solo instrument
| piano | |
| cello | |
| Two Poems of Robert Frost: Devotion, Lodged (2020) | unaccompanied voice |
| here, not alone, but with a world (2019) | cello |
| toy piano | |
| The Tune Without the Words (2015) | cello |
| viola | |
| Blest Be the Tie that Binds (2013) | hymn tune arranged for keyboard |
| piano | |
| Dance of the Half Truths and Antinomies (2010) | piano |
| A Black Matter (2008) | violin |
| Just As My Fingers On These Keys (2006) | piano |
| Promised Land (2005) | piano |
| Swindles and Schemes (1997) | viola |
| piano | |
| Soliloquy (1994) | cello |
| 'All Pieces Have Their End' (1993) | viola |
| Another Imaginary Sheep Fact (1990) | piano |
| Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same (1990) | flute |
| Jesus Loves Me (1985) | organ |
| Prelude: Imaginary Gardens (1985) | piano |
| viola or violin | |
| My World and Welcome To It--Book I (1973) | contrabass |
solo instrument + keyboard
| clarinet and piano | |
| I Saw In Louisiana a Live Oak Growing (text by Walt Whitman) (2015) |
bass and piano |
| He’s Goin’ Away (folksong arrangement) (1999) | cello and piano |
| viola and piano | |
| voice and piano | |
| The Unfamiliar Name (1984) | violin and piano |
| Though the Night Is Gone (A Certain World, Book II) (text by W. H. Auden) (1980) | baritone and piano |
voice + keyboard
| Fish Story (text by Charles Coe) (2024) | voice and piano |
| When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (text by Walt Whitman) (2023) | voice and piano |
| The Elephant in the Room (text by Kay Ryan) (2022) | voice and piano |
| A Supermarket in California (text by Alan Ginsberg) (2021) | voice and piano |
Again Later (text by Martha Collins) (from Confinement) (2020) |
voice and piano |
Distance from Loved Ones (text by James Tate) (from Confinement) (2020) |
voice and piano |
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (text by Amiri Baraka) (from Confinement) (2020) |
voice and piano |
| To a Waterfowl (text by William Cullen Bryant) (2019) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| voice and piano | |
| Measuring Worm (text by Richard Wilbur) (2016) | voice and piano |
| Vanishing Point (text by Lawrence Raab) (2015) | voice and piano |
| This Is the Garden (text by e. e. cummings) (2014) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| The Lost Feed (text by Kenneth Koch) (2012) | voice and piano |
| A Downward Look (text by James Merrill) (2011) | voice and piano |
| The Bees (text by Virgil, translated by David Ferry) (2010) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| A Pasture Poem (text by Richard Wilbur) (2007) | voice and piano |
| Songs to Harvest (text by David Ferry) (2006) | soprano and piano |
| Green (text by Richard Wilbur) (2006) | voice and piano |
| Our Revels Now Are Ended (text by William Shakespeare) (2005) | voice and piano |
| On Prayer and Praying (text from The Bible) (2005) | voice and keyboard |
| Stanza XV (text by Gertrude Stein) (2004) | voice and piano |
| Thoughts on the War (text by William Shakespeare) (2003) | voice and piano |
| Stanza XVI (text by Gertrude Stein) (2003) | voice and piano |
| Stanza XXXVIII (text by Gertrude Stein)(2002) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| For My Brother: Reported Missing In Action, 1943 (text by Thomas Merton) (2001) |
voice and piano |
| Mama Stanberg’s Cranberry Relish (text by Susan Stamberg) (1999) |
voice and piano |
| Lorica (Old Irish text) (1994) | voice and piano |
| Ordinary Heartaches and Other Poems of Michael Blumenthal (1992)/a> |
tenor and piano |
| Across (text by Vikram Seth) (1992) | voice and piano |
| Soon (text by Vikram Seth) (1992) | voice and piano |
| Renewed Day by Day (text by St. Paul from II Corinthians) (1991) | voice and piano |
| Autumn (text by Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. by David Ferry) (1990) | voice and piano |
| Everness (text by Jorge Luis Borges, trans. by Richard Wilbur) (1990) |
voice and piano |
| narrator and piano | |
| My Sex Experience With Randall Jarrell (text by Gary Ralph) (1988) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| Lonely (text by Jack Larson) (1986) | voice and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| voice and piano | |
