Especially composed for MSU’s Musique 21 Ensemble for a program titled “Return Flight” conceived around György Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata. Premiered on November 29, 2011 by trombonist Steven Kandow and Musque 21 at Snyder Hall, Michigan State University. Approx. duration: 3:30 minutes.
Commissioned by Music in the Loft especially for Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the piano, a tribute project that gathers piano adaptations of Stephen Sondheim’s songs by more than thirty composers. Premiered at Symphony Space in New York City by Anthony de Mare on April 21, 2012. Approx. duration: 5 minutes.
Commissioned by Robert Benton and the New Euphonium Music Commissioning Consortium. Scored specifically for the same instrumentation used in Leos Janacek’s 1926 Capriccio. Premiered on May 4, 2011 by Robert Benton and a student ensemble from University of Michigan, Stamps Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Approx. duration: 12 minutes. 1000-0231 (euph)- pn
Commissioned by Molly Barth and Luis Julio Toro with funds provided by the University of Oregon. Premiered on October 28, 2010 at the Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico. Approx. duration: 12 minutes
Composed for and premiered by violist Roberto Díaz through a Michigan State University Intramural Grant (IRGP) from the Vice-President’s Office for Research. Premiered on October 22, 2010 by R. Díaz and the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, Leon Gregorian, conductor. East Coast premiere in Camden, NJ on October 15, 2011 by R. Díaz and Symphony in C, Rossen Milanov, conductor. Approx. duration: 30 minutes. Instrumentation: 2232-2220- timp., 4 perc., harp, gtr – strings
