Opera

Galaxies in Her Eyes (2021)

  • Libretto by Amy Punt, Concept by Kristine McIntyre

    • Premiere: Culp Planetarium, Highpoint University, High Point NC, April 1, 2022

  • Duration: 50 minutes

The Place Where You Started, (2016/2018)

  • Libretto by Amy Punt based on an original story by Mark Lanz Weiser & Amy Punt

    • Premiered in Portland (OR), November 2016; Shanghai, China, December 2016

    • Revised version premiered in Los Angeles, May 2018

  • Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Kata Markon, The Passion According to the Gospel of Mark (2009)

  • Original Texts and Translations by Todd Payne

    • Premiered Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran, MLW conductor, April 2009

  • Duration: 1 hour

Where Angles Fear to Tread, (1998)

Rendezvous of Light, one-woman music theater piece (1994)

  • Text after the letters of Emily Dickinson by Peter M. Krask

    • Commissioned by the Young Victorian Theater, Baltimore, MD

    • Premiered summer, 1994

  • Duration: 70 min. (35 minutes of music)

Purgatory, opera in one act (1990)

  • Libretto after the play by W. B. Yeats

    • Premiered at the Peabody Conservatory, Jed Gaylin, conductor, March 1991

  • Duration: 26 minutes

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Orchestra

Lumina for chamber orchestra (2020)

  • Alternative version for 11 instruments (2023)

  • Duration: 11 minutes

Unleash (2015)

  • Premiere with the UCLA Philharmonia at the 2022 Hear Now Music Festival, Los Angeles, CA, April 24, 2022

  • Duration: 8 1/2 minutes

Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia Magalhães) (2014)

  • Awarded 2015 ASCAP Nissim Prize

    • Premiered by the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, Mark McCoy, conductor, March 2014

  • Duration: 30 minutes

Four Scenes from “The Story of Toccata & Fugue” for string orchestra (2009)

  • Premiered by the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, conductor, April 2009

  • Duration: 9 minutes

Le Quattro Sassofoni for saxophone quartet and orchestra (2003)

  • Based on musical themes from Antonio Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagione (The Four Seasons)

  • Commissioned by the Capitol Quartet

    • Premiered by the Capitol Quartet with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, March 2004

  • Duration: 7 minutes

Montage for youth orchestra (2002)

  • Commissioned by the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra

    • Premiered by the GBYO, Jason Love, conductor, May, 2002

  • Duration: 7 minutes

Passages for organ, trumpet, percussion, and strings (2001)

  • Commissioned by the District of Columbia American Guild of Organists

    • Premiered by organist Donald Sutherland with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Sylvia Alimena, music director, March, 2001

  • Duration: 20 minutes

Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (1996)

  • Commissioned and premiered by Richard Grimes, 1997

    • Premiered by Richard Grimes in Baltimore, March 1997

  • Published by Editions Bim

  • Duration: 16 minutes

Sinfonia (Symphony No. 1) for orchestra (1993)

  • Duration: 21 minutes

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Voice and Orchestra

Into the Dark and Darker Cold for soprano and orchestra (1999)

  • Text by Lia Purpura

    • Commissioned and premiered by the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano, Jed Gaylin, conductor, December 1999

  • Duration: 24 minutes

A Renaissance Serenade for soprano and orchestra (1993)

  • Poems by John Donne, Ben Jonson, Thomas Nashe, Robert Herrick, and William Shakespeare

    • Premiered by Charmaine Hamann, soprano, with the Peabody Concert Orchestra, Hajime Teri Murai conductor, February 1993

  • Duration: 15 minutes

An Anthem for a Doomed Youth, for baritone and orchestra (2000)

  • Originally for Baritone and Piano

  • Poems by Wilfred Owen

    • Premiered by baritone Randall Woodfield with Bryan Nies, conductor at the Peabody Conservatory, January 2000

  • Duration: 11 minutes

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Songs & Song Cycles

The Stronger Child for mezzo-soprano and electric guitar (2013)

  • Text by Carla Spataro

    • Premiered by Kyle Engler, mezzo-soprano with Jason Love, guitar January 2014

  • Duration: 7 minutes

The Best of Me for mezzo-soprano and piano (2013)

  • Adapted text by Helen Keller

  • Commissioned by Arno Drucker

    • Premiered by mezzo-soprano Tracy Scher and pianist R. Timothy McReynolds, March 2013

  • Published by MusicSpoke

  • Duration: 3 minutes

Looking Back at Spring for bass-baritone and piano (2001)

