Bison Circles (2009) Flute and Piano. 12 minutes. Commissioned by
DuoSolo. Inspired by the Bison of western Kansas, who circle in the
face of oncoming storms.

O Thunderer (2009) Solo Clarinet. 8 minutes. Written for Stephanie Zelnick.

Lord of June (2008) String Trio. 18 minutes. Commissioned for the
inaugural season of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. Depicts
the aerial acrobatics of the Green Darner Dragonfly, Anax Junius.

Ruin of the Cypress (2007) Alto Flute and Piano. 15 minutes.
Commissioned by DuoSolo for the recital series at St. Paul's church
(Ground Zero), NYC.

House on Fire (2003) Solo Flute. 5 minutes. Commissioned by Paolo
Bortolussi. Inspired by the parable of the white path from Pure Land
Buddhism.

Meditation on the Name of God (2000) Any treble instrument. 7
minutes. Slow, meditative, mystical work distributed free of charge.

Three Songs of Kansas Zen (2010) SATB, piano. 10 minutes. Written
for the University of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Sets three "Kansanized"
verses of the famous Zen oxherding poems.

The All-Night Vigil of Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, part I (2010) SSAA,
amplified cello. 50 minutes. Commissioned by Mount Holyoke College.
Sets poetry of Rabi'a al-Adawiyya with selected Beautiful Names of
Allah, and Arabic devotional phrases.

Short is Time (2009) SSAATTBB. 5 minutes. For Paul Tucker and the
University of Kansas Chamber Singers. Sets poetry of Christina
Rossetti, regarding the end of things.

Jasmine Arrow Sutra (2009) SSAATTBB. 14 minutes. Commissioned by the
Boston Choral Ensemble. Sets excerpts of the Dhammapada (Sayings of
the Buddha) in English translation.

Japanese Winters (2004) SSAATTBB, piano. 9 minutes. Commissioned by
Emerald Ridge High School. Texts from Haiku on the subject of winter
tea, winter birds, and winter monkeys.

The Old Ground (2003) SSAATTBB. 4 minutes. For the choir of Gonville
and Caius College, Cambridge. Text from Wendell Berry. An anthem for
advent.

The Twelve Kisses (version for coloratura, piano, and clarinet). 25
minutes. See below, under "Orchestra"

Need-fire (2009) Heroic Coloratura and piano. 60 minutes. Saga of
Laïs on texts of Becky Gould Gibson for Sarah Tannehill. Set in
medieval Northumbria, Gibson's texts illuminate the lives of the
abbesses of Whitby.

The Wild Iris (2004-5) Mezzo and piano. 25 minutes. Commissioned by
Miranda Loud for the Rialto Arts Series. Texts on birth, death, and
gardening from the miraculous, eponymous book of Louise Glück.

Moses and the Shepherd (2000) Soprano and drone. 9 minutes.
Commissioned by Rachelle Fox. Text from a teaching story of
Jelaluddin Rumi, from the Masnawi.

Picnic (2007) 8 principals, 4 comprimario roles, instrumental
quartet. 2 hours, 35 minutes. Commissioned by the University of
Kansas for the 50th anniversary of Murphy Hall. Libretto by Tim Ocel
after the play by William Inge. The arrival of a handsome drifter to
small-town Kansas spells catastrophe and liberation for the carefully
balanced web of relationships connecting a family living there.

Faces of Sorrow: Mystery Sonatas on the Passion of Christ (2007) Organ
solo. 30 minutes. Commissioned by Michael Bauer. Inspired by
photographs of Lee Boltin of wooden depictions of the Passion from
across the world.

Frost (2010) piano solo. 10 minutes. Arrangement of the second laï
of Need-fire. A Lisztian tidal wave of a piece.

Still Waters (1996) piano solo. 4 minutes. Scarlatti-sized glittery sonata.

The Twelve Kisses (2009) Coloratura, Oboe d'amore (optional EH, Cl.),
piano, strings. 25 minutes. Symphony for chamber orchestra.
Commissioned by the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Bruce Sorrell,
conductor. Sets the Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) in English and
Hebrew.

Great River of the West (2006) Percussion Concerto. 25 minutes.
Commissioned by the Portland Chamber Orchestra for its 40th
anniversary, and the Walla Walla Symphony for its 100th anniversary.
Traces the path of the Columbia from the high Rockies to the coast at
Astoria.