2008 – 7 Movements – Duration: 20 minutes
String orchestra or String quintet
2004 – 1 Movement – Duration: 10 minutes
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
Description: This was originally a ballet score written for Natalie Moffet-Smith. It is a very cool piece of very colorful music.
Duration: 18 min
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob(EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
1348 was the worst year of the plague. The population of medieval Europe was nearly cut in half over the course of a few years. There are many strange parallels between the 14th century and our own: a belief that the apocalypse is near, a surge in religious fundamentalism, an unexplained and incurable pestilence. I would just refer the curious to Barbara Tuchman’s brilliant history, A Distant Mirror. Why I felt this was something to write music about is something that will have to remain between my therapist and myself.
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1994 – Duration: 8 min
Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bs, 2 trp, 2 hrn, 2 trb, tb, 2 perc, timp, strings
Description: A charming small work for a chamber orchestra.
Stream the music:
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Instrumentation: picