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Art Song

Hope (18') - 2000
    song cycle for high voice and piano
           I. I felt a clearing in my mind
           II. Heart, we will forget him!
           III. I shall know why
           IV. Hope is the thing with feathers
    texts by Emily Dickinson
    published by Graphite Publishing

Gwendolen's Dream (3') - 2001
    soprano, clarinet in A, cello
    text by G. T. P. Cleaver

love. songs (15') - 2009
    song cycle for baritone and piano
           1. burn
           2. your little voice
           3. so quite new
           4. i love you much (most beautiful darling)
           5. i carry your heart
    texts by E. E. Cummings
    finalist in the 2010 NATS Art Song Composition Competition
    published by Graphite Publishing

Love Song (3') - 2010
    baritone and violin
    text by Rainer Maria Rilke, translator unknown
    commissioned in honor and celebration of the marriage of Judy Schumaker and Richard Larson

Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now (4') - 2007
    male and female medium voice duet and piano (also available as SAB with piano)
    text by A. E. Housman
    commissioned for the VCSU Concert Choir

Para mi corazón (3') - 2007
    med-high voice and piano
    text by Pablo Neruda
    commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. James Buhr on the event of their son's wedding

Songs of Fields and Prairies (23') - 2004
    song cycle for soprano and piano
           I. Call of the Open   text by Laura E. Bradshaw
           II. Fall Fields   text by Richard Eugene Burton
           III. Silent Noon   text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
           IV. The Prairie-Grass Dividing   text by Walt Whitman
           V. The Endless Root   text by Witter Bynner
           VI. The flower of the field   text by Isaiah 40:6-8
           VII. Lullaby (for Bob)   text by Anne Crichton Boise
    commissioned by the North Dakota Music Teacher's Assocation
    Honorable Mention -  ASCAP/Lotte Lehman Foundation Song Cycle Competition, 2006
    San Francisco Song Festival Composition Competition Winner (Student Division), 2005
    published by Graphite Publishing

The Sweetness of my Dreams (9' 30") - 2005
    song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano
           I. I will sing you a song
           II. Dandelion
           III. Theatre Song
           IV. Moon Song
           V. About my Dreams
    texts by Hilda Conkling
    published by Graphite Publishing

The Time of Singing Has Come (8') - 2009
    song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano
          1. Arise, My Love
          2. To-night
          3. The Wedding is the Promise
    composed for the Shorter College New Music Series with special thanks to Matthew Hoch
    published by Graphite Publishing

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Chorus

April and the Sun (4') - 2007
    SATB a cappella choir
    text by Sara Teasdale
    commissioned for the Choirs of Note Choral Festival
    selected for inclusion in Project Encore

Ave Maris Stella (4' 30") - 2005
    SSSSAA a cappella choir
    text anonymous
    published by Graphite Publishing

Benedictus (4') - 2007
    SSAATTBB choir, SATB soli, a cappella
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
    finalist in Cincinatti Camerata Composition Contest, 2008
    "Conductor's Choice" in the 2009 Sorel Medallion Competition

Dawn (4') - 2004
    SATB choir, oboe, cello, and piano
    text anonymous
    commissioned for the Robbinsdale-Cooper High School Concert Choir

Divine Image (5') - 2007
    treble choir, women's choir, oboe and piano
    text by William Blake
    commissioned by Amy Jacobsen

Gloria (7') - 2007
    SATB double choir, a cappella
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists

I Hear America Singing (5') - 2005
    SATB choir, trumpet, and piano
    text by Walt Whitman
    underwritten by the Composer in the Schools Program of the American Composers Forum

I Lift Up My Eyes (Psalm 121) (2' 5") - 2004
    SATB choir, a cappella
    text from Psalm 121
    commissioned for the Davis & Elkins Alumni Choir
    published by Graphite Publishing

In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn (3.5') - 2010
    SSA choir, violin, cello, & piano
    text by Meggan Tavel
    commissioned by the Flower Mound High School Women's Choir

I Saw Three Ships, arr. (4' 5") - 2005
    SSAATTBB a cappella choir
    traditional English carol
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
    published by Graphite Publishing

I Saw Two Clouds at Morning (3') - 2006
    SSAATTBB a cappella choir
    text by John G.C. Brainard
    selected for inclusion in Project Encore

Joy (3' 5") - 2008
    SSA choir, violin, and piano
    text by Sara Teasdale
    commissioned by MN ACDA MN and the MN Music Educators Association

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (5') - 2005
    SSAATTBB a cappella choir
    text by Henry Jackson VanDyke

