Stage works
Amistad (1997)
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists, largely male chorus, ensemble (2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn./4331/timp.3perc/pf(cel).hp/str) and jazz ensemble (2 reeds, trombone, bass)
Duration: 2 hours and 40 minutes
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
DANCE (1995)
Work: Ballet
Orchestration: ballet and orchestra (0010/0000/mba.vib.dms/pf/vn.va.vc.db)
Duration: 13 minutes
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
Hemispheres (1983)
Lilith (2009)
Work: Ballet
Orchestration: Ballet and ensemble (flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, 3 percussion, piano, violin, cello. double bass)
Duration: 45 min
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
Lear on the Second Floor (2013)
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble (cl(bcl).bsn-2perc(I. drum set; II. vib, mar)-pno-vn.va.vc.cb-laptop)
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Publisher: Schott Music
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble (cl(bcl)-perc(vib, mar).drum set-pno.synth-vn.va.vc.db)
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Publisher: Schott Music
Central Park Five (2019)
Work: Opera in 3 acts
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble (1.1(bsax).1.1-1.1.10-2perc(I: vib, mar, timp; II: drum set, mar)-pno.kurzweil-str(min 1.1.1.1.1)
Duration: 2 hours
Publisher: Schott Music
Tania (1992)
Work: Opera in 1 act
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble (3ww.bn/2perc/pf/vn.vc.db)
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
Under the Double Moon (1989)
Wakonda’s Dream (2007)
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble [2 (pic,afl)12(cbcl[bamboo fl])1/2120/timp.3perc/hp/str)]
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists and ensemble (2.2.2.2-2.2.2.0-timp.2perc(I: drum set; II: vib, mar, b.d)-hp-str)
Duration: 2 hours
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
X: the Life and Times of Malcolm X (1986)
Work: Opera in 2 acts
Orchestration: Soloists, chorus, ensemble [2(II:pic,afl).1.2.1./2.1.1+btbn.0/timp.2perc/str], and improvisers' ensemble [wwI(asx,ssx,fl), wwII(tsx,bcl,ssx), wwIII(cl,cacl[=barsx]), tpt, tbn, dmkit, pf, db(elec bass)]
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Publisher: G Schirmer Inc.
XCerpts (from the opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X”) (1986)
Work: Opera
Orchestration: Soloists, chorus, ensemble [fl(afl,ssx,asx,cl,bcl)ob(ca,cl,tsx)cl(cbcl)bn/1010/perc.dms/pf/2vn.va.vc.db(eb)]
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Publisher: G. Schirmer Inc.