List of compositions by Libby Larsen

The following is a chronological list of compositions by Libby Larsen, divided into genre groups.

Opera

 * Some Pig (1973)
 * Children's opera in one act


 * Moon Drop (1976 & 1980)
 * full evening performance with water slides, tapes, and costumes


 * The Silver Fox (1979)
 * Family opera in one act; John Olive, libretto


 * Clair de Lune (1984)
 * two-act chamber opera; libretto by Patricia Hampl


 * Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus (1990)
 * full-length music drama; libretto by Libby Larsen


 * A Wrinkle in Time (1991)
 * one-act opera; libretto by Walter Green


 * Mrs. Dalloway (1993)
 * full-length music drama in two acts; libretto by Bonnie Grice


 * Eric Hermannson's Soul (1998)
 * full-length opera with orchestra; libretty by Chas Rader-Shieber


 * Barnum's Bird (2000)
 * chamber choral opera in two acts; libretto by Bridget Carpenter


 * Dreaming Blue (2002)
 * opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children's chorus, rhythm chorus, and drumming group; libretto by Libby Larsen


 * Every Man Jack (2006)
 * chamber opera, based on the life of Jack London; libretto by Philip Littell


 * Picnic (2009)
 * opera in three acts based on the play by William Inge; libretto by David Holley

Orchestral

 * Weaver's Song & Jig (1978)
 * chamber orchestra and string band


 * Pinions (1981)
 * violin concerto with chamber orchestra


 * Deep Summer Music (1982)
 * full orchestra


 * Overture: Parachute Dancing (1983)
 * full orchestra


 * Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1) (1985)
 * full orchestra


 * Coming Forth Into day (Symphony No. 2) (1986)
 * soprano solo, baritone solo, SATB chorus, full orchestra; various texts


 * What the Monster Saw (1987)
 * full orchestra, optional slides, adapted from the opera Frankenstein.


 * Collage: Boogie (1988)
 * full orchestra


 * Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1988)
 * C trumpet and full orchestra


 * Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow (1989)
 * flute, harp, chamber orchestra


 * Tambourines! (1991)
 * full orchestra


 * The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (1992)
 * solo flute, percussion, string orchestra


 * Marimba Concerto: After Hampton (1992)
 * solo marimba, full orchestra


 * Piano Concerto: Since Armstrong (1992)
 * solo piano, full orchestra


 * Symphony No. 3: Lyric (1992)
 * full orchestra


 * Overture for the End of a Century (1994)
 * full orchestra


 * Song-Dances to the Light (1994)
 * SA chorus, Orff instruments, full orchestra (or piano); text by young people


 * Ring of Fire (1995)
 * full orchestra


 * Blue Fiddler (1996)
 * full orchestra


 * Fanfare: Strum (1996)
 * orchestra, no strings


 * Roll Out the Thunder (1997)
 * full orchestra


 * Spell On Me That Holy Hour: Overture to Tsvetaeva (1997)
 * full orchestra


 * All Around Sound (1999)
 * full orchestra, cued CD; text by John Coy


 * Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5) (1999)
 * full orchestra


 * String Symphony (Symphony No. 4) (1999)
 * string orchestra


 * Still Life With Violin (2000)
 * solo violin and full orchestra


 * Fanfare: Sizzle (2001)
 * full orchestra


 * Brandenburg for the New Millennium (2002)
 * trumpet, marimba, electric guitar, amplified harpsichord, and string orchestra


 * Song Concerto (2005)
 * saxophone (alto and soprano) and chamber orchestra


 * Bach 358 (2008)
 * full orchestra


 * Evening in the Palace of Reason (2008)
 * string orchestra, solo string quartet


 * Encircling Skies (2009)
 * double choir, full orchestra, full wind ensemble, three marimbas, three pianos


 * Sacred Vows (2009)
 * tenor, baritone, narrator, SATB chorus, full orchestra; text by U Sam Oeur


 * The Moabit Sonnets (2011)
 * two sopranos, tenor, bass, chamber orchestra; text by Albrecht Haushofer, trans. M.D. Herter Norton

