List of Works (Scores for purchase)
All music is published by This Burning City Editions.
Please write to burningcityorchestra@gmail.com for all commission, rental, and purchase inquiries
Featured Works
- Waiting for Proof: Toxicity Study and Remix, for solo violin (2022), 7’
- Written for and premiered by Domenic Salerni at Washington Musica Viva, Washington DC
- They Always Try to Tell You Who You Are, for clarinet and percussion duo (2021), 12’
- Commissioned and premiered by Duo Avanzando (David Carter and Ricardo Coelho de Souza) at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK
- The One for Whom the Song Dreams, prelude for solo piano (2014), 5’
- Premiered by Riko Higuma at the New Music on the Point Festival
- Impressions of Manuela Sáenz for bassoon and orchestra (2018), 15′ - 2+picc 3/eng 3/bscl. 2, 4331, timp, 3 perc, hp, str
- written for and premiered by bassoonist Lia Uribe and Dominique Røyem and the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra
- The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko (2017), 10′ - 3/picc 3/eng 3/BsCl. 3, 4331, timp, 4 perc, hp, str
- written for and premiered by Andrés Franco and Tulsa Signature Symphony at the Yevgeny Yevtushenko Memorial Concert; Recording by Jiří Petrdlík and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, available on Navona Records
score listen (audio recording)
Orchestra
- We Persist, for orchestra (2020), 5’ - 2+picc 3/eng 3/bscl. 3, 4331, timp, 3 perc, hp, str
- Written for and premiered by Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Virtual Orchestra
- Impressions of Manuela Sáenz for bassoon and orchestra (2018), 15′ - 2+picc 3/eng 3/bscl. 2, 4331, timp, 3 perc, hp, str
- written for and premiered by bassoonist Lia Uribe and Dominique Røyem and the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra
- Others (2017-2018), 8′ - 3/picc 3/eng 3/BsCl. 3, 4331, timp, 3 perc, hp, str
- commissioned and premiered by Andrés Franco and Tulsa Signature Symphony
- The Defiant Poet: Elegy in Memory of Yevgeny Yevtushenko (2017), 10′ - 3/picc 3/eng 3/BsCl. 3, 4331, timp, 4 perc, hp, str
- written for and premiered by Andrés Franco and Tulsa Signature Symphony at the Yevgeny Yevtushenko Memorial Concert; Recording by Jiří Petrdlík and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, available on Navona Records
score listen (audio recording)
- Farewell Fanfare (2017), 3′ – 2222, 4220, timp, str
- written for Bruce Sorrell and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra (premiere TBA)
- Killing the Past III for orchestra (2014), 8’ (currently unavailable)
- written for Eugene Birman and the Voice of Argentina Festival and premiered by Cayenna Ponchione and Christ Church Sinfonietta, Oxford, UK
- Lullaby for double bass and orchestra (2013), 20’ (currently unavailable)
- written for double bassist Kurt Muroki in memory of Louisa Womack – unpremiered
- Sunrise for String Orchestra (2011; arr.) 10’
- arranged for and premiered by The Jönköping Sinfonietta at Smålands Musik & Teater, Jönköping, Sweden
Large Ensemble
- A Poem is a Burning City, for wind quintet, harp, percussion, and string trio (2012), 8.5’
- unpremiered, recorded by Odaline de la Martinez and Lontano Ensemble at King’s College London
- Electroacoustic and Fixed Media
- A Prayer for Those Who Look Away, for cello and fixed media (2020), 5.5’ – Commissioned for and premiered by Inbal Segev at OK Electric 2020, Tulsa, OK
- Character Studies in the Transformation of Intimate Spaces: 3D —> 2D, for 1-7 violists and fixed media (2018), 4.5’
- commissioned for and premiered by Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti at the 2018 OK Electric Festival, Tulsa, OK
- What Sweaters are for in the Summer, part 1 (see “20+ Songs for Burning City Orchestra” in the “Vocal/Opera/Art Song/Choral” category, 2015)
- co-composed with Jeremy Forbis and Timo Andres, as recorded on the Burning City Orchestra Album
