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Just Now
"Just Now" (2006) for SATB chorus and orchestra is a celebratory setting of a text by American poet Elizabeth Kirschner.
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Spectrum: Concerto-Cantata
"Spectrum: Concerto-Cantata for Oboe, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra" (2003-04) was commissioned with the support of Thomas Masterman. Elements of both concerto and cantata are present in the material and structure. The text of the work, written by Richard Leach, served as the starting point for the work's structure. The work is a "spiritual journey" of sorts, looking at seven instances of light imagery in the Bible.
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Desiring the Solicitude of Rain
"Desiring the Solicitude of Rain" (2003-04) for tenor and chamber orchestra was commissioned by and is dedicated to tenor John McMunn in friendship and admiration. The work was conceived with his virtuosity and support of new music in mind. The text is a three part poem by American poet Kathleen Wakefield. The poem is evocative, with a landscape of rich imagery using the rain as its starting point.
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Songlines, Sun Dreaming
"Songlines, Sun Dreaming" (2001) for orchestra was commissioned by Mrs. Lucy Hodges and is dedicated to Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. The title is based on ideas that Sculthorpe commonly connects with his music: the idea of "songlines" (lines of song running throughout the earth as creation sang itself into existence), the sun (part of what he sees as the essence of Australia), and dreaming (part of the moods and nostalgia he associates with Australia's heritage.)
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Symphonic
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Enchanted Pathways: Concerto for Horn and Ensemble
"Enchanted Pathways: Concerto for Horn and Ensemble" (2002) was commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and was written for and is dedicated to Hazel Dean Davis. The work was premiered on April 27, 2003 by Hazel Davis, horn and the Harvard Group for New Music.
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Concerti
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Foresight Spinning: Meditations for Bass and Ens.
"Foresight Spinning: Meditations for Contrabass and Ensemble" (2004) was commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and was written for bassist Douglas Balliett to premiere with the Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury, director. The work is dedicated to composer Bernard Rands on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
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Concerti
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Dawn Game
"Dawn Game" (2004) for wind ensemble was written for and is dedicated to Denis Colwell and the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble. It was inspired by Colwell and the ensemble's vibrant recordings and performances of contemporary wind ensemble literature. The title refers to both the work's formal play ("game") and also the sense of new, unfolding energy ("dawn.")
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The Litany of Light
"The Litany of Light" (2007) for SATB choir, baritone and soprano soloists, brass quintet, timpani, and organ was commissioned by The Memorial Church at Harvard University in celebration of its 75th anniversary (1932–2007) and is dedicated to the Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster.
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Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players
"Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players" (2006) was commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. The work is dedicated to trombonist Jim Siders, for whom the solo part was written. The work is scored for solo bass trombone with an ensemble of primarily “dark” instruments – alto flute, clarinet, viola, cello, contrabass, and percussion. The solo bass trombone is the focal point of the musical discourse, acting throughout largely as a protagonist – with much material best described a
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Pittsburgh Concerto
"Pittsburgh Concerto" (2005) was written for the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and is dedicated to Amy Stabenow, concert manager at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music. The piece was conceived as a tribute to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The work contains only two specific “programmatically inspired” images related to Pittsburgh. They form the outer two sections of the work. The inner four sections are inspired more abstractly by various aspects of the city, its landscapes, and
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Cerulean: Double Percussion Concerto
"Cerulean: Double Percussion Concerto" (2004) for two solo percussionists and ensemble was commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music for percussionists Cory Cousins, Mike Perdue, and the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, director. The work is dedicated to them and to Howard Stokar. The work is inspired by the ocean, particularly its greatest depths.
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Symphonic
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Sonata for Flute and Piano: 1. Chanson
"Sonata for Flute and Piano" (2005) was written for and is dedicated to flutist Brook Ferguson. It is in two movements. It was inspired by her support and activity with contemporary music. The work is also dedicated in memory of composer Meyer Kupferman (1926-2003), with whose music the composer was spending a great deal of time during the composition of this sonata.
