Significant Commissions

Houston Symphony Orchestra Society and the National Endowment for the Arts for Clarinet Concerto, written for David Peck and The Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf, Music Director


Da Camera of Houston and the Vaughn Family Foundation for String Quintet: Afterimages, written for James Dunham and le Quatour Diotima


Miazawa Flute Company for Liquid Dialogues, written for Zawa! (Jill Felber and Claudia Anderson)


Houston Jewish Community Center Foundation for Braeswood Serenade, for Musica Nova Tel Aviv


Artist and Creative Individual Grant from the Houston Arts Alliance for Pathfinder for the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra “Unchambered” Series  


Individual Artist Grant/New Works Fellowship from the Houston Arts Alliance for Leads to Another, for CONTEXT, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano


Individual Artist Grant/New Works Fellowship from the Houston Arts Alliance for What He Said


Jade Presents + The Arts Partnership and the Lake Region Arts Council (Minnesota) for Rhapsody (taking flight), written for Sonja Harasim and Andrew Staupe


Boniuk Institute for Religious Studies and the Jewish Studies Program at Rice and a Rice University Arts and Humanities Subvention, for Distant Shores, for Benjamin Kamins and the Apollo Chamber Players


Faculty Arts Initiative Grant from Rice University for From the Start, for the Shepherd Symphony, conducted by Larry Rachleff, written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Shepherd School of Music 


Evelyn Rubinstein Jewish Community Center of Houston for Ladino/Latino, written for Marc Garvin and Marc Rosenberg


Houston Composer's Alliance for Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, for Richard Nunemaker and the T’Ang String Quartet


Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Friends for Drivetime, for the HSPVA Wind Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Crawford


Drake University and the Oasis Saxophone Quartet for Inside Information


Wichita State University for Fragments for clarinet and voice, written for Sarunas Jankauskas and Randolph Lacy


New York University for Caliban’s Closet, written for Sean and Kae Reed


Texas Christian University for Rhapsody (at the center, stillness), written for Misha Galaganov and John Owings