  • Text by Conrad Weiser

  • Jointly commissioned by the Homewood Arts Program at Johns Hopkins University, and the Center for the Humanities and Department of Communication at Loyola College

    • Premiered by bass-baritone David Neal with MLW, March 2001

  • Featured in New Music Shelf’s baritone anthology

  • Also published by MusicSpoke

  • Duration: 10 minutes

Five Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay for soprano and harp (1996)

  • Premiered by soprano Elizabeth Knauer and harpist Sonja Inglefield, April 1996

  • Published by MusicSpoke

  • Duration: 12 minutes

Whom None but Daisies Know for soprano and pre-recorded electronics (1993)

  • Based on letters of Emily Dickinson

    • Premiered by Charmaine Hamann, February 1993

  • Duration: 7 minutes

Three Poems of Emily Dickinson for voice and piano (1992)

  • Commissioned by Elizabeth Knauer and Peter Krask to be used in the one woman show, “A Withdrawn Delight – A Portrait of Emily Dickinson.”

    • Premiered by Elizabeth Knauer, March 1992

  • Duration: 5 minutes

Psalm 150 for soprano and organ (1991)

  • Premiered by Charmaine Hamann, December 1991, Waverly United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD

  • Duration: 2 minutes

An Anthem for a Doomed Youth for baritone and piano (1989)

  • Poems by Wilfred Owen

    • Premiered by baritone Randall Woodfield and MLW at the Peabody Conservatory, October 1990

  • Awarded 1st prize in the NATS National Art Song Competition

  • Duration: 11 minutes

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Choral

O What a Silence for SATB and piano (2017)

Weary Land for SATB a cappella (2013)

  • African-American Traditional Text and Tune

  • Published by MusicSpoke

    • Recorded by the USC Chamber Singers, March 2013

  • Duration: 2 1/2 minutes

You Call, We Follow for SATB, congregation, and organ (2005)

  • Text by Todd Payne

  • Commissioned by Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church

  • Duration: 4 minutes

Instrumental

Step for piano (2019)

  • Stomp / Wiggle / Glide / Jump / Rest

  • Duration: 9 1/2 minutes

San Jose Nocturnes for piano (2016)

  • Duration: 7 1/2 minutes

    • Premiered by Gideon Rubin at the Colburn School, October 2018

    • Recorded by MLW

Flash for soprano saxophone and piano (2014)

  • Commissioned and premiered by Christopher Creviston

    • Published by Editions Bim

    • Recorded by Christopher Creviston for his CD, Breaking 2015

    • Featured on MLW’s CD, Music for Saxophone

  • Duration: 17 minutes

High Velocity for piano (2012)

  • Premiered by its dedicatee, Hannah Creviston at ASU, February, 2013

  • Duration: 6 minutes

Three Bollywood Dances for flute, english horn, piano, & percussion (2011)

  • Commissioned and recorded by Helix Collective, 2011

  • Duration: 8 minutes

Moments Musicaux for alto saxophone and piano (2010)

  • Premiered by it dedicatee, saxophonist David Stambler with Hannah Creviston at the Crane School of Music, SUNY, in Potsdam New York, October 2010

  • Featured on MLW’s CD, Music for Saxophone

  • Duration: 18 minutes

Kegelstatt Funk for clarinet, viola, and piano (2007)

  • Commissioned and premiered by the Kegelstatt Trio November, 2007

  • Winner of the Pulse Chamber Music Call for Scores, Frost School of Music, Miami, 2013

  • Duration: 3 1/2 minutes

Tre balli dei due amanti for two pianos (2007)

  • Commissioned by Tom Bozzuto and premiered by its dedicatee Barbara Bazzuto along with Arno Drucker, 2009

  • Duration: 10 minutes

Song for Margot for saxophone quartet (2000)

  • Commissioned by the Capitol Quartet

  • Recorded twice by the Capitol Quartet, 2000 (Anything Goes) and 2011 (Flex).

  • Featured on MLW’s CD, Music for Saxophone

  • Duration: 6 minutes

Processional for string trio (2000)

  • Duration: 3 1/2 minutes

Triptych for chamber ensemble (1996)

  • Commissioned by the New Horizons Chamber Ensemble

    • Premiered by the NHCE, Jason Love, conductor, at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, November 1996

  • Duration: 14 minutes

Three Pieces for Organ (1995)

Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1991)

  • Commissioned by David Stambler

    • Premiered by David Stambler and MLW, Loyola College, October, 1991

  • Featured on MLW’s CD, Music for Saxophone

  • Duration: 10 minutes

Piano Etude for the Left Hand (1989)

  • Premiered by MLW at the Peabody Conservatory, April 1989

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