IN GLADNESS BEARING
2003
Composed For: 50th Anniversary Season of the Lima Symphony Orchestra
First Performed: November 1, 2003
Instrumentation: 2+pic.2+eh.(opt).2+bcl.2/4.3.3.1/timp+4 (lg tam, 2 deep toms, glock, chimes, bd, susp cym).hp.pno/strings
Duration: 4 minutes
THE WHISTLE
2008
Composed For: Centennial of Eudora Welty’s Birth
First Performed: April 19, 2009
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano-
2.2.2+bcl.2/2.1.0.0/1 perc (vib, tgl).hp/strings
Duration: 11 minutes
OLD ENGLISH
2008-2009
First Performed: October 3, 2009
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano-
2.2+eh.2+bcl.2/4.3.3.0/timp+3 (glock, via, tam, flexatone, bd, tgl).hp.pno/strings
Duration: 3. 5 minutes
LETTER FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
2009
First Performed: October 3, 2009
Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano-
2+pic.2+eh.2+bcl.2+contra(opt)/4.3.3.1/3 perc (glock, slap, rute, lion’s roar, cowbell, sd, sizzle cym, susp, xylo, wind chimes).hp.pno/strings
Duration: 6.5 minutes
PASSAGE
2010-16
First Performed: January 18, 2014
Instrumentation: 3(3 dbls pic).2(3 dbls eh).3 (3 dbls bcl.2+contra/4.3.3.1/6 perc (timp, glock, bd, tam, xylo, vib, crotales, sm susp cym, chimes, roto-toms).hp.pno/strings
Duration: 14 minutes
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Best Musical Composition in 2015
Revised 2017
SOUTHERN SONG
Song on Poem by Margaret Walker
2020
First Performed: March 5, 2022
Full Orchestra Instrumentation: Soprano-
1.0.2.0/2.0.0.0/1 perc.hp/strings
Chamber Ensemble Instrumentation: Soprano-
1.0.1.0/0.0.0.0/1 perc.hp/strings 1.1.1.1.1
Duration: 5.5 minutes
EX-SLAVE
Song on Poem by Margaret Walker
2020
First Performed: March 5, 2022
Full Orchestra Instrumentation: Soprano-
2.0.2.2/0.0.0.0/1 perc.hp/strings
Chamber Ensemble Instrumentation: Soprano-
1.0.1.0/0.0.0.0/1 perc.hp/strings 1.1.1.1.1
Duration: 3.5 minutes
MY TRUTH AND MY FLAME
Song on Poem by Margaret Walker
2020
First Performed: March 5, 2022
Full Orchestra Instrumentation: Soprano-
2.0.2.2/2.1.0.0/2 perc.hp/strings
Chamber Ensemble Instrumentation: Soprano-
1.0.1.0/0.0.0.0/1 perc.hp/strings 1.1.1.1.1
Duration: 4.5 minutes
CONCERTO GROSSO in C MINOR
2021
Instrumentation: Solo String Quartet and String Orchestra
Duration: 12.5 minutes
