List of Works
ORCHESTRA
Harambee: Road to Victory, Improvising Flute, Choir and Orchestra, 2012
Stealing Freedom in Broad Daylight, 2011
Flight for Freedom, Improvising Flute and Orchestra, 2011
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Before and After (Nuclear War), 2012
Triple Sunset, 2012
Cave of Self-Induction, 2 flutes and percussion, 2012
Snowflakes, flute, bass, guitar, percussion, 2011
Dream Deferred, solo piano, 2006
Wondrous Birth, string quartet, 2005
Sweet Tooth, string quartet, 2005
Symbology, any instruments (3 or above), 2005
Waterdance, flute, cello and frame drum, 2003
Balafon, balafon, two violins, cello, bass, 2003
For the Brave for experimental solo voice, 2001
Four Flirtations for Bb Clarinet and Bass Clarinet, 1999
The Bath, vocalist and percussion, 1990
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE AND IMPROVISERS
Arc of O, improvisers, chamber orchestra and electronics, 2010
Bridging Worlds, chamber ens w/tenor sax, flute, vibes and rhythm section, 2011
Amber Sunset, chamber ens w/tenor sax, flute, vibes and rhythm section, 2011
Top Secret, chamber ens w/tenor sax, flute, vibes and rhythm section, 2011
Wheatgrass, chamber ens, with any improviser and rhythm section, 2011
Afrika Rising, chamber ens, w/tenor sax, flute, marimba and rhythm section, 2011
Inside a Dream, string quartet, improvising flute and piano, 2008
Qualities of My Father: A Tribute to Michael E. Mitchell, (3 fl, 3 vlns, 2 vibes, trombone, bass clarinet, string bass), 2007
I. Integrity
II. Qualities of My Father
III. Memories of Love
BIG BAND
Amber Sunset, 2011
Afrika Rising, 2008
Cause and Effect, 2005
Wondrous Birth, 2008
Umoja, 2007
Skating, 2008
Water Rhythms for Harp and Big Band, 2007
Waiting for the Train, 2006
Generations, 2005
Thanking the Universe for Our Path Together, two vocalists and big band, 2008
Love Has No Boundaries, vocalist and big band, 2005
Seven Days and Nights (Kwanzaa), vocalist and big band 2001
IMPROVISING ENSEMBLE
Any Size
Symbology, any instruments (3 or above), 2005
Exploration #1 for any instruments (solo or above)
Episodes for Creative Ensemble, any instruments (3+) w/rhythm section, 2007
Black Unstoppable, quartet-large ensemble (any instruments w/rhythm section)
13 Instruments
Many Paths to the Sea: A Tribute to Alice Coltrane, 13-tet, 2007 (3 fl, vocals, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, harp, piano, harmonium, cello, bass, drumset, percussion)
I. Seeker
II. Focus
III. Liberation
IV: Sovereignty
V. Desire
VI. A Drop in the Ocean
VII. Appreciation
11 Instruments
Honoring Grace: Michelle Obama, 11-tet, 2009 (flute, vocals, violin, sitar, tenor sax, trumpet, cello, piano, mbira, bass, drumset, percussion)
Fresh Faces on the American Landscape
Michelle
First Lady
Clearing a Path
New Light in Chocolate City
South Shore
Destiny of Honor and Grace
10 Instruments
Intergalactic Beings: Xenogenesis II, tentet, 2010 (flute, vocals, violin, trumpet, tenor sax, cello, electric guitar, bass, drumset, percussion)
Subduction
Cycle of Metamorphosis
The Ooli Moves
Dripping Matter
Negotiating Identity
Web of Hope
Fields of Possibility
Resisting Entanglement
Hope, Future and Destiny, tentet *, 2003 (flute, violin, trumpet, tenor sax, cello, electric guitar, piano, bass, drumset, perc)
I. Wondrous Birth
II. Curbside Fantasee
III. For Daughters of Young Love
IV. Journey for 3 Blue Stones
V. Message from the Mothergoddess
VI. In the Garden
VII. Skating
VIII. Wanna Make You Smile
IX. Future’s Meditation
X. The Healing Ritual
XI. Time for Change
9 Instruments
Xenogenesis Suite, non-et, 2007 (flute, vocals, trumpet, tenor sax, cello, piano, bass, drumset, percussion)
I. Wonder
II. Transition A
III. Smell of Fear
IV. Oankali
