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Orchestra & Large Ensemble

Joyful Noise (2012) - Chamber Orchestra - 10:00
1111/1000/1perc/pno/str
commissioned by the Albany Symphony/American Roots Festival

Drift of Rainbows (2009) - Orchestra - 6:00      
2222/4001/2perc/celesta/str +6 blow-organs
(arrangement of original chamber version)

Low Country Haze (2009) - Orchestra - 7:00      
2221/2021/2perc/pno/str
commissioned by the Albany Symphony

Overdrive (2008) - Orchestra - 4:00
3333/4331/timp/4perc/pno/str +30 additional percussionists
commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra

The Breadth of Breaking Waves (2007) - Orchestra (with optional electronics) - 6:00
3222/4231/timp/2perc/cel/hp/str
commissioned by the Annapolis Symphony

Some Day the Sun Won't Shine (2006) - Chorus and Orchestra - 3:00      
3333/4331/timp/2perc/str +SATB
commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony

Black Bend (2005) - Orchestra - 6:30   
2222/2221/timp/2perc/str

Graffiti (2004) - Orchestra - 10:00   
3333(db. cbsn)/4331/timp/3perc/pno (db. cel)/hp/str
commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Storm Windows (2004) - Orchestra and Narrator - 4:00
1000/0020/1perc/handbells (12 players)/str/narrator
commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra Association/Bascom Little Fund

Chamber

Lonesome Roads (2012) - 15:00
piano trio
commissioned for the Gryphon, Deseret, and Triple Helix trios by the Barlow Endowment

Eternal Breath (2011) - 9:00
string septet (3 violins, viola, 3 cellos) +drone
commissioned by members of the Jasper and Jupiter String Quartets

Ramshackle Songs (2009) - 25:00               
string quartet
commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for the Jupiter String Quartet

Drift of Rainbows (2009) - 6:00      
2 violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, celesta, +3 blow-organs (with tape delay unit)
commissioned by the Annenberg Foundation for Scharoun Ensemble Berlin

Low Country Haze (2009) - 7:00      
flute/piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
(arrangement of original orchestra version)

Lawless Airs (2008) - 6:00
string trio
commissioned by the BMI Foundation/Concert Artists Guild for the Janaki String Trio

Ballads and Broken Rhymes (2008) - 20:00   
string quartet
commissioned by Chamber Music America for the Corigliano Quartet

Fractured Jams (2006) - 14:00   
violin, clarinet, cello, piano
commissioned by the BMI Foundation/Boudleaux Bryant Fund for Antares

Love Bleeds Radiant (2006) - 12:00
amplified string quartet and electronics
commissioned by the Kronos Quartet

Black Bend (2003) - 5:00      
string quartet (with optional bass)
commissioned by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the AKI Festival of New Music

Vocal & Choral

The Clear Light (2012) - 14:00
soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (doubling Vox organ)
commissioned by the Naumburg Foundation for the Da Capo Chamber Players and Lucy Shelton

A Screened Porch in the Country (2011) - 12:00
mezzo-soprano, flute/piccolo, violin, cello, and piano
commissioned by the Bakken Trio and folk singer Ruth MacKenzie

Drowning With Others (2011) - 6:00
soprano and piano

Some Day the Sun Won't Shine (2006) - Chorus and Orchestra - 3:00      
3333/4331/timp/2perc/str +SATB
commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony

Nine Poems (2002) - 35:00         
baritone, percussion trio, string quartet

Opera & Multimedia

Breakdown (in development; premiere TBA) - Monodrama for Tenor and Chorus - 90:00
in one act

The Devil's Strum (in development; premiere TBA) - Chamber Opera with mute guitarist - 60:00
in one act

Benevolent Mischief (2010) - collaboration with photographer Chase Jarvis for Nikon Cameras - 5:00
film score (six cello parts) recorded by Joshua Roman:

Instrumental Solo & Duo

Americana (2010) - 30:00
cello and piano (with prerecorded tape)
commissioned by Town Hall Seattle for Joshua Roman and Helen Huang

The Devil's Strum (2010) - 5:00      
classical or steel-string guitar
commissioned by Jason Vieaux/Guitars International

Dixie Twang (2009) - 1:30
cello and piano

Ramble and Groove (2009) - 7:00      
solo bassoon

Remembrances (2008) - 3:00   
cello and piano
commissioned by Evelyne Luest/New Music Champions Series at Thalia

Lawless Airs (2008) - 6:00   
violin and harp
(arrangement of original trio version)

Hard-Knock Stomp (2000) - 3:00   
solo viola (or cello)