ORCHESTRAL WORKS

1111 (doubling english horn), 2110, timpani + 2 percussion, piano, harp, strings - 10 minutes (2020)

This piece was composed as part of the inaugural composition program in the Cascade Conductor’s Workshop.

Threshold

2222 (+piccolo, +english horn, +bass clarinet) 4231, timpani + 2 percussion, piano, strings - 7 minutes (2020)

A fast spaced orchestral force full of life and laughter.

the after.after

The Flickering

3333, 4331, timpani, 1 percussion, celesta, harp, strings - 8 to 10 minutes (2018)

This piece explores the nature of feelings that occur in the flickering of an instant; be it love, embarrassment, or anxiety.

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2222, 2200, strings - 10 to 12 minutes (2018)

This work is derived from 3 famous statues by Alberto Giacometti. A work in 3 parts, its static harmony explores the colors of vertical harmonic structures.

Arrivals

2222, 4231, timpani, 3 percussion, strings - 7 to 8 minutes (2017)

This music emulates the heartbeat of something coming; at first calm and tranquil and then bombastic and fanfare-like.

Introduzione e Caccio

2222, 4331, timpani, 2 percussion, piano, strings - 6 to 7 minutes (2017)

This fun little piece introduces a musical idea, scurries around the orchestra in a wild roller coaster to its Eulenspiegel-esque ending.

A New Elation

2222, 4331, timpani, 3 percussion, piano/celesta, harp, strings - 5 to 6 minutes (2017)

This exuberant work is a great opener for any concert. It captures the exhilaration of first time experiences through the lens of a youthful listener.

Wrapped

String Orchestra - 5 minutes (2019)

This rapid-fire string work is inspired by the techniques employed by Haydn. Great music for an intermediate level.

Prelude (from English Suite no. 2 in A minor)

Arrangement of music by J.S. Bach

1 oboe, 1 english horn, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, strings - 5 to 6 minutes (2016)

This work was featured in the award-winning documentary: New York Scherzo.

Prelude, op. 28 no. 4 in (E minor)

Arrangement of music by F. Chopin

String Orchestra - 3 minutes (2014)

Orchestrated as a homework assignment, this piece is an excellent challenge for young orchestras.

Ohkami

2222 (doubling piccolo, alto flute, english horn, bass clarinet and contrabassoon), 4231, 4 percussion, celesta, harp, strings - 11 minutes (2018)

This music was originally composed for a film and is now re-orchestrated for the standard orchestra.

 

CHORAL WORKS

…Of Cosmic Things

SSAATTBB and viola - 5 to 6 minutes (2018)

Text by Alan Seeger.

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love

SSAATTBB - 3 to 4 minutes (2018)

Text by Christopher Marlowe.

Kyrie

SATB - 2 minutes (2017)

Sacred text.

Im Wunderschönen Monat Mai

Arrangement of music by F. Schubert

SSAATTBB - 3 minutes (2015)

Text by Heinrich Heine

Arrangement of traditional holiday music

I Saw Three Ships

SATB - 3 minutes (2019)

Text is traditional

 

CHAMBER MUSIC & SOLO WORKS

Solo Piano - 4:00 (2020)

Composed in memoriam for one of the greatest legal progressives in our lifetime. This piece quotes a farewell aria from Lohengrin as a nod to Justice Ginsburg’s affinity for opera.

One for RBG

Solo Trumpet - 5:00 (2020)

In honor of the memory of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old Mexican boy, shot by a U.S. border agent where the two countries meet for the crime of throwing rocks.

A Song for Jose

Smoking Lounge at the End of the World

Solo Viola - 3:00 (2020)

A piece commissioned by The Peace Studio as part of their 100 Offerings of Peace

Solo Cello - 3:30 (2020)

I call it a cello poem because its form is likened more to poetry than a traditional musical structure. It is in 2 parts: the first is a Western aesthetic and the other an Eastern one. The descending 3 note motif links the piece as whole. A symbolic expression of a world both united in a crisis yet divided in all manner of things. It was composed on the American Easter holiday, which usually commences the beginning of Spring: a time of rebirth and rejuvenation. Its somber tone is ironic, much like the 2020 Easter holiday.

Spring Equinox

Harlem Dances

String Quartet - 7 to 8 minutes (2018)

A challenging work that draws from the rhythms and cultures of Harlem and Washington Heights.

To This Great Land

Piano Trio - 13.5 minutes (2018)

Originally used as a film score, and then later set to a ballet, this work borrows the “American” sonorities employed by composers such as Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber.

Autumn Chrysalis

Violin, Clarinet, Violoncello, Chinese Pipa and Chinese Yanqun - 10 minutes (2017)

This piece utilizing two exotic Chinese instruments and explores the tranquil soundscape of artistic introspection and change.

La Danse de l’Hypnotiseur

Violin, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violoncello and Piano - 12 minutes (2017)

An off-kilter waltz that springs to life, inspired by tales of a duplicitous monarch.

Violin and Violoncello - 7.5 minutes (2016)

Originally used as music for a ballet by the same title, this piece explores harmony to its fullest expression.

Was It a Dream?

String Trio (Violin, Viola, Violoncello) - 3 to 4 minutes (2016)

This work is dedicated to my teacher, Lloyd Rodgers, who was the first teacher to reveal what to listen for in music. With some perseverance, this fugue developed into something he would be proud of.

Fugue in D minor

2 Horns and Piano Four Hands - 11.5 minutes (2016)

This three movement work (Zanni, Vecchi, Inamoratti) emulate characters from Comedia del’Arte.

Le Immagini Del Circo

2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, String Quartet - 6 minutes (2016)

This minimalist piece depicts the cyclical nature of greed. Mammon is referred to as the god of greed and consumption - to which his demon minions dance to this hypnotic music.

Mammon’s Maschine

Sax Quartet - 3:45 (2011)

I composed this piece to express my distaste for Proposition 8 in California (a motion to eliminate the right for same-sex couples to marry). I thought it was a crude, outrageous debate to be having in the 21st century and wrote this piece in response. It depicts an argument going in circles with a "call to vote" at the end. The last punctuated notes represent the syllables of a chorus counting to 8.

Propatia Distatia

 

WIND ENSEMBLE WORKS

Fiori Musicali

For Intermediate Band - 4 Flutes, 1 Oboe, 4 Clarinets in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 2 Alto Saxophones, 1 Tenor Saxophone and 1 Baritone Saxophone, 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, 1 Euphonium, 1 Tuba, 1 Contrabass, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Cymbals

4 minutes (2019)

To The Moon and Back (or Abstract Music for Earth and Space)

For Advanced Band - 1 Piccolo, 4 Flutes, 2 Oboes (1 doubling English Horn), 1 Clarinet in Eb, 4 Clarinets in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoon, 1 Contrabassoon, 2 Alto Saxophones, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Euphonium, 1 Tuba, 1 Piano (doubling Celesta), Timpani, 4 Percussion

9.5 minutes (2015)

Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)

Arrangement of music by G. Mahler

For Advance Band - 1 Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 1 Oboe, 1 English Horn, 3 Clarinets in Bb, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 2 Alto Saxophones, 1 Tenor Saxophone, 1 Baritone Saxophone, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, 1 Euphonium, 1 Tuba, Timpani, 1 Percussion, 1 Marimba, 1 Glockenspiel, 1 Tubular Bells

8 minutes (2015)