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Ani Ma’amin (original composition based on a traditional tune) (2015)
  • Performed with the MOTYL chamber Ensemble and the Queensborough Chorus as part of the NEH Challenge Grant “Testimony Across the Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Genocide”, Queensborough Performing Arts Center, April 16, 2015
Zing (2012)
  • Commissioned by Hal Grossman, Professor of Violin University of Oklahoma
  • Premiered at Queensborough Community College, New York 2012
Running on Empty (2010)
  • Instrumentation: 6 players (Vibraphone, Marimba I, Marimba II, Mallets, Drum Set, Auxiliary Percussion)
  • Duration: 9’
  • Premiered by the Iowa State University Percussion Ensemble
Bar Music Album II: Do What You’ve Got to Do (2009)
  • Instrumentation: 5 players (Cello, Clarinet, Dulcimer, Piano, Vibraphone)
  • Duration: 30’
  • Premiered by Sonic Inertia Performance Group at Uncommon Ground, Chicago IL 2/19/09
Bar Music Album I: Hey Listen to Me (2008)
  • Instrumentation: 5 players (Cello, Clarinet, Dulcimer, Piano, Vibraphone)
  • Duration: 40’
  • Premiered by Sonic Inertia Performance Group at Uncommon Ground, Chicago IL 12/18/08
Glitz (2006)
  • Instrumentation: 3 players (Dulcimer, Vibraphone, and Marimba)
  • Duration: 6’
  • Premiered by the Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Evanston IL 4/18/07
Imp and the Machine (2006)
  • Instrumentation: 3 players (Clarinet, Cello, and Piano)
  • Duration: 12’
  • Premiered at the Loyola Faculty Recital, Chicago IL 10/20/06
Sugar Queen (2006)
  • Instrumentation: 5 players (Clarinet, Marimba, Drum Set, Piano, and Cello)
  • Duration: 17’
  • Premiered by the Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Evanston IL 9/23/06 
Up Hill (2005)
  • Instrumentation: 4 players (Baritone Singer, Piano, Dulcimer, Vibraphone with Auxiliary Percussion)
  • Duration: 10’
  • Premiered by the Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Chicago IL 06/02/05 
Séance (2004)
  • Instrumentation: 3 players (Clarinet, Cello, and Marimba).
  • Duration: 11’
  • Premiered by the Sonic Inertia Performance Group, Chicago IL 06/0205
Zapstar (2003)
  • Instrumentation: 13 players (Flute/piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Jazz Guitar, Piano, Harp, Marimba, Drum Set, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass).
  • Duration: 16’
  • Premiered by the ALEA III Ensemble, Boston MA 09/27/03
Transmogrifications in 3 Parts with Interludes (2003)
  • Instrumentation: 2 players (Clarinet, Piano).
  • Duration: 11’
  • Premiered on the Loyola University Faculty Recital, Chicago IL 05/01/03 
Fa/sil (1998)
  • Instrumentation: 1 player (Guitar).
  • Duration: 9’
  • Premiered by Jim Bauer at the Western Illinois University New Music Festival, Macomb IL 03/01/04
Rise (1998)
  • Instrumentation: 4 players (Four Basses)
  • Duration: 8’
  • Premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Camber Music Players, Chicago IL 10/31/01 
Visual Sound (1998)
  • Instrumentation: 2 players (Two Pianos)
  • Duration: 9’
  • Premiered by the Post-Mudler Duo at the Gaudeamus Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 09/06/00
Nirvana Denied (1998)
  • Instrumentation: 3 players (Three Guitars)
  • Duration: 11’
  • Premiered by Jim Bauer, Zack Seldes, and Matthew McGuire, Evanston IL 06/01/98
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