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Dramatic, well written, and approachable works (I am not an avant-gardist!) CONDUCTORS: I know your time is valuable, but do take a look at the fine works below, really look at them, listen to them, read the scores, and program some excellent contemporary music! You may read about each work and download sample scores while you listen. If you wish to see my list of orchestral works please, click here and follow the instructions in the blue box. Thank you for your attention! Here are some reviews. Contact me |
for SATB soloists, chorus, and large orchestra (2005-2018) of Earth, Sea and Sky. Plus, I offer to singers free piano scores of the various arias. Top of Page |
(1992-96) Six movements based on folk songs and dances of the six inhabited continents. As these live recordings are under copyright, I offer only the opening minute or so of each movement, and the recording quality is low. Still, the idea of the music comes through! Top of Page |
Poem for Orchestra (2003-2004) ... portions written on tropical beaches while sitting beneath palm trees. I miss that! This is only a MIDI version, fairly realistic. Top of Page |
(2004/5 Rev.2014) ... written in China, and based on Chinese folksongs. MIDI version Top of Page |
FANTASIA on INTERESTING TIMES for piano, marimba, and orchestra (2018) ... bright and rhythmic, with dark origins. MIDI version (acutally one of my better efforts!) Top of Page |
(2021-22) ... "Spooky?" "Evil?", The outer movements have been called that, but I was really only aiming for high drama. Honest! The second movement breaks that mood with its quiet nostalgia. MIDI version Top of Page |
TOUCHED by an ANGEL Concert Aria, for soprano and orchestra (2011) ... Shades of Beethoven in concept, if not in style. Top of Page |
(2020) ... drama and virtuosity, punctuated by a charming Armenian song by Komitas. MIDI version Top of Page |
THE SHRINE OF KOTJE for chorus and orchestra (1975 rev.2010) ... a 20-minute work based on modern African poetry, but under constant revision, so, no score just now. Top of Page |
...and revisions continue (will I ever be finished with this piece?) |
GONE HOME (Songs of Myself #5) for chorus and orchestra (2010) Top of Page |
(2011) ... a happy piece written for a friend, who actually wrote the cadenza in the third movemnt! MIDI version Top of Page |
for women's voices and small orchestra (2011 rev. 2019) ... a fun and richly romantic piece with a strong connection to to C.P.E. Bach and the poet, Amy Lowell. MIDI version Top of Page |
for SATB and small orchestra (2011) ... another lush choral/orchestral piece based, like the work above, on poetry of Amy Lowell. Top of Page |
(1991 Rev.2022) ...rhythmic, dynamic with all sorts of influences from Vaughan Williams to Bartok, and well, you tell me. I'm often surprised at what people say they hear! MIDI version Top of Page |
(2017) ... this started life as part of my first String Quartet, but works very nicely for larger forces too! Recorded on a cellphone- sound quality is not great, but the music is stunning! Top of Page |
for Oboe and String Orchestra (2014) ... dreamily romantic, with passionate outbursts. It has even been re-done for soprano saxophone! MIDI version Top of Page |
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