"and low to the lake falls home"(2010)—trio for flute,viola and harp commissioned by Carol Wincenc for her trio, Les
<br /> Amies with NY Philharmonic principal players:Cynthia Phelps(viola)and Nancy Allen(harp).
<br /> Lung-Ta(2009)—large chamber ensemble of western and Tibetan instruments,field recordings
<br /> Commissioned by:Network for New Music,Linda Reichart,Artistic Director
<br /> Our Better Angels(2009)—Cantata for TTBB chorus,brass ensemble,percussion,harp,organ,
<br /> Commissioned by:the Turtle Creek Chorale,Premiere,Meyerson Symphony Center,Dallas
<br /> Kabo Omowale(2008)—Cantata for SATB intergenerational chorus,narrator,orchestra
<br /> Commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra,Rossen Milanov,conductor
<br /> Dream Variations(2008)—Cantata for chorus,flute,viola,harp and organ,commissioned by The Debussy Trio,premiere at
<br /> Disney Hall,LA with the Debussy Trio and the Los Angeles Master Chorale,Grant Gershon,Music Director
<br /> Rhapsodie(2008)—Flute,harp and string trio,Commissioned by Dolce Suono Ensemble,Mimi Stillman,artistic director
<br /> Romanza(2007)—Violin Concerto,Commissioned by Orchestra 2001.Premiere April,2007,Gloria Justen,soloist,
<br /> Orchestra 2001.Recorded by the Russian Philharmonic in Moscow,2008
<br /> Fire and Ice(2007)Cantata for soloists,SATB Chorus and orchestra,The Hopkins Performing Arts Center,N.H.
<br /> Commissioned by:The Handel Society of Dartmouth College in honor of their 200 Year Anniversary
<br /> The Golem Psalms(2006),Cantata for baritone soloist„SATB chorus and orchestra,Irvine Auditorium,Phila.
<br /> Commissioned by:The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
<br /> The Long Bright(2004),Cantata for soprano,children's chorus and orchestra,Commissioned by David Wolman,Premiered
<br /> April,2004 by Hila Plitmann,The Temple University Music Prep Children's Chorus,Orchestra 2001
<br /> Women of Valor(2000),Hour long cantata for soprano and mezzo soloists and orchestra on the stories of Biblical women.
<br /> Commissioned by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.Premiere,Royce Hall,April,2000,Hila Plitmann and Gail
<br /> Dubinbaum,soloists,Noreen Green,conductor.
<br /> PREMIERES
<br /> -Works premiered by noted soloists including Carol Wincenc,Nancy Allen,Edgar Meyer,James Buswell,Froydis Ree
<br /> Wekre,Sanford Sylvan,principal members of the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra;actresses Valerie
<br /> Harper and Laraine Newman and at organizations/venues such as Merkin Hall,Disney Hall, Jordan Hall,the Kimmel
<br /> Center,Royce Hall,The Curtis Institute of Music,Juillard,Thuermer Saal in Bochum,Germany,Festival of Women
<br /> Composers International,International Horn Symposiumin Beijing,Conservatoire de Musique in Luxembourg,Norges
<br /> Musikkhogskole in Norway,Svenska Hornsallskapet in Sweden, Cologne Chamber Music Series,Teatro Maddalene in
<br /> Padona,International Tanzwochen in Dresden,International Performance Art Symposium in Kyoto,The Royal
<br /> Foundation of Saint Katherine in London,Heilig-Geist-Kirche in Heidelberg,South Bay Chamber Music Society,
<br /> Mersenio Arts Centre,Cyprus,St.Petersburg Conservatory,Russia and the Sarasota,Norfolk,Banff,Keowee,Aspen and
<br /> Bowling Green Music Festivals.
<br /> ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS
<br /> Awarded Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Research Grant for new work 2013
<br /> Awarded Civitella Artist Residency,Umbria,Italy(nomination only) 2013
<br /> Awarded Lucas Artist Residency at Montalvo,Saratoga,California(nomination only) 2012
<br /> Awarded Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center,Italy 2011
<br /> Awarded Community Partners grant,American Composers Forum 2011
<br /> Winner The American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship,American Composers Forum 2010
<br /> Faculty Enrichment Awards,The University of the Arts—Music Research in Nepal 2008,2010
<br /> Rubin Foundation Grant for Music Documentation in Lo Monthang,Nepal 2010
<br /> American Composers Forum Subito Award for Music Research in Lo Monthang,Nepal 2008
<br /> Winner of Best of Philadelphia Award for Salon concert series 2008
<br /> Winner,Theodore Front Prize for Orchestral Music,International Alliance for Women in Music,2005
<br /> Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts Award Recipient 2005
<br /> National Honorary Member,Sigma Alpha Iota 2005
<br /> Composer Assistance Program Award,American Music Center 2004,00,98,93
<br /> Subito Grants from the American Composers Forum 2003,2004
<br /> Inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success as a Distinguished Alumna 2003
<br /> The Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award 2003,2001
<br /> First Prize, Delaware New Music Festival Composition Competition 2002
<br /> Fellowship Recipient,Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2002
<br /> First Prize,Delaware and PA.Composer Commissioning Competition 2000
<br /> First Prize,American Jewish Music Competition,Classical Category 2000
<br /> Performance with the Court of the Dalai Lama,Fleisher Art Memorial 1999
<br /> ASCAP Special Awards 1996-2011
<br /> University of the Arts Faculty Project Grants 1998,01,02,04,07
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