Band

 * Grand Rondo (1988)
 * concert band


 * Sun Song (1991)
 * concert band


 * Brass Flight (1996)
 * brass choir


 * Concert Dances (1996)
 * concert band


 * Short Symphony (1996)
 * concert band


 * Hambone (1999)
 * concert band


 * Strut (2003)
 * concert band


 * River Fanfare (2004)
 * British brass band


 * An Introduction to the Moon (2005)
 * symphonic wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice, eight collaborative improvisations


 * Cri de Coeur (2009)
 * solo euphonium and wind ensemble

Instrumental

 * Circular Rondo, Canti Breve (1974)
 * oboe and guitar


 * Three Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar (1974)
 * treble winds and guitar


 * Piano Suite (1976)
 * solo piano


 * Impromptu (1998)
 * flute, clarinet, and bassoon


 * Corker (1979)
 * clarinet and percussion


 * Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977)
 * solo bassoon


 * Tango (1978)
 * solo guitar


 * Bronze Veils (1979)
 * trombone, two percussion


 * Saraband: In profane style (1979)
 * solo guitar


 * Cajun Set (1980)
 * guitar and string trio


 * Scudding (1980)
 * solo cello


 * Black Roller (1981)
 * flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola (featured), and cello


 * Aubade (1982)
 * solo flute


 * Four on the Floor (1983)
 * violin, cello, contrabass, piano


 * Sonata In One Movement on Kalenda Maya (1983)
 * solo organ


 * Up Where the Air Gets Thin (1985)
 * cello and contrabass


 * With Love & Hisses (1985)
 * double woodwind quintet.
 * Accompanies the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses."


 * Juba (1986)
 * cello and piano


 * Song Without Words (1986)
 * clarinet and piano


 * Astonishing Flight of the Gump (1987)
 * flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano


 * Black Birds, Red Hills (1987)
 * clarinet, viola, and piano


 * Fantasy on Slane
 * organ and flute


 * Kathleen, as she was (1989)
 * oboe and harpsichord


 * Aspects of Glory (1990)
 * solo organ


 * Xibalba (1990)
 * bassoon and percussion


 * Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)
 * flute, oboe, viola, cello, and keyboard


 * String Quartet Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)
 * string quartet


 * Dancing Solo (1994)
 * solo clarinet


 * Fanfare for the Women (1994)
 * solo trumpet


 * Slang (1994)
 * clarinet, violin, and piano


 * Concert Piece for Tuba & Piano (1995)
 * tuba and piano


 * Blessed be the Tie That Binds (1996)
 * solo organ


 * Blue Third Pieces (1996)
 * flute or clarinet and guitar


 * Brass Flight (1996)
 * brass choir


 * Holy Roller (1997)
 * saxophone and piano


 * Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus (1997)
 * solo organ


 * Brazen Overture (2000)
 * brass quintet


 * Mephisto Rag (2000)
 * solo piano


 * Neon Angel (2000)
 * violin, cello, clarinet (or saxophone), flute, piano, percussion, and cued CD


 * Three for the Road (2000)
 * violin, cello, and piano


 * The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (also known as "Sky Concerto) (2001)
 * flute and orchestra


 * Barn Dances (2001)
 * flute, clarinet, and piano


 * Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2001)
 * violin, cello, and piano


 * Viola Sonata (2001)
 * viola and piano


 * Licorice Stick (2002)
 * clarinet and piano


 * On a Day of Bells (2002)
 * solo organ


 * Argyle Sketches (2003)
 * solo guitar


 * Bid Call (2003)
 * alto saxophone, cello


 * Fanfare for Humanity (2003)
 * brass ensemble


 * Firebrand (2003)
 * flute/piccolo, violin, cello, and piano


 * Pocket Sonata (2003)
 * oboe, alto saxophone, violin, cello, marimba/vibraphone, and piano


 * Bee Navigation (2004)
 * solo clarinet


 * Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
 * tenor steel drum and chamber ensemble


 * For Two (2004)
 * four-hand piano


 * Gavel Patter (2004)
 * four-hand piano


 * Pealing Fire (2004)
 * carillon


 * Penta Metrics (2004)
 * solo piano


 * Wait a Minute (2004)
 * saxophone quartet


 * Yellow Jersey (2004)
 * B♭ clarinet duet


 * Blue Windows: After Marc Chagall (2005)
 * woodwind quintet and piano


 * Fanfare for a Learned man (2005)
 * brass quintet


 * Now I Pull Silver (2005)
 * amplified flute and prepared CD; text by A. E. Stallings


