Orchestra:

2012 Crane Palimpsest

baritone and chamber orchestra (20′)
co-commissioned by American Composers Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Large Ensemble:

2011 Orinoco Sketches

for large chamber ensemble (1, 1, 1, 1 – 1, 1, 1, 0 – 3 perc, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) and soloist (baritone/pianist/guitarist) (16’)
commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Chamber:

2011 Come On All You Ghosts

string quartet, baritone (12’)
commissioned by Bravo! Vail Valley Chamber Music Festival

2010 Little Sleep’s Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight

cello, piano, baritone (35’)
commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson

2010 The Red Book

string quartet (22’)
commissioned by the Kronos Quartet

2009 Pocket Concerto

solo trumpet, flute, clarinet, string trio (w/ violin doubling electric guitar) (13’)
commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson

2008 For the Union Dead

flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), trumpet, banjo, piano, voice, string trio (violin doubling electric guitar) (35’)
commissioned by the Verbier Festival

Keyboard:

2011 Being Alive (after Steven Sondheim)

piano (5’)
commissioned by Anthony De Mare

2011 The Baffled King (after Leonard Cohen)

piano (6’)
commissioned by the Ecstatic Music Festival

2009Django: Tiny Variations on a Big Dog

piano (6’)
commissioned by Jeffrey Kahane

2008 Sonata

piano (18’)
commissioned by Linda and Stuart Nelson

Vocal:

2011 The Memory Palace

baritone and piano (16’)
commissioned by New York Festival of Song

2006 Craigslistlieder

voice and piano (18’)

Miscellaneous:

2010 Étude: Cobalt Cure

for solo violin (3’)
commissioned by Festival Vestfold

Theater Works:

February House (2009-2011) — Two acts, ensemble cast.

commissioned by the Public Theater

Caravan Man (2007)– One act, ensemble cast.

commissioned by the Williamstown Theater Festival