Works List

Facing the Automaton - for solo percussion, interactive kinetic sculpture and chamber ensemble  (2021)
Commissioned by the La Jolla SumerFest
Instrumentation: solo percussion, interactive kinetic sculpture, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Premiere: August 19, 2021, La Jolla SummerFest, Steve Schick: percussion
Duration: 23’

Flute Concerto - for solo flute, strings and percussion (2019)
Commissioned by the British Symphonova
Instrumentation: solo flute, strings and percussion
Premiere: TBD
Duration: 24’

Walk The Labyrinth - concerto for saxophone, viola and orchestra (2016)
Commissioned by the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentation: solo viola, solo saxophone and orchestra
Premiere: February 16, 2016, Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Deighton: viola, Carrie Koffman: saxophone
Duration: 22’

Biss - for bassoon and string quartet (2015)
Commissioned by Uzi Shalev of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrumentation: solo bassoon and string quartet
Premiere: August 15, 2015, members of the Israel Philharmonic, Uzi Shalev: bassoon, Asaf Maoz and Nitzan Canetty: violins, Matan Noussimovitch: viola, Yotam Baruch: cello
Duration: 7’

The Yellow Wind - for narrator, soloists and orchestra with texts by David Grossman, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Natan Alterman, Natan Yonatan and Mahmoud Darwish (2005)
Commissioned by the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 female vocalists, ney solo, narrator; 2222 4221 5perc (2 ethnic perc) hp pf strings
Premiere: May 15, 2005, Paul Lustig Dunkel: conductor
Duration: 45'
Related article in the New York Times

Cliff  - concerto for string quintet and orchestra (2005)
Commissioned by the Penn State University Philharmonia
Instrumentation: 2vn solo, vla solo, vc solo, cb solo; 3333 4331 timp 3perc hp pf strings
Premiere: Dec 6, 2005, Penn State University Philharmonia, Gerardo Edelstein: conductor
Duration: 14'

Darkness and Beauty - mini opera for soprano, two altos and ensemble (2001)
Instrumentation: three female voices (soprano and two alto), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2vns, viola, cello and bass
Premiere: MATA Festival, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt: conductor
Duration: 15'

One Earth - for rapper, tabla, string quintet and treble chorus (2022)
Instrumentation: rapper, tabla, string quintet and treble chorus
Commissioned by Close Encounters With Music
Premiere: November 6, 2022, Close Encounters With Music
Duration: 25'

The Banned - for piano trio, marching machine and soundtrack (2022)
Commissioned by Ensemble Pi
Instrumentation: violin, cello, piano and marching machine
Premiere: May 15, 2023, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Duration: 7 min.

Back to The Ocean - for clarinet, string quartet and optional drum set (2020)
Commissioned by the Jo-Ann Sternberg and the Snow Pond Center for the Arts
Instrumentation: clarinet, string quartet, optional drum set
Premiere: June 15, 2021
Duration: 16'

Tfos! - for marimba and saxophone (2019)
Instrumentation: alto saxophone, marimba (also playing kick drum and cymbal)
Premiere: May, 2019, Peabody Conservatory

I Am Here to Hear What I Have to Say - for piano trio (2017)
Commissioned by the Close Encounters With Music for the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano
Premiere: May 16, 2017, Peter Zazovsky: violin, Yehuda Hanani: cello, Renana Gutman: piano
Duration: 3’

They Are Mine - for piano solo (2017)
Commissioned by pianist Gila Goldstein
Instrumentation: solo piano
Premiere: May 7, 2017, Loewe Theatre, New York University's Steinhardt School
Duration: 5’

Farewell Letters to the Beloved One - for soprano and string quartet (2014)
Commissioned by the Colorado String Quartet
Instrumentation: soprano and string quartet
Premiere: February 28, 2013, Lucy Shelton: soprano, Colorado String Quartet
Duration: 30'

Where Do We Belong - a Conversation with Bach - for violin and piano (2014)
Commissioned by Julie Rosenfeld and the University of Missouri
Instrumentation: violin and piano
Premiere: March 30, 2017, University of Missouri, Julie Rosenfeld: violin, Peter Miyamoto: piano
Duration: 10’30”

Shout - for clarinet and marimba (2012)
Commissioned by Richard Stoltzman and Mika Yoshida Stoltzman
Instrumentation: clarinet and marimba
Premiere: Richard Stoltzman: clarinet, Mika Yoshida Stoltzman: marimba
Duration: 11'

Argaman - for piano trio (2010)
Commissioned by the Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival
Instrumentation: violin, cello and piano
Premiere: Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival, Sheryl Staples: violin, Wilhelmina Smith: cello, Benjamin Hochman: piano
Duration: 12'