 * Slow Structures (2005)
 * flute, cello, and piano


 * Song Concerto (2005)
 * saxophone and chamber orchestra


 * Trio in Four Movements (2005)
 * four movements
 * flute, violin, and harp


 * Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2006)
 * bassoon and piano


 * Engelberg: Trio for Brass and Organ (2006)
 * trumpet, horn in F, trombone, and organ


 * He Arose: A Fanfare for Easter (2006)
 * organ, two trumpet, two trombone, optional horn


 * The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One (2008)
 * bass, sampler, narrator, cartoons, strings


 * Double String Quartet, J.S.B. (2008)
 * double string quartet


 * Quartet: She Wrote (2008)
 * string quartet


 * Ricochet (2008)
 * two marimbas


 * Ricochet (piano) (2008)
 * solo piano


 * Downwind of Roses in Maine (2009)
 * flute, B♭ clarinet, and mallet percussion


 * Over, Easy (2009)
 * violin, viola, cello, and piano


 * In Such a Night (2010)
 * two violas and recorded voice; text by William Shakespeare


 * Like Blind Men Tapping in the Dark (2010)
 * one marimba, two performers


 * Rodeo Queen of Heaven (2010)
 * clarinet, violin, cello, and piano


 * Ursa (2010)
 * tuba and wind ensemble


 * 4 ½: A Piano Suite (2016)
 * solo piano

Choral

 * Eine Kleine Snailmusik (1978)
 * SA and contrabass; text by May Sarton


 * All Shall Be Well (1979)
 * SA, soprano solo, soprano recorder, triangle, and keyboard; text by Libby Larsen


 * Dance Set (1980)
 * SATB, clarinet, cello, percussion, piano; textless


 * Double Joy (1982)
 * SATB divisi, handbells, organ; text by Michael Thwaites


 * In a Winter Garden (1982)
 * SATB, soprano and tenor solos, chamber orchestra; text by Patricia Hempl


 * Everyone Sang (1983)
 * SATB, harp, two percussion; text by Siegfried Sassoon


 * Ringeltanze (1983)
 * five movements
 * SATB, handbells, string orchestra; medieval French text


 * A Creeley Collection (1984)
 * five movements
 * SATB, flute, percussion, piano; text by Robert Creeley


 * Welcome Yule (1984)
 * TTBB and strings


 * Clair de Lune (1985)
 * TTBB, tenor solo; text by Paul Verlaine


 * I Love the Lord (1985)
 * SATB and organ; text by Nathan Everett


 * Peace, Perfect Peace (1985)
 * SATB a cappella; text from Isaiah 26:3, Edward Bickersteth


 * We Celebrate (1985)
 * SATB, piano or organ; text by John Cummins


 * Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me (1985)
 * SSA, mezzo-soprano and tenor solos; text from MS09.38 Trinity College


 * Clair de Lune in Blue (1986)
 * SATB jazz choir, piano; textless


 * Songs of Youth and Pleasure (1986)
 * four movements
 * SATB a cappella; Renaissance text


 * Canticle of the Sun (1987)
 * SSAAA, finger cymbals, synthesizer, organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi


 * A Garden Wall (1987)
 * unison choir, keyboard, Orff instruments, 7 speaking roles, and congregation


 * Refuge (1988)
 * SSAA a cappella; text by Sara Teasdale


 * The Settling Years (1988)
 * three movements
 * SATB, woodwind quintet, piano, percussion; 20th century biographical texts


 * Three Summer Scenes (1988)
 * SATB, optional youth choirs, full orchestra; texts by William Carlos Williams, Lloyd Frankenburg, and Maurice Lindsay


 * How it Thrills Us (1990)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Rainer Marie Rilke


 * I Am a Little Church (1991)
 * SATB and organ; text by e.e. cummings


 * Alleluia (1992)
 * SATB a cappella


 * Deck the Halls (1992)
 * TTBB, five soloists, piano, handbells


 * Eagle Poem (1992)
 * SATB, four-hand piano; text by Joy Harjo


 * Missa Gaia—Mass for the Earth (1992)
 * SATB, SSA, soprano solo, oboe, strings, four-hand piano


