all the lights are gathered in your eyes
for flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, and contrabass
2016 | ca 9 min [more]
[] commissioned by ensemble mise-en; Moon Young Ha,
conductor. Premiered 25 June 2016, Taipei Cultural Center,
New York City, USA
Valence III
for oboe, cello and percussion
2010 | ca 7 min
Premiered 1 April 2011, Howard Niblock, oboe; Miyoko
Grine-Fisher, cello; Alexy Rolfe, percussion, Lawrence
University, Wisconsin, USA
for violin, viola, cello, contrabass and percussion
2009 | ca 7 min
24 June 2009, Psappha ensemble, Christian Baldini, conductor, St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland
Releasing Anamnesis
String Quartet no. 1 | 2004 | ca 14 min
premiered 30 November 2004,
The Composers' Quartet, New Music Gallery,
Toronto, Canada
Mirror, mirror ...
for two violins
2005 | ca 11 min
28 October 2016, Duo Gelland,
Martin and Cecilia Gelland, violins,
113 Composers Collective,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Three Nocturnes
for solo piano
2024 | ca 15 min
Premiered 11 April 2024, R. A. Baker, piano, Gullestrup Church, Herning, Denmark
Stellam - Lunam Rorate caeli desuper
for soprano, chorus and orchestra [more]
> 2222 - 4230 - timp - perc - sop solo - SATB - strings
2015 | ca 5 min
[] commissioned by the B. T. Rome School of Music, The
Catholic University of America, for the 26th Annual
Christmas Concert for Charity. Premiered 5 Dec./ 2015,
CUA Orchestra and Chorus; Molly Allen, soprano;
Leo Nestor, conductor, Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, Wahington D.C., USA
Wings and Engines
for violin and orchestra
> vn solo - 1111 - 1111 - perc - strings
2005 | ca 19 min
[] Selected for premiere by the Ontario region of the Canadian
Music Centre for the 2007 Professional Readings Series.
Premiered 7 May/07, Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk, conductor,
Marie Berard, violin, Toronto, Canada
for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
2010 | ca 13 min
[] Commissioned by James Stephenson and
Chiasmus Ensemble.
Premiered 15 May 2010, James
Stephenson, conductor, Sir Jack Lyons
Concert Hall, University of York, York
Spring New Music Festival, England
Valence I
Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?
for solo piano
2010 | ca 7 min
Premiered 2 May 2010, R. A. Baker, piano
An Die Musik Live, Baltimore, USA
Motion/less
for string quartet [more]
2015 | ca 8 min
premiered as String Quartet #2, 27 September 2009,
Madawaska Quartet, New Music Gallery, Toronto, Canada
on a fragile curve
for solo piano and chamber ensemble [more]
> pno solo - 1110 - 0110 - perc - 10111
2017 | ca 15 min
Premiered 4 April 2017, Newprism Ensemble; Ivo Kaltchev,
piano; R. A. Baker, conductor, Ward Hall, The Catholic
University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
... and wondrous strange snow
for solo violin, strings, piano and percussion
> vn solo - perc - pno - 3vn, 2va, 2vc, 1cb
2014 | ca 26 min
[] commissioned by Colin Sorgi and SONAR New Music
Ensemble. Premiered 30 Jan / 1 Feb 2015,
Baltimore Theatre Project, Baltimore, USA
Alert
for solo flute and chamber orchestra [more]
> fl solo - 1110 - 1110 - perc - 11111
2019 | ca 11 min
[] commissioned by The Catholic University of Amercia & The Embassy of Canada to the United States.
Troy Paolantonio, flute; Andrea Vela, conductor.
Premiered 20 February 2020, The Kennedy Center,
Millennium Stage, Washington D.C., USA
The Valence Cycle (2008-2011)
Faustus Songs
for soprano, mezzo, baritone, oboe, trombone, cello, harpsichord
2014 | ca 14 min
Song cycle on excerpts from Christopher Marlowe's The
Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
Recording session May 2014.
Lisa Perry, soprano; Megan Ihnen, mezzo; James Rogers,
baritone; Bethany Slater, oboe; Nick Mazziott, trombone;
Lavenna Johanson, cello; Francesca Hurst, harpsichord;
R. A. Baker, conductor
Valence II
for solo piano
2008 | ca 9 min
Premiered 6 June 2008, R. A. Baker, piano,
Salisbury University, MD, USA
Sharp Edges
The Valence Cycle is a set of four pieces, each of which explores the opposition of continuity and discontinuity.
Each takes material from the previous piece(s), re-casting it for the respective new ensemble, and pursues new musical paths.
These pieces may stand alone or be heard in any combination, and in any order.
Valence III
Valence IV
for oboe, cello and percussion
2010 | ca 7 min
Premiered 1 April 2011,
Howard Niblock, oboe; Miyoko Grine-
Fisher, cello; Alexy Rolfe, percussion,
Lawrence Univeristy, WI, USA
for clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin and cello
2011 | ca 8 min
Premiered 17 November 2012,
Newprism Ensemble; R. A. Baker,
conductor, 2640 SPACE, Baltimore, MD,
USA