Laus Trinitati (3') - 2005
    SATB a cappella choir, div.
    text by Hildegard von Bingen
    winner of the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition
    published by Boosey and Hawkes, Yale Glee Club Choral Series

Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now (4') - 2007
    SAB choir and piano (also available as vocal duet with piano)
    text by A. E. Housman
    commissioned for the VCSU Concert Choir

No Rain (5') - 2006
    SSAATTBB a cappella choir, SSA soli
    trad. Apache Indian love poem
    commissioned by the Commissioning Club of the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN

Now Our Meeting's Over, arr. (3' 5") - 2009
    SATB a cappella choir
    trad. American Folk Song
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
    published by Santa Barbara Music Publishers

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, arr. (5') - 2004
    SSAATTBB a cappella choir, SATB soli
    text by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
    published by Graphite Publishing

of you (5') - 2006
    TTBB a cappella choir, TB soli
    text by E. E. Cummings
    commissioned by Cantus

On My Dreams (2' 5") - 2008
    SATB div. choir, piano, trap set
    text by William Butler Yeats
    commissioned by the Valley City Music Boosters

Ophelia (5') - 2008
    SATB div. choir, a cappella
    text by William Shakespeare

Prayer (3') - 2006
    SA divisi choir, violin, and piano
    text by St. Francis of Assisi
    commissioned by Dione Peterson for the Collegiate Chorale of St. Olaf College

Sanctus (4') - 2007
    SSATBB choir, SA soli, a cappella
    commissioned by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists
    Finalist in Cincinatti Camerata Composition Contest, 2008

See Amid the Winter Snow (4') - 2005
    SSATBB choir, mezzo soprano solo, cello solo
    text by Edward Caswell, adapted by Jocelyn Hagen
    winner of the Vocal Essence Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest, 2005
    published by Boosey and Hawkes, Sing Noel Choral Series

Someone Will Remember Us (5') - 2006
    SSAA, violin, viola, cello, harp
    text by Sappho, trans. Willis Barnstone
    commissioned for the WomanVoice Festival, February, 2006

The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (4') - 2007
    SATB choir, a cappella
    text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    commissioned by The Grinnell Singers

Two Lullabies (6') - 2005/6
    I. My Bed is a Boat
    II. All the pretty little horses
    3 part treble choir and piano
    commissioned by Hopkins High School Women's Choir
    published by Graphite Publishing

Under the Stars, One Holy Night (3') - 2007
    treble choir, women's choir, 2 instruments in C and piano
    text by Anna S. Driscol
    commissioned by Valley Voices and the Valley Children's Choir

Veni, Sancte Spiritus (4') - 2005
    SSAB a cappella choir
    text published in Missale Romanum in 1570

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Chamber Music

Allegro (2' 5") - 2001
    solo piano
    "First Place" for keyboard solo, "Composer With the Most Potential"
    Minnesota Music Educators Association Composition Competition, 2002

a tree will have its branches (18') - 2009
    brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba)
    commissioned by the Copper Street Brass Quintet

Ballade (4') - 2004
    tuba/euphonium ensemble (2 euph/2 tuba)
    selected for inclusion in New Music Festival IV, University of Nebraska,
           Kearney, NE in March, 2005

Elegy (10') - 2009
    cello and piano
    commissioned by Drs. Ted and Sara Hagen for the Murasksi Duo, in memory of friend Tom Stine

Introduction and Rondo (3' 5") - 2001
    oboe and clarinet duet

Serendipity (5') - 2002
    solo vibraphone
    commissioned by Eric Drotning

Song for Sara (6') - 2004
    solo piano
    commissioned by Dr. Sara Hagen

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Large Ensemble

Adagio (5') - 2007
    string orchestra
    commissioned by Shattuck-St. Mary's School for the Orchestra Invitational 2008

Ashes of Roses, a requiem (35') - 2002-03
    SATB chorus, orchestra, and soloists
           I. Introit/Requiem
           II. Kyrie
           III. Lacrimosa
           IV. Ashes of Roses (text by Elaine Goodale Eastman)
           V. Offertory
           VI. Lux Aeterna
    2003 Rudolph Nissim Honorable Mention Award

the boat that brings them home (12') - 2003
    symphonic band
    commissioned by the Miles H. Johnson Endowment,
    in observance of the centennial of the St. Olaf College Music Department
           for the St. Olaf Band, 2003

To Gold in Broadest Blue (10') - 2007
    wind ensemble
    commissioned by the Midwest District of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi

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