 * Mother, Sister, Blessed Holy (1992)
 * SATB, four-hand piano


 * Pied Beauty (Glory to God) (1992)
 * SATB, four-hand piano; text by Gerard Manley Hopkins


 * God As Ribbon of Light (1993)
 * SATB and organ; text by Sr. Mary Virginia Micka


 * Canticle of Mary (1994)
 * SSA, four-hand piano or chamber orchestra; text from the Magnificat and Gregorian hymnal


 * A Choral Welcome (1994)
 * SATB divisi, keyboard or orchestra; text by G. Galina


 * I Just Lightning (1994)
 * SSAA and percussion; text by María Sabina


 * Little Notes on A Simple Staff (1994)
 * SATB and piano; text by Siv Cedering


 * Fanfare & Alleluia (1995)
 * SATB, brass, handbells, chimes, and organ


 * I Arise Today (1995)
 * SATB and organ; text from St Patrick's Breastplate


 * I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm (1995)
 * SATB and organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi


 * Invitation to Music (1995)
 * SATB and string quartet, string orchestra, or piano; text by Elizabeth Bishop


 * Seven Ghosts (1995)
 * five movements
 * SATB with soprano solo, brass quintet, piano, and percussion; 20th century biographical texts


 * Today, This Spring (1995)
 * three songs
 * SA and piano; text by Emily Dickinson, Charles Wilson, and Jan Kimes


 * Eleanor Roosevelt (1996)
 * SATB with soprano and mezzo-soprano solos, speaker, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion; text by Sally M. Gall


 * So Blessedly It Sprung (1996)
 * SATB, oboe, viola, and harp; text from 12th century poetry by Adam of Saint Victor


 * I Find My Feet Have Further Goals (1997)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Emily Dickinson


 * Love Songs (1997)
 * SATB and piano; text based on love songs by American woman poets


 * May Sky (1997)
 * SATB divisi, a cappella; text by Tokuji Hirai, Neiji Ozawa, Reiko Gomyo, and Suiko Matsushita


 * Reasons for Loving Harmonica (1997)
 * SATB and piano; text by Julie Kane


 * Density of Light (1998)
 * SATB, treble choir, brass; text by Thomas H. Troeger


 * Ring the Bells (1998)
 * SSA children's chorus and piano; text by M.K. Dean


 * Stepping Westward (1998)
 * SSA, handbells, oboe, and marimba; text by Denise Levertov


 * Sweet & Sour Nursery Rhymes (1998)
 * SATB and french horn; text by Eugene Field and traditional


 * By a Departing Light (1999)
 * SATB a cappella, text by Emily Dickinson


 * Day Song (1999)
 * SSA a cappella; text by N. F. S. Grundtvig, and Libby Larsen


 * Is God, Our Endless Day (1999)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich


 * A Salute to Louis Armstrong (1999)
 * from choral suite Seven Ghosts.
 * SATB divisi and piano; text by Louis Armstrong


 * To a Long Loved Love (1999)
 * SATB, string quartet; text by Madeleine L'Engle


 * Four Valentines: A Lover's Journey (2000)
 * four movements
 * six-voice male a cappella; text by James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Karl Joseph Simrock


 * Falling (2000)
 * SATB chorus, SATB quartet, SAT trio, trumpet, piano, and percussion; text by James Dickey


 * How To Songs (2000)
 * SSA (children's) chorus


 * Lord, Before This Fleeting Season (2000)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Maryann Jindra


 * Psalm 121 (2000)
 * SSAA divisi a cappella; text from and by Psalm 121, Patricia Hennings, and John Muir


 * Touch the Air Softly (2000)
 * SSAA a cappella; text by William Jay Smith


 * The Witches Trio (2001)
 * SSAA a cappella; text by William Shakespeare


 * If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking (2001)
 * SSA, woodwind quintet, percussion, and strings; text by Emily Dickinson


 * Jack's Valentine (2001)
 * SSAA; text by Aldeen Humphreys


 * The Ballerina and the Clown (2002)
 * SSA and harp; text by Sally Gall


 * Flee We to Our Lord (2002)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich


 * Come Before Winter (2003)
 * SATB, baritone solo, orchestra or piano; text by Arthur Mampel


 * I It Am: The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (2003)
 * SATB divisi, soprano, countertenor, baritone, and chamber orchestra; text by Julian of Norwich


 * Womanly Song of God (2003)
 * SSAA divisi a cappella; text by Catherine de Vinck


 * A Young Nun Singing (2003)
 * SSA a cappella; text by anonymous, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Idea Vilarino


 * Cry Peace (2004)
 * SATB divisi a cappella; text adapted by Libby Larsen


 * Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (2004)
 * two or three-part, solo voice, and piano; traditional text


 * Natus Est Emmanuel (2004)
 * SSAA divisi a cappella; anonymous text from Piae Cantiones


 * Praise One (2004)
 * SATB, SATB favori, orchestra; text adapted by Libby Larsen from Psalms 146, 147, 148, and 150


 * The Shepherds and the Angels (2004)
 * SATB, soprano and baritone solos, organ and brass ensemble; text from Luke 2:8-20


 * Giving Thanks (2005)
 * SSAA and string quartet; text by Chief Jake Swamp


 * God So Loved the World (2005)
 * SATB a cappella; text from John 3:16-17


 * I Dream of Peace (2005)
 * SATB and percussion; text by children of former Yugoslavia


 * The Nothing That Is (2005)
 * SATB, baritone solo, three speaking voices and chamber ensemble; text adapted by Libby Larsen


 * The Summer Day (2005)
 * SSAA and string quartet; text by Mary Oliver


 * Western Songs (2005)
 * SATB a cappella; text from American Folksongs


 * Of Music (2006)
 * SSAA and four-hand piano; text by Emily Dickinson


 * The Blackbird (2007)
 * TTBB and piano; text by Wallace Stevens


 * Crowding North (2007)
 * three pieces
 * SATB, guitar, flute, oboe, bassoon, and string quartet


 * Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg (2007)
 * SATB, organ, handbells; text by Mechthild of Magdeburg


 * I Lift My Eyes to the Hills (2007)
 * SATB, handbells, organ; text from Psalm 121


 * Novum Gaudium (2007)
 * SATB a cappella; text from and by Ecce Novum Gaudium and Angelus Emittitur


 * A Simple Gloria (2007)
 * SATB a cappella; text by M. K. Dean


 * Whitman's America (2007)
 * SATB a cappella; text by Walt Whitman


 * To Sing (2008)
 * SSA and piano; text by Kasey Zitnik


 * A Book of Spells (2009)
 * SSAA and piano; text by Z. E. Budapest


 * Free, Fearless, and Female (2009)
 * SSAA and marimba; text by Judy Belski, Anonymous Pampa Poem trans. by W. S. Merwin, and Anna Swir


 * Celebration Mass-Lutheran Edition (2010)
 * SATB choir, congregation, organ, and optional handbells, brass quintet/quartet and percussion/timpani; text from traditional Lutheran liturgy


 * Chain of Hope (2010)
 * SATB, baritone, actress, piano; text from various letters and writings regarding Frederick Douglass; libretto by Libby Larsen, Kathleen Holt and Jeanne Soderberg


 * Concord Fragments (2010)
 * SSAA, oboe, clarinet and piano; text adapted by Libby Larsen


 * Arctic Spring (2011)
 * SATB chorus and string quartet or piano; text by Tom Sexton


 * Celebration Mass-Catholic Edition (2011)
 * SATB choir, congregation, organ; text from traditional Catholic liturgy


 * If Music Be the Food of Love (2011)
 * SATB; text by Henry Heveningham


 * Matineé: The Fantom of the Fair (2014)
 * soprano, baritone, violin, cello, piano with animated slideshow by Toni Lindgren based on Paul Gustavson's 1939 comic book of the same name - première April 6, 2014, Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, Massachusetts

Voice

 * Saints Without Tears (1976)
 * soprano, flute, and bassoon; text by Phyllis McGinley


 * Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (1978)
 * soprano, flute, guitar, and harp; text by Rainer Maria Rilke


