Consejos del gaucho (1999)

Zamba argentina for voice, quena, guitar, and pedal or lever harp
Text — excerpt from El gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández
Difficulty 2 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community member)
Duration 3:40
Language — Spanish
Sheet music is available for purchase here.
Listen here.

Heels (2020)

Solo voice and piano
Text — Aleisha Force
Composed for Inversion Ensemble's Quarantunes project, performed here by soprano Adrienne Pedrotti Bingamon with the composer at the piano
Difficulty 2 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community member)
Duration 0:37
Sheet music is available for purchase here.
Watch video.

I am worth nothing (2022)

Soprano and piano OR micro-opera for soprano, mezzo, bass, and piano
Text — “I am worth nothing — Pīntci nakāmmam axām,” poem by Lisa Kay Adam from her book xuāi: mission, house, village, town, published in 2018 by Lamar University Literary Press, used with permission
Duration 9:06 for song, 10-11 minutes for micro-opera
Difficulty 4 intermediate/advanced
Language — English and Coahuilteco
Sheet music for voice/piano version available here.
Sheet music for micro-opera available soon.
Performances:
9 Apr 2022 Eternal Graffiti with soprano Katrina Saporsantos and pianist Benjamin Dia, Austin, Texas — watch here (world premiere) program
23-25 Feb & 1-3 Mar 2024
One Ounce Opera presents the micro-opera I am worth nothing during its 6th Annual Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera, Austin, Texas

Jardín zoológico de nubes

voice and vibraphone
Text — Excerpt from Jardín zoológico de nubes por Alfonsina Storni from Mascarilla y trébol (pub. 1938)
Duration — 0:30
Difficulty — advanced
Sheet music available soon.
Performances:
coming soon

Most Importantly, Loves (2021), as a six-song cycle

Soprano and piano
Text — six letters by Maureen Broy Papovich
Duration 25:00
Difficulty 4 intermediate/advanced
Sheet music available here.
Performances:
16-17 Oct 2021 two of the six songs Inversion’s Through the Prism program Austin, Texas (world premiere)
2 Oct 2022 Maureen Broy Papovich and Jeanne Sasaki presented the world premiere of the full song cycle Most Importantly, Loves, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas View the program here.
Watch the song cycle here.

A Noiseless Patient Spider (2014)

Flute, voice, and pedal or lever harp / also arranged for flute and pedal or lever harp
Text — Walt Whitman's poem of the same name from Leaves of Grass (1900)
Difficulty 2 (Advanced high school, collegiate or community member)
Duration 2:30
Performances:
18 Jun 2015 Flood Relief Benefit Concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas (world premiere) 8 Jul 2016 Marta Stafford Fine Arts Gallery, Marble Falls, Texas