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Chamber Music
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Sonata for Flute and Piano: 2. Fantasy Variations
"Sonata for Flute and Piano" (2005) was written for and is dedicated to flutist Brook Ferguson. It is in two movements. It was inspired by her support and activity with contemporary music. The work is also dedicated in memory of composer Meyer Kupferman (1926-2003), with whose music the composer was spending a great deal of time during the composition of this sonata.
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Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra
"Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra" (2001) was commissioned by The Fanfare Project. The work is dedicated to Christopher Seaman and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Symphonic
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Trenton Quintet: 1. Overture (Billings Fantasy)
"Trenton Quintet" (2001) was written for and is dedicated to the AUROS Group for New Music. The work is based on the musical material for the composer's forthcoming comic opera The Trenton Connection (libretto by Anna Winslow). The opera is a fictional story spun around the Battle of Trenton of 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Much of the musical language of the quintet (and the opera) is derived from early American music.
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Trenton Quintet: 2. Ode & 3. Washington's Victory
"Trenton Quintet" (2001) was written for and is dedicated to the AUROS Group for New Music. The work is based on the musical material for the composer's forthcoming comic opera The Trenton Connection (libretto by Anna Winslow). The opera is a fictional story spun around the Battle of Trenton of 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Much of the musical language of the quintet (and the opera) is derived from early American music.
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Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra
"Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra" (1998) was commissioned by the Hodges Fund for the Czech Radio Symphony and conductor Vladimir Valek. It is a brief fanfare of celebration; the middle section uses the early American hymntune HOLY MANNA.
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Dawning
"Dawning" (2002) for organ was written for and is dedicated to Sandra Gay, on her birthday. The work is brief and vibrant (a personality portrait). Two fast outer sections surround a slower, more lyrical one.
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Symphony of Light: 1. Winter Brightnesses
"Symphony of Light" (2003) for string orchestra was commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and Richard Mason. The work is cast in three movements, each inspired by different images and visions connected to light.
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Symphony of Light: 2. Eternity Canticle....
"Symphony of Light" (2003) for string orchestra was commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and Richard Mason. The work is cast in three movements, each inspired by different images and visions connected to light.
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Sonata for Brass Choir: 1. Fanfare and Tuckets
"Sonata for Brass Choir" (1999) was written for and is dedicated to Michael Stewart and the Chicago Brass Choir with funding from the Broeker Fund for New Music. The work is in three movements.
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Sonata for Brass Choir: 2. Arioso
"Sonata for Brass Choir" (1999) was written for and is dedicated to Michael Stewart and the Chicago Brass Choir with funding from the Broeker Fund for New Music. The work is in three movements.
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Sonata for Brass Choir: 3. Dance
"Sonata for Brass Choir" (1999) was written for and is dedicated to Michael Stewart and the Chicago Brass Choir with funding from the Broeker Fund for New Music. The work is in three movements.
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Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto
"Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto" (2001) for solo trumpet and orchestra is a concerto in three movements, played through without break. The work is dedicated to the memory of two composers, the Welsh composer William Mathias (1934-1992) and the French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), both of whose music has been very important to me. The work was premiered in November 2003 by Bruce Briney, trumpet with the Knox-Galesburg Symphony under the direction of Bruce Polay.
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Sankaty Dreaming: 1. Capriccio
"Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4)" (2002) was written in memory of all those whose lives have been claimed by the sea. It is this imagery and inspiration which drives this work in two movements.
The title of the work refers to Sankaty Bluff, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Atop the bluff sits one of the island's three lighthouses. The lighthouse was of crucial importance to ships traveling by the island to warn of the dangerous shoals. In recent years, the bluff itself has suf
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Sankaty Dreaming: 2. Elegy and Arias
"Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4)" (2002) was written in memory of all those whose lives have been claimed by the sea.
