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'Til the Sun Dries Our Eyes
An extended piece that chronicles the ruminations and dreams of a soldier under scrutiny for harboring a lamb from impending slaughter. (74 minutes)

The Spoon on the Table
Nanos Operetta's opera about a dwarf and his impossible love affair with a little bird set against the back drop of a world where all things are designed perpetually out of reach. (70 minutes)

The Suicide Series
A series of six pieces written as a farcical look at the subject of suicide from the perspective of a man who obsessed with his own death, unwilling to commit the act, attempts to put himself in death's path. (35 minutes)

Sangue Sull'orlo  (Blood on the Hem)
Inspired by the music of Ennio Morricone and the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960's, Sangue Sul Lorlo is a an extended piece set in Mexico about the struggles of a peasant who breaks out of prison to return to his wife. (25 minutes)

Persian Gardens
The score to Iranian filmmaker Bahman Kiarostami's documentary about a prestigious group show at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in which all the works were commissioned to reflect the theme of persian gardens. (40 minutes)

Serei
Nanos Operetta's evening length collaboration with Koichi & Hiroko Tamano and the Harupin-Ha butoh dance company. Nanos Operetta received an Isadora Duncan award for their score to Serei. (50 minutes)