Year composed: 2001Duration: 4′Instrumentation: solo piano Commissioned by Sarah Cahill, and in memory of Ruth Crawford. Premiered in Merkin Hall, New York City, 2001. Notes: In 2001, I returned to studying harmony and resonance with a short work for piano, The blackbird whistling/Or just after. I used the Sostenuto Pedal (the middle pedal on a…

Prelude, after D’Anglebert Year composed: 2004Duration: 5′Instrumentation: harpsichord Notes: Premiered by Jane Chapman at Southampton University, Southampton, UK back to full catalog

Year composed: 2009Duration: 25′Instrumentation: solo piano Movements:I. quietly urgentII. playfulIII. periodic, hypnotic, with a regular pulse like a heartbeatIV. fantastic, improvisatoryV. forceful, punchy Premiered at the Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA, June 2009. Performed and recorded by the composer on la mar amarga album (Albany Records) Notes: When I began the Sylvan Pieces I…

Year composed: 2010Duration: 5′Instrumentation: harpsichord Notes: Commissioned by harpsichordist Jane Chapman and premiered at Music Sources, Berkeley, CA, March 2010 back to full catalog

Year composed: 2014Duration: 5′Instrumentation: carillon Notes: Commissioned by Tiffany Ng for the Berkeley Campanile Centennial and premiered at Berkeley and carillons around the world, April 2015 back to full catalog

Year composed: 2015 Duration: 10′Instrumentation: piano with MIDI sensors Commissioned by Kate Ryder and premiered at Goldsmiths College, University of London, December 2017 This work requires a full-sized grand piano (88 keys) equipped with MIDI sensors (such as a Piano Bar) and connected to a computer capable of running Max 7. Notes: Several years ago…

Year composed: 2016Duration: 6′Instrumentation: haegeum Commissioned and premiered by Sooyeon Lyuh at the Pacific Rim Festival in Santa Cruz, CA, October 2017 Notes: “Naseon” is Korean for spiral. Naseon I is the first part of a larger work; the second part features the gayageum, geomungo, and ajaeng. This piece is loosely based on the last…

Year composed: SATB (2006)Duration: 7′Instrumentation: SATB choir Commissioned by the Volti Ensemble Notes: My homage to John Campion’s astounding text “Only one great thing sings me when I am mindful” is replete with multiple associations spanning the “high” and the “low” in art: I attempted to play on the intersections between such disparate practices as…

Year composed: 2016, rev. 2023Duration: 9′Instrumentation: 16-member SATB choral ensemble, with four soloists: Soprano 1, Alto 1, Tenor 1, and Bass 1 Notes: looking roundthere’s nothingnot a flower— John Campion auto-catalytic loopsedimentation, consortiareplicator, generator, co-habitating, multicomponentedmeshworks— Cindy Cox back to full catalog

Year composed: 2017Duration: 4′Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo, and baritone soloists with choral ensemble Notes: Written for San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon, Artistic Director Wakah-chan /Wa’-kah-chan/ is the World Tree at the center for the ancient Maya universe. Translated from K’iche’ as “raised-up-sky,” it is the axis-mundi of the world and the divine portal connecting the…