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The Walkers, 2022 [56 minutes]
1 High Sopranos; 2 Sopranos; 1 Mezzo-Sopranos; 3 Tenors; 2 Baritones; 1 Bass; 1 Actor; Adult Chorus; Children’s Chorus; 2222; 4331; Timpani; 2 Percussion; Harp; Keyboard (1 player: Piano, Synthesizer); Strings
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We Shall Not Be Moved, 2017 [100 minutes]
Spoken-word; Mezzo-soprano; Countertenor; Tenor; Baritone; Bass-Baritone; 4 vocalists; Voice (pre-recorded) Violin; Viola; Cello; Acoustic/Electric Bass [Aria, Love is the Only Word Sweeter than Black]
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FULL ORCHESTRA
Autumn Days and Nights, 2024 [21 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Strings
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Farah (Joy), 2023 [11 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Vocal Soloist (High Soprano); Strings
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Forgiveness: Suite for Spoken Word and Orchestra, 2023 [32 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Spoken Word Artist; Strings
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Home, Migrations, and Our Imaginary Daughter, 2023 [15 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 2 Percussion; Harp; Spoken Word Artist; 2 Solo Violins; 1 Solo Cello; Strings
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We Shall Not Be Moved: Symphonic Scenes and Samples, 2022 [15 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Strings
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Riots and Prayers for Orchestra, 2020 [20 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Speakers (amplified by microphones and appearing on stage); Strings
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A Young Person’s GPS for Our Orchestra; Theme and Variations on Haitian Folk Songs, 2015 [20 minutes]
3222; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp, Piano; Strings
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Meditations on Raising Boys for Orchestra, Narrative Chorus, Spoken-word Artist, and Solo
Violin, 2015 [30 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Strings; Narrative Chorus (Men, Boys);
Spoken-word Artist; Solo Violin
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Father Antonio’s Contrapuntal Prayers for Michael, 2015 [5 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 2 Percussion; Strings
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Woodbox Violin Concerto, 2010 [18 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Synthesizer; Strings; Solo Violin
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Dancers Dreamers, and Presidents, 2010 [21 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano/Synthesizer; Strings
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Voodoo Violin Concerto, 2006 [15 minutes]
2222; 2221; Timpani; 2 Percussion; Piano; Strings; Solo Violin
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Human Songs and Stories for Orchestra, Narrator, and The People, 2002 [20 minutes]
3333; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Strings; Narrator; 6 People (minimum)
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Harlem Essay for Orchestra and Audio Playback, 1999 [20 minutes]
3222, 4321, Timpani; Percussion; Piano, Strings, MP3 Playback
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Hip-Hop Essay for Orchestra, 1995 [18 minutes]
3233; 4321; Timpani; 4 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Strings
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Haitian Essay for Orchestra, 1992 [9 minutes]
3222; 4331; Timpani; 3 Percussion; Harp; Piano; Strings
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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
i am a white person who __________ Black people, 2020 [5 minutes]
Timpan; Percussion; Strings
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Cipher 2019 [15 minutes]
2222; 2210; Timpani; 2 Percussion; Piano/Synthesizer; SATB; SATB; Audio Recording; Poet (Actor); Strings
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Club Dance Manifesto [formerly named Symphony for the Dance Floor], 2009 [20 minutes]
2222; 2221; 2 Percussion; Piano/Synthesizer; Strings
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Darwin’s Meditation for the People of Lincoln, 2008 [90 minutes]
1110; 1110; 1 Percussion; Actor; Singer; Solo Violin; Piano/Celesta; Strings; Electric Bass
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Call Them All: Fantasy Projections for Film, Laptop, and Chamber Orchestra, 2008 [15 minutes]
1111; 1111; 1 Percussion; Piano; Film; Laptopist
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We March!, 2007 [23 minutes]
Solo Guitar; String Orchestra
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The Tuscaloosa Meditations, 2007 [15 minutes]
2 Solo Flutes; 1 Solo Trumpet (C); Strings
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Kompa Variations, 2007 [21 minutes]
String Orchestra
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Fast, from Fast Dance Black Machine, 2005 [8 minutes]
2121; 2110; 1 Percussion; Piano; Strings
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La, La, La, La, 2004 [6 minutes]