Tzafuf Bazug - song cycle for soprano and piano quartet with text by David Grossman (2009)
Commissioned by the Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival
Instrumentation: soprano, violin, viola, cello and piano
Premiere: August 18, 2009, Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival, Lucy Shelton: soprano, Jennifer Koh: violin, Hsin-Yun Huang: viola, Wilhelmina Smith: cello, Benjamin Hochman: piano
Duration: 30'

Mar De Leche - for cello, oud and middle-eastern percussion (2008) 
Commissioned by Maya Beiser and Carnegie Hall
Instrumentation: cello, oud, 2 percussionists
Premiere: June 22, 2008, Maya Beiser: cello, Bassam Saba: oud, Jamey Haddad, Shane Shanahan: percussion
Duration: 15'

Mirrors - for ensemble and live interactive visuals by Daniel Rozin (2007)
Commissioned by the Eighth Blackbird Ensemble
Instrumentation: Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
Premiere: October 23, 2007, Eighth Blackbird Ensemble
Duration: 20'

Mechanofin - for flute and piano (2006)
Commissioned by Paul Dunkel
Instrumentation: flute and piano
Premiere: Christ & St Stephen's Church, Paul Dunkel: flute, Peter Basquin: piano
Duration: 16'

Dmamah - for flute, cello and piano (2001)
Commissioned by Music From Copland House Ensemble
Instrumentation: flute, cello and piano
Premiere: December 19, 2001, Paul Dunkel: flute, Wilhelmina Smith: flute, Michael Boriskin: piano
Duration: 13'

Darkness and Beauty - mini opera for soprano, two altos and ensemble (2001)
Instrumentation: three female voices (one soprano, two alto), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass
Premiere: MATA Festival, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt: conductor
Duration: 15'

In Pairs -  for percussion quartet (1999)
Commissioned by Ethos Percussion Group
Instrumentation: Percussion Quartet
Premiere: March, 2000, Carnegie Hall, Ethos Percussion Group
Duration: 16'

Sounds From Jerusalem - for one piano/four hands (1998)
Commissioned by Einat Fabrikant and Noam Greenberg
Instrumentation: One piano, two pianists
Premiere: May, 1998, Einat Fabrikant and Noam Greenberg: piano

Countdown - for clarinet, viola and piano (1997)
Commissioned by Amos Boazson
Instrumentation: clarinet, viola and piano
Premiere: June, 1998, Meghan Stoops: clarinet, Daniel Panner: viola and Lisa Moore: piano
Duration: 14'

Harold And The Purple Crayon - for ensemble and animation (1997)
Commissioned by the Norfolk Music Festival
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and animation
Premiere: August, 1997, Eighth Blackbird Ensemble
Duration: 12'

String Quartet No. 1 (1997)
Instrumentation: string quartet
Duration: 18'
Premiere: May 1997, Yale School of Music

Phases Of The Moon - for ensemble (1996)
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trumpet, trombone violin, cello and bass
Premiere: Yale School of Music
Duration: 9'

In My Heart I Am - for solo piano (2022)
Commissioned by the Deutscher Musikrat Neustart Kultur Stipendium and Portland State University
Instrumentation: solo piano
Premiere: April 12, 2022, American Academy in Berlin
Duration: 7’

12 Etudes for Solo/Duo Clarinet (2021)
Commissioned by the Juilliard Music School clarinet studio
Instrumentation: solo/duo clarinet
Duration: 18’

Dancing with Pele - for solo piano (2019)
Instrumentation: solo piano
Commissioned by pianist Gila Goldstein
Premiere: 2019, Yamaha Piano Salon, Gila Goldstein: piano
Duration: 7'

Le Chapeau - for solo piano (2018)
Instrumentation: solo piano
Commissioned by pianist Hagai Yodan
Recording premiere: June 20, 2018, Hagai Yodan, piano
Duration: 1'

The Are Mine - for solo piano (2017)
Instrumentation: solo piano
Commissioned by pianist Gila Golstein
Premiere: May 7, 2017, Loewe Theatre, New York University Steinhardt School, Gila Goldstein: piano

Frederic Variations - for solo piano (2014)
Commissioned by the 92Y
Premiere: March 10, 2014, Benjamin Hochman: piano
Duration: 17’
“As I listened to the pianist Benjamin Hochman’s sensitive, exciting renditions of four contemporary works that explore the form of theme and variation (including one premiere), I kept thinking that classical music doesn’t get better than this…”

Anthony Tommasini, NY Times

Fur Elisa - for solo piano (2011)
Instrumentation: solo piano
Commissioned by Lisa Moore
Premiere: April 22, Lisa Moore: piano
Duration: 7'

Plays Well With Self  - for solo piano and four body sensors (2007)
Commissioned by the Music With A View concerts series
Premiere: May, 2007, Anthony De Mare: piano
Duration: 12'

Mourning - for solo viola (1990)
Instrumentation: viola solo
Premiere: 1990, Amos Boazson: viola
Duration: 7'

