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Chamber
- Black Dog/Lucky Dog for string quartet and electric guitar. (2002) Arrangement also for string quartet.
- String Quartet, four movements (1994)
- Unbreak My Heart, for four nylon string guitars, commissioned by The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet with funding from the Jerome Foundation. (2005)
- Lucky Dreams for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, piano. (2001) Also arrangement for four players (bass clarinet, piano, two percussion)
- Trio (In Memoriam Antonin Artaud) for piano trio (1989)
- An Uncertain Grace, for piano trio (1999), commissioned by the Bakken Trio
- Falling and Waving, for piano trio (2000), commissioned by the Bakken Trio with funding by Meet the Composer, Inc.
- The Sheltering Sky, two movements for violin and piano. (1996)
- The Emperor of Ice Cream, for two marimbas (2000) arranged for Janus Duo.
- Madmen and Horses, for solo trombone, electronic score, and projected media: processed excerpt from D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (2007) commissioned by Patrick Crossland.
- Brahms the Progressive, for solo piano, written for Geoffrey Burleson (2007)
- Because a Pony (for John Lennon), for solo electric guitar, commissioned by Michael Nicollela (2002)
- Dance You Monster To My Soft Song! Premiered by The Orchestra Dancing in Your Head featuring David King, percussion, Walker Art Center (2001)
- Minnesota Hoquetus, three movements for two pianos. Premiered by Ina Selvelieva and Boyan Kolarov at the "ppIANISSIMO" Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria (2000)
Vocal Works
- The Song of the Disaster, soprano and piano, text by Maurice Blanchot (1990)
- This ae Night, for SATB chorus, anonymous 14th century lyric, commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers. (1999)
- "Anyone has come to be a dead one.", for six-part chorus, SSSATB, text by Gertrude Stein. (2008)
Stage Works
- The Making of Americans, based on the novel by Gertrude Stein, for six singers, eight players. Commissioned by the Walker Art Center. (2008)
- Sick: Sick of It All, compositions and sound design for theater work; in collaboration with writer/director Caleb Hammond. (2007)
- Elijah's Wake, compositions and sound design for puppet theater. Developed in collaboration with puppeteer Michael Sommers and Open Eye Figure Theater. (2003)
- Oresteia America America, music theater composition/sound design developed with director/writer Jay Scheib, based on texts by Aeschylus. Premiered Exiles Festival, Staatsbank, Berlin, Germany. (2002)
- Ceausescu, opera scenes, based on news and video transcripts; for chamber orchestra (1991)
- Chants of Maldoror, after text by Lautreamont, opera fragment, for baritone voice, two pianos, two percussion. (1989)
Orchestra
- Summer Hockets, fanfare, commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra (2001)
- Eat a Peach, for voices and chamber orchestra, text by Mac Wellman, commissioned by Alarm Will Sound (2003)
- Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
Electronic Works
- "It happens very often that a man has it in him...", electronic score, edited recording of voice of Gertrude Stein
- "Repeating then in everyone...", electronic score, edited recording of voice of Gertrude Stein
- Send the Children, for piano and media, edited recording of speech excerpt by public servant Ron Dellums