Works for Narrator

Op. 548A Hiker’s Gear (2004) for Organ and Opt. Narrator8.5 min.

Text by the composer

  • Introduction: The Great Outdoors
  • The Hat
  • The Boots
  • The Backpack
  • The Jacket
  • Gorp
  • The Hike: Onward and Upward

Dedication: in memory of “Uncle Bill” Matthews

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 1000Flax-Golden Tales (2013) for Storyteller and Chamber Orchestra
1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1/1perc/pno/string 5tet
13 min.

Text by Erin Morgenstern

  • In tandem (Ricercare)
  • Ideas (Rondo)
  • Borne back ceaselessly into the past (Chaconne)
  • Fairy trap (Scherzo)
  • Where the sidewalk doesn’t end (Aria and Chorale)

Alecia Batson, storyteller; CLARET; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

Dedication: for Joel Sachs and the New Juilliard Ensemble

Commission: Commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble

Op. 562The Transportation Age (2004) for Organ and Opt. Narrator6 min.
  • An Automobile
  • An Airplane
  • A Bus
  • A Bicycle
  • A Subway

Dedication: for Christina and Jacob Burley

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.