Works for 2-6 Players
String Quartet No. 4, “Oasis”
2018 - 2vn, va, vc; pre-recorded tracks in movement IV
First Club Date
2017 - vc, pf
Legacy (horn and piano)
2017 - Horn, piano
String Quartet No. 3, “River”
2015 - 2vn, va, vc
Second Ballad
2013 - vc, pf
Perpetual Chaconne
2012 - cl, 2vn, va, vc
Pieces of Winter Sky
2012 - fl(pic).cl.perc.pf.vn(va).vc
Two Movements (with Bells)
2007 - violin, piano
Ballad (for Cello and Piano)
2004 - vc, pf
Fanfare con fuoco
2002 - cl, vn, vc, pf
Trio in Red
2001 - clarinet in A(Ebcl), vn, pf
String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis”
1997 - 2vn, va, vc
Air (for Cello and Piano)
1996 - vc, pf
Air (for Flute and Piano)
1996 - fl, pf
Air (for Flute and String Quartet)
1996 - fl, 2vn, va, vc
Air (for Violin and Piano)
1996 - vn, pf
Lullaby
1994 - 2vn, va, vc
100 Greatest Dance Hits
1993 - Guitar; 2vn, va, vc
Harlem River Reveille
1993 - hn, 2tpt, tbn, tba
Still Movement With Hymn
1993 - vn, va, vc, pf [or cl, vn, vc, pf]
Mozart en Route
1991 - vn, va, vc
String Quartet, “musica celestis”
1990 - 2vn, va, vc
Delicate Songs
1988 - fl(pic,afl), vn, vc
Invisible Mosaic I
1986 - cl, vn, vc, pf
Passacaglia-Variations
1985 - va, pf
Music for Trio
1982 - fl(afl,pic), vc, pf
Meditation
1981 - vc, pf
Chorus a cappella / 1 instrument
Love Advice
2015 - SATB a cappella (combs with waxed paper in mvt III)
Glorious Majesty
2012 - SSAATTBB
Song of You
2012 - SATB; 2perc
The Love of God
2007 - SATB chorus; org
On the Presence of God, from Two Meditations
2006 - SATB chorus; opt org
On Transience, from Two Meditations
2006 - SATB chorus; opt org
Two Meditations
2006 - SATB chorus; org
Music is a Gift
2004 - SATB chorus; pf
The Wheel of Time, the Dance
2003 - SATB chorus a cappella
Dorma, Ador
2000 - Mezzo-Soprano; SATB a cappella; opt handbells
Home (No. 1 from Garden of Light)
1999 - Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor; SATB chorus; pf
In Our Children’s Embrace (No. 5 from Garden of Light)
1999 - Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor; SATB chorus; pf
In Search of Hope (No. 4 from Garden of Light)
1999 - SATB chorus a cappella; Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor
Is There a Place? (No. 3 from Garden of Light)
1999 - SATB chorus; Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor; pf
Light of Heaven (No. 2 from Garden of Light)
1999 - SATB chorus; Soprano, Tenor; pf
Ecstatic Meditations
1998 - Soprano, Tenor; SSAATTBB a cappella choir
Effortlessly love flows (from Ecstatic Meditations)
1998 - SATB unaccompanied
I Cannot Dance O Lord (from Ecstatic Meditations)
1998 - SATB unaccompanied
How the soul speaks to God (from Ecstatic Meditations)
1998 - Soprano, Tenor; SATB
How God Answers the Soul (from Ecstatic Meditations)
1995 - SSAATTBB unaccompanied
I Will Lie Down
1985 - SATB choir; pf
Praise Ye The Lord
1984 - SATB chorus a capella
Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord
1982 - SATB chorus; org
Stein Times Seven
1980 - SSATB chorus; pf
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Concerto for Violin
2017 - Violin; 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf(cel).hp/str
Legacy (for horn, percussion, and string orchestra)
2017 - Horn; perc, hp, str
Flute Concerto
2015 - Flute; 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2.2.2.1/timp.3perc/pf(cel).hp/str (min.6.6.4.4.3)
Viola Concerto
2014 - Viola; 2(perc:pic).2(2melodica).2(ebcl:bcl).2(melodica)/2.2.0.0/timp(perc)/str (6.6.4.4.2 minimum)
Dreamsongs
