WORKS
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CHAMBER AND SOLO
Harlem Dance Hall: The Savoy (2024) for PIERROT
Redline[ing] (2024) for PIERROT and percussion
Rise (2023) for wind quintet
Black Music (2023) for saxophone quintet and trumpet
The Spiral (2022) for flute, oboe, and piano
Crooked Shanks (2022) for piano
Mi Sueño: Afro-Flamenco (2021) for piano
There is Always Light (2021) for clarinet, bassoon, and marimba
Take It Easy, But Take It (2021) for violin and piano
lullaby | ballad | spiritual (2021) for flute, oboe, and bassoon
On a Painting By Henry Ossawa Tanner: The Thankful Poor (2020) for unaccompanied flute
Wunlit (2020) for unaccompanied horn
Fractured Water (2019) for flute, cello, and piano (all doubling on water percussion) (amplified)
Three Psalmic Meditations (2019) for soprano, alto trombone [or viola or clarinet], and piano
Human Moments: A Song Cycle on the Poems of Brett Foster (2016) for soprano, male speaker, electric guitar, pianos (2), chamber strings, and mixed media
Distance (2016) for cello and marimba
The Preacher Man (2015) for pipe organ
X (2014) for percussion ensemble
CryptOlogiE (2014) for flute, clarinet, violin, and piano
On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square (2013) for solo flute
ψαλμοὶ καὶ ὕμνοι καὶ ᾠδαὶ πνευματικαί (2012) for piano
Excursions (2010) for trombone and piano
Eden Park (2009) for two pianos (reorch.)
Claptrap (2009) for flute and bassoon (rev.)
Two Inventions for Flute and Bassoon (2006)
Circleplay (2006) for clarinet & digital delay
Amazing Grace (2006) for piano
The Red Wheelbarrow (2006) for piano quartet (rev.)
Eden Park (2006) for small chamber ensemble
Yellow Einstein (the Remix) (2006) for amplified large chamber ensemble (rev.)
Yellow Einstein (2005) for amplified large chamber ensemble (rev.)
Siembamba (2005) for two pianos and toy piano
String Quartet (2005)
Chamber Music in Four Movements (2004) for small chamber ensemble
ART soNG, CHORAL, AND OPERA
Queen Ufua’s Letter (2023) for soprano and piano
THE COOK-OFF (2023), a comedic chamber opera in one act for soprano, mezzo-soprano (2), tenor, baritone, flute (+picc), alto saxophone (+sop sax, +bari sax), piano, percussion, violin, viola cello, bass
Romance (2022), for tenor and piano baritone
Songs in Flight (2022), a song cycle in 12 movements for soprano, countertenor, baritone and piano
UNKNOWN (2021), a song set in 5 movements for mezzo-soprano, baritone (2), piano, alto saxophone, violin (2), cello, bass, and percussion
Words Like Freedom (2021), a song cycle in 9 movements for soprano and piano
mishpat | chesed | hatznea (2020) for unaccompanied tenor
My Country (2020) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
Two Black Churches (2020), a song set in two movements for baritone and piano
Left Foot, Peg Foot (Follow the Drinking Gourd) (2019) for SATB choir
Voices Rising (2019) for SATB choir
Confessions (2019) for SATB choir
NEGRO SPIRITUALS AND HYMNS RE-IMAGINATIONS
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (2018) for baritone and piano*
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (2017) for baritone and piano
I’ve Never Felt Such Love in my Soul Befo’/What Wondrous Love is This? (2018) for baritone and piano
Shall We Gather at the River (2018) for baritone and piano
Lord, How Come Me Here? (2018) for mezzo-soprano and cello
God is a God (2018) for baritone and piano
Oh, Glory (2018) for mezzo-soprano and piano
Ride On, King Jesus (2017) for mezzo-soprano and piano
Balm in Gilead (2013) for baritone, flute and piano
Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray/Standin’ in the Need of Prayer (2013) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano
Deep River (2013) for baritone and piano
Ev’rytime I Feel the Spirit (2013) for baritone, viola and piano
Great Day (2013) for baritone and piano
I Want to Die Easy When I Die/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (2013) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano
Lord, I Want to be a Christian/Give Me Jesus (2013) for baritone, flute and piano
Oh, Freedom (2013) for baritone band piano
Steal Away (2013) for baritone and piano
Wade in the Water (2013) for baritone and piano
Were You There? (2013) for baritone and piano
[Some re-imaginations have been transcribed for different voice type. Please inquire.]
Sing Dumb (2016) for SATB choir and percussion
Ev’rytime I Feel The Spirit (2015) for men’s choir
Deep River (2014) for SSAA choir
On Love (2013) song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano
Three Negro Slave Songs (2013) for baritone, piano, and viola
Be Still, My Soul (2013) for soprano and piano
My God, I Love Thee (2011) for SSAA choir (rescored)
My God, I Love Thee (2010) for SATB choir
Hear My Voice (2008) for orchestra and SATB choir
On Music (2005) for soprano, clarinet and piano
Mass (2002) for SATB choir and soloists
Song of Songs (2002) for orchestra, soloist, and SATB choir
Vocalise (2002) for soprano and chamber ensemble
En Priere (2002) for two sopranos and piano
A Musician’s Prayer (2002) for SATB choir
ORCHESTRA AND CONCERTO
Stellar (2024) for orchestra orchestra
Two Black Churches (2024) for baritone soloist and orchestra orchestra
Zoom! (2020) for strings and percussion
Kutimbua Kivumbi (Stomp the Dust!) (2016) for orchestra
Dialogue for Tuba and Band (2014)
Nocturne (2012) for orchestra
Serenade (2009) for string orchestra
Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra (2007)
Symphony on Spirituals (2007)
Yellow Einstein (2006) for chamber orchestra
Oboe Concerto in D Major (2005) by Richard Strauss reorchestrated for oboe soloist and chamber ensemble
WIND AND BRASS BAND
Gale and Zephyr (2023) for winds and percussion
Heritage (2022) [This is Africa (2011), rev.}
Nobody Knows (2019)
Honey Rock (2016)
In The Midst... (2014)
Dialogue for Tuba and Band (2014)
Contrapunctus I: Repton (2013) for brass band
Balm in Gilead (2007)
…tomorrow’s past (2006)
SICUT (2006)
Ye Banks and Braes (2004)
Ritual Dances (2003)
OTHER: FILM, JAZZ, AND COMMERCIAL
Untitled (2006) for computer
Five Reasons…why I groove (2006) for jazz septet
Loraine Ave. (2005) for big band
Screenplay (2002) a film score for soprano, piano, strings, and winds
Chase (2002) a film score for chamber orchestra