The title of the work refers to Sankaty Bluff, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Atop the bluff sits one of the island's three lighthouses. The lighthouse was of crucial importance to ships traveling by the island to warn of the dangerous shoals. In recent years, the bluff itself has suffered severe erosion from the sea with homes on it needing to be moved or take
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Builders for Christ
"Builders for Christ" (2003) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. George's Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee, for Murray Forbes Somerville's first Sunday as Director of Music, September 2003. It is dedicated to Dr. Somerville and the choir and parish of St. George's. The text of the work is adapted by the composer from Matthew 7:24-27 -- the parable told by Jesus of the wise man who built his house upon solid rock. This anthem celebrates both St. George's recent completion of b
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The Lamp of Charity
"The Lamp of Charity" (2003) for SATB choir unaccompanied was commissioned by Rev. Prof. Peter J. Gomes and The Memorial Church, Harvard University, in honor of Dr. Murray Forbes Somerville and his ministry (1990-2003) as University Organist and Choirmaster. The work was premiered by the full forces of the Harvard University Choir in May 2003. The text of the work is a collect from the Book of Common Prayer. This setting attempts to capture the warmth and celestial brightness of the text.
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Dark December: Ignis Dei
"Dark December: Ignis Dei" (2002) was commissioned by Maurice and Amy Katz and was written for and is dedicated to Non Sequitur. It is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, and piano, and is subtitled “processional doubles for mixed sextet.” (The word “doubles” is used in the old sense of “variations.”)
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In the Beginning Was the Word
"In the Beginning Was the Word" (1999) for SATB choir and organ was written for and is dedicated to Robert Ferris and the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal, Rochester, New York. The work is contemplative and ethereal setting of the opening verses of the Gospel of John.
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Christian-Spiritual
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Prayer of Julian of Norwich
"Prayer of Julian of Norwich" (2003) for SAB choir and organ was commissioned by St. James Music Press. It is a setting of a brief prayer by the Medieval English mystic, Julian of Norwich.
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Christian-Spiritual
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Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet
Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet (2003) was commissioned by the Harvard Club of Rochester and written for the Fairport High School String Quartet. The work is inspired by serene sections of the historic Erie Canal which runs through Fairport, New York. It is a quiet soliloquy in one movement.There are a number of "soliloquies" in the work featuring the instruments of the quartet in a solo fashion.
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Sedet ad Dexterem Dei Patris
"Sedet ad Dexterem Dei Patris" (2002) for violin and organ was written for and is dedicated to violinist Elizabeth Juliana Cok. It is vibrant and energetic.
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Waiting for October
"Waiting for October" (2004) for flute and guitar was commissioned for and is dedicated to the Heim Duo (Annette Heim, flute and Bret Heim, guitar). The work was inspired by the season of autumn and harvest in western New York State -- particularly the colors of the foliage and landscape.
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Chamber Music
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Canzona
"Canzona" (2004) for horn sextet was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Carnegie Mellon Horn Choir, Dennis Abelson, director. It is a straightforward canzona, with an introduction and interruption of slower, unfolding music.
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: 1. Magnificat
"Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ("St. Peter's, Cambridge")" (2002) for SATB choir and organ was written for and is dedicated to Matthew F. Burt and the choir of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts on the occasion of the church's 160th anniversary year. The work is a setting of the traditional forms of the texts of both evening canticles.
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: 2. Nunc Dimittis
"Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ("St. Peter's, Cambridge")" (2002) for SATB choir and organ was written for and is dedicated to Matthew F. Burt and the choir of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts on the occasion of the church's 160th anniversary year. The work is a setting of the traditional forms of the texts of both evening canticles.
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New World Carols: 1. Do You Know the Song?
"New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych" (2003) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by The Memorial Church for the 94th Harvard University Carol Services (America's oldest carol services) in the Memorial Church, December 2003. The work is dedicated to Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Edward E. Jones, and the Harvard University Choir, with supreme gratitude. The work is in three movements and uses texts by 19th/20th century American authors. Throughout the work, the organ plays an integral
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New World Carols: 2. In a Lowly Manger Sleeping
"New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych" (2003) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by The Memorial Church for the 94th Harvard University Carol Services (America's oldest carol services) in the Memorial Church, December 2003. The work is dedicated to Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Edward E. Jones, and the Harvard University Choir, with supreme gratitude. The work is in three movements and uses texts by 19th/20th century American authors. Throughout the work, the organ plays an integral
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New World Carols: 3. The Sky Can Still Remember
"New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych" (2003) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by The Memorial Church for the 94th Harvard University Carol Services (America's oldest carol services) in the Memorial Church, December 2003. The work is dedicated to Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Edward E. Jones, and the Harvard University Choir, with supreme gratitude. The work is in three movements and uses texts by 19th/20th century American authors. Throughout the work, the organ plays an integral
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Missa Brevis ("Trottier"): 1. Kyrie
"Missa Brevis ("Trottier")" (2004) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts and written for the service of installation of Rev. François Trottier as rector of the parish. The premiere took place at the service on Ascension Day, May 20, 2004 in the presence of Bishop Gayle Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Missa Brevis ("Trottier"): 2. Gloria
"Missa Brevis ("Trottier")" (2004) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts and written for the service of installation of Rev. François Trottier as rector of the parish. The premiere took place at the service on Ascension Day, May 20, 2004 in the presence of Bishop Gayle Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Missa Brevis ("Trottier"): 3. Sanctus
"Missa Brevis ("Trottier")" (2004) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts and written for the service of installation of Rev. François Trottier as rector of the parish. The premiere took place at the service on Ascension Day, May 20, 2004 in the presence of Bishop Gayle Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Missa Brevis ("Trottier"): 4. Agnus Dei
"Missa Brevis ("Trottier")" (2004) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts and written for the service of installation of Rev. François Trottier as rector of the parish. The premiere took place at the service on Ascension Day, May 20, 2004 in the presence of Bishop Gayle Harris of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Ascendit in Caelum
"Ascendit in Caelum" (1999, rev. 2002) for violin and organ was written for and is dedicated to violinist Elizabeth Juliana Cok.
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O Perfect Life of Love
"O Perfect Life of Love" (2002) for SATB choir and organ is dedicated to Sally Beamish for Lent 2002. The work is a setting of the traditional text by Henry W. Baker. The setting is in two choral stanzas with a soprano solo (or soprano semi-chorus) in the middle. The tone of the work throughout is spare and Lenten in feel.
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The Way, the Truth, the Life
"The Way, the Truth, the Life" (2002) for SATB choir and organ was commissioned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts in celebration and thanks for the ministry of Rev. Dr. Titus L. Presler as rector of the parish, from 1991 to 2002. The anthem was premiered on April 28, 2002, with Matthew F. Burt, minister of music conducting the Chancel Choir. The work is a setting of a text by W. H. Auden, the final chorus from his extended poem (subtitled an "oratorio") For the Time Bein
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Paradoxes (Cello Sonata): 1. Paradox of Stillness
"Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano" (1998) was written as a commission from musicologist and cellist Larry Kludge
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Paradoxes (Cello Sonata): 2. Paradox of Brevity
"Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano" (1998) was written as a commission from musicologist and cellist Larry Kludge
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Paradoxes (Cello Sonata): 3. Paradox of Movemenet
"Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano" (1998) was written as a commission from musicologist and cellist Larry Kludge
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Concerto Grosso: 1. A Tapestry of Mirrors
"Concerto Grosso" (2000) for solo group and orchestra was commissioned for and is dedicated to the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, Nancy Strelau, director and a group of faculty soloists for the 2000-01 concert season.
