Dear Theo (1996)
for nine instruments and baritone voice with text based on the letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music players with a grant from the Koussevitzky Foundation.
Premiere performance September 30, 1996 by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players,
Stephen Mosko, conductor, with Leroy Kromm, baritone.

*String Quartet No. 2 (1993)
Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet
Premier performance January 1994,  by the Kronos Quartet, Emeryville, California.

Symphony No. 1: Polarities, (1990)
for large orchestra
Commissioned with a grant from the National Endowment of Arts.
Premiere performance March 1997 by the Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano, conductor.

The Earth is a Sounding  Board, (1978)
for orchestra and small chorus.  Written at the request of Seiji Ozawa
Premiere performance March 10, 1993 by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano conductor, and The Pacific Mozart Ensemble, Richard Grant, conductor.
 

In Progress (1999 - 2000)

Dear Theo (1999)
In development as a one-act opera.

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*published by Fallen Leaf Press, Berkeley, California.