Vocal Works
Song Cycles and Larger Vocal Works
Aux Tuileries (Op. 709) (2006) (5 min)
Voice and Piano
I. Le grand basin
II. Manège
III. Les chaises
Texts by Jean-Thierry Boisseau (in French)
Published by Musik Fabrik
Desiring the Solicitude of Rain (Op. 542) (2003-04) (10.5 min)
Solo Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
see listing in Orchestral Works with Soloists
Foolish Songs (Op. 67) (1998) (7.5 min)
for James Willey
Voice and Piano
I. Every Day (Text by Paulings Edwards)
II. My Cat (Text by Bill Grantwood)
III. Counsel for the Wise (Piano Alone)
IV. Darkness (Text by W. H. Morrison)
Published by Conners Publications (Catalogue #218)
Four Oates Songs (Op. 97) (1999) (4.5 min)
for Neva Pilgrim
High Voice and Piano
I. Motive, Metaphor
II. To an Aged Cat Dying in My Arms
III. Such Beauty!
IV. Summer Squall
Texts by Joyce Carol Oates
Published by Conners Publications (Catalogue #237)
Gold into Diamonds (Op. 723) (2007) (10 min)
Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe in honor of the birthday of her mother, Rebecca Forsythe
Voice and Piano
I. So Long an Oak
II. Stranger in Egypt
III. Ballad
IV. The Lace of Poetry
Texts by Rebecca Forsythe
Commissioned by Amanda Forsythe
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053
Lingering, Lonely Callings (Op. 753) (2004-05) (20 min)
Voice and Piano
I. Keep Me (for Marisa on her 24th birthday)
II. Bearing Spring (for Arnold Rosner)
III. Succor (for Elizabeth Kirschner)
IV. Yesterday (for Marisa, Christmas 2003)
V. Humming Softly (for Marisa on her 23rd birthday)
VI. Lamentation (for Joshua K. Copeland)
VII. A Broken Prism (for Kate Maroney)
VIII. Finale (for Amanda Forsythe)
Texts by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053
Noticing Songs, Book I (Op. 557) (2002-04) (9 min)
for John
Voice and Piano
I. Trouble
II. Death Shortage
III. Soldier
IV. EKG Lady
V. Autumn Leaves
VI. Life
VII. Philosophical Blues
Texts by Richard Leach
Now That You See the Night (Op. 770) (2008) (4.5 min)
Soprano and Harpsichord
I. On This Morning of Grief (for Joyce Carol Oates on her 70th birthday)
II. Yucca on White Sands
III. Sonatina to Hans Christian (for Jeff and Katharine)
Texts by Joyce Carol Oates, Sarah White, and Wallace Stevens
Orbiting Paradise (Op. 653) (2005) (9 min)
for Chris Gekker, Julie Keim, and Gary Davison
Soprano, Trumpet, Piano
I. Luck
II. Beware
III. The Descants of Evening
Texts by Elizabeth Kirschner
Commissioned by Chris Gekker
Published by Musik Fabrik
Rossini in the Kitchen (Op. 615) (2005) (12 min)
see listing in Secular Opera
Seven Haiku (Op. 629) (2005) (4 min)
for Amanda Elizabeth Forsythe and Edward Elwyn Jones, on the occasion of their wedding, June 4, 2005
Voice and Piano
I. Each Twig
II. Above the Embers
III. Beneath the Skylark
IV. Morning Mist
V. Snow Covered Cornfield
VI. Night Journey
VII. Finding the Sky
Texts by Hilary Tann
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music (CD Recording; Albany Records; Catalogue #TROY1053
Three Songs from "As You Like It" (Op. 707) (2006) (5 min)
for Di Trevis
Voice and Piano
I. Under the Greenwood Tree
II. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
III. It Was a Lover and His Lass
Texts by William Shakespeare
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
Published by Musik Fabrik
Two Catullus Songs (Op. 120) (1999) (3 min)
for Jill Crooker
Voice and Piano
I. Iam ver egelidos
II. Odi et amo
Texts by Gaius Valerius Catullus (in Latin)
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X814035)
Two Oates Miniatures (Op. 365) (2002) (2 min)
for Lena Murais
Voice and Piano
I. The Forbidden
II. Lost
Texts by Joyce Carol Oates
Commissioned by Lena Murais
Two Vergil Songs (Op. 201) (2000) (3 min)
for Ray Perez
Voice and Piano
I. Vere rosa
II. Ego haec
Texts by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Latin)
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X814034)
Two Wakefield Songs (Op. 592) (2004) (5 min)
for Helen Karloski and Angela Occhionero
Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Piano
I. After Looking at Bruegel
II. Why Does the Bee Fly into the Little Iron Pagoda in the Garden?
Texts by Kathleen Wakefield
Published by Musik Fabrik
Waxing and Waning (Op. 667) (2005) (6 min)
Baritone and Piano
I. Humming Softly (for Marisa on her 23rd birthday)
II. Wake Up (for Gwyneth Walker)
III. Finale (for Joshua K. Copeland)
Texts by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
Single Songs
Christ, We Wait (Op. 266) (2001) (3.5 min)
for Frederick and Susan Frahm
Voice and Organ
Text by Richard Leach
Published by Parsonage Press, exclusive distributor Subito Music Corporation (Catalogue #30190020)
Each Day a Dark Sea (Op. 378) (2002) (1 min)
for Penny Hansen
Voice and Piano
Text by Richard Leach
In the Beginning (Op. 462) (2002) (2 min)
for Lara Hirner
Concert Aria for Soprano (or Mezzo-Soprano) and Piano
from the opera Poor Bibi
Text by Joyce Carol Oates
A Pentecost Prayer (Op. 395) (1999, rev. 2002) (1.5 min)
see listing in Choral Works
A Prayer for Light (Op. 518) (2003) (3 min)
for Amanda Forsythe
Soprano and Organ
Text by Richard Leach
Published in Your Voice Now Raise: New Solos for the Church by Zimbel Press (Catalogue #Z213)
Summer Spiders (Op. 477) (2002) (2.5 min)
for Lara, Christmas 2002
Voice and Piano
Text by Harry Humes
Tempt Me (Op. 663) (2005) (3.75 min)
for Derek and Laura Chester
Soprano, Tenor, Piano
Text by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
This Dusk (Op. 671) (2005) (2 min)
for Kate Maroney
Mezzo-Soprano and Guitar
Text by Elizabeth Kirschner
Published by Musik Fabrik
This Love, O Christ (Op. 100) (1999) (3 min)
for John Holtman and Shirley Cooman on the occasion of their wedding
Voice (High or Low) and Piano
Text by Jaroslav J. Vajda