The principal motivic material is derived, in notecodes, from the name "Hochstein" (A-A-C-A-E-F-E-B-G). This theme is presented in numerous guises throughout the work: transformed into plainchant-like motive and spun-out structures in the first movement, and into melodic a
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Concerto Grosso: 2. A Cascade of Light
"Concerto Grosso" (2000) for solo group and orchestra was commissioned for and is dedicated to the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, Nancy Strelau, director and a group of faculty soloists for the 2000-01 concert season. The principal motivic material is derived, in notecodes, from the name "Hochstein" (A-A-C-A-E-F-E-B-G). This theme is presented in numerous guises throughout the work: transformed into plainchant-like motive and spun-out structures in the first movement, and into melodic and
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Dream Etudes, Book II: 1. Reflecting
"Dream Etudes, Book II" (2001) for piano was written for and is dedicated to Anthony Cheung. It is a set of three pieces for piano. Like the first book of Dream Etudes (for solo clarinet; 1999), each movement has an "action title" which inspired its musical content and procedures. The overall title of the work refers to (as in the first book) the overlapping and sudden juxtapositions of elements of the basic materials (which run throughout all three movements), as if remembered through a dream
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Dream Etudes, Book II: 2. Singing
"Dream Etudes, Book II" (2001) for piano was written for and is dedicated to Anthony Cheung. It is a set of three pieces for piano. Like the first book of Dream Etudes (for solo clarinet; 1999), each movement has an "action title" which inspired its musical content and procedures. The overall title of the work refers to (as in the first book) the overlapping and sudden juxtapositions of elements of the basic materials (which run throughout all three movements), as if remembered through a dream
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Dream Etudes, Book II: 3. Ringing
"Dream Etudes, Book II" (2001) for piano was written for and is dedicated to Anthony Cheung. It is a set of three pieces for piano. Like the first book of Dream Etudes (for solo clarinet; 1999), each movement has an "action title" which inspired its musical content and procedures. The overall title of the work refers to (as in the first book) the overlapping and sudden juxtapositions of elements of the basic materials (which run throughout all three movements), as if remembered through a dream
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Of Ice and Silver Swans
"Of Ice and Silver Swans" (2001) for horn and piano was written for and is dedicated to Hazel Dean Davis. The work is in two sections -- the first uses 'ad libitum' technique with unsynchronized horn and piano parts. The second fast section presents conflict and resolution of the harmonic material of the first section, driving onward to the conclusion. For this composer, there has always been some mental connection between the french horn and swans -- perhaps the arched neck of the animal is r
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Tenebrae Canticle
"Tenebrae Canticle" (2001) for organ was written for and is dedicated to Tom and Lois Dykstra, for the Tenebrae Service, Advent 2001 at Rochester Christian Reformed Church, New York. It is a dark meditation, exploring the depths of a series of pitch groups. Non-retrogradable rhythms and long-sustained textures run throughout.
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Tombeau-Aria
"Tombeau-Aria" (2003) for string quartet was commissioned for the Premieres Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine and was composed and dedicated in memory of American composer Meyer Kupferman (July 3, 1926 - November 26, 2003). The work is a brief aria -- a solo violin plays a melody exploring a fixed position 12-note chord over a moving passacaglia idea of inwards moving chords in the viola and cello. A reposed coda explores the same material at a slower pace.
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Sonata for Violin and Piano: 1. Prelude....
"Sonata for Violin and Piano" (1999, rev. 2001) was commissioned by and is dedicated to violinist Karen Bolshevian Ringwold. It was written for the 2000 Contemporary Music Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. The work is in two contrasting movements. The principal musical material for the work is the melodic and harmonic material presented in the first movement. The two movements are as different as possible. The first movement has the slow, lonely, and open feeling of a mountain ballad; the second
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Sonata for Violin and Piano: 2. Postlude
"Sonata for Violin and Piano" (1999, rev. 2001) was commissioned by and is dedicated to violinist Karen Bolshevian Ringwold. It was written for the 2000 Contemporary Music Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. The work is in two contrasting movements. The principal musical material for the work is the melodic and harmonic material presented in the first movement. The two movements are as different as possible. The first movement has the slow, lonely, and open feeling of a mountain ballad; the second
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Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano: 1. Arias
"Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano" (2004) was commissioned for and is dedicated to the superb Ukranian violinist Ostap Shutko. The work is in three movements -- two outer movements of intensity surrounding a respite in the middle movement.
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Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano: 2. Interlude
"Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano" (2004) was commissioned for and is dedicated to the superb Ukranian violinist Ostap Shutko. The work is in three movements -- two outer movements of intensity surrounding a respite in the middle movement.