| The Owl and the Pussycat (text by Edward Lear) (1982) | soprano and piano |
| voice and piano | |
| Agreeably of Love (text by W. H. Auden) (1973) | soprano and piano |
chamber music (2-4 instruments)
| Another Day (2022) | violin and viola |
| tenor, clarinet, and viola | |
| flute and viola | |
| oboe and viola | |
| baritone, trumpet, bass trombone, and bass clarinet | |
| clarinet, violin, piano left hand | |
| Wedded Words (texts by Thomas Hardy, James Drake, Virginia Woolf, William Carlos Williams) (2019) |
narrator, clarinet, viola, and piano |
| Wedded Words (texts by Thomas Hardy, James Drake, Virginia Woolf, Williams Carlos Williams) (2018) | narrator and guitar |
| clarinet, viola, and piano | |
| Tucket (2017) | flute and two violins |
| speaking and singing violinist | |
| Christmas Fanfare (text by W. H. Auden) (2014) | chorus, organ, and brass quintet |
| two violins | |
| Polar Bear Songs (text by William Jay Smith, Jack Prelutsky, Leland B. Jacobs) (2010) | mezzo-soprano, harp, celesta, and strings |
| violin, cello, and piano | |
| A Frog Went A Courtin’ (2008) | violin, viola, cello, and piano |
| Dust Thou Art (2007) | clavichord and toy piano |
| A Rainy Day (2006) | two violins |
| soprano, violin, and piano | |
| The Angel That Troubled the Waters (text by Thornton Wilder) (2005 | countertenor or alto, tenor, and baritone with piano |
| Another Faith Based Initiative (2005) | bass clarinet and cello |
| string quartet | |
| A Walk After Dark (2003) | violin, cello, and piano |
| Reading in a Boat (text by Ronald Bly) (2001) | voice and harp |
| When Threshing Time Ends (text by Ronald Bly) (2001) | voice and harp |
| String (2000) | flute, violin, and cello |
| Herz, Schmerz (1998) | oboe, viola, and piano |
| Even So, Even We (text by George Meredith, Tennessee Williams, Randall Jarrell) (1997) | alto, viola, and piano |
| Too Short To Be Use (1996) | flute, violin, and cello or two violins and cello |
| The Ballad of the Children of the Czar (text by Delmore Schwartz) (1994) |
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola, and piano |
| The Beautiful American Word Sure (text by Delmore Schwartz) (1994) |
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola, and piano |
| The Bear's Lullaby (1993) | english Horn, harp, and strings |
| Happy in the Same Way (1992) | violin and cello |
| The Day’s Mail (1990) | flute, viola, and piano |
| The Edinburgh Post Card Epic (1989) | clarinet and viola |
| Portraits and Prayers (1989) | two violins |
| Time to Plant Tears (1988) | viola and cello |
| The Ghosts of James and Peirce in Harvard Yard (text by Delmore Schwartz) (1988) | mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola, and piano |
| The Little Frame (text by George Herbert) (1986) | tenor and English horn |
| Roses for Thornes (text by Richard Crashaw) (1985) | tenor with English horn and viola |
| Half of Life (1984) | bass clarinet, cello, and piano |
| A Variation on “To Say To Go To Sleep” (text by Randell Jarrell, after Rilke) (1984) | voice and guitar |
| this round o of faithfulness or in sickness and in health (1983) | two clarinets |
| Days and Nights Pass (text by Po Chu-i, translated by Arthur Waley) (1983) | mezzo-soprano and clarinet |
| voice with violin, clarinet, and piano | |
| Like an Ever Rolling Stream (1981) | two clarinets and piano |
| Insomnia (text by Elizabeth Bishop) (1981) | voice and guitar |
| violin, clarinet, contrabass, and piano | |
| The Bluejay’s Lullaby (text by Peter S. Beagle) (1980) | soprano, violin, clarinet, and contrabass (or cello) |
| Alex (berceuse du chat) (1978) | violin, clarinet, and piano |
| voice and harp | |
| Bird Song (text by William Shakespeare) (1978) | soprano with violin, clarinet, and contrabass (or cello) |
| Housekeeping Song (text by Arthur Williams) (1976) | voice and guitar |
| Music for a While (1971 | flute, oboe, and piano |
chamber music (5-9 instruments)
| flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion, piano | |
| Lordy, I Hope There are Tapes (2017) | bassoon, horn, piano, two violins, two violas, and cello |
| bassoon, vibraphone, cymbals, violin, viola, cello | |
| The Lost Feed (text by Kenneth Koch) (2012) | chorus, clarinet, trombone, piano, harp, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass |
| Lullaby (2010) | viola, with clarinet, alto saxophone, violin, cello, and piano |
| The Man Who Needed No One (text by Michael Blumenthal) (2006) | baritone and string quartet |
| percussion ensemble | |
| baritone and string quartet | |
| TNG: Starfleet Academy (1996) | clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano four hands |
| mezzo-soprano, flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, and piano | |
| Feldeinsamkeit (1992) | two violins, viola, and two cellos |
| two sopranos, tenor, oboe, horn, violin, and organ | |
| Colors for Anna (text by Jack Larson) (1991) | a stage work for baritone, with flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and cello |
| Weathers (text by Thomas Hardy) (1990) | mezzo-soprano, two clarinets, viola, and piano |
| Where I Say Hours (1985) | clarinet and string quartet |
| The Owl and the Pussycat (text by Edward Lear) (1982) | soprano with flute, clarinet, violin, cello, guitar, and marimba |
| A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island (text by Frank O’Hara) (1982) | baritone with three clarinets, marimba, violin, viola, and cello |
| A Little Cowboy Music Too (1981) | flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, and piano |
| J. S. Bach--Prelude and Fugue in D major (W.T.C. II) (Orchestration) (1978) | three clarinets, marimba, violin, viola, cello |
| The Lesson (text by Robert Lowell) (1977) | mezzo-soprano, three clarinets, piano, and crotales |
| Joseph’s Suspicion (text by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Spender) (1977) | baritone with English horn, bass clarinet, trombone, viola, cello, and contrabass |
| The Breaking (text by George Herbert) (1975) | countertenor, tenor, and baritone, with oboe, trombone, viola, cello, and organ |
| Nowe Welcom, Somor (text by Geoffrey Chaucer) (1975) | countertenor with flute, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord |
| Nuns Fret Not (text by William Wordsworth) (1973) | soprano with flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, viola, and contrabass |
| The Bell Doth Tolle (text by George Herbert) (1973) | bass, with oboe, trombone, viola, and vibraphone |
chamber music (10+ instruments)
| oboe, clarinet, horn, 3 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos | |
| Oboe, horn, triangle, 2 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos | |
| oboe, bassoon, four violins, and four violas | |
| Remembered In Spite of Ourselves (2018) | oboe, horn, bassoon, violin, three violas, two cellos |
| piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 percussionists | |
| tenor, flute, clarinet, horn, flugel horn, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass | |
| Detour (2008) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, two violins, viola, and cello |
| flute, Eb clarinet, English horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, marimba, harp, two violas, cello, and contrabass | |
| voices with (alto) flute, (bass) clarinet, oboe, trombone, viola, cello, and contrabass | |
| Taller To-day (text by W. H. Auden) (1974) | soprano with flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, and cello |
| The Second, Part III (a hum..) (text by Walt Whitman) (1974) | baritone with alto flute, clarinet, English horn, trombone, percussion (2), harp, viola, and contrabass |
choir
| I Got Me Flowers (2024) | unaccompanied choir |
| unaccompanied choir | |
| When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (text by Walt Whitman) (2023) | unaccompanied four part chorus |
| The Lamb (text by William Blake) (2022) | unaccompanied four part chorus |
| Vertue (text by George Herbert)(2021) | for four part chorus and organ |
| unaccompanied four part chorus | |
| chorus and piano | |
| Carol (text by Donald Hall) (2020) | unaccompanied four part chorus |
| Vere languores nostros (text by T. S. Eliot) (2020) | unaccompanied four part chorus |
| chorus and piano | |
| Once by the Pacific (text by Robert Frost) (2018) | chorus and piano |
