Solo vocal with piano
Six Yiddish Scenes →
Adapted from East European Jewish Folk Songs
Low or high voice and piano,
also for chorus SATB with piano or guitar
Premiered by Maria Dubinsky, soprano, and the composer
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Six Songs, 13 minutes
Jabberwocky →
Poem by Lewis Carroll
From Through the Looking Glass
Voice and piano
Commissioned by Timothy Jerome
Premiered by Timothy Jerome, baritone, and the composer
Manhattan School of Music
One Song, 5 minutes
The Mockingbird (from Black Wings) →
7 1/2 minutes
From Black Wings
Poems by Randall Jarrell
Soprano and piano
Premiered by Margaret Ahrens, soprano, and the composer
University of South Carolina
30 minutes
This Much I Know →
from Blood on the Dining Room Floor
Text by Gertrude Stein
Soprano and piano
Commissioned by Antonio and Marjorie Ramirez
Premiered by Margaret Ahrens, soprano, and the composer
St. Joseph’s Church, New York
3 minutes
Zeno’s Arrow →
Seven Songs to poems by Jan Schreiber
Tenor or soprano and piano
Commissioned for Jan Schreiber
Premiered by David Bender, tenor, and the composer
15 minutes
Novelty
OOBA →
Song for Children
Lyrics, Vocals, and Instrumental by the composer
Produced by Mountain Laurel Music
Duration: 1:15
Solo vocal with ensemble
Spring Sestina
Poem by Toni Mergentime Levi
Soprano and 10 instruments
Commissioned and premiered by Music Today Series
Margaret Ahrens, soprano
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Merkin Concert Hall, New York
9 1/2 minutes
“The Truth”
Poem by Randall Jarrell
Soprano and 10 instruments
Commissioned and premiered by
Chamber Music Northwest
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Conducted by the composer
Portland, Oregon
12 minutes
Opera
In the Beginning… →
An opera parable in seven scenes
Libretto by Toni Mergentime Levi
14 singers, piano-vocal score
Premiered by New Amsterdam Singers
Clara Longstreth, Music Director
Merkin Concert Hall, New York
60 minutes
Thanksgiving
A serio-comic opera in one act
Libretto by Toni Mergentime Levi
12 singers and chamber orchestra
Premiered by Juilliard Opera Department
Conducted by the composer
Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard
60 minutes