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Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano: 3. Fantasy
"Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano" (2004) was commissioned for and is dedicated to the superb Ukranian violinist Ostap Shutko. The work is in three movements -- two outer movements of intensity surrounding a respite in the middle movement.
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Fantasia on American Hymns
"Fantasia on American Hymns" (1999-2000) for alto saxophone and piano was commissioned by Jay Pierson for Jim and Esther Steele. The work is cast in the form of a free fantasia based on three American hymn tunes: LAND OF REST (American folk melody; common text: I Come With Joy To Meet My Lord), NEW BRITAIN (from Virginia Harmony, 1831; common text: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound), and FOUNDATION (American folk melody; common text: How Firm a Foundation). All three hymns are pentatonic and s
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Chamber Music
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A Pentecost Prayer
"A Pentecost Prayer" (1999, rev. 2002) for unison choir (or solo voice) and organ is a brief and warm setting of a Pentecost collect from the Book of Common Prayer.
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Vocals
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Canticle: Mosaic in Remembrance and Hope
"Canticle: Mosaic in Remembrance and Hope" (2002) for SATB choir and flute was commissioned by Harvard University United Ministry for the one year memorial of the events of September 11, 2001. The work was premiered by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, Murray Forbes Somerville, conductor, Dolores Zdancewicz, flute, on September 11, 2002, Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts to an audience of over 10,000.
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Choral
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May Song
"May Song" (2001) for solo bassoon was written and is dedicated to arts manager Myra Mayman on the occasion of her retirement. The opening ten note gesture is drawn from the letters of her name -- the entire rest of the piece is derived from those pitches and gestures. At about the mid-way point, the second half of the piece becomes a version of the first half with the various gestures re-ordered and re-conceived.
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Solo Instruments
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Tundra Canticle
"Tundra Canticle" (2003) for bassoon and contrabass was written for and is dedicated to Brad and Doug Balliett. The work takes its inspiration from the frozen tundra of the Northern regions.
The work is cast in three sections. An opening section alternates dramatic statements with lyric phrases. The second, slower section further develops this lyric texture, building to a climax. The third section brings back the opening material and presses on to a coda.
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Chamber Music
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Blue Glimmers: 1. Deep Invocation
"Blue Glimmers" (2002) for flute, clarinet and contrabass was written for and is dedicated to Aris Carastathis and the Lakehead University New Music Ensemble. The work is inspired by the appearance and temperament of lakes -- the Great Lakes of North America in particular. (Lakehead University is located on Lake Superior, the largest and purest of the Great Lakes.)
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Chamber Music
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Blue Glimmers: 2. Lake Dance
"Blue Glimmers" (2002) for flute, clarinet and contrabass was written for and is dedicated to Aris Carastathis and the Lakehead University New Music Ensemble. The work is inspired by the appearance and temperament of lakes -- the Great Lakes of North America in particular. (Lakehead University is located on Lake Superior, the largest and purest of the Great Lakes.)
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Choral
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Exsultet
"Exsultet" (2004) for piano and tape was written for and is dedicated to composer and pianist Anthony Cheung. The title of the work refers to the sung proclamation at the opening of the Great Vigil of Easter, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Anglican/Episcopal churches throughout the world on Holy Saturday (the night before Easter Sunday). In total darkness, the "light of Christ" is lit and after a procession, the Exsultet is chanted by the deacon or priest. In this work, the piano acts as a ca
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Electronic Classical
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Reclimbing Mayflower Hill
"Reclimbing Mayflower Hill" (2003) for trumpet and tape is based on an earlier work for unaccompanied trumpet, Music from Mayflower Hill (2001). Both works are dedicated to trumpeter Colby Cooman. The music of the earlier piece is reconceived and reimagined in the trumpet part of the newer work. The tape part was composed entirely from manipulated excerpts from a recording of the earlier trumpet work. The Mayflower Hill of the title is the place upon which Colby College of Waterville, Maine s
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Electronic Classical
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