• Composer

OPERA
Scourge of Hyacinths  90:00
Full Opera (1999)

Chamber Opera (1994)

Libretto by León, based on a play by Wole Soyinka
M, 3T, 3Bar, B, 3 spkrs; 1(A fl, pic)-1(Eb, b cl)-A sax(T sax)-1(cbn); 1-1(cnt)-T tbn-0;3 perc-pf; solo str
Commissioned by the Munich Biennale for New Music Theater; Full orchestra edition premiered by the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland

BALLET
The Beloved [with Judith Hamilton] (1972) 10:00
fl, ob, cl, bn, pf, vc, db
For the Dance Theatre of Harlem

Haiku (1973) 25:00
fl, bn, 5 perc
Commissioned by the Dance Theatre of Harlem

Dougla [with Geoffrey Holder] (1974) 20:00
2 fl, perc
For the Dance Theatre of Harlem

Tones (1970) 18:00
2-2-1-0; 1-0-1-1; timp-2 perc-pf, str
Commissioned by the Dance Theatre of Harlem

MIXED GENRE

Drummin' (1997) 60:00

fl (pic)-cl (b cl)- sax (sop/alto/tenor); bn (contra bn)-hn-2 tpt-tbn; 2 perc - trap set; pf (synth); vn-va-vc-db (b gtr); ethnic perc. ensembles

Co-commissioned by Miami Light Project; Miami-Dade Community College; Arizona State University; New World Symphony

Duende (2003) 18:00

Baritone; 3 bata drums; 4 percussionists; 1 Latin percussionist.  Commissioned by Fest der Kontinente, Berlin, Germany in honor of the 80th birthday of Gyorgy Ligeti.

Samarkand (2005) 60:00

Text by Wole Soyinka

Speaker, SATB, Children's Chorus, alto fl/sax, 2 perc,  3 bata drums, pno, 2 vc.

Commissioned by Louisiana State University in celebration of the opening of the Shaw Center for the Arts.

ORCHESTRA
Ácana (2008) 12:49

2(pic)-2-2(b cl)-2; 2-2-1; 2 perc, pf; str
Commissioned by the Research Foundation of State University of New York - Purchase College and Orpheus with support from the New York State Music Fund.  Premiered by Purchase College, Feb. 29, 2008 and  Orpheus, April 1, 2008, Carnegie Hall, NYC

Batá (1985, rev. 1988) 7:00
2(pic)-2(eh)-2(b cl)-2; 2-2-2-1; 2 perc, hp, pf, cel; str
Commissioned by the Bay Area Women's Philharmonic

Carabalí (1991) 17:00
2(pic)-2,eh-2,b cl-2,cbn; 4-3-3-1; timp-3 perc-hp-pf-cel; str
Commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Concerto Criollo (1980) 20:00
Solo timp-solo pf-, 2-2-2-2; 4-4-3-0; perc; str
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts

Desde... (2001) 18:00
2(pic)-2(eh)-2(b cl)-2(cbn); 4-2-3-0; timp-2 perc; str 
Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra with support from the Koussevitsky Music Foundation, Inc.

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (arr. León) (2005) 3:00

Bar solo; 3-2-2-2; 2-2-3-0; timp; str

Commissioned by the Albany Symphony Orchestra with support from Paul Underwood.

Horizons (1999) 10:00 

Commissioned by the NDR Sinfonie Orchester, Hamburg, and Hammoniale Festival der Frauen, Germany

Kabiosile (1988) 8:00
Solo pf; 2(pic)-2(eh)-2(b cl)-2(cbn); 4-2-3-0; timp-2 perc; str
Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra

Para Viola y Orquesta (1994) 18:00
Va solo; 2(pic, A fl)-2-2(b cl)-2(cbn); 2-2-1-0; timp-2 perc-cel; str
Commissioned by Meet-the-Composer / Reader's Digest Commissioning Program

Seven Spirituals (arr. Ryan, orch. León) (1995) 20:00
Bar solo (or B Bar); 2(pic)-1-1-1; 2-2-1-1; 2 perc-pf, str
For the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE

A La Par (1986) 13:30
pf, perc
Commissioned by the Whitney Museum

Ajiaco (1992) 7:00
for electric guitar and piano. 
Commissioned by the Schanzer/Speach Duo

Alegre (2000) 3:00

for Wind Ensemble: 2 Fl (Ob may substitute for Fl 2), 2 Cl in Bb, Alto Sax, T Sax, 2 Tpt in Bb, Trbn, Bar, Tuba, Perc (4 players: 2 bongos, 4 Ttoms, Maracas, B Dr)

Commissioned by the American Composers Forum for New Band Horizons

Arenas d'un Tiempo (1992) 12:00
cl, vc, pf
Commissioned by the NY State Music Teachers Association

Ascend (1983) 3:00
4 hn, 4 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, 3 perc
Commissioned by the Queens Symphony

Caracol (2000) 7:30

vn, va, vc, perc, pno

Commissioned by the Manchester Music Festival

Crossings (1992) 1:00
hn, 4 tpt, 4 tbn, tuba
Commissioned by the City University of New York

De Color (1996-97) 15:00
vn, mar
Commissioned by Marimolin

De Memorias (2000) 9:00

fl, ob, cl, hn, bn

Commissioned by The Mexico City Woodwind Quintet with support from the Mexico/US Fund for Culture

Elegia a Paul Robeson (1987) 
violin, cello and piano

Entre nos (1998) 12:00

cl, bn, pno

Commissioned by Trio Neos

Fanfarria (2000) 3:00

4 tpt, 2 tbn, bass tbn, 1 Perc (lg sus cym, tamburo ten, med bass dr, lg bass dr)

Commissioned by The Library of Congress for the Copland Centennial Celebration

Hechizos (1995) 15:00
fl/pic, ob, cl(A and B-flat), b cl/sop sax/ten sax; hn, tpt(B-flat), tbn;
2 perc, pf/cel/hpsd, gui; vn, va, vc, cb
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern

Indígena (1991) 8:00
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, pf, perc, 2 vn, va, vc, cb
Commissioned by New York City's Town Hall

Parajota Delaté (1988) 4:30
Commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players, Premiered Oct. 21, 1988, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
- fl, cl, vn, vc, pf
For the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, 1990
- fl, ob, cl, bn, pf

Permutation Seven (1981) 15:00
fl, cl, tpt, perc, vn, vc
Commissioned by the Lincoln Center Institute

Pet's Suite (1980) 20:00
fl, pf
Commissioned by Composers' Forum

Raices (Tabla Raza) (2007)

for fl, vn, voice, pno, double bass, tabla solo, 2 perc.   

Commissioned by Latin Fiesta with support from the Philadelphia Music Project, Pew Charitable Trust. Premiered Sept. 22, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.

Saóko (1997) 9:00
brass qnt
Commissioned by the South Florida Composers Alliance/Center for Cultural Collaborations International for the Meridian Arts Ensemble

Satiné (2000) 7:00

2 pianos

Commissioned by Mirta Gomez

sin normas ajenas (1994) 7:00
fl(pic), ob, cl; pf, 2 perc; 2 vn, va, vc
Commissioned by the U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture

Son Sonora (1993) 15:00
fl, gui
Commissioned by Duologue

Tau (1995) 

electric oboe, electric bass and electronic keyboards. 
Commissioned by First Avenue

Toque (2006) 8:00

cl, alto sax, pno, 2 perc., vn, db

Commissioned by Opus 21

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Abanico (2007)  12:00

violin and interactive computer

Commissioned by the University of Maryland for Airi Yoshioka.  Premiered May 9, 2007 at the America's Society, NYC.

Alma (2007) 7:00

flute and piano.  

Commissioned by Meet the Composer and Premiered by Marya Martin.  Weill Recital Hall, NYC.  March 29, 2007.

Axon (2002)  12:00

violin and interactive computer

Commissioned for ISCM, Hong Kong and premiered by Mari Kimura

Bailarín (1998) 4:00

guitar

Commissioned and premiered by David Starobin

Four Pieces for Cello Solo (1983) 12:00

Hebras d' Luz (2004) 8:00

electric viola

Commissioned and premiered by Martha Mooke

La Tina (2004) 3:00

piano

Commissioned by the Lucy Moses School

Mistica (2003) 12:00

piano

Commissioned and premiered by Ursula Oppens

Momentum (1984) 7:50
piano
Commissioned by the Women Composers Congress (Mexico)

¡Paisanos Semos! (1984) 4:30
guitar

Para Noah (2006) 1:00

piano

written in honor of Noah Creshevsky's 60th Birthday

Rituál (1987) 7:00
piano
Commissioned by Affiliate Artists Inc.

Tumbao (2005) (3:00)

piano

Commissioned by Elena Riu

Variación (2004)

piano

Commissioned by the Gilmore Festival

VOCAL ENSEMBLE
A Row of Buttons (2002) 4:00

Tetx by Fae Myenne Ng

SA Choir

Commissioned by the New York Treble Singers

Ancients (2008)

for 2 Sop., fl, cl, perc, va, vc.  

Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts for Terry Rhodes. Premiered March 27, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC.

Batéy [with Michel Camilo] (1989) 30:00
Text by T. León, M. Camilo
2 Soprano, Countertenor, 2 Tenors, Bass
Commissioned by The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

De-Orishas (1982) 11:00
Text by Betty Neals
2 S, Ct, 2 T, B
Commissioned by The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

Drume Negrita [Grenet, arr. León] (3:00) from "Two Cuban Songs"
12 solo voices (SSSAAATTTBBB)
Commissioned by Chanticleer

El Manisero [Simons, arr. León] (3:00) from "Two Cuban Songs"
12 solo voices (SSSAAATTTBBB)
Commissioned by Chanticleer

Estampas (2008) 6:00

Texts by Maya Islas, Iraida Iturralde and Alina Galiano

SATB Chorus

Commissioned and premiered by Chicago a cappella.  April 13, 2008, Chicago, IL.

Heart of Ours - A Piece (1988) 8:00
Texts by R. Sandecki; American Indians
T solo, Men's cho; fl, 4 tpt, 2 perc
Commissioned by the Vietnam Veterans' Theater Company.  Premiered Feb. 7, 1988 at Shubert Theatre, NYC.

May the Road Be Free (1999) 4:00

text by John Marsden

Children's chorus & perc.

Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, NYC

Metisse (2006)

SATB chorus, perc. 

Commissioned by The Commissioning Project

Namiac Poems (1975) 
voices and mixed ensemble. 
Written for NYU Contemporary Ensemble

Rezos (2001)  12:00

text by Jamaica Kincaid

SATB choir

Commissioned Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter to honor Grant Gershon, Music Director, Los Angeles Master Chorale.  World Premiere March 8, 2003, Los Angeles, CA

Sol de Doce (1997)  7:00
Text by Pedro Mir
12 Solo voices (SSSAAATTTBBB)
Commissioned by Chamber Music America

Spiritual Suite (1976) 
narrator, 2 sopranos, chorus and amplified ensemble

VOCAL SOLO

At the Fountain of Mpindelela (2000)  14:00

Commissioned and Premiered by the National Musical Arts program "Africa Spirit Ascending," in honor of Nelson Mandela, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

Atwood Songs (2007) 8:00

Poetry by Margaret Atwood.  

Soprano and piano

Commissioned with support from the Hanson Institute for American Music at the Eastman School of Music and College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. Premiered March 25, 2007 at Syracuse University, NY.

Canto (2001) 15:00 

song cycle for Bar, cl (Bb/Bass), mar, vc and pno

Commissioned by Mutable Music for Thomas Buckner

Ivo, Ivo (2000) 5:00

text by Manuel Martin

Sop, cl, b cl, va, vc, db

Commissioned and Premiered by Sequitur, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, NY

Journey (1990) 6:00
High vo, fl, hp
Commissioned by the Jubal Trio

Love After Love (2002) 9:00

Text by Derek Walcott

Soprano and marimba

Commissioned by Mary Sharp Cronson, Works and Process

Premiered by Elizabeth Farnum at the Guggenheim Museum

"Or like a..." (1994) 15:00
Text by John Ashbery
Bar, vc, perc
Commissioned by WNYC

Pueblo Mulato (1987) 12:00
Three Songs on Poems by Nicolás Guillén
S solo, ob, gui, db, perc, pf
Commissioned by the Cornucopia Chamber Ensemble

Reflections (2006)

Text by Rita Dove

Sop., pno, cl, alto sax, tpt, 2 perc, str. qnt. 

Commissioned and developed by Harlem Stage for WaterWorks at The Gatehouse

Singin' Sepia (1996)  12:00
Five Songs on Poems by Rita Dove
S, cl, vn, pn four hands
Commissioned by the Continuum Ensemble

To and Fro (1990) 8:40
Four Songs on Poems by Alison Knowles
Med vo, pf
Commissioned by the International Society for Contemporary Music

Turning (2000) 13:00 

Song cycle for Sop, Pno and Vc

Commissioned for the Ann and Richard Barshinger Center for Musical Arts in Hensel Hall, Franklin and Marshall College

THEATRE WORKS
Maggie Magalita (1980) 25:00
Incidental music to the play
fl, cl, vc, 2 perc, pf, gui
Text by Wendy Kesselman
Commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The Golden Windows (1982) 30:00
A Play in 3 Acts, commissioned by Byrd Hoffman Foundation
Text by Robert Wilson
fl(pic, alto fl), ob(Eh); tpt; perc-hpsd-pf; str