Chamber Music

My chamber music remains some of my most intimate and exploratory music. In writing for small instrument (and voice) combinations, I am able to explore smaller details of harmony and timbral expression. Some of my best “watershed” works are found in this category.

If I Shall Ever Return Home:
Seven Chinese Poems
 (tenor and piano)
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Phos Hilaron
(violin and cello)
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Oil and Water
(trombone, euphonium, and vibraphone)
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The Gates of Horn and Ivory
(violin, bass clarinet, and piano)
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    Couch Surfers!

    Ongoing – I am writing music for a very different kind of project: the webseries Couch Surfers! Kind of a little bit of everything (even a Wagnerian forest moment in one episode) but mostly a lot of punk rock surf with guitar help from my friend Carleton Ingram. www.couchsurferstv.com

    Two Events in DC on one day!

    April 27 – Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek premiered Latte, an art song with lyrics by Lisa Pegram, at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center. On the same day, Maryland percussionist Tim McKay premiered my new percussion piece Tres Leches at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. It was amazing to have two totally different premieres of totally [...]

    March 24, 2012

    The Siena College Chorus and Musicians of Ma’alwyck premiered new Mass for the New Jerusalem for chorus and string quartet at the Chapel at Carondelet Hospitality Center in Loudonville, NY under the direction of Tim Reno. Thanks to all the musicians for their excellent performance!