The Monk and the Fish (2003/2004)

Awards: Honorable Mention in the first Dr. J. Howland Auchinclose Prize
Recording: Ensemble Modern, Schloss Engers, october 23, 2009, SWR

Discography: Masterworks of the New Era / Volume 13
Performance history:
Premiered: February 20, 2003, Carl Orff Auditorium Munich, Germany
Other Performances:
–  September 28, 2004: American Nights / Society of new music, Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College, Syracuse University. Musicians: Augustus Arnone, fortepiano; Vladimir Pritsker, violin; Kit Dodd, viola; Georg Macero, cello
– November 5, 2006: Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra – New Directions / Directed by Howard Quilling, Bakersfield
– July 15, 2008: Bar Harbor Music Festival, New Piano Quartet, Main/USA
– July 16, 2008: Bar Harbor Music Festival, New Piano Quartet,  Main/USA
– October 22, 2009: Ensemble Modern, Fruchthalle / Kaiserlauten/Germany
– October 23, 2009: Ensemble Modern, Schloss Engers/Neuwied-Engers/Germany
– October 24, 2009: Ensemble Modern, Villa Musica / Mainz/Germany
– October 25, 2009: Ensemble Modern, Herrenhaus / Edenkoben/Germany

Reviews (concert tour Ensemble Modern, october 2009)
– Offen für das Neue und Andersartige
Rheinpfalz, Kultur regional, october 24, 2009
– Keine Angst vor moderner Musik
Rheinpfalz, Kultur regional, october 28, 2009
– Vom Geräusch zum Klang – Ensemble Modern im Konzert
Mainzer Rheinzeitung, october 27, 2009
– Musik der Avantgarde
Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, october 26, 2009
– Gelungene Attacken gegen eingefahrenes Hören
Rhein-Zeitung Neuried, October 26, 2009