Paula's Piece (2016)

Commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players

Duration: 7'
piano solo

Carroll in Numberland (2015)

Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center in honor of its 75th Anniversary Season, with generous support from friends of Anthony Fogg, in memory of his mother, Marie.

Duration: 9'
soprano voice (solo), three female backup singers, 2 C-tpts, tbn, pno, cb (acoustic amplified), perc-2

Two Pieces for Piccolo and Harp  (2014)

Commissioned by the National Flute Association for the 2014 NFA Piccolo Artist Competition.

This commission was made possible in part through the royalties from the NFA's publication of John Krell's Kincaidiana.

The NFA gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Mary Krell.

Duration: 8′

Three Pieces for Solo Harp  (2012)

Commissioned by James Gorton and Gretchen Van Hoesen for Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton.

Duration: 9′

Two Arrangements from 'The Garden of Cosmic Speculation'  (2011)

Commissioned by the Avian Orchestra

Duration: 10'

fl, Bb cl, vln, vc, pno, perc

Line Drawings  (2010)

Commissioned by the Concord Chamber Music Society

Duration: 22'

vln, Bb cl, pno

Canzona Nova: Fractured Fairy Tale (2010)

Commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players

Duration: 15'

ob, vln, vla, vc, pno

Jigsaw Patterns (2010)

Commissioned by the Rivers School Conservatory

Duration: 7'

fl, vln, vc

history of the world in seven acts (2009)

Music to join with computer animation by Jonathan Bachrach

Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University

Duration: 14'

fl, bcl, vln, vc, pno, prc

Three Pieces for Flute Solo (2008)

Commissioned by the James Pappoutsakis Foundation

Duration: 8'

Resin in Resonance (2008)

Commissioned by the New Gallery Series

Duration: 12'
ob, vln, pno (four-hands), prc

Preludes for Woodwind Quintet(2008)

Commissioned by Vento Chiaro

Duration: 6'
fl, ob, Bb cl, hn, bsn

abridged history of the world in seven acts (2008)

Music to join with computer animation by Jonathan Bachrach

Duration: 7'
fl, Bb cl, vln, vc, pno, prc

Trivia (2005)

Commissioned by the Weilerstein Trio

Duration: 18'
vln, vc, pno

Plain Song, Fantastic Dances (2005)

Commissioned by the St. Botolph Club for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players in celebration of the Club's 125th anniversary

Duration: 20'
cl, hn, bsn, vln, vla, vc, cb

As Above (2005)

Video by Ean White

commissioned by the Catherine and Paul Buttenwieser Foundation for Collage New Music

Duration: 10'
fl, ob, cl, hn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno, prc

Fantasia en Amarillo (2004)

funded by FleetBank Celebrity Series for Sergey Schepkin

Duration: 5'
piano solo

Resonance Frames (2003)

Music to join with six films by Pamela Larson

funded by Harvard University 'First Nights'

Duration: 8'
cl, vln, vc, pno, prc

Themes from a Midsummer Night (2001)

funded by the Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, Massachusetts

Duration: 18'
fl, ob, cl, hn, tpt, 2 vlns, vc, cb, pno, hp, prc,

Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland (1999)

words by Dana Bonstrom

commissioned by the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center (NYC)

Duration: 30'
fl [pic], cl [Bb, A, bcl], vlns, vc, pno, prc, narrator

Geppetto's Workshop (1997)

commissioned by Elizabeth Ostling through a grant from the Fromm Foundation

Duration: 17'
fl, pno

Cable Ready (1997)

commissioned by the Core Ensemble through a grant from Meet the Composer

Duration: 17'
vc, pno, prc

Grooved Surfaces (1996)

commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva

Duration: 12'
fl, Bb cl, vln, vc, pno, prc

Punch Lines (1996)

Duration: 7'
harp solo

Design School (1994/5)

Commissioned by Parnassus (NYC)

Duration: 20'
fl, ob, cl, bsn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno

Caution to the Wind (1993)

concerto for flute and chamber ensemble

Commissioned by the Koussevitsky Music Foundation

for flutist Peggy Friedland and the Griffin New Music Ensemble

Duration: 21'
flute solo, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb, hp, prc

Harlequin Sketches (1991)

Commissioned by William Matthews

Duration: 15'
guitar solo

Line of Approach (1990)

Duration: 11'
fl, hp, prc

Personae (1986)

commissioned by Speculum Musicae, Sonor, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

Duration: 20'
fl, ob, cl, hn, vln, vla, vc, cb, pno

Concertino (1984)

commissioned by Parnassus (NYC)

Duration: 14'
fl, ob, cl, vln, vc, cb, pno

Il Ventaglio di Josephine (1983)

written for my sister Jodi Gandolfi

Duration: 5'
piano solo

String Trio (1981)

Duration: 12'
vln, vla, vc

Four Miniatures (1979)

Duration: 8'
flute solo