V. Adrendalin
VI. Transition C
VII. Before and After
VIII. Dawn of a New Life
8 Instruments
Harambee Project, taiko drums and jazz octet*, 2006 (vocals, flute, trumpet, tenor sax, bari sax, piano, bass, drums, taiko drums)
I. Chaos
II. Negotiation
III. The River Remembers
IV. Division
V. Segregation
VI. Come Together
VII. Harambee
VIII. Home at Last
Arc of Wind, octet *, 2010
Movement of Life, octet *, 2010
Wheatgrass, octet*, 2001
7 Instruments
Mother Nature Suite, septet *, 2010
Sun Cycles, septet *, 2005
6 Instruments
Thanking the Universe for Our Path Together, 2 vocalists and sextet *, 2006
Umoja, sextet *, 2001
Peaceful Village Town, sextet *, 2001
5 Instruments
Wind Current, quintet *, 2011
Cubical 6, quintet *, 2008
Reaching for the Stars, quintet *, 2008
Southside World, quintet *, 2008
The Creator Has Other Plans for Me, quintet *, 2005
Cause and Effect, quintet *, 2002
Radiant Light Energy, quintet *, 1997
Love’s Groove, quintet *, 1997
Off the Clock, quintet *, 1997
Bluerise, quintet *, 1997
Falling Sun, quintet *, 1997
Troot: True to the Root, quintet *, 1992
Aaya for marimba and jazz quartet*, 1994
4 Instruments
Sunday Afternoon, quartet *, 2007
Expectation, quartet *, 2007
There, quartet *, 2007
February, alto flute and rhythm section, 2006
Curly Top, quartet *, 2011
Journey on a Thread, quartet *, 2011
Center of the Earth, quartet * , 2011
Awakening, quartet *, 2011
Momentum, quartet, 2011
More Than I Can Say, quartet *, 2011
Visitations, quartet *, 2010
Chocolate Chips, quartet *, 2010
Wishes, quartet *, 2010
Emerald Hills, quartet *, 2010
Affirmations, quartet *, 2010
Peace, quartet *, 2010
Ritual and Rebellion, quartet * with spoken text, 2010
The Tortoise, quartet *, 2006
Navigator, quartet *, 2002
Touch of Brown, Plain Black Blues, quartet *, 2001
Renegades, quartet *, 2001
On the Nile, quartet *, 2001
Wondering, quartet *, 2001
Sweet Tooth, quartet *, 2001
Mama Found Out, quartet *, 2001
Black Earth, quartet *, 1998
The Bath, quartet *, 1998
Yearning, quartet*, 1989
3 Instruments
Omou, trio *, 2010
Friendship, trio *, 2010
Jazz Hipnoza, trio *, 2008
Take Refuge, trio *, 1998
Stand Strong , vocalist, and rhythm section *, 1997
2 Instruments
Inside the Earth, 2 flutes, 2011
Improvising String Trio, Flute and Percussion
Crossroads, 2008
No Matter What, 2008
Anatolia, 2008
Windance, 2008
Bitter Buds Still Bloom, 2006
Wade, 2003
Ice, 2003
If I Could Have You the Way I Want You, 2002
Waris Dirie, 2001
By My Own Grace, 2000
Episodes of an Obscure Life, 2000
Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
Sanctuary: Aaya’s Rainbow, 2000
Vision Quest, 1999
I. Seeking Enlightenment
II. Walk of Discovery
III. The Unknown
Lessons in the Womb, 1999
Daddy Gone, 1997
Improvising Flute, Vibes, Bass and Drumset
Aqua Blue, 2007
Aquarius, 2007
Adaptability, 2007
Above the Sky, 2007
Today Today, 2007
Diga Diga, 2007
Jazz Quintet and West African Percussion
It’s Happening, 2007
Where I Go, 2007
Sunshine, 2007
Jazz Octet and West African Percussion
Afrika Rising Trilogy, 2001
Mvmt 1:The Ancient Power Awakens
Mvmt 2: Metamorphosis
Mvmt 3: Intergalactic Healing
Vocal Music
GoldMind, lead sheet, 1998
Chants of Praise, lead sheet, 1997
Stand Strong, lead sheet, 1997
Mi Ma Ma, for vocal quartet, bass and percussion, 1995
Wombman Born, for vocalist and jazz quartet, 1994
Womanfirespirit, spoken word and flute, 1990
Black Indian, piano and spoken word, 1990
I’m Not Black Enuf To Be Too Black, lead sheet, 1990
CHILDREN’S MUSIC
Martin Luther King Was a Great Man, lead sheet, 2002
Peace and Love, lead sheet, 2002
Fredrick Douglas, lead sheet, 2001
Life is a Circle, lead sheet, 2001
The Little Ones, vocalist and jazz quartet
* denotes flexibility with instrumentation