Vocal/Opera/Art Song/Choral -
- (Sub)Liminal for SATB choir (2017), 3′
– Commissioned by Annina Collier for TEDx, and premiered at the Center for Creativity at Tulsa Community College by Laura Cowan and the TCC Concert Choir
- Centennial Song Cycle, for voice and guitar (2016), 10’
- commissioned by Congregation B’nai Emunah for its 100th anniversary and premiered by the composer, Tulsa
- The Morning After, opera scene, for mezzo soprano, cello and piano (2011), 6’
– written for and premiered by Seth Gilman and Detour New Music at the Gershwin Hotel, Manhattan
- 20+ songs for Burning City Orchestra (2005-2013, 8 recorded), 100’
– premiered and recorded by the composer and Burning City Orchestra
- Struggle for soprano and piano (2007), 3.5’
- premiered by Gábor Káli and Csilla Csővári at a FUBIS Concert at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
- The Little Mermaid, for soprano and piano (2007), 2’
- premiered by Kristina Weaver and Peter Dugan at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation 2007 Fellows Retreat at The University of Maryland, College Park
- “Darkness” for SATB Choir (2005), 3’
- premiered by the composer and students at The University of Tulsa
Small Ensemble
Quintets -
- Lullaby, for solo cello and cello ensemble (2018), 12’
- Commissioned by Meredith Blecha-Wells for, and premiered at Oklahoma State University Cellofest, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- I Think I’ll Miss This Place, for marimba and string quartet (2015), 8’
- written for and premiered by Peter Ferry and the Pavo Quartet at the DePaul Arts Museum, Chicago
- Killing the Past II, for piano quintet (2014), 12’
- premiered by Dennis Kim and members of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere, Finland
- Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy, for string quintet (2012), 8.5’
- premiered by Kelly Talim, Zach Montasser, Ben Wu, Susanna Mendlow, and Marshall Henry at the Bowdoin Music Festival
- Mitosis, for French horn, piano, violin, viola and cello (2010), 10’
- premiered by Brian Holman and DETOUR Ensemble at Galapagos, Brooklyn
- Bonaparte Born to Party, for clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2010), 8.5’
- written for and premiered by TRANSIT New Music at their New York Vs. Argentina concert at Tenri Gallery, Manhattan
- Barely a Tango, for clarinet, flute, piano, violin, cello (2008), 6’
- premiered by the composer, Domenica Fossati, Christopher Bush, Carol Minor, Patti Kilroy, and Leat Sabbah at the composer’s MM recital
Trios and Quartets -
- Frontline, for clarinet, cello, and piano (2021), 12′
- Written for and premiered by Fred Jacobowitz, Bonnie Thron, and Carl Banner at the Washington Musica Viva, Washington DC
score watch (video)
- Where Our Voices Hide When We Must Speak, for string quartet (2020), 12′
- Written for and premiered by Signature Quartet at the Van Trease PACE, Tulsa
- Violin Quartet (2017), 8′
- - written for Adrianna Mateo, unpremiered
- The Abyss Looks Back, for string trio (2016), 12’
- commissioned and premiered by Sound Energy at Old South Church, Boston
- A Ghostly Blues, for piano trio (2016; originally part of Achilles Heel trio), 5′
- premiered by Chelsea Wong, Stephanie Skor, and Ben Swartz at SICPP Iditarod, New England Conservatory
- Achilles Heel, for piano trio (2015-2016), 20’
– commissioned by the Oklahoma chapter of the Music Teachers National Association for the state conference, and written for and premiered by Trio Tulsa
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- Past Lives, for oboe quartet (2016), (2017; arr. Saxophone Quartet - unpremiered) 8′
- commissioned by Sarah Jury Evans in honor of Nancy Ambrose King, and premiered at Oklahoma State University Oboe Day
- Disco of Our Winter Tent, for piano trio (2010), 5’
- written for and premiered by Liz Derham, Stella Cho and Konstantine Valianatos at the Aspen Music Festival
