Compositions

The aspect of composing I value most deeply is collaborating with performers whose input elevates the compositions to their fullest expression. Inspired by music from J.S. Bach to Joni Mitchell to Gabriela Montero, I strive to infuse my work with structure and harmony, while also leaving room for performers to explore and innovate. 

My compositions have been performed at Piccolo Spoleto, the American Women Composers Festival, and in university and other venues in the Southeast. I am a founding member of the Emrys Foundation which has supported the endeavors of women composers and artists for four decades.

Song Cycles

The Death of Arthur
soprano, alto, countertenor, baritone, bass and piano

  •  “Parsival’s Song”

  •  “Morgause’s Song”

  •  “Mordred’s Song”

  •  “Gwynever’s Song”

  •  “Launcelot’s Song”

  •  “Merlin’s Song”

  •  “Requiem”

Feasts and Famine: Songs of Women in Love
soprano and piano

  • “When I’m Old”

  • “The Bear”

  • “We Walked in Green”

  • “Somewhere Behind My Eyes”

  • “Four Days Together”

  • “I Would Be Your Spring”

Four Aubades
countertenor and piano

  • Aubade I

  • Aubade II

  • Aubade III

  • Aubade IV

Heloise and Abelard
soprano, countertenor and piano

  •  “My Lady’s Hair” - Abelard

  • “I Sift Down” - Heloise

  • “Les Vouex” – Heloise and Abelard duet

  • “Shielded by a Book” - Abelard 

  • “Soon We Shall Be Together” - Heloise 

  • “Les Adieux” - Heloise and Abelard duet

Phases of the Moon
soprano and piano

  • The Child

  • The Maiden

  • The Mother

  • The Crone

Scenes from Motherhood
soprano and piano

  • “Before You Were Mine”

  • “Daughter”

  • “Loose Leaf”

  • “Driving Permit”

  • “The Offering”

  • “In Praise of Sun”

  • “From Cedar Mountain”

Individual Songs

“A Thousand Thanks”
soprano and piano

“The Wind’s Twelve Quarters”
soprano and piano

“Jabberwocky”
counter tenor and alto sax; also, soprano and flute

“Fig Tree”
soprano and piano

“Marriage Song”
soprano and piano

Piano

Solo Piano

  • “Wheeling”

  • “Night Musing”

  • “Stilt Dances”

  • “Sicilienne”

  • “Charybdis”

  • “In Gratitude”

  • “Awakening”

  • “New York Night”

  • “Farewells”

  • “Opus 50”

  • “Inventing #9”

  • “Brushy Creek”

  • “Discombobulation”

Piano Duo

  • “Walking the Blue Ridge”

Ensembles

“Dos Pajaros”
clarinet and alto sax

“Mood Shifts”
marimba, alto sax, bass sax and piano

“The Helen Cycle”
soprano, countertenor and alto sax

  • “Seeing Helen”

  • “Hearing Helen”

  • “Touching Helen”

“Sonnet Song”
soprano, guitar, flute

Choral Music

“A Thousand Thanks”
women’s chorus and piano

“Good King Wenceslas”
SATB a capella

“Psalm 98”
SATB and piano

Film And Documentary

“Kudzulla”

Documentary of Milner Ball