List of work
Chamber
“Aurora Lights” For guzheng and erhu, commissioned by the Hong Kong Composer’s Guild, 2020
“Lotus Rain” For string quartet, commissioned by Musicus Society - October 2016
“A call from Les Dents du Midi” For trombone quartet – New York, November 2014
“Deep calls unto deep” For violin, viola and cello – New York, March 2014
“Fireflies” For two flutes and piano – New York, April 2013
“3 nocturnes for piano and cello” – New York, September 2012
“King Herod, king no more” For brass quintet – New York, May 2012
“Musings for Solo Horn” For solo French horn – New York, December 2011
“Walkabout I; Walkabout II” For piano and flute – Middlebury, VT April 2011; version for piano and electric guitar, September 2014
“Jesse James’ Cautious Heart” For piano and flute – Middlebury, VT – October 2010
Large Ensemble
Morning Thoughts” For SATB and large ensemble - April 2016
“Georgia on My Mind” – Jazz arrangement for the Johnny Rodgers Band; premiered by the Moscow Symphony string section – Moscow, June 2013
SATB
“The Deer Enclosure” For SATB chorus, commissioned by the Hong Kong Composer’s Guild, 2019
“Sleep-running” For SATB a cappella – New York, February 2015 Rev. 2019
Song cycles
“Wings” Suite for mezzo soprano, guitar and clarinet in Bb, 2018
“Songs I sing in Waiting” For mezzo soprano, clarinet in Bb and piano, commissioned by Lana Norris, 2017
“Songs from Wyoming” For mezzo soprano, tenor and piano - August 2016
“The Ink Dark Moon” Song cycle for mezzo soprano and piano – New York, June 2013
Solo Piano
“165 Gilpin St.” For solo piano, 2018
“dear son of memory” For solo piano – New York, September 2014
Theatre
“Harriman-Baines” For piano and cello. Written for an original production presented at Theatre for the New City – New York, August 2013
“English Man from Canton, 1834” For 6 voices inspired by primary sources of the Opium Wars; written without absolute pitch – Middlebury, VT November 2010
“Bare and splintered” For piccolo, viola and cello – New York, October 2014
“Clear sky, water - 清天清水” For piano and cello. In conjunction with altered image of Victoria Harbor - HellHOT! Festival Hong Kong, July 2012
“The Titan Project” For soprano and piano with electronics. To accompany an adaptation of the Greek tragedy “Prometheus Bound” - Middlebury, VT, May 2012
“Vanya” Six character-inspired pieces for piano, violin and two celli inspired by Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” - Middlebury, VT April 2011
“Freedom without walls” For keyboard and electronics produced for a video dance installation commemorating fall of the Berlin Wall as part of nation-wide 20th anniversary series – Middlebury, VT November 2009
Sleep Running
Sarah Moyer, soprano; Kate Maroney, alto; Robert Reuter, tenor; Andrew Padgett, baritone; conducted by Enrico Lagasca; recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio in Yonkers, NY. Graphic design, Marie de Testa. All images are protected by the copyright of Eric Alibert and have been used with the artist’s permission. Text by Denise Mei Yan Hofmann unless otherwise noted; *NIV, Isa. 60:1-3 ; Anonymous, 15th century carol.
Wings I; Wings II
Kelsey Park, Mezzo soprano; Artemis Cheung, Clarinet; Denise Mei Yan Hofmann, guitar. Produced by Lana Norris; recorded by Joseph Branciforte at All Angels Church, NYC.
Wings III
Kelsey Park, Mezzo soprano; Artemis Cheung, Clarinet; Denise Mei Yan Hofmann, guitar. Produced by Lana Norris; recorded by Joseph Branciforte at All Angels Church, NYC.
Songs I sing in waiting
Kelsey Park, Mezzo soprano; Artemis Cheung, Clarinet in Bb; Lana Norris, Piano. Text by Kelsey Park. Produced by Lana Norris; recorded by Joseph Branciforte at All Angels Church, NYC.
Deep calls unto deep
Francesca Dardani, violin; Yumi Oshima, viola; Xue Yang Liu, cello
i. At the sound of your waterfalls
ii. All your breakers --
iii. swept
Psalm 42
The Ink Dark Moon
Selected poems by Izumi Shikibu (973-1034) of the Ancient Japanese Court. Translated by Jane Hirschfield. Text used with permission. Tal Heller, mezzo-soprano; Kyoko Hirota, piano
dear son of memory
Inspired by Swiss artist, Annelies Strba, this piece was written to her characters unableto escape their dreams. Played by pianist Salome Scheidegger.
Harriman-Baines
Harriman-Baines was produced by On the Brink Production and was apart of Theatre for the New City's Dream Up festival Summer 2013. Directed by Charles Giardina and written by Colin Speer Crowley. When hermetic, superstar musician Carter Harriman is finally sought out by an opportunistic reporter eager for a scoop, his world of self-imposed isolated slowly implodes. Harriman-Baines is a story about love, loneliness and obsession, by turns caustically funny and heart-wrenchingly poignant.
Englishman from Canton, 1843
All text for this non-pitched vocal piece comes directly from primary sources written before the First Opium War in nineteenth-century China. They were written by S. Wells Williams, Karl Gutzlaff and Viceroy Kang Yu. I had the privilege of encountering these documents (at the special collections of Middlebury College, Columbia's Burke Library and the Hong Kong University Library) whilst writing my thesis on missionaries and trade in early-mid nineteenth-century China.