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Full List of Works

CHOIR

little tree –lyrics by e.e. cummings – SATB acapella choir (2017). Performed by Composer Choir.

At Christmas – lyrics by Edgar Albert Guest – violin, cello, piano and SATB choir (2017).

Cause God Joy –lyrics by Rochelle Jones --SATB choir and soprano solo, piano and organ (2014). Premiered at Providence Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head, SC.

The Birthing – SATB choir and tape (1983).

Awarded Howard Hanson Orchestra Prize 1983, Premiered by Eastman Ensemble.

DIGITAL AUDIO (ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

Oracle Bear– digital audio tape and teddy-bear music box (1986). Premiered at Carnegie-Mellon University.

MISC CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Stream and Sun at Glendalough—Soprano, Alto Saxophone and Piano. Commissioned and premiered by Robert Finegan.

Rush - percussion quartet and tape (1990). Premiered at 1991 International Computer Music Conference.

Without and Within - prepared piano, flute and percussion (1983). Premiered at Miami University. Recorded on Opus One Records.

Double Quatra Blue (1981) – woodwind quintet. Commissioned and performed with the Janet Gillespie Dance Company, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dance Improvisations (1980) –mixed ensemble.

MUSIC THEATER

Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk - with Tim Anderson, playwright - musical dramas

Commissioned and performed by Rochester Children’s Theatre (1983).

ORCHESTRA

Moments of Water – full orchestra (2019).

The Nightingale – full orchestra (2019). Based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Singing Strength, Birdsong of the Lowcountry– full orchestra (2018).

Awarded 2011 Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Artist Expansion Grant

America the Beautiful –beginning strings and full orchestra (2017). Premiered by Palm Springs High School, CA.

Spring Rain –elementary string orchestra (1982). Written for and Performed by Pittsburgh Elementary School Orchestra.

SAXOPHONE QUARTET

Star Clusters –saxophone quartet (2022). Commissioned, premiered and recorded by Laefer

Quartet.

SOLO INSTRUMENTS

A Beetle’s Journey –flute solo (2022). Award winner for Intermediate Flute Repertoire by What

If? Project.

Cogitatio - viola solo (2019). Competition Award Winner NORCAL Viola Society, 2019-20.

Cover Us With Song –saxophone and digital audio track (2019). Commissioned and premiered by Kyle Horch, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

Out of Mud –viola solo (2019). Premiered by finalists at NORCAL Viola Society Young Violists Competition, SF, CA.

Water Music, –saxophone and digital audio track (2003). Commissioned and premiered by Kyle Horch, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

Botticellian Trees-–saxophone and digital audio track (1999). Commissioned and premiered by Kyle Horch, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

Goodnight Wine –alto saxophone and piano (1987). Commissioned and premiered by Kyle Horch, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

Piano Sonata - piano solo (1979). Awarded BMI Student Composition Award, 1979.

SOLO VOICE

Your Life Reveals God’s Love – music and lyrics – solo tenor and piano (2017). Commissioned and Premiered by Joe Patton, Hilton Head, SC.

STRING QUARTET, SEXTET, DUO

Intersections—string quartet (2024). Commissioned by Anonymous.

A More Perfect Union – string sextet (2021). Commissioned and premiered by CityMusic

Cleveland.

Cloudshift – string quartet (2021). Commissioned and premiered by CityMusic Cleveland.

Amber at Play – violin and viola duet. (1982)

WIND ENSEMBLE

Rootstock—wind ensemble (2022). Premiered by Royal College wind ensemble, London, UK.

Moments of Water –Arranged for saxophone and percussion ensemble (2021). Premiered by Saxophone ensemble, Royal College of Music, London, UK.

Variations on an American Folk Song - wind ensemble (1985). Premiered by Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.