Selected Works
2019 Trinity (concerto for steel band and orchestra) revised for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with
Kenneth Joseph
2014 Spinks (double seconds pans, saxophone, piano, string bass and percussion)
Collaboration (double seconds pans and piano) composed in collaboration with Istvan B'racz
2012 Arpeggio (solo for tenor bass pan)
2010 Essakane (two tenor pans, double seconds pan, piano, string bass and percussion) commissioned for premiere on the
Duke Ellington Concert Series at Yale University
2006 Cadences (tenor steel pan and string quartet) commissioned by Carl David Fischer, Jr. for Liam Teague and the Vermeer
Quartet
A Shining Peace (solo baritone, violin, piano) commissioned by Paul Guida for Richard Lalli, Artemis Simerson and William
Braun
2003 Bloodlines (one-act opera) in collaboration with South Omaha High School; commissioned by Opera Omaha
On the basis of... (SAB chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2003; commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2002 Trinity (concerto for steel band and orchestra) commissioned by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
2001 Another Way (SAB chorus, rap group and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2001;
commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2000 Heartland (SATB chorus, children's chorus, piano, violin, clarinets, trumpets, baritones, tuba, percussion, button
accordions; commissioned by the Butler County Community Choir and the Butler County Arts Council with a grant from
the American Composers Forum Continental Harmony project
1999 Three Words Woods Hole (mezzo-soprano, speakers, electronic tape); commissioned by Lawrence Cohen, Yale University
1998 Comin' from the Block (children's chorus, jazz ensemble, Orff ensemble, orchestra) with Bill Apollo Brown; commissioned
by Garfield School with a grant to the Greater Bridgeport Symphony from the Ruth Krauss Foundation and Meet the
Composer New Music in the Schools
1997 Dwelling Places (flute and string trio); commissioned by the Wall Street Chamber Players
1996 Songs of Us (chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Longfellow School 1996 Fifth Grade Class; commissioned
by Longfellow School with a grant from Meet The Composer New Music in the Schools
Scenes from (full orchestra); commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
1995 The Golden Door (full orchestra); commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
1994 The Bells at Saint-Aignan (soprano, baritone and piano); commissioned by Tobé Malawista
Dancing at the Edge of Dawn (symphonic winds); commissioned by the American Band
1993 Listen (solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass, SATB choir with organ); commissioned by the First Congregational
Church of Guilford
Key Caribe (solo piano); commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation
1992 Friday Night at the Diner (SATB a cappella); commissioned by the Guilford High School Madrigal Singers and Meet The
Composer
1991 Stained Glass (oboe, clarinet and bassoon); commissioned by Ensemble Festivo and the New Haven Cultural Affairs
Commission
Another Tree Without Leaves (soprano, violin and piano); commissioned by the New World Ensemble and Meet The
Composer
1990 Trees Without Leaves (a requiem for solo soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone, SATB chorus with chamber orchestra);
commissioned by Linda Tietjen, Noel McIntosh and the New Haven Chorale
Follow Me (a musical in two acts); commissioned by St. Margaret-McTiernan School
Kenneth Joseph
2014 Spinks (double seconds pans, saxophone, piano, string bass and percussion)
Collaboration (double seconds pans and piano) composed in collaboration with Istvan B'racz
2012 Arpeggio (solo for tenor bass pan)
2010 Essakane (two tenor pans, double seconds pan, piano, string bass and percussion) commissioned for premiere on the
Duke Ellington Concert Series at Yale University
2006 Cadences (tenor steel pan and string quartet) commissioned by Carl David Fischer, Jr. for Liam Teague and the Vermeer
Quartet
A Shining Peace (solo baritone, violin, piano) commissioned by Paul Guida for Richard Lalli, Artemis Simerson and William
Braun
2003 Bloodlines (one-act opera) in collaboration with South Omaha High School; commissioned by Opera Omaha
On the basis of... (SAB chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2003; commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2002 Trinity (concerto for steel band and orchestra) commissioned by the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
2001 Another Way (SAB chorus, rap group and orchestra) in collaboration with the Roosevelt School Class of 2001;
commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
2000 Heartland (SATB chorus, children's chorus, piano, violin, clarinets, trumpets, baritones, tuba, percussion, button
accordions; commissioned by the Butler County Community Choir and the Butler County Arts Council with a grant from
the American Composers Forum Continental Harmony project
1999 Three Words Woods Hole (mezzo-soprano, speakers, electronic tape); commissioned by Lawrence Cohen, Yale University
1998 Comin' from the Block (children's chorus, jazz ensemble, Orff ensemble, orchestra) with Bill Apollo Brown; commissioned
by Garfield School with a grant to the Greater Bridgeport Symphony from the Ruth Krauss Foundation and Meet the
Composer New Music in the Schools
1997 Dwelling Places (flute and string trio); commissioned by the Wall Street Chamber Players
1996 Songs of Us (chorus and orchestra) in collaboration with the Longfellow School 1996 Fifth Grade Class; commissioned
by Longfellow School with a grant from Meet The Composer New Music in the Schools
Scenes from (full orchestra); commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
1995 The Golden Door (full orchestra); commissioned by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony
1994 The Bells at Saint-Aignan (soprano, baritone and piano); commissioned by Tobé Malawista
Dancing at the Edge of Dawn (symphonic winds); commissioned by the American Band
1993 Listen (solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass, SATB choir with organ); commissioned by the First Congregational
Church of Guilford
Key Caribe (solo piano); commissioned by the Renée B. Fisher Foundation
1992 Friday Night at the Diner (SATB a cappella); commissioned by the Guilford High School Madrigal Singers and Meet The
Composer
1991 Stained Glass (oboe, clarinet and bassoon); commissioned by Ensemble Festivo and the New Haven Cultural Affairs
Commission
Another Tree Without Leaves (soprano, violin and piano); commissioned by the New World Ensemble and Meet The
Composer
1990 Trees Without Leaves (a requiem for solo soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone, SATB chorus with chamber orchestra);
commissioned by Linda Tietjen, Noel McIntosh and the New Haven Chorale
Follow Me (a musical in two acts); commissioned by St. Margaret-McTiernan School