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Parallel Movement of the Hands
ENS.2024.1
Orchestra

Sinfonietta
ENS.2023.5
Orchestra

Threadsuns
ENS.2023.4
Orchestra

Anabasis
ENS.2023.3
Orchestra

Desert Oracle
ENS.2023.2
Orchestra

Toward No Earthly Pole
ENS.2023.1
Mezzo-soprano, Tenor & Orchestra

Short Symphony
ENS.2022.5
Orchestra

Little Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
ENS.2022.2
Orchestra

Annals of the Former World
ENS.2022.1
Large Orchestra

Orfordness
ENS.2021.4
Solo Baritone & Large Orchestra

Little Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
ENS.2021.3
Classical Orchestra

Little Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
ENS.2021.2
String Orchestra

Timorchestra Variations
ENS.2021.1b
Orchestra

Timo Variations
ENS.2021.1
Solo Piano

Das Zaubertheater
ENS.2020.7
Symphonic Winds

Seeland
ENS.2020.6
Orchestra

Algabal
ENS.2020.5
Orchestra

Little Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
ENS.2020.4
Classical Orchestra

Symphony for Low Orchestra
ENS.2020.3
Orchestra of Bass Instruments

Night Bloom
ENS.2020.2
Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Harp, Piano, String Quartet

Calendar
ENS.2020.1
Orchestra

Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay
ENS.2019.4
Large Orchestra

Optic Nerve
ENS.2019.3
Orchestra Without Percussion

Concerto for Double Orchestra
ENS.2019.2
Orchestra

Prospect
ENS.2019.1
Small Orchestra

Daybook
ENS.2018.7
Orchestra

Book of Hours
ENS.2018.6
Solo Voice, Small Orchestra

Hermit Songs (Samuel Barber)
ENS.2018.5
Solo Soprano, Orchestra

Scenes From Deep Time
ENS.2018.4
Concert Band

Eventyr
ENS.2018.3
Orchestra

Tennyson Songbook
ENS.2018.2
SATB Chorus

Sonata for Various Instruments
ENS.2018.1f
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Harp, Piano, Harpsichord,
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

Sonata for Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, and Piano
ENS.2018.1e
Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Piano

Sonata for Oboe, Horn, and Harpsichord
ENS.2018.1d
Oboe, Horn, Harpsichord

Sonata for Violin and Piano
ENS.2018.1c
Violin, Piano

Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
ENS.2018.1b
Alto Flute, Viola, Harp

Sonata for Cello and Piano
ENS.2018.1a
Cello, Piano

Six Debussy Sonatas
ENS.2018.1
Cello, Piano; Flute, Viola, Harp; Violin, Piano; Oboe, Horn, Harpsichord;
Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Piano; Chamber Orchestra

Piano Trio
ENS.2017.6c
Violin, Cello, Piano

Horn Trio
ENS.2017.6b
Horn, Violin, Piano

Clarinet Trio
ENS.2017.6a
Clarinet, Cello, Piano

Three Brahms Trios
ENS.2017.6
Clarinet, Cello, Piano; Horn, Violin, Piano; Violin, Cello, Piano

She Walks in Beauty
ENS.2017.5
Voice & Piano

Piano Quartet
ENS.2017.4c
Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello

Oboe Quartet
ENS.2017.4b
Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello

String Trio
ENS.2017.4a
Violin, Viola, Cello

Mystic Chords of Memory
ENS.2017.4
Violin, Viola, Cello; Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello; Piano, Violin, Viola,
Cello

Toward No Earthly Pole
ENS.2017.3
Mezzo-soprano, Tenor & 4 Flutes, 4 Percussion, String Quartet

Netsuke
ENS.2017.2
Solo Piano

Once More, With Feeling
ENS.2016.8
Soprano & Percussion, Piano

Kindertotenwald
ENS.2016.7
Solo Piano

Piano Quintet
ENS.2016.5
Piano, String Quartet

Use Your Illusion
ENS.2016.4
Soprano & Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello

Ice Age
ENS.2016.3
Voice, Piano

The Death of Sir John Franklin
ENS.2016.2
Tenor & Alto Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Horn, Tuba, Cello, Bass

While the World Shall Last
ENS.2016.1
Voice & Piano

Ooga Booga
ENS.2015.6
Amplified Soprano & 4 Sousaphones or Soprano & 4 Tubas

Red
ENS.2015.5
Voice & Piano

Octet
ENS.2015.4
2 String Quartets

Trio
ENS.2015.3b
Clarinet, Violin, Piano

Septet
ENS.2015.3a
Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Drum, Violin, Contrabass

Sextet
ENS.2015.2
Percussion, Piano, String Quartet

Sonnets to Edward Snowden
ENS.2015.1
Soprano & 2 Violins

Symphony for Richard Serra
ENS.2014.6
4 Sopranos

The Mouth Harness
ENS.2014.5
Soprano & Percussion

Divide These
ENS.2014.4
Soprano & Vibraphone

Violin Sonata
ENS.2014.3
Violin, Piano

The Ten-Year-Old World
ENS.2014.2
Soprano & Contrabass

Plastic Robbins Band
ENS.2014.1
Soprano & String Quartet

What Is Amazing
ENS.2013.10
Soprano & Tuba, 2 Violins or Soprano & 2 Violins, Bass

Lightning Field
ENS.2013.9
Piano, Bass, Drums

The Grave Was Too Small So We Had To Take the Horse Out
ENS.2013.6
2 Sopranos & Violin

Arctic Symphony
ENS.2013.3
4 Flutes/2 Piccolos, 2 Tubas, 4 Cellos

Les Règles ont déjà pensé à tout
ENS.2013.2
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, 2 Harps, Violin, Viola, Cello

Three Lullabies for Trakl
ENS.2012.7
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto or Small Female Choir

Vanishing Points
ENS.2012.6
Alto & Euphonium, Percussion, Cello

Clarinet Quintet
ENS.2012.5
Bb Clarinet, String Quartet

Utopia Parkway
ENS.2012.4
Solo Piano

Fuck the Astronauts
ENS.2012.3
Mezzo-soprano & Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 F Horns or Mezzo-soprano & Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, F Horn

Mike Tyson Will Eat Your Children
ENS.2011.3
Soprano & Piano or Soprano & Violin

Symphony for Steven Millhauser
ENS.2011.1
4 Oboes, 4 Trumpets, 4 Violins

Body Through Which the Dream Flows
ENS.2010.6r
Soprano & Vibraphone

Dr. Farnsworth, A Chiropodist, Lived In Ohio, Where He Wrote Only The First Lines Of Poems
ENS.2010.5
Bass & Euphonium, Timpani, Harp, Cello

Very Black Sonnets
ENS.2010.4
Mezzo-Soprano & English Horn, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, F Horn, Tenor Trombone, Tuba, Harp, Viola, Cello, Bass

Symphony for Susan Logoreci
ENS.2010.3
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Trumpets, Harp, Piano, 2 Cellos, 2 Basses

Cycle of Dust
ENS.2010.2
Baritone & Cello

Dear Man On Fire,
ENS.2010.1
Soprano & Flute, English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, 2 Hand-Clappers/Speakers, 2 Violas

Spiral Jetty
ENS.2009.8r
2 Vibraphones, Drum Set

Symphony for Ammi Phillips
ENS.2009.7
4 Piccolos, 4 Violins

The Method She Employs Against That Which Cannot Be Seen
ENS.2009.6
Soprano & Clarinet, Horn, Piano, Cello, Bass

Sky god girl
ENS.2009.5
Soprano & Piccolo, Oboe, Marimba, Violin, Viola

Scenes from the Life of Boullee, Book 1
ENS.2009.4
Soprano & Electric Organ

From the Realm of Morpheus<
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2 Piccolos/Alto Flutes, 2 Oboes/Cor Anglais, Percussion, Piano, String Quintet

