Recordings and and some scores are linked below. You can write me – walkingmango at gmail dot com – for anything else. Please let me know about performances – thanks!
Ensemble
The Sleeper and the Drinker (2018) for flute and chamber orchestra, 17′ – commissioned by LA Phil New Music Group – score
Animalcules (2018) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, 25′ – commissioned by Symphony No.1
We were dead and we could breathe (2017) for 2 flutes, clarinet, saxophone, trombone, accordion, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, 15’ – commissioned for Klangforum Wien
The Mussels (2017) for soprano, flute, clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, violin, cello, contrabass, 20’ – commissioned by Wild Rumpus – arr. for soprano, clarinet, piano 4-hands for NOISE-BRIDGE and Bugallo Williams Duo, 10′ – arr. for soprano and percussion for Aurora Borealis, 10′
Sky doesn’t talk (2015) for clarinet, violin, cello, harp, percussion, audio interviews on a Chinese origin myth and the Big Bang, and a presentation of the skies, 60′ – commissioned by Emory Planetarium for Chamber Cartel – score
Oceans in oceans (2014) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trombone, 2 percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, 12′ – score
Relationships with Gravity (2014) for violin (or flute or erhu), guqin, piano, percussion, video, 18′ – score
Made in China, Made in California (2013) for clarinet, soprano saxophone, percussion, viola, contrabass, video, 9′ – score
Monsters, cold and warm (2013) for 2 soprano, 2 clarinets, French horn, sousaphone, percussion, violin, cello, contrabass, 26′ – score
ache bind blind break (2012) for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, 15′ – for Talea Ensemble – score
We are small and wee and we eat the house down (2011) for trombone and string quartet, 9′ – for Gliss Ensemble – score
Wilder Shores of Love (2011) for chamber orchestra, 20′ – for The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble – score
cut up sleep red stars round me (2010) for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, 15′ – for Red Light Ensemble – score
Hamlet (2009), for percussion sextet, starring steel drum, tabla, and timpani, 30′ – for red fish blue fish – score
The Patronage of St. Anthony (2008), for voice, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, percussion, piano, 12’
Weather Underwater (2008) for 3 sopranos and wind orchestra, 5’ – for orkest de ereprijs – score
Muse, mute (2005, 2007) for soprano, flute, violin, vibraphone, percussion, piano, 24’
Choral and Operatic
A Cylinder (2019) for 3 voices, for Infinite Curvilinear Surface, a collaboration with Laura Steenberge, 15′
Hoods (2014) chamber opera mashup of Euripides’ Hekabe and Red Riding Hood, for 3 sopranos, flute, clarinet, French horn, percussion, cello, contrabass, tape, and projection, 90′ – program
How to assemble (2012) for 6 voices moving, 8′ – score
Persimmons (2012) round in 6 parts, 5′
Momentum (2012) round in 8 parts to a poem by Heather Gordon – for the wulf. – score
the little mermaid (2010) for 3 singers, bass flute, wood block, follow-spot, and predatory tunicate chorus, 30′ – video excerpt – score
Dry goods (2004) for mixed voices in 4 parts, 5’ – score
Chamber (for 2-3)
My Loves Are in America (2019) for violin and viola, 15′ – for Aperture and andPlay
Whether the Fish are Friendly (2019) for flute and guitar – arr. for clarinet and percussion – 12′
Speaking of Water (2019) for soprano, countertenor, violin, cello, piano, 7′ – for SWELL by Melisa Tien
Non-stick Properties (2019) for steel pan quartet and objects, 12′
Cold mountains, one belt, heart-break green (2018) for bass flute, percussion harp, violin, cello, 12′ – commissioned by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Cut white (2018) for soprano and percussion, 15′ – commissioned by Melange
Fine-feathered Friends (2016) for video, flute, guqin, 7′
