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Works

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*click on each work for more information

**new pieces are marked with a double asterisk

 

Small Ensembles

**Rivers Three | 35'

Instrumentation flute, bass clarinet/clarinet, violin, percussion (vibraphone+drum set), and piano

2021-2024 | commissioned by Micheal Barnes

**Which Way the Water | 10'

Instrumentation flute, oboe, and piano OR violin, oboe, and piano

2021 | composed for Duo Sonation and William Davidson

Yough | 13'

Instrumentation bass clarinet, violin, and piano

2021 | composed for ECCE and the 2021 Etchings Festival

Chesapeake Clementine | 7'

Instrumentation reed quintet

2019 | commissioned by the Steven R. Gerber Trust for the 2019 Fresh Inc Festival

Suspended Sandstones, 5 Snapshots of Red River Gorge | 10'

Instrumentation clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, and percussion

2018 | composed for F-Plus

Golden Fields of Air's Perspective | 8'

Instrumentation clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano

2018 | composed for Unheard-Of//Ensemble

Large Ensembles

**Mokoma Moon | 11'

Instrumentation 8 violins, bassoon, bass clarinet/clarinet, and contrabass

2022 | commissioned by Tara Simoncic and the Flexible Orchestra

Sirens from Everywhere | 11'

Instrumentation 8 trumpets, violin, viola, and violoncello

2020 | commissioned by Tara Simoncic and the Flexible Orchestra

Cumberland Pilgrimage | 21'

Instrumentation reed quintet and two percussionists

2019 | commissioned by Andrew Compton

Vital Lightning | 3'

Instrumentation trombone choir

2018 | commissioned by Tyler Simms and the UC College-Conservatory of Music Trombone Choir

Joy and Euphoria | 7'

Instrumentation woodwind octet

2018 | commissioned by Brian Norcross and the Franklin & Marshall College Philharmonia

Passion and Remembrance | 8'

Instrumentation brass octet

2016 | commissioned by Brian Norcross and the Franklin & Marshall College Philharmonia

Piano

Of the Lower Patapsco | 20'

2021 | sonata from the Baltimore waterfront

Asteroid | 5'

2021 | commissioned by Michael Delfin as part of a collaborative evening-length work with the Queen City Composer Collective

Three Mountain Preludes | 13'

2016-2017 | commissioned by James Anemone | derived from the Three Piano Sonatinas

Chamber Music (Solos, Duos)

**Ganoga | 6'

Instrumentation vibraphone and piano

2023 | composed for Micheal Barnes

**Seabird | 15'

Instrumentation violin and piano

2020-2021 | commissioned by Eric Mrugala and Eunjin Lee

Catoctin | 13'

Instrumentation solo flute

2018-2020 | composed for Jessica Schury

"Cunningham Falls" composed for Sarah Brady and the 2020 Online Cortona Sessions for New Music

Leaf Vortex | 5'

Instrumentation solo soprano saxophone

2020 | commissioned by the Peabody Institute Virtual Residencies for Ryan Muncy

Filtered Sunlight | 8'

Instrumentation oboe and piano

2020 | commissioned by Katherine Needleman for her Saturday morning recital series at Baltimore's An Die Musik

Space and Proportion | 6'

Instrumentation bass clarinet and marimba

2019 | composed for Transient Canvas and the 2020 RED NOTE New Music Festival

Barry Owes Large | 3'

Instrumentation solo violin

2019 | commissioned by Holly Nelson

Breathing Octane | 8'

Instrumentation bass clarinet and drum set

2019 | commissioned by Pie for Two: Corinne Klemenc and Brandon Dodge

Mountain Streams | 13'

Instrumentation flute/piccolo and percussion

2018 | commissioned by Carly and Micheal Barnes

Mosaic Tundra | 6'

Instrumentation solo bass clarinet

2018 | composed for Mikey Arbulu

Included on the Centaur Records compilation disc Polychrome

Bright Sonata | 14'

Instrumentation alto saxophone and piano

2016 | commissioned by Matthew Amato

Joseph Foster Harkins

composer

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