2013 - Cello; fl(pic).ob(ca).2cl(Ebcl:bcl).1/2.1.1.0/timp(perc)+perc/hp/str (min players 4.4.2.2.2)
Toy Piano Concerto (chamber version)
2002 - Amplified toy piano doubling grand piano; 1(pic).1(ca).2(Ebcl,bcl).1(cbn)/1.1.1.1/3perc/hp.egtr.syn/str (1.1.1.1.1)
Three Flavors
2002 - Piano; 2(pic).2(ca).2(ebcl:bcl).2(cbn)/2.1.1.1/3perc/hp.egtr/str
Toy Piano Concerto (orchestral version)
2002 - Amplifed toy piano doubling grand piano; 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2111/3perc/syn.hp.egtr/str
Valentines (voice and orchestra)
2000 - Soprano; 4(2pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf+cel/gtr/str
Concierto de “Dance Hits”
1999 - Guitar (amp)
Double Concerto for Guitar and Violin
1997 - Guitar; Violin; 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/3perc/hp.syn.cel.honkytonk pf/str
Air (for Cello and Orchestra)
1996 - Cello; 2(pic).121/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
Air (for Flute and Orchestra)
1996 - Flute; 2(pic).1.2.1/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
Air (for Violin and Orchestra)
1996 - Violin; 2(pic).1.2.1/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
Lament and Prayer
1996 - Violin; 0100/0000/perc.small Asian bells/2hp/str
Colored Field (Cello Concerto)
1994 - Cello; 3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Colored Field (English Horn Concerto)
1994 - English Horn; 3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Simple Songs (soprano and chamber orchestra)
1991 - Soprano; 1(pic).100/1000/perc/hp/str (min 6.6.4.3.2)
“dream of the morning sky” (Cycle V, Part I)
1982 - Soprano; 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Orchestra
Venit Illuminatio (Toward the Illumination of Colored Light)
2019 - 3(pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel/hp/str
Symphony No. 4 (Chromelodeon)
2018 - 3(pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.5perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Whisper, Echo, A Cry
2014 - 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/3perc/pf.hp/str
On Wings of Light
2010 - 2+pic.2.2.2/4.3.2+tbn.1/timp.3perc/str
Concerto with Echoes
2009 - 0.2.0.2/2.Ctpt.0.0/perc/str (no vn)
Newly Drawn Sky
2005 - 3(pic).3(ca).3(ebcl:bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf.hp/str
Sarabanda in Memoriam
2004 - str
Color Wheel
2001 - 3(pic)+pic.3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4431/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp.eb/str
Overture in Feet and Meters
2000 - 2(pic).2(ca).2.2/2200/2perc/str
Too Hot Toccata
1996 - 2(pic).2.1(Ebcl)+bcl.2/2.2(pictpt).0.0/2[=3]perc/pf/str
New Era Dance
1992 - 2+pic.22(Ebcl,bcl).2(opt police whistles)/432+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(police whistle)/str; audio effects
Second Symphony
1991 - 2(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4441/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Musica Celestis
1990 - str
Symphony In Waves
1989 - 1(pic).2(ca).1(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/3.1([pic tpt]).0.0/perc/pf(cel)/str (min 6.6.4.4.2)
Invisible Mosaic III
1988 - 3(2pic).3(3ca).3(2Ebcl,3bcl).3(3cbn)/432+btbn1/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
Five Etudes by Debussy (arr. by Kernis)
1915 - 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/2perc/hp.pf.cel/str
Solo Voice and up to 6 Players
Clear Midnight
2013 - Baritone; pf
Feng Shui for Your New Home
2012 - Voice; pf
L’Arte della Danssar (from The Art of Dance)
