COMPOSITIONS:

• STOP / MOTION (2022); inspired by itinerant Shadows by Anila Quayyum Agha, any number of players, improvised, approximately 5 min
• I Wear an Artichoke Heart on My Head (2022); text from Josh Tvrdy, for Ekmeles (vocal sextet); 5 min
• You’re not a girl … just now (2022); text from L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, for Loadbang (baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet); 4 min
• Mideast Dialogues (2021); for Bb clarinet and Persian santour; 8 min
• Bittersweet Miniatures (2021); for mixed quartet; 4 min
• Heterogeneity (2020); for acoustic guitar; 11 min
• Hilde und Sabine: Zartbitter (2020); for solo harpist with drone; 5 min
• Self-Portrait in Nine Styles (2019), two horns, 5 min, Premiere 2019, UNM Composition Recital
• INFINITE JEST (2012), solo piano, 8 min; Premiere 2012; Houston Composer’s Salon
• Collage 1 (2012), double bass and piano, 5 min; Premiere 2012; Houston Composer’s Salon
• Clumsily, I walk with You (2011), harp and double bass, 4 min; Premiere 2011, Pearson Hall, Houston, TX
• the impermanence of beauty (2010), harp and trumpet, 5 min; Premiere 2011, Pearson Hall, Houston, TX
• interpunct (2009), oboe, trumpet/double bass, piano,  ~15 min [indeterminate]; Premiere 2009; Khon’s Coffee Wine Darts Art, Houston, TX
• Music for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (2009); 15 min, Premiere 2011, Pearson Hall, Houston, TX
• Rufus, Javier and Sven Chase a Chicken Through a Church (2009) for tenor and bass trombones; 4 min; Premiere 2009, Eastman Summer Trombone Institute
• The Parrot (2008) for four improvisers; ~18 min [indeterminate]
• Piano Trio #1 “The Mutant Crab and the Minotaur” (2008; 2019) for piano, violin and cello; 9 min Premiere 2011, Pearson Hall, Houston, TX
• Jewish Food (2006) for woodwind quintet; 9 min
• Symphony #1 “Unrequited” (2005; 2014) for 2-2-2-2; 2-2-2-1; 2 perc and strings; 15 min
• Aesop’s Animals (2004) for six solo singers and mixed octet (opt puppets); 25 min; Premiere, 2004, Studio Theatre, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
• Theme and Variations (2004) for string quartet and fixed media 3 min
• For Carole Maso (2004) for trumpet quartet; 3 min; Premiere 2009; Around Hear, Houston
• Star Spangled Banner (arrangement) (2003) for brass quintet; 2 min; Premiere 2004, Knox College, Spring Student Recitals
• Doug in Hades (2003) for trumpet (doubling vocals), trombone, and double bass; 5 min; Premiere 2003, Knox College, New Music Concert
• Hypnotic (2003; part 4 in 2007) for brass quintet; 10 min
• Confession and Meditation (2002) for brass quintet; 5 min; Premiere 2002, Knox College, New Music Concert
• Drone! (2002) for trumpet, double bass, and drum set; 2 min; Premiere 2002, Cherry Street, Galesburg, IL

JAZZ COMPOSITIONS:

• Addicted To Ignorance (latin) (2003)
• After Curfew (ballad) (2008)
• Better Late (swing) (2004)
• Brontosaurus (funk) (2004)
• But I’m Only A Hamster (swing) (2001)
• Carry Me to My Grave (shuffle) (2012)
• Dilapidated Shack (bossa/funk) (2001)
• Evading the Grasp of the Mighty Mephistopheles (funk) (2003)
• Follow that Garbage Truck! (funk) (2013)
• Gene Kelly (swing) (2006)
• Gustav Escapes (swing) (2003)
• Hurtful Desolation (rock) (2004)
• I’ve Tried (ballad) (2001)
• Immaturity Dance (or My College Is Better Than Your College) (swing) (2003)
• Interjection (rock) (2003)
• Legend of a Forgotten Hero (latin) (2003)
• Montenegro (rock) (2010)
• Queso-idad (latin) (2014)
• Second Chances (swing/bossa) (2009)
• This Is NOT Your Normal Jazz Song (rock) (2003)
• Three Toed Sloth (swing) (2000)
• Toot Your Own (swing) (2009)
• Vicissitude (shuffle) (2003)
• Waiting for Love (ballad) (2005)
• You Sexy Pheromone (funk) (2001)
• Zornophilia (latin/swing) (2003)