Natura Morta

 Natura Morta (2015) is a piano quartet commissioned by Network for New Music for a Milton Babbitt 100th birthday concert. Complete sketch is here. 

Quietude

Quietude (2010) is the 97th piano étude, on dominant seventh chords. It's dedicated to Augusta Read Thomas. Complete three-page sketch is here.

 

Breakdown

Breakdown (2013) was commissioned by the Verge Ensemble, thanks to input from Dan Visconti. The ensemble promptly folded, and the premiere happened in March, 2018 with performers at the Cleveland Institute of Music (video below). The complete sketch is here.

N.B. at 4' 47" in the video, the falling arpeggio with a glissando in it was dreamed music. I have a rule that if I dream music and I can remember it, I have to use it in a piece.