6, 1992, Haskill Opera House, Derby Line, Vermont, Stanstead, Quebec.

Three Sketches For String Quartet

dur: 12' Boston Composers String Quartet, February 15, 1991.Gasson Hall, Boston College.

Adagio and Allegro for Chamber Ensemble

Fl. Ob. Cl. Bn. Hn, Trpt, Perc. 2Vln. Vla. V.C., Millennium Ensemble, October 27, 1990, Tsai Performance Center, Boston MA.

The Lovely Shall Be Choosers

Narrator, Fl. Alto Fl, Ob, Cal./Bass Cal, Bsn, Hn, Perc, Harp, 2Vln, Vla, V.C, March 8, 1990.Boston University, School for the Arts.

Dialogue for Solo Flute

Mary Jo White, flute. Underground Composers, November 1990, First and Second Church, Boston MA.