- “Sunrise” for string quartet (2008), 10’
- premiered by Andy Springer, Patti Kilroy, Rick Quantz and Alana Bennett at New York University
- Vaporization, for percussion quartet (2004), 2’
- premiered by Jonathan Haas and the New York University Percussion Ensemble at Frederick Loewe Theater
Duos and solo
- Tomorrow We Breathe, for Bassoon and Cajón duo (2020), 3′
- Written for Lia Uribe and premiered by Duo 337 (Bassoonist Jacqui Wilson and percussionist Chris Wilson)
score watch (recording/video currently unavailable)
- When Our Home is Gone, for solo violin (2019), 4′
- commissioned and premiered by violinist Dennis Kim
- A Prayer for Those Who Look Away, for solo cello and fixed media (2020), 5′
- commissioned and premiered by cellist Inbal Segev at the 2020 OK Electric Festival
- A Prayer for Those Who Look Away, for solo cello (2020), 5′
- commissioned by cellist Inbal Segev and premiered by Diane Chaplin
score (contact for score) watch (video)
- Nocturne for Bill, for solo cello (2018), 4′
- commissioned by Marcia Brueggenjohann through Signature Symphony, for her father’s 80th birthday, and premiered by cellist Erica Parker
- Character Studies in the Transformation of Intimate Spaces: 3D —> 2D, for 1-7 violists and fixed media (2018), 4.5′
- commissioned for and premiered by Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti at the 2018 OK Electric Festival, Tulsa, OK (see category “Electroacoustic and Fixed Media” for more info)
- Breaking the Surface, for oboe and piano duo (2014), (2016; arr. Soprano Sax and piano), 8’
- commissioned by the International Double Reed Society 2014 Conference for, and premiered by oboist Rob Botti and pianist Martha Locker at Subculture; Soprano Sax and piano version written for and premiered by Ken Radnofsky and Thom Weaver at Boston University Tanglewood Institute
- Dark Conscience, for violin duo OR violin/viola duo (2014), 12’
– commissioned, and premiered by Mainly Two duo at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and recorded on their album “Synergy” (Turquoise Coconut)
- There’s Poetry Between Us, for flute and cello in three movements (2013), 15’
- commissioned and premiered by Migrations duo at Vaudeville Park Gallery, Brooklyn
- The One for Whom the Song Dreams, prelude for solo piano (2014), 5’ (2012; originally for cello and piano),
- Piano version premiered by Riko Higuma at the New Music on the Point Festival
- Cello and piano version premiered by Joe Goering and Dan Rorke at the Bowdoin Music Festival
- A Knife in the Water, for violin and cello duet (2009), 9’
- written for violinist Dennis Kim and premiered by Kinga Augustyn and Isabel Castellvi at Syzygy New Music’s inaugural concert
- Tango Variations: 3 short movements for double bass duet (2009), 7’
(2010; arr. for cello and bass)
- premiered by Matt Rosenthall and Mathew Weber at the Bowdoin Music Festival;
- Cello and Bass version premiered by Juventas new Music at Boston Conservatory, Boston
- Between Words, encore for solo cello (2013), 3’
- premiered by cellist Matt Magerkurth at the University of Tulsa Summer Composition Seminar; recorded by Susanna Mendlow for her upcoming CD release
- Well Oiled Machines, suite for solo violin in three movements (2012-2013) 20’
- unpremiered; recording by Marina Kifferstein (I) and Josh Henderson (II + III)
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- Hymn to Romance, for solo double bass (2012-13), 9’
- premiered by Peter Ferretti at the Bowdoin Music Festival
- Etiquette for solo cello (2009), 8’
(2013; arr. for solo violin) (2011; arr. for solo viola) - cello version written for and premiered by Leat Sabbah at Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), and recorded by Tess Remy-Schumacher on “Music for Peace Vol. II (XOLO); Violin version premiered by Ronnamarie Jensen, at composer’s Composer Portrait concert (Tulsa); Viola version premiered by Marc Sabbah