String Quartet:
Prisms, String Quartet No. 1, duration: 18 minutes. Commissioned by the Stockholm String Quartet, Borssalen Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden © 1993
Songs of the Night Wind, String Quartet No. 2, string quartet and baritone, duration: 18 minutes. Text by Carl Sandburg. Commissioned and premiered by the Stockholm String Quartet, Olle Persson, baritone. © 1999
Brass Ensemble:
Chrysalis, extended brass ensemble, with percussionist, duration 5 minutes; commissioned by Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (for International Alliance for Women in Music Congress) ©2011
Christmas Reflections, Brass Octet or Brass Quintet, (two versions) duration: 7 minutes, includes Huron Indian Carol, Rosa Mystica, Christ is Born in Bethlehem, and free melody. Premiered by Borealis Brass Octet, American Academy, Rome, Italy © 2006
Flute or Flute Choir:
Sunrise at Tapatio, solo flute, duration: 5 minutes. Premiered by Ann Sponberg, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado © 1985
Sicilian Lullaby, five flutes and soprano, or six flutes (from Whispers Song Cycle), duration: 4 minutes. Premiered by ControCanto - Italian Flute Ensemble (6 flutes), Vilma Campitelli, director, Chiesa di Santa, Rome, Italy, Donne in Musica. © 2002
Meadows, solo flute for flute alone or with mixed media, duration: 6 minutes. © 2005
Piano and Cello Duo:
El Sabor del Sudoeste, (the flavor of the Southwest) for cello and piano. Commissioned by DuoWest, duration, 20 minutes © 2017
Piano and Soprano Saxophone:
Ravel's Garden - for soprano saxophone and piano. Premiered by Entourage Eclat, Charles Rochester Young and Tom Linker, duration, 6 minutes © 1994
Wind Ensemble:
Requiem for Fallen Stars, double woodwind quintet and piano, duration: 10 minutes. Premiered by Harmonia Mundi, J. Michele Edwards, conductor, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College © 1991
Sedona Sunrise, wind ensemble and percussion, 100 member-ensemble, duration: 7 minutes. Premiered by Banda Carbinieri, Col. Massimo Martinelli, conductor, Rome, Italy © 2008
Piano Works
Ballade, solo piano, duration: 10 minutes. Premiered by the composer, Entourage Eclat Concert Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota © 1991
Sonoran Tapestry, solo piano, duration: 7 minutes. Seven miniatures for solo piano based on the Sonoran Desert. Premiered by Dr. Margaret Lucia, International Festival of Women Composers, University of Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania ©2008
Opera
Matches, soprano, alto, tenor soloists, SATB divisi choir, (children’s choir, optional, SSA), chamber or full orchestra, duration: 50 minutes. A one-act opera based on The Little Match Girl, by H.C. Andersen.
© 1995
Pipe Organ
Norsk Fantasi, pipe organ prelude, duration: 5 minutes. Based on Norwegian hymn tune Den Store Hvide Flok, premiered by Leonard Danek, Entourage Eclat Concert Series. © 1991
Fractals, pipe organ solo, duration: 10 minutes. Premiered by Tiit Kiik, Niguliste Museum and Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia. ©2005
Tomorrow’s Light, pipe organ solo, duration: 6 minutes. Premiered by Tiit Kiik, Niguliste Museum and Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia ©2005
Stations of the Cross, pipe organ solo, duration: 30 minutes. Premiered by Thomas Ohnesorge, American Lutheran Church, Sun City, Arizona ©2010
At the Cross, organ and cello, 5 minutes. Premiered April 2011, American Lutheran Church, Sun City, Arizona ©2011
Music for Theater
Incidental music for The Madwoman of Chaillot
Irreveries and Aurelia's Theme
Grand Entrance
Dream Sequence I and II
Epilogue
Duration: 2-5 minutes per sequence. Commissioned by the University of Minnesota Theatre Arts Department, performed by Anne Kilstofte © 1991
Arrangements
Antiphon, from Four Mystical Songs, brass trio and pipe organ, (Ralph Vaughan Williams), duration: 10 minutes © 1996
Wedding March, (attributed to William Walton), duration: 5 minutes. Arranged for pipe organ and brass trio © 1996
Steal Away (SATB) duration: 4 minutes. Commissioned by Woodlake Lutheran Church, Richfield, Minnesota © 1997
Rosa Mystica, SATB chorus divisi, flute, duration: 5 minutes © 2005
Huron Carol, SATB chorus divisi, oboe, duration: 4 minutes © 2005
Christ is Born in Bethlehem, SATB divisi, duration: 5 minutes ©2005
Jesus is Risen, congregation, choir, pipe organ, hand bells, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, duration, 5 minutes. Commissioned by Faith Partners, American Composers Forum ©2008
Bluegrass Hallelujah (SATB) Handel’s Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus, duration: 6 minutes. Commissioned and premiered by Monroe Crossing Bluegrass Ensemble and Woodlake Lutheran Church ©2007
For Dance
Pulling/Handsbreadth, for cello, marimba, and harp, duration 7 minutes.
Commissioned for Music in Motion Series, American Composers Forum ©2006