Our Glass Bodies (2016) for violin, cello, piano, percussion, objects, 15′ – for Curious Chamber Players – arr. for electric guitar, harp, 2 percussion, contrabass (2017) for The Syndicate for the New Arts – arr. for electric guitar, harp, percussion, piano, violin, cello (2018) for Ghent Advanced Masters Ensemble
Sentence (2016) for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 12’
Other Forests (2016) for string quartet and Rainforest object orchestra, 45′ – commissioned by Southland Ensemble and People Inside Electronics
From Ditan to Chaoyangmen (2015) for field recording, guqin, flute, and fiddle, 12’
fly blue between light (2015) for two sopranos, 6’
Throw me light (2012) for 3 percussionists with lights, 12′ – for NorthArc Percussion Group – score
Blow Up Bird (2010) for 2 clarinets, 2′ – for James Sullivan and Brian Walsh/Hammer Museum
The Saga Continues (2010) for 2 violins, 2′ – for Andrew Tholl and Andrew McIntosh/Hammer Museum
soft eyes (2010) for 2 accordions, 2’ – for Daniel Corral and Isaac Schankler/Hammer Museum
The Thrush Nightingale (2010) for 2 tubas, 1:30 – for Doug Tournquist and Luke Storm/Hammer Museum – score
The Shapes of Faces (2009), for electric guitar, large tam, piano, and light, 8’
Fall (2008) for 2 voices, 2’ – for Anne Marie Dicce
cups of gravel (2008) for violin and piano, 25’ – for Orin Hildestad
Cabbages and Kings (2007) for clarinet, cello, piano, 29’ – excerpt – score
Rendition (2007) for cello, contrabass, piano, 20’ – score
Lullabies (2005) for mezzo-soprano and clarinet, 10’
Solo
Introducing (object) (2019) for object, open duration – commissioned by Caitlyn Cawley
Hand Catching Flour (2018) for clarinet to film by Lyndsay Bloom, 5′ or 15′
Mom and Dad Are Not at Home (2018) for guitar, 6′ – commissioned by Neil Beckmann
Some Dragons (2018) for singing violinist, 20′ – commissioned by Batya Macadam-Somer
The Throat Is a Passage (in progress), for voice – for Christie Finn
tearing (2018) for piano, 35′ – commissioned by Jared Redmond
Stomachs of Ravens (2018) for flute, 6′ – for Berglind Tomasdottir
Southern vs. Northern Lion (2018) for carillon, 10′ – commissioned by Tiffany Ng
Study on Westhoff Suite No. 5 in d minor (2017), for violin – commissioned by Keir GoGwilt
rara avis (2015) for cello, 35’ – for Charles Curtis
And with what body do they come? (2015) for voice and 8 tape recorders, 10’ – for Leslie Leytham
glass umbrella (2015) for toy piano or carillon, 9’ – for Amy O’Dell
breathe out clouds (2015) for bass flute, singing – for Christine Tavolacci
Great Birnam Wood (2015) for marbles/drumset – for Eric Derr
Threads (2013) for ASL interpreter strung to windchimes at a distance, 15′ – for Chris Clarino – score
Britney Whitney Clark Kent Is Not A Disguise (2012) dance dance concerto for flute and orchestra on tape, 13′ – for Berglind Tomasdottir
The Sport of Cooking (2010-12) for marimba – for Luis Tabuenca – score
What We Swallow Turns Around (2011) for timpano – for Brian Archinal and Dustin Donahue – score
My young life has an end (2009-11) for piano, variations on variations by Sweelinck, ~80′
The Sedge Warbler, or The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (2011), for tuba, tape, and powerpoint, 15′ – for Jonathan Piper
VIN DIESEL = I END LIVES (2011) for solo percussion, tape, and video, 15′ – for Bonnie Whiting Smith, with PD by Jaime Oliver and video/set design by Monica Duncan – score
line (2011) for bassoon, 7′ – for Rebekah Heller
pipe (2004/08/10) for flute, 8′ – for Grace Leslie – score
For Voice (2005/09) for vocalist and real or imaginary objects passing through the throat, open – for Adrian Coburn/for Zeynep Bulut – score
Overtures (2008) for horn or piano, ~15’ – for Amanda Tabor – score
Regarding chickens, death (2007) for violin and imaginary chickens, 5’ – for Mark Menzies – score
Ground (2007) for contrabass and rock, 6’ – for Han Han Cho – score
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