| Brimmer Street (hymn) (text by Josiah Conder) (2017) | mixed chorus |
| Harvest (hymn) (text by Greville Philamore) (2017) | mixed chorus |
| Kyrie (to be performed with Christopher Tye's Missa Euge bone) (2017) |
mixed chorus |
| To the Republic (text by Frank Bidart) (2017) | chorus and piano |
| Measuring Worm (text by Richard Wilbur) (2016) | chorus and piano |
| chorus and piano | |
| This Is the Garden (text by e. e. cummings) (2014) | chorus and piano |
| To the Harbormaster (text by Frank O’Hara) (2013) | chorus and piano |
| Kyrie: Gloria Tibi Trinitas (to be performed with John Tavener's Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas) (2013) | chorus |
| God Moves In a Mysterious Way (text by William Cowper) (2013) | Hymn tune London New, arranged for chorus and organ |
| The Lost Feed (text by Kenneth Koch) (2012) | chorus and piano |
| A Downward Look (text by James Merrill) (2011) | chorus and piano |
| chorus and piano | |
| chorus and piano | |
| Let Us Go Now (text from The Bible) (2008) | four part chorus |
| four part chorus and piano | |
| four part chorus and piano | |
| Dominus Tecum (text from The Bible) (2005) | mixed choir, unaccompanied |
| Full Tide (text by Richard Crashaw) (2005) | five part mixed choir and organ |
| Our Revels Now Are Ended (text by William Shakespeare) (2005) |
four part mixed choir and piano |
| Prayer of Humble Access (text from Anglican Book of Common Prayer) (2005) |
four part mixed choir |
| The Harvest According (text by Walt Whitman) (2004) | mixed choir and string orchestra |
| Stanza XV (text by Gertrude Stein) (2004) | mixed choir and piano |
| Stanza XVI (text by Gertrude Stein) (2003) | mixed choir and piano |
| Stanza XXXVIII (text by Gertrude Stein) (2002) | mixed choir and piano |
| The Annunciation (text by W. H. Auden) (2002) | mixed choir |
| mixed chorus and piano | |
| two part treble chorus (or soloists) and organ | |
| i thank you, god (text by e.e.cummings) (2000) | eight part mixed chorus |
| Never Give All The Heart (text by W. B. Yeats) (2000) | unaccompanied mixed chorus |
| He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven (text by W. B. Yeats) (1999) | mixed choir |
| Waly, Waly (folksong arrangement) (1998) | mixed choir |
| Lachrimae Verae (text by Geoffrey Hill) (1997) | mixed choir |
| O Mistress Mine (text by William Shakespeare) (1997) | mixed choir |
| Jesu (text by George Herbert) (1996) | mixed choir |
| Shennandoah (folk-song arrangement) (1996) | unaccompanied mixed choir |
| Envoy (for Hanna and Woody) (1996)/td> | chorus and orchestra (two oboes, two horns, piano, and strings) |
| unaccompanied mixed choir | |
| unaccompanied mixed choir | |
| The Gate of Heaven (text from The Bible) (1994) | three part mixed choir |
| On Our Lord's Baptism (text by F. Bland Tucker) (1994) | four part mixed choir |
| Aaron (text by George Herbert) (1994 | four-part mixed choir, organ, and glockenspiel |
| four part mixed choir, unaccompanied | |
| Two Prayers (text by Randall Jarrell) (1993 | four part mixed choir, unaccompanied |
| The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ On the Cross (1993) | four part mixed choir, soloists, and organ |
| The Springs of Water Were Hallowed (text by Richard Crashaw & from the Bible) (1993) | four part mixed choir and organ |
| Away In A Manger (Cradle Song by William J. Kirkpatrick) (1993) |
four part mixed choir and organ |
| Snowflakes on the Pane (text by George Mackay Brown) (1992) | two part treble choir and harp |
| No Bird (text by Theodore Roethke) (1992) | four part mixed choir |
| Love's Delicious Fire (text by Richard Crashaw) (1992) | four part mixed choir and organ |
| House of Winter (text by George Mackay Brown) (1992) | two part treble choir and organ |
| Preces and Responses (1992) | four part mixed choir |
| The Cup of Blessing (text by St. Paul from I Corinthians) (1992) |
four part mixed choir |
| folksong arrangement for three part treble choir | |
| the meeting (text by e.e.cummings) (1989) | unaccompanied mixed choir |
| folksong arrangement for mixed choir | |
| unaccompanied mixed choir | |
