Opera & Music Theater

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• Rasa (2023) chamber opera for soprano, choir, ten actors/dancers, chamber ensemble, and electronic tape
  Inspired by Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Jasmine. On texts by Kabir and Rabindranath Tagore

• Aède of the Ocean and Land (2020) a zoom opera based on Noor Inayat Khan's play: Aède

• Phoolan Devi: The Bandit Queen (2010) a multimedia chamber opera for two sopranos, baritone, chamber ensemble

• Chitra (2000) opera/dance drama for soprano, Balinese dancer/actor/puppeteer, Indian Classical dancer and chamber orchestra. On texts by Rabindranath Tagore

• Rasa (1991, revised 1998) chamber opera for soprano, choir, ten actors/dancers, chamber ensemble, and electronic tape
  Inspired by Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Jasmine. On texts by Kabir and Rabindranath Tagore

• Conquistadors (1996) chamber opera for five soloists, eight actors, six dancers, and chamber ensemble. On texts by Pablo Neruda

• The Separate Prison (1995) jazz opera for eight soloists/actors and jazz ensemble. On texts by Dare Duke

• Bhima’s Journey (1993) music/theatre work for four soloists, twelve actors/dancers, and chamber ensemble. Adapted from the Hindu epic the Mahabharata

 

 

Orchestral Works

 

• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2019), commissioned by the Richmond Symphony

• Nesting Cranes (2004) for flute and string orchestra

• Cranes Dancing (2006) for violin and string orchestra

• Svara-Yantra (2006) Violin Concerto in three movements

• Nada Ananda (2009) Guitar and Chamber Orchestra

 

 

Vocal Works

 

• KA (2012) for soprano and chamber ensemble

• Anusvara (Sixth Prism) (2012) for soprano, violin and guitar

• Anusvara (Fifth Prism) (2012) for soprano and cello

• Songs of Ecstasy (2008) for soprano, tabla, and chamber ensemble

• The Drowned Woman of the Sky (1997) for soprano, three cellos, and two percussion. On texts by Pablo Neruda

• Jazz Songs (1995) for jazz vocalist and chamber ensemble

• On texts by Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Langston Hughes

• When the Creation… (1993) for soprano, Balinese vocalist, oboe, two pianos,and percussion. On texts by Rabindranath Tagore

• Kabir Songs (1992) for soprano, chamber ensemble, and tape

• On texts by Kabir

 

 

Chamber Works

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• Conference of the Birds 2 (2022) for soprano, chamber ensemble, and projections

• Moods of Ellington (2022) for string quartet and jazz trombone

• 3 Rasas for String Quartet (2020) Shringara-Veera-Aaananda (Commissioned by the Cassatt String Quartet)

• The Conference of the Birds (2019) a song for soprano and chamber ensemble (based on Farid-Ud-Din Attar's medieval allegory)

• Lalit (2012) for cello and tabla

• Anusvara (Fourth Prism) (2011) for cello and string orchestra

• Lalit (2009) for flute and tabla

• Dream Sutra (2009) for violin and string quartet

• Lalit (2007) for Bansri (Indian flute), harp, and vibraphone

• Nesting Cranes (2004) for flute and string quartet

• Blue Topeng (2003) for two Balinese gamelan soloists and chamber ensemble

• Spiral Constellations (1991) for disklavier, percussion, and interactive computer system

• Chamber Symphony (1989) for chamber orchestra

• Chamber Piece for Six Soloists (1986) for chamber ensemble

• Double Quartet (1982) for flute, violin, cello, piano, and computer-generated tape

• Chamber Concerto (1980) for ten players

• Tape Studies I-IV (1975-1980)

• Constellations (1974) for saxophone quartet

• Sonata (1968) for violin and piano

 

 

Solo Works

 

• Evening Raga - Nocturne (2023) for solo violin

• Vak for solo violin (2017) commissioned by Irina Muresanu

• Joy (2012) for viola and percussion

• Anusvara (Second Prism) (2008) for solo cello

• Anusvara (2007) for C flute or alto flute

• Anusvara (2007) for amplified bass flute, doubling alto flute and tamboura

• Anusvara (2006) for soprano saxaphone solo

• Light (1991) for soprano solo

• Tenderness of Cranes (1990) for solo flute

• Time Grids (1989) for amplified guitar and computer-generated tape

• Goldbach’s Conjecture (1985) for flute and computer-generated tape

• Goldbach’s Conjecture (1984) for flute solo

• Spectra (1973) for trombone and synthesized tape

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