1111; 1000; 1 Percussion; Strings; Electric Bass
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Harvest, 2004 [7 minutes]
2222; 2210; Timpani and snare drum; Baritone voice; Strings
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Voodoo Violin Concerto For Chamber Ensemble, 2002 [24 minutes]
1 Flute; 1 Clarinet (B-flat); 1 Trumpet (C); 1 Tenor Trombone; 2 Percussion; 1 Solo Violin; Piano; 1 Violin; 1 Cello; Electric Bass
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Child, 2001 [10 minutes]
2222; 2210; 1 Percussion; Strings; Solo Violin
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Grace, 1996 [8 minutes]
1111; 1110; 1 Percussion; 2 Soprano voices; Strings; Electric Bass
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BAND
Feeling Black Into The Sky, 2019 [18 minutes]
Solo Woodwind Quintet Ensemble; Piccolo; 3 Flutes; 2 Oboes; 2 Bassoons; 5 Clarinets; Bass Clarinet; 2 Alto Sax; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; Piano/Synthesizer; 5 Trumpets; 3 Horns; 3 Trombones; Bass Trombone; 2 Euphoniums; 3 Tubas; Timpani; Electric Bass; 3 Percussion
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The Order of an Empty Place, 2012 [30 minutes]
Piccolo; 2 Flutes; 2 Oboes; English Horn; 4 Clarinets; Bass Clarinet; 2 Bassoons; Alto Sax; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 4 Horns; 4 Trumpets; 4 Trombones; Solo Violin; Audience; Rabbi; 4 Percussion
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Reasons For Moving, 2004 [20 minutes]
2 Soprano Saxes; Alto Sax; Tenor Sax; Baritone Sax; 4 Trumpets; 3 Trombones; Bass Trombone; DJ/Laptop; CD Playback; Guitar; Synthesizer; Electric Bass; Drum Kit
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MIXED ENSEMBLE
The WHIN Variations, 2024 [12 minutes]
Voice (1 or more singers); 2 Violins; Viola; Cello; Percussion (1 or more players); Bass (electric and/or acoustic); NOTE: The number of players can be expanded as desired
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Forgiveness: Suite for Spoken Word and Chamber Ensemble, 2023 [38 minutes]
Flute; Clarinet (or 2nd Flute version available); Trumpet in C; Piano; Spoken Word Artist; 2 Violins; Viola; Cello; Bass
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Lift Every Voice And..., 2022 [5 minutes]
Flute; Oboe; Clarinet (B-flat); Bassoon; Horn; 1 Percussion; 4 Violins; 2 Violas; 2 Cellos; 1 Bass
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Lift Every Voice And..., 2021 [5 minutes]
Flute; Horn; 2 Violins; Viola; Cello; Bass
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Music For Black People, No. 1, Relentless, 2021 [7 minutes]
Flute; Cello; Voice (High); Piano
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I Never Meant to Hurt You, 2006 [9 minutes]
Clarinet (B-flat); Soprano Saxophone; Violin; Vibraphone; Marimba; Piano or Synthesizer; Drum Kit; Electric Bass
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Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes Book I, 2006 [120 minutes]
Open Instrumentation
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Fast BLACK Dance Machine, 2002 [14 minutes]
Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello; Electric Bass; Percussion (drum kit); Piano
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VOCAL
Here Lies Joy, 2021 [11 minutes]
SATB soli; SATB chorus; Piano; Drum Kit; String Quartet: Electric Bass
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Love is the Only Word Sweeter Than Black, 2021 [3 minutes]
Voice (High); Piano
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Twin Stars: Diamond Variations for Dae’Anna, 2021 [15 minutes]
Mezzo-soprano; Tenor; Piano; String Quartet
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They Still Want To Kill Us, 2021 [4 minutes]
Voice and Piano
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To An Athlete Dying Young, 2021 [3 minutes]
Voice and Piano
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I Have Nothing to do Except Love, 2020 [7 minutes]
SATB soli; SATB chorus; Piano; Drum Kit; String Quartet: Electric Bass
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Cipher, 2019 [30 minutes]
SATB; SATB; Poet (Actor); Audio Playback; Flute; Oboe; Clarinet; Horn; Bassoon; Trumpet;
String Quartet; Acoustic/Electric Bass (1 player)
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Anacaona, 2015 [35 minutes]
Horn; Trumpet; Percussion; Piano/Celesta; Alto Voice; Narrator; Violin; Viola; Cello; Bass
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Jean and Susanne, 2015 [9 minutes]
SATB; Narrator (Actor); String Quintet
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On the Edge of Night, 2014 [20 minutes]
Voice (high); Violin; Viola; Cello
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A Boy Called King, 2013 [30 minutes]
SSATB; Acoustic Bass; Synthesizer
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I Need You, 2012 [11 minutes]
SATB; Cello
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Project Gilgamesh, 2011 [60 minutes]
SATB Chorus; SATB Soloists; Piano
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Black Men Singing, 2001 [3 minutes]
SSAA Chorus
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What We Are, 2001 [5 minutes]