| At Undressing in the Evening (text by Christopher Smart) (1988) | mixed choir and organ |
| unaccompanied mixed choir | |
| Harvest Hymn (Old American Hymn) (1987) | unison chorus and organ |
| men’s chorus and organ | |
| The Oxen (text by Thomas Hardy) (1986) | men’s chorus and orchestra (piccolo, flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, harp, and strings) |
| The Oxen (text by Thomas Hardy) (1986) | men’s chorus and piano four hands |
| The Fountain (text by G. M. Hopkins) (1986) | four part mixed choir, unaccompanied |
| Trying to Figure Out (text by Frank O’Hara) (1986) | unaccompanied men’s chorus |
| At Last Going (text by John Donne) (1984) | four part mixed choir, unaccompanied |
| The Proof (text by Richard Wilbur) (1983) | four part unaccompanied chorus |
| Mass (Wondrous Love) (1983) | four part unaccompanied mixed chorus |
| Lana Turner Has Collapsed (text by Frank O’Hara) (1982) | men’s chorus and piano |
| unaccompanied mixed chorus | |
| when god lets my body be (text by e.e. cummings) (1979) | unaccompanied mixed chorus |
| The Wuggly Ump (text by Edward Gorey) (1977) | treble chorus with recorders, percussion, and piano |
| Thank God It’s Friday (text by Christopher Smart) (1975) | children’s chorus, recorders, percussion, and piano |
| A Christmas Prayer: hommage to T. Tertius Nobel (text by G. M. Hopkins) (1975) | unaccompanied mixed chorus |
| The Shepherd (text by William Blake) (1974) | unison children’s chorus, recorders, percussion, and piano |
| Adam Lay Ybounden (anon. text) (1974) | children’s chorus, recorders, and piano |
| The Foil (text by George Herbert) (1973) | unaccompanied four part mixed chorus |
orchestra
| Lucky This Point (A Summer Night) (2008) | small orchestra |
| soprano and string orchestra | |
| Someone To Watch Over Me (orchestration of the song by George Gershwin) (1996) | soprano and orchestra (flute, two clarinets, bassoon, and strings) |
| Who Could Ask for Anything (arrangement and orchestration of songs by George Gershwin [I've Got Rhythm and Nice Work If You Can Get It] and Stephen Sondheim [More]) (1996) | soprano and orchestra (flute, two clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and strings) |
| I Can Cook Too (orchestration of the song by Bernstein, Comden, and Green) (1996) | soprano and orchestra (flute, two clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and strings) |
| Show Me (orchestration of the song by Lerner and Loewe) (1996) | soprano and orchestra (flute, two clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and strings) |
| What More Do I Need (orchestration of the song by Stephen Sondheim) (1996) | soprano and orchestra (flute, two clarinets, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and strings) |
| Envoy (for Hanna and Woody) (1996) | chorus and orchestra (two oboes, two horns, piano, and strings) |
| O Soft and Sunny Airs! (1995) | small orchestra (piccolo, flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, trumpet, percussion, harp, and strings) |
| Cold Fusion (1994) | string quartet and two string orchestras |
| Sleeping In Air (1994) | small orchestra (piccolo, flute, two oboes, two basoons, two horns, trumpet, harp, percussion, and strings) |
| Softly and Tenderly (1993) | small orchestra |
| Dwelling in Buelah Land (1992) | small orchestra ( piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, strings) |
| Inglorious Fourth (text by John Hollander) (1987) | mezzo-soprano and orchestra (piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, trumpet, percussion (2), harp, and strings) |
| The Oxen (text by Thomas Hardy) (1986) | men’s chorus and orchestra (piccolo, flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, harp, and strings) |
| Jesus Loves Me (1986) | small orchestra (piccolo, flute, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, trumpet, and strings) |
| A Summer Night (A Certain World, Book I) (text by W. H. Auden) (1984) | baritone and orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, percussion (2), and strings |
| Three Portraits by Virgil Thomson (Orchestration) (1982) | full orchestra |
variable instrumentation
| Virelai (2021) |
| Sestina (2021) |
| A Journal of the Plague Year (2020) |