List of Works

INSTRUMENTAL

Piano:

• Piano Book, 2002,10 min
• for Pam Chambers Music, 1997, 3 min
• Jessica and Daniel…a portrait, 1989, 10 min.
• Coastal Lines, 1989 (piano/harpsichord), 12 min
• Prokofiev Gets the Blues, 1986 (four hands), 5 min
• Piano Sonata, 1984, 15 min
• Variations for Piano, 1979, 8 min
• Petit Suite, 1979, 6min

Violin:

• Suitesonata for Violin Solo, 2001, 15 min
• Goldfish, 1994 ( piano), 4 min
• Two Poems, 1990 ( marimba/vibraphone), 10 min
• Violin Concerto, 1990 ( piano, syntheziser, percussion), 25 min
• Violin Sonata, 1984 ( piano), 7 min
• Scented Flowers,2007,(guitar), 15 min

Harp:

• Magical Song and Dance, 2002, 8 min

Cello:

• Prelude and Sonata, 1990 (piano), 12 min
• Suitesonata for Cello solo, 1987, 18 min
• Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (rev.1985), 15 mi

Flute:

• Nocturnal Spirits,2006(piano) 12 min
• Scented Flowers ,2006(piano or guitar) 15 min

Saxophone:

• inwards…ever inwards, 1993 (soprano, saxophone, cello, piano, percussion), 12 min
• Suitesonata for Saxophone, 1987, 17 min

Percussion:

• Bang On, 1989 (percussion, quartet), 20 min

Guitar:

• Scented Flowers, 1999 (guitar, flute), 15 min
• Blue Green Canyons, 1997 (guitar quartet), 15 min
• Coastal Lines, 1989, 12 min
• Spring, 2006, 5 min

Pipa:

• The Suite for Pipa, 2001, 15 min

Yangqin:

• Whispering Winds, 2000 , 14 min

Ruan:

• Spring, 2006 , 5 min

Erhu:

• Night Wind, 2009, 20 min(erhu solo or erhu and ruan)

CHINESE ENSEMBLE

• A Thousand Butterflies, 2005 (dizi, erhu, pipa, yangqin, zheng, harp), 12 min
• The Lion Roars, 2003 (zhonghu, pipa, ruan, suona, guzheng, sheng, dizi, percussion), 5 min
• Goldfish, 2004 (erhu, pipa, ruan, or erhu, yangin, ruan), 5 min
• Three Friends, 2002 (pipa, viola, harp or pipa, violin, piano), 8 min
• Lotus and Moon, 2000 (dizi, erhu, pipa, ruan, yangqin, harp), 15 min
• Calm Water, 1998 (dizi, erhu, pipa, ruan, yangqin), 5 min
• Green and Gold, 1998 (yangqin, harp), 15min
• Heartland, 1998 (erhu, guzheng, percussion or erhu,yangqin,zheng),10 min
• Scented Flowers, 1997 (erhu, yangqin, harp), 15 min
• Floating on the Sea of Serenity, 1994 (dizi, erhu, pipa, ruan, yangqin, percussion, soprano, baritone), 25 min
• Night Bird Singing,2006, erhu, harp, 23 min
• Butterfly and Cocoon,2007, erhu, zheng, voice, percussion (marimba,vibe,gong)
• Butterfly and Cocoon,2008, bell set, erhu, zheng, percussion (marimba,vibe,gong,woodblock)

ORCHESTRA

Chinese orchestra:

• Goldfish, 2003, 4 min
• Calm Water, 2003, 5 min

Intercultural Orchestra :

• Incense and Flowers ,2002,20 min
• Spirit House ,2007,20 min
• Floating on the Sea of Serenity,2009, 15 min

Strings:

• Nocturnal Spirit for Strings, 2006, 12 min
• Nocturnal Spirits  for Flute and Strings,2007,12 min
• Nocturnal Spirits for English Horn and Strings,2008, 12 min
• Nocturnal Spirits  for Dan Bau and Strings, 2006, 13 min
• Goldfish for Strings ,2007, 5 min

Concerti:

• Nocturne for Clarinet and Strings, 1985, 8 min
• Incense and Flowers, 2003, double concerto for Yangqin and Harp, 30 min
• Sacred Flowers, 2002, concerto grosso for 6 piece silk and bamboo ensemble and orchestra, 15 min
• Fingertips to Freedom (improvised concerto) 2000 (co-written with Paul Plimley), 35 min(full orchestra)
• Fingertips to Freedom,(improvised concerto)2007,(co-written with Paul Plimley)(chamber orchestra)
• Rain in the Forest-Concerto for Yangqin, 2000, 17 min
• Night Bird Singing-Concerto for Erhu and Strings, 1998, 22 min
• Dance of Many Colours, 1996, double concerto for 2 dan bau, koni, bamboo flute, 25 min
• … of Wind and Water, 1994,  concerto for pipa 12 min
• Violin Concerto, 1993, 30 min
• The River: Violin Concerto #2 :,2007, string orchestra,18 min
• Heartland,2008, erhu ,marimba(or yangqin),zheng string orchestra, or orchestra 12 min
• Goldfish for zheng solo and string orchestra (2010)

Orchestra:

• Sinfonietta for Orchestra, 1986, 12 min

VOCAL

Songs:

• The Silence of Places(Satherley),2008,(high voice, guitar),12 min
  1. The Silence of Places
  2. All Slow the Night is Long in its Sigh
  3. Sweet Darkness
• Botanical Garden, 1996 (Zonailo)
  (medium voice, piano)
  1. Zookeeper
  2. Botanical Garden
  3. The Moon
  4. The Sound of the World
• Two Songs for Jazz Sextet, 2001(Zonailo)
  (medium voice, piano, violin, saxophone, percussion, bass)
  1. Botanical Garden
  2. The Moon
• Poems, 1995
  (medium voice, violin, pipa, piano) 20 min
  1. Dandelion Parachutes (Hazell)
  2. Intersecting Circles (Grenzberg)
  3. Cathedrals of Light (Armanini)
• Poems, 1994
  (medium voice/ flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn., harp, percussions, string orchestra) 20 min
  1. Dandelion Parachutes (Hazell)
  2. Intersecting Circles (Grenzberg)
  3. Cathedrals of Light (Armanini)
• For Friends, 1993 (medium voice/piano) 12 min
  1. Dandelion Parachutes (Hazell)
  2. Intersecting Circles (Grenzberg)
  3. In a Dark Time (Roethke)
• The Music of the Stones, 1992 (Carolan)
  (narrator, soprano, dizi, erhu, pipa, zhang, percussion), 32 min
  1. The Music of the Stones
  2. In Nepal
  3. The Ruins at Pagan
  4. Golden Monastery, Mandalay
  5. Daruma
  6. Morning Prayer
  7. Tai Chi Life
  8. Practise, Practise
  9. Satori, Lonsdale Avenue
• Morning Prayer, 1990 (Carolan)
  (high or medium voice) 1 min
• Three Duets, 1989 (Carolan)
  (high or medium voice) 10 min
  • I Will Not Be Intimidated By Your Silence (solo voices)
  • Bingley Moor (solo voices, narrator)
  • Avalokitesvara (piano)
• Into the Heartland, 1989 (Carolan)
  (medium voice/guitar or piano) 8 min
  • Cortes Meditation
  • Jackson’s Ranch, Cache Creek, 1948
  • Madonna and Child
• The Persistence of Memory, 1988 (Carolan)
  (high voice/guitar or piano) 15 min
  • The Persistence of Memory
  • Offerimus Tibi, Domine
  • The Blind Harper
• Stone Garden, 1987 (Zonailo)(high voice /piano or harp)
  • Prelude: Skinned
  • Stone Man
  • Day Nine: Zen Stone Garden
  • Pocket Companion
• Five Song of Innocence, 1987 (Blake)
  (medium voice, clarinet or alto flute, piano)
  (arrangement from Seven Songs of Innocence) 12 min
  • The Echoing Green
  • The Lamb
  • The Blossom
  • Infant Joy
  • Spring
• Two Songs of Innocence,( Blake)(medium voice,alto flute,flute)
  • The Blossom
  • Infant Joy
• Two Songs, 1986 (Lawrence) (high voice/piano) 10 min
  • Piano
  • Hummingbird
• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, 1985 (Wordsworth)
  (high voice/symphonic wind orchestra) 11 min
• Wordsworth Poems, 1984 (Wordsworth)
  (high voice, clarinet, percussion, string orchestra) 25 min
  • A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
  • Mutability
  • I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
  • Surprised by Joy
• Seven Songs of Innocence, 1983 (Blake)
  (medium voice, flute, clarinet, french horn, violin, viola, cello) 23 min
  • Introduction
  • The Echoing Green
  • The Lamb
  • The Blossom
  • Infant Joy
  • Spring
  • On Another’s Sorrow
• Five Songs, 1980-81 (medium voice/piano), 12 min
  • Heaven-Haven (Hopkins)
  • The Infinite Shining Heavens (Stevenson)
  • Sudden Light (Rosetti)
  • Sonnet (Drayton)
  • Is it Possible (Wyatt)