SSAA Chorus; Electric Bass; Drum Kit; Piano or Synthesizer
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Wooden Men, 2001 [5 minutes]
Soprano; Piano
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Epilogue, 1965, 2000 [7 minutes]
Voice (high); Violin
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OCTETS
Kompa Variations, 2008 [21 minutes]
Double String Quartet
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SEPTETS
Soundtrack For a Shared Dream, 2008 [20 minutes]
String Quartet; Piano; Electric Bass; Drum Kit
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La, La, La, La, 2003 [3 minutes]
String Quartet; Piano; Electric Bass; Drum Kit
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SEXTETS
I Never Wanted My First Communion, 2005 [12 minutes]
Flute; Oboe; Clarinet (B-flat); Horn (F); Basson; Piano
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Fast BLACK Dance Machine, 2002 [14 minutes]
Flute; Clarinet; Violin; Cello; Piano; Drum Kit
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QUINTETS
Prayer from Voodoo Violin Concerto, 2020 [6 minutes]
Piano; String Quartet
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Allemande For Toussaint L’Overture/Kompa for Toussaint, 2015 [6 minutes]
String Quintet
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Five Chairs and One Table, 2008 [30 minutes]
Woodwind Quintet
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QUARTETS
String Quartet No. 5, “Parks”, 2005 [20 minutes]
String Quartet
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String Quartet No. 4, “Angelou”, 2004 [24 minutes]
String Quartet
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String Quartet No. 3, “Powell”, 2003 [18 minutes]
String Quartet
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String Quartet No. 2, “King”, 2001 [45 minutes]
String Quartet
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Ghetto Strings, 2001 [26 minutes]
Guitar Quartet
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String Quartet No. 1, “X”, 1993 [9 minutes]
String Quartet
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TRIOS
Lecolian Loops, 2006 [18 minutes]
Clarinet; Basson; Piano
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Volvic Maritum, 2006 [17 minutes]
Viola; Percussion; Piano
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Jams! For Viola, Percussion, and Piano, 1994 [12 minutes]
Viola; Percussion; Piano
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DUOS
An Apology For Black Women; Why Did They Kill Sandra Bland? 2020 [5 minutes]
Viola and Cello
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Sonata for Violin and Turntables, 2008 [25 minutes]
Violin (acoustic or electric); Turntables (Laptop or iPad)
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Femiel, 2007 [7 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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JMDL, 2007 [ 5 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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Navassa National Anthem, 2007 [7 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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Numerical Music, 2007 [12 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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Simone, 2007 [4 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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Pulse for Two Pianos, 2003 [22 minutes]
2 Pianos or Synthesizers
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Prayer for Violin and Piano, 2002 [6 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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Jams! for Violin and Piano, 1994 [9 minutes]
Violin and Piano
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SOLOS
Because it Hurts for Solo Violin, 2021 [1 minute]
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We Say Their Names for Solo Violin, 2021 [15 minutes]
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We Say Their Names for Solo Cello, 2021 [15 minutes]
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An Apology for Black Women for Solo Viola, 2020 [5 minutes]
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Why Did They Kill Sandra Bland for Solo Cello, 2020 [5 minutes]
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America NEVER Beautiful for Piano, 2020 [5 minutes]
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Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers for Solo Violin, 2017 [20 minutes]
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I Need to Cry But [I] Can’t for Piano, 2017 [7 minutes]
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Songs for the Alone for Piano, 2017 [5 minutes]
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It Feels Like a Mountain, Chasing Me for Piano and Audio Playback, 2014 [16 minutes]
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Seventeen Soul Settings of Bach Chorales for Piano, 2013 [32 minutes]
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Filter for Solo Violin, 2001 [5 minutes]
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Jam! for Piano, 1994 [5 minutes]
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