Choral Music
Duration: ca. 5'47"
Instrumentation: SATB chorus (with brief SSAA and TTBB divisions), piano, suspended cymbal, and brass quartet
Text: Lucy Alessio and Anthony Joseph Lai
Duration: ca. 4'30"
Instrumentation: SATB and piano
Text: Bobbi Scheffer and Anthony Joseph Lai
It's taking me back to a dream
With the whispering trees you can hear in the breeze.
I see your star.
I'm hoping you see mine.
I see your star,
Though the clouds have moved into the sky.
Still, it's taking me back to a dream.
Though my eyes are closed and sky is now grey,
I see your star shining;
Guiding my way.
Alleluia (2009)
Premiere: Renessance Voices, G. Kevin Dewey, conductor, 2009.
Duration: ca. 2 min.
Instrumentation: SSA and piano with alto soloist. (Also availble with chamber orchestration: 1.1.0.0./1.2.1.0./1Perc/Pno./String Quartet)
Text: Based on John 4:16
Alleluia!
Whoever remains in love, remains in God, and God in him.
Taste and See (2009)
Premiere: Renessance Voices, G. Kevin Dewey, conductor, 2009.
Duration: ca. 3'30"
Instrumentation: SSA and piano with alto soloist. (Also availble with chamber orchestration: 1.1.0.0./1.2.1.0./1Perc/Pno./String Quartet)
Text: Based on Psalm 34
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the Lord;
The lowly will hear me and be glad.
Glorify the Lord with me,
Let us together extol His name.
I sought the Lord and He answered me.
He answered and delivered me from all my fears.
Orchestral
A melancholy walk through old memories and the frustration of lonliness.
Premiere: 2nd Annual Broke Student Film Festival, Anthony Lai, conductor, 2013.
Duration: ca. 3'45"
Difficulty: Intermediate
Instrumentation: 0.1.0.0/0.0.0.0./Mallets/Pno./Strings
9-5 Overture (2010)
For the working class.
Duration: ca. 6'20"
Difficulty: Professional
Instrumentation: 2.2.3(1Bcl).3(1Cbn)/4.2.3.0./Timp.2Perc./Pno.Cel./Strings
Critters (2008)
A lighthearted multi-movement work with a touch of political humor.
I. March of the Ants
II. A Spider and Its Prey
III. Mr. Jingles, the Circus Mouse
IV. Dubya
V. Swatting the Fly
Premiere: Members of the Wayne State University Orchestra, Anthony Lai, conductor, 2008.
Duration: ca. 7'40"
Difficulty: Professional
Instrumentation: 1(Fl/A.Fl).1(Cl/Bcl).0.0./0.1.1.0/2Perc/1.1.1.1.0.
Chamber/Solo
Terra Incognita (2008, revised 2020)
Motivic exploration on the alto saxophone.
Commissioned by: Donald Sinta
Duration: ca. 5'30"
Difficulty: Professional
Instrumentation: Alto Sax, Piano
Dreams of Hope (2006)
A "memory space" offering hope out of tragedy. Dedicated to my friend and fellow composer Grant Anderson.
Premiere: Wayne State University Theme and Variation Concert, 2006.
Duration: ca. 4'40"
Difficulty: Intermediate
Instrumentation: Piano, Vibraphone, Stratocaster