Works

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ABOVE THE RIVER (various)
for bass and piano

ALLUSION
for tenor saxophone

ASH WEDNESDAY V (T.S. Eliot)
for baritone and piano

AUTUMN DAY (Rilke)
for soprano and piano

BATTERERS (Levertov)
for tenor and piano

COMPASS
I. Wandering Bark
II. On Tempests
III. Error
IV. Ever-Fixed
V. Alteration (Finds)
VI. Hours and Weeks
for violoncello

EXHALED TILL FULL
I. What Bird is That (Corin See)
II. Contraband (Levertov)
III. Morning Mist (Levertov)
for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano

EXILES (Joyce)
opera in progress
for soprano, mezzo, tenor and piano

Flowed Land
inspired by Bull Run
for electronic tape

FOR ANNE GREGORY (Yeats)
for soprano and piano

GATHERED WHOLE
I. Center
II. Distract
III. Breathe
IV. Flow
for bass clarinet and accordion

GONE IS HER GENTLER MUSIC
I. At Night (Lowell)
II. Nuance (Lowell)
III. The Pond (Lowell)
for tenor and string quartet

HAIKU
I. Voices of two bells (Buson)
II. Slicing winter (Basho)
III. Dewdrops (Basho)
IV. New Year’s Bell (Jokun)
for soprano, mezzo-soprano and violoncello

HERE COMES THE MOON
I. Taking Charge (Levertov)
II. One December Night (Levertov)
III. Wanting the Moon (Levertov)
IV. On the Eve (Levertov)
for soprano and marimba

ISOLATION
for saxophone quartet

LAUGHING SONG (Blake)
for tenor, flute and piano

LIGHTING THE LEAVES (Corin See)
a cappella women’s choir (SSAA)

LONESOME SONGS
I. River (Levertov)
II. Driving a highway in Eastern Washington (Molly See)
III. Laurels (Corin See)
for soprano and piano

LOOKING WEST ON A HUMID SUMMER EVENING (Corin See)
for mezzo-soprano and piano

LUMEN
for electronic media

O BY THE BY (e.e. cummings)
for soprano, tenor and piano

ODA A LA JARDINERA (Neruda)
for soprano and chamber ensemble

ONLY IN FALLING (Berry)
for a cappella choir (SSAATTBB)

OPPOSITE REFLECTIONS
I.
II.
for alto saxophone, violoncello and marimba

ORPHEUS. (Rilke trans. Stephen Mitchell)
for baritone and piano

ORPHEUS. EURYDICE. HERMES. (Rilke trans. Stephen Mitchell)
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and chamber orchestra

POISON TREE (Blake)
for mezzo-soprano and piano

SCIENCE FAIR
I. Natural Phenomena (Marie Curie)
II. Harmonic Overtones (Hai-Ting Chinn)
III. Our Solar System (Hai-Ting Chinn & Dr. Phil Plait)
for mezzo-soprano and piano

SHOW OFF
for solo violin

STAGES
I. Introduction
II. Avert
III. Strike
IV. Mourn
for saxophone quartet

SUFFER SILENTLY
for electronic tape

TAUSCHENDE WEGE
for alto flute and marimba

THE SNUGGERIES OF BABIES
I. Hush
II. My cold bath (which is good for me)
III. Making mudpies
IV. Night neddying
for piano trio

THREE PERSPECTIVES ON FAITH
I. A Divine Image (Blake)
II. Suspended (Levertov)
III. God’s Grandeur (Hopkins)
for baritone and piano

THRUSH
for solo horn

WHATEVER THE SUN WILL ALWAYS SING
I. i carry your heart with me (e.e. cummings)
II. silently if (e.e. cummings)
for mezzo-soprano,
flute, cello, percussion and piano

WHAT’S IT WORTH TO YOU?
for two sopranos, clarinet and cello

WINGS
I. A Widow Bird (Shelley)
II. How Sweet I Roam’d (Blake)
III. To a Marsh Hawk in Spring (Thoreau)
IV. Invitation (Whitman)
for soprano and piano

 

photograph by Renée Favand-See