CHORAL:

• Butterfly and Cocoon(2008) satb erhu,zheng,percussion(marimba,vibe,gongs), bell set chimes,woodblock,drum,14 min
• A Dream of Bees, 2002 (Zonailo), satb 2 saxophones,14 mi
• Hodie Christus Natus Est, 2000 (trad) satb harp 7 min
• Circular Coast, 2001(text Anne Marriott ) 3 min
• Intersecting Circles, 1998 (Grenzberg), 4 min
• When Heard in Harmonies, 1997 (Robinson), 3 min
• Floating with Flowing Waters, 1995 (Armanini), 7 min
• Festive Mass, 1986 (from 1985 Anglican Book of Alternate Services) (SATB, organ, 2 Bb trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, string orchestra), 15 min (also arranged for organ and SATB)
  • Lord Have Mercy
  • Gloria
  • Sanctus, Benedictus
  • Lamb of God
• The Lamb, 1985 (Blake) 4 min
• The Blossom, 1985(Blake) 4 min
• Is it Possible, 1985 (Wyatt) 3 min
• On Time, 1984 (Milton) 7 min

ARRANGEMENTS:

• Dragon  Dogs (Mei Han /Randy Raine-Reusch))2007(two improvising zheng,w/  orchestra or Chinese ensemble)
• Han Ya Xi Shui, 2006 (pipa solo, orchestra) 8 min
• Han Yan Xi Shui,2007,(pipa or zheng solo, chamber orchestra),8 min or intercultural orchestra (2009)
• From the Pure Land, 2002 (harp,yangqin) 12 min
  1. Silk Thread
  2. Thick Clouds Descend
  3. Jade Pagoda of a 1000 Floors
  4. Five Elements of Supreme Ethics
  5. Duel in the Sky
  6. Floating on the Clouds
  7. Song of the Yu Mountain Temple Blocks
  8. Incense and Praise
  9. A Thousand Victories

• Heart Jewel, 2002, (yangqin) 8 min (from Hau Collection, 1819)
  1. Silk Thread
  2. Thick Clouds Descend
  3. Duel in the Sky
  4. Incense and Praise
  5. A Thousand Victories

• Nine Chinese Folk Songs, 1999
  (medium voice, violin, pipa, harp/ medium voice, erhu, yangqin, harp)
  1. The Little Priest
  2. The Three Friends
  3. Songs of the Four Seasons
  4. Zhaojun’s Lament
  5. Lovesong of the Grassland
  6. Lullaby
  7. In Praise of the Grassland
  8. Song of the Yu Mountain Temple Blocks
  9. Parting at Yuan Kwan

• Two Chinese Folk Songs (2001)(soprano, baritone, erhu, pipa, ruan, guitar, double bass, luqin )
  Nomads Rustic Song, 5 min
  Song of the Mountain Stream ,6 min

• Three Fantastic Dances (Shostikovitch), 1983 (symphonic wind ensemble), 6 min
• Serenata Andaluza (Manual da Falla), 1988 (two guitars, or guitar and flute) 7 min
• Nine Steps to Heaven,2006(erhu,pipa,ruan)12 min
  1.Entrance Hymn
  2.Dragon Dance
  3.Trumpeting
  4.Phoenix Birds Courting
  5.Spirit Offering
  6.Endless Waves of Clouds
  7.Night Moon  Over Island
  8.Spirit Dance
  9.The Buddha Ascends

• Entrance Hymn of the Emperor,2008,5 min
  (set bells, chimes,drum, woodblock, dizi,panpipes,sheng,se)
• Songs of A Thousand Autumns(Elliot Weisgarber, 1984),2008,satb,intercultural orchestra,30 min
• Chidori No Kyoku(Song of the Plovers) ( traditional) 2010 for koto shakuhachi and intercultural string orchestra (13 min)