Silent Night
Vocalise for soprano and cello
• Commissioned in 1997 by soprano, Tomoko Shibata

Le Virus S’Amuse
For solo flute
• Commissioned in 1999 by flutist, Don Hulbert

Lost Sense (Sens Pierdut) (Constantin Popa)
English translation by Martin Hennessy with Micaela Ionescu and Carmen Popa.
For voice and piano
• Commissioned by Patricia Brady Danzig 1998

Benjamin Fraser (Edgar Lee Masters)
For countertenor, flute, cello, percussion and piano.
• Commissioned by countertenor, John Carden in 2000.

Rhapsody and Remembrance
Vocalise for countertenor and piano
• Commissioned by John Carden in 2000.

Two Poems 9/11/01 and 9/10/01 (Paul Kiel)
Soprano, baritone and piano quintet
• Commissioned in 2002 by the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, a project of the Alliance for the Arts.

Songs of Irony/Songs of Love (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
3 sonnets and a poem for voice and piano
• Commissioned in 2002 by soprano, Donna Zapola-Connolly.

A Letter to East 11th Street- Part I (libretto: Mark Campbell)
Opera for tenor, actress and small orchestra
• Commissioned 2003 by the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, a project of the Alliance for the Arts.

Ruminations (Six Poems of William Bronk)
For baritone, B flat clarinet, Bass clarinet and piano.
• Commissioned by the Gilmore family in memory of William Bronk. 2003

A Birthday (Chirstina Rossetti) and I Dream a World (Langston Hughes)
Voice and piano
• Commissioned in 2003 by Patricia Brady Danzig.

Circe’s Power: Seven Songs (poetry of May Swenson, Louis Glück, William Carlos Williams, W.H. Auden, Song of Solomon, John Ciardi, Anne Finch.)
For voice and piano
• Commissioned by soprano, Trudy Craney in 2006.

Suite for Suzanne (after To Kill a Mockingbird)
5 movements for cello and piano
• Commissioned by James D. Hurwitz and family in honor of Suzanne Hurwitz, September 27, 2007

Give Us Our Peace (Langston Hughes)
for Four Singers (SATB) and Two Pianos
• Commissioned by Kenneth P. Neilson, Director, All Seasons Art, August 6, 2007. Dedicated to the children of P.S. 134, Queens, The Langston Hughes School.

The Good Friar (librettto: Mark Campbell)
A short comic opera for mezzo-soprano and two baritones based on "Third Day Third Story" by Giovanni Boccaccio.
• Commissioned by mezzo-soprano, Emily Langford Johnson, November 5, 2007.