Chamber Music
Fireball for Four Pianos, 2016
performed by ensemble Pianissimo! submitted for Grammy consideration
Ghost Tango; Memory Tango for cello and piano
commissioned by iAN&ANi Duo, 2012
Rockin’; Different colors of the night; In Blue for cello solo, 2011
for Ian Maksin
The Mystery of Jodetoyo, a bagatelle for piano, 2011
for Beethoven Project festival
Solstice Canyon for saxophone and guitar, 2011
commissioned by duo Montagnard
Elegy: crossing the bridge, for violin and piano, 2011
for David Yonan
Serenade for alto saxophone solo, 2008
for Athanasios Zervas
The colors of the day, mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, harp, 2006
commissioned by Momenta dance academy
Three Settings of e.e. cummings, mezzo-soprano, piano, 2006
commissioned by the Chicago Composers Forum
Out of the Depth I Cry, mezzo-soprano, ob.,cl.,vc.,pno.,perc. 2006
commissioned by CUBE Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Chicago
Shtetl Scenes, piano, 2005
commissioned by Stéphane Seban, France
David Yonan, violin; Susan Merdinger, piano; Chris Ferrer, cello
To be Z de vie, soprano, flute, violin, cello, percussion, 2004
commissioned by Momenta, a Performing Arts Company, Oak Park
Sharing the Moment, flute, clarinet, cello, 2003
commissioned by Momenta through Chicago Composers Forum
Old Clock, for contrabassoon and piano, 2000
commissioned by Susan Nigro
Shadows, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 2000
Sonata for cello and piano, 1997
commissioned by Chester and Nancy Kamin
Rhymes for children, soprano, percussion, 1997
Fantasy on two “sol’s”, cello solo, 1995
Structures in the air, for flute solo, 1993
Skein, for soprano, cello, piano, 1992
Septet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, two percussion, 1991
Serenade for cello and winds, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, french horn, trombone, 1990
Variations for violin solo, 1989
Blues for two harps, 1987