Huberman in Vienna - for soprano and violin (2024)
Instrumentation: soprano and violin
Premiere TBA

Of Love and Sobriety - song cycle on texts by Stavit Allweis (2016)
Instrumentation: two soprano vocalists, viola, cello, piano, continuum, marimba and drum set
Commissioned by ASCAP with the support of the Kingsford Foundation.
Premiere: Dec 5, 2016, National Sawdust, Jo Lawry and Tammy Scheffer: vocalists, Tamar Muskal: viola, Jeff Ziegler: cello, David Cossin: marimba and drum set, Rob Schwimmer: piano and continuum.
Duration: 21’

Farewell Letters To The Beloved One - for soprano and string quartet (2014)
Commissioned by the Colorado String Quartet
Instrumentation: soprano and string quartet
Premiere: February 28, 2013, Colorado String Quartet, Lucy Shelton: soprano,
Duration: 30'

Tzafuf Bazug - song cycle for soprano and piano quartet with text by David Grossman (2009)
Commissioned by the Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival
Instrumentation: soprano, violin, viola, cello and piano
Premiere: August 18, 2009, Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival, Lucy Shelton: soprano, Jennifer Koh: violin, Hsin-Yun Huang: viola, Wilhelmina Smith: cello, Benjamin Hochman: piano
Duration: 30'

The Yellow Wind - for narrator, soloists and orchestra with texts by David Grossman, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Natan Alterman, Natan Yonatan and Mahmoud Darwish (2005)
Commissioned by the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 female vocalists, ney solo, narrator; 2222 4221 5perc (2 ethnic perc) hp pf strings
Premiere: May 15, 2005, Paul Lustig Dunkel: conductor
Duration: 45'
Related article in the New York Times

Darkness and Beauty - mini opera for soprano, two altos and ensemble (2001)
Instrumentation: three female voices (one soprano, two alto), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass
Premiere: MATA Festival, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt: conductor
Duration: 15'

Music for When Light Bends, a play directed by Elena Araoz (2024)
Commissioned by MAX (Media Art Xploration)
Premiere TBA, Museum of Science, Boston

Music for The Sewer, a historic silent film (1912) by Alice Guy Blache (2020)
Commissioned by Kino Classics
Released on DVD Pioneers First Women Filmmakers - Alice Huy Blache Volume 1: The Gaumont Years

Music for La Glu, a historic silent film (1907) by Alice Guy Blache (2020)
Commissioned by Kino Classics
Released on DVD Pioneers First Women Filmmakers - Alice Huy Blache Volume 2: The Solax Years

Music for Le Venganza De Pancho Villa, historic silent film - for two Mexican singers, string quartet, soundtrack and film (2015)
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Art in Washington
Instrumentation: two live singers, live string quartet and soundtrack
Premiere: March 24, 2015, National Gallery of Art
Duration: 55’ 

Score for Color Of Eyes, a documentary film about finding the cure for blindness, directed by Dean Thompson, narrated by Robert Redford (2014)

Score for A Wonderful Flat Thing, a children's play, directed by Basmat Hazan (2012)
Premiered: New York 14Y

Score for The Last Harvest, a documentary film about an American family from New Jersey that lost its farm, directed by Ron Halper (2010)

Music for Falling Leaves, a historic silent film (1912) by Alice Guy Blache (2008)
Commissioned by the New York Whitney Museum.
Premiered by Erin Keffe: violin, Whilhelmina Smith: cello, Pedja Muzijevic: piano
Duration: 15'

Music for Roads Lead Home, a historic silent film (1913) by Alice Guy Blache (2008)
Commissioned by the New York Whitney Museum
Premiered by Erin Keffe: violin, Whilhelmina Smith: cello, Pedja Muzijevic: piano
Duration: 15'

Score for production of Angels In America by Tony Kushner (1999)
Commissioned by the Eighth Blackbird Ensemble
Premiere: Cincinnati Univeristy, Eighth Blackbird Ensemble 

Score for Harold And The Purple Crayon (1997)
Commissioned by the Norfolk Music Festival
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and animation film
Premiere: August, 1997, Eighth Blackbird Ensemble
Duration: 12'

Score for The Seven Beggars, directed by Geula Atar (1997)
Premiered at La Mama Theater, New York

Score for Trojan Women (1997)
Premiered at Yale University

Score for Christabel (1997)
Premiered at Yale University

Score for The Labor Of Life, by Hanoch Levin, directed by Geula Atar (1995)
Premiered at La Mama Theater, New York

Ericsson Mobile Phone - commercial music for Ericsson mobile phone (1995)

Shinpai Shinaide - music for an evening length of Butoh Dance performance (2018)
Commissioned by Blue Cliff Production for choreographer-dancer Yael Gaaton
Premiere May 30, 2018, Abne Scene Godsbanen, Arhus, Denmark
Duration: 60’