2011 - High soprano; fl(pic), va. hp, perc
Two Songs: Love and Spirit
2011 - S; pf
Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby
2006 - Soprano; vn, gtr, pf
Valentines (soprano and piano)
2000 - Soprano; pf
Le Quattro Stagioni dalla Cucina Futurismo (The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine)
1991 - Narrator; vn, vc, pf
Simple Songs (soprano and piano)
1991 - Soprano; piano
Songs of Innocents, Book II
1991 - Soprano; pf
Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky
1990 - Baritone; perc, pf, vn
Songs of Innocents, Book I
1989 - Soprano; pf
Love Scenes
1986 - Soprano; vc
The Blue Animals
1982 - Bar, pf
Nocturne
1982 - Soprano; tpt, 2pf, 2glock
Death Fugue
1981 - Bass Baritone; perc, db
Six Fragments of Gertrude Stein
1979 - Soprano; fl(pic,afl)
Solo Keyboard(s)
Toward the Setting Sun (Vers le soleil couchant)
2014 - piano
Morningsong and Mist (Aubade sous Brume)
2011 - pf
Ballad(e) out of the Blues – Superstar Etude #3
2008 - pf
Playing Monster
2006 - pf
Linda’s Waltz
2003 - pf
Superstar Etude No. 2
2002 - pf
Speed Limit Rag
2001 - pf
Hymn
1993 - acn
Superstar Etude No. 1
1992 - pf
Before Sleep and Dreams
1990 - pf
Lullaby (from “Before Sleep and Dreams”)
1987 - pf
Suite in Three Parts
1982 - org
Cycle II
1979 - 2pf, 4 or 8 hands
Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble
Legacy (large ensemble)
2017 - Horn; timp, 3perc, hp[=pf], 2vn, va, vc, db
Legacy (horn, piano, string quintet)
2017 - Horn; piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
Ballad
2004 - Cello; 7vc [or cello; 7 recorded vc]
Goblin Market
1995 - Narrator; 1(pic,afl).1(ca).2(Ebcl:bcl).1/1100/1[=2]perc/pf/vn.va.vc.db
Simple Songs (soprano and ensemble)
1991 - Soprano; 1(pic)100/1000/perc/hp/str(1.1.1.1.1)
Barbara Allen
1988 - Soprano; fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, 2perc, hp, 2vn, va, vc, db
America(n) (Day)dreams
1984 - Mezzo-soprano; 1(pic).01(bcl).0/1100/perc/hp.pf/str (1.0.1.1.1 players)
Morningsongs
1982 - Baritone; 1(pic,afl).02(bcl).1/1000/perc/hp/str (1.0.1.1.0 players)
Cycle III
1981 - Soprano, Baritone; fl(pic,afl), ob(ca), 2perc, hp, pf(cel), gtr, va
Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
Remembering the Sea (Se Souvenant de la Mer, for chorus and ensemble)
2016 - ob/hn/pf/vn.va.vc
Remembering the Sea (Se Souvenant de la Mer, for chorus and orchestra)
2016 - 1(pic).1.1(Ebcl).1/1110/timp(perc)/pf/str (min 6.6.4.3.2 players)
Symphony of Meditations (Symphony No. 3)
2009 - SATB, Soprano, Bass-Baritone; 3(pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3(Dtpt).3.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf/str
Garden of Light
1999 - Boy soprano, Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone; 4(2pic).4(ca).4(Ebcl.2bcl).ssx+asx+tsx+barsx.3+cbn/643+btbn.1/timp.6perc/egtr.eb/hp.cel.pf.syn/str
Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
For Love of the Mountains – (Four Tableaux)
2016 - 3(pic).2(ca).2(ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.4(1 offstage).2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/2[=6]db
a Voice, a Messenger
2009 - Trumpet; 4(2pic,afl).4(ca).5(Ebcl,2bcl,cbcl).4(cbn)/4.3[=4].4.2/timp.4[=5]perc/hp.1[=2]kbd(cel,syn,pf).ebgtr/1[=3]db
New Era Dance (for wind ensemble)
1994 - 2+pic.2.4+ebcl+2bcl+cbcl.2+cbn/ssx.2asx.tsx.barsx/4.3.3+2euph.1/timp.4perc/pf(kbd)/2db
Large Ensemble
On Distant Shores
2011 - ob, 2vn, va, 2vc, pf
Invisible Mosaic II
1988 - 1(pic).1.1(bcl).1/1111/2perc/hp.pf(cel)/str (1.1.1.1.1 players)
Dance