Amulet
ENS.2009.2
Mezzo-Soprano & Alto Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Viola, Cello

In the Realms of the Unreal
ENS.2009.1
3 Trumpets, 3 Pianos, 3 String Quartets

Configurations
ENS.2008.13
Tenor & Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, Horn, Cornet, Guitar, String Quartet

F-111
ENS.2008.12
Marimba, Piano, Cello

Knots
ENS.2008.11
Alto & Clarinet, English Horn

Songswarm
ENS.2008.10
Baritone & Chamber Orchestra

Players
ENS.2008.9
Tenor & Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello

From the Land of the Farther Suns
ENS.2008.8
Soprano & 2 Trumpets

On the Natural History of Destruction
ENS.2008.7
Baritone, 2 Violas

Girls on the Run
ENS.2008.6
Baritone & 3 Baritone Saxophones, Percussion

Upside Dances
ENS.2008.5
Solo Piano

Casper Hauser Songs
ENS.2008.4
Baritone & 2 Bass Clarinets, Bassoon, 2 Cellos, Bass

Embryodel
ENS.2008.3
Mezzo-Soprano & Oboe, Clarinet, 2 Violins

En Route
ENS.2008.1
Soprano & Glockenspiel

Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart
ENS.2007.14
Alto & Percussion, Mandolin, Cello

In Part
ENS.2007.13
Tenor & 3 Piccolos, Vibraphone, Piano

If Not, Winter
ENS.2007.12
Soprano & Piccolo, Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax, Horn, Trumpet, Tuba, 2 Percussion,
Piano, Violin, Cello, Bass

Badlands
ENS.2007.11
Baritone & 2 Bass Clarinets

World Enough
ENS.2007.10
Baritone, 2 Cellos

Orfordness
ENS.2007.8
Baritone & 2 Violins

Postcards
ENS.2007.7
Soprano & 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba

The Admonitory Hippopotamus
ENS.2007.6
Voice & Piccolo, Bass Clarinet, Marimba, Piano, Violin, Cello

Breathcrystal
ENS.2007.5
Soprano & Clarinet, Piano, Viola

Still Morning
ENS.2007.4
Soprano, Clarinet, Piano

Wideawake
ENS.2007.3
Soprano & Alto Clarinet, Trumpet, Viola

The Dong With A Luminous Nose
ENS.2007.2
Voice & Piano 4-Hands

Reasons To Live
ENS.2007.1
Soprano & Piano

Star Dust
ENS.2006.10r
SATB Chorus

Off the Deep End
ENS.2006.8
Soprano & Piano or Soprano & Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello

About Grace
ENS.2006.7
Tenor & 2 Bass Clarinets, 2 Violins

Two Songs of Saul Wheeler
ENS.2006.6
Soprano & Marimba

Night
ENS.2006.5
Baritone & Viola

Sea Change, or, The Tempest in a Teacup
ENS.2006.4r
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass & String Quartet

Borrowed Love Songs
ENS.2006.3
Voice & Piano

Untitled (Sand Fountain)
ENS.2006.2
Flute, Violin, Cello

Sad Little Breathing Machine
ENS.2005.1
2 Clarinets, 2 Marimbas, 2 Violas

Inflatable World
ENS.2004.3r
Soprano & Piano

Seascape, With Frieze Of Girls
ENS.2004.2
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin

Cup and Saucer in the Path of a Mechanical Insect
ENS.2004.1
4 Equal Instruments

Little Kingdoms
ENS.2003.2r
3 Bb Clarinets

Late Sun
ENS.2003.1
Voice & String Quartet

The Vile Rainbow
ENS.2001.1
String Quartet

Happy Little Trees
ENS.2000.1
Flute, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

Cities of the Plain
ENS.1998.5
String Quartet

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