 * Cowboy Songs (1979)
 * soprano and piano; text by Anonymous, Belle Starr, and Robert Creeley


 * Three Rilke Songs (1980)
 * high voice and guitar; text by Rainer Maria Rilke


 * A Verse Record of my Peonies (1980)
 * tenor, tape, and percussion; text by Masaoka Shiki


 * Before Winter (1982)
 * baritone and organ; text by Arthur Mampel


 * Me (Brenda Ueland) (1987)
 * soprano and piano; text by Brenda Ueland


 * Songs From Letters (1989)
 * soprano and piano or chamber ensemble; text by Calamity Jane


 * When I Am An Old Woman (1990)
 * soprano and piano; text by Jenny Joseph


 * Sonnets From the Portuguese (1991)
 * soprano and chamber ensemble or piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


 * How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves (1992)
 * soprano and piano; text from the Chinook Psalter


 * Perineo (1993)
 * baritone and piano; text by Roberto Echavarren


 * Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers (1994)
 * mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hilde Doolittle, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Percy Bysshe Shelley


 * Mary Cassatt (1994)
 * mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides; text from the historical narrative and letters of Mary Cassatt


 * Margaret Songs (1996)
 * soprano and piano; text by Willa Cather and Libby Larsen


 * Chanting to Paradise (1997)
 * soprano and piano; text by Dickinson


 * Lord, Make Me An Instrument (1997)
 * tenor and piano; text by St. Francis of Assisi


 * The Ant and the Grasshopper (1998)
 * soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard


 * Late in the Day (1998)
 * soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard


 * Songs of Light and Love (1998)
 * soprano and chamber ensemble; text by May Sarton


 * Love After 1950 (2000)
 * five movements
 * mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rita Dove, Julie Kane, Kathryn Daniels, Liz Lochhead, and Muriel Rukeyser


 * My Antonia (2000)
 * high voice and piano; text by Willa Cather


 * Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (2000)
 * five movements
 * soprano and piano; text by Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr


 * Hell's Belles (2001)
 * four movements
 * mezzo-soprano and handbells; text by Tallulah Bankhead, Billie Jean King, Gertrude Stein, and Nursery Rhyme


 * Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub (2001)
 * tenor and piano; text by Thomas McGrath


 * Notes Slipped Under the Door (2001)
 * soprano, solo flute and orchestra; text by Eugenia Zukerman


 * Raspberry Island Dreaming (2002)
 * mezzo-soprano and full orchestra; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl


 * Raspberry Island Dreaming (Piano/Vocal) (2002)
 * mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl


 * De Toda la Eternidad (2003/2005)
 * soprano and wind ensemble or piano; text by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz


 * I Love You Through the Daytimes (2003)
 * baritone and piano; ancient Egyptian text


 * This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony (2003)
 * soprano and string quartet; text by Dima Hilal and Sekena Shaben


 * Fern Hill (2004)
 * solo tenor; text by Dylan Thomas


 * A Pig in the House (2004)
 * tenor and piano; Alvin Greenburg


 * Sifting Through the Ruins (2005)
 * mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano; text by Hilary North, anonymous, Alicia Vasquez, Martha Cooper, and Ted Berrigan


 * Take (2006)
 * soprano and piano; text by Margaret Atwood


 * Center Field Girl (2007)
 * soprano and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch


 * A Quiet Song (2007)
 * baritone and piano; text by Brenda Ueland
 * written in memory of Bruce Carlson of the Schubert Club


 * Righty, 1966 (2007)
 * soprano, flute, and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch


 * Within the Circles of Our Lives (2007)
 * soprano, baritone, and wind ensemble; text by Wendell Berry


 * Far in a Western Brookland (2008)
 * tenor and piano; text by A. E. Housman


 * Forget Me Not (2008)
 * soprano and tenor duet and piano; anonymous text from Cupples and Leon Given book of poems


 * This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, Orchestral Version (2008)
 * soprano, percussion I, II, III, celeste, and string orchestra; text by Dima Hilal and Sekeena Shaben


 * Song (2009)
 * solo soprano; text by e.e. cummings


 * The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes (2010)
 * baritone and prepared piano; text by H. H. Holmes aka Herman Mudgett