DOÑA SEBASTIANA (2023)
for Violin Soloist and String Orchestra
Duration: 9:00
Commissioned by New Century Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Daniel Hope as part of the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music
QUERENCIA (2024)
(photo credit Chris Lee)
for orchestra. 3/3/3/3/4/3/3/timp/4 perc/hp/strings
OR orchestra side by side w/youth orchestra
Duration: 8:00
Commissioned by The Juilliard School Preparatory Division, in partnership with American Composers Forum and the New York Philharmonic, powered by the Sphinx Venture Fund
ACEQUIA (2024)
for orchestra. 3/3/3/3/4/3/3/timp/3 perc/hp/strings
Duration: 9:30
Commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra with gracious support from Justus and Elizabeth Schlichting.
Ocho Bendiciones (2019)
For wind octet and narrator. 17:00
Commissioned and premiered by Nomad Session
Words by Benavides and Diego Dela Rosa, based on short stories by Juan B. Rael.
Cool Grey City (2017)
For wind octet. 40 minutes
Commissioned by Nomad Session. Three movements.
Pain has an element of blank (2014) - Emily Dickinson Cycle
For chamber orchestra and mezzo-soprano soloist. 23:00
Poetry by Emily Dickinson.
Summer(s) of '69 (2015)
For two flute, trumpet, bassoon, two string quartets, bass, conductor, and video. 11:00
The Bay Suite (2014)
For brass ensemble. 12:30
Written for The Bay Brass with guest conductor Edwin Outwater. The suite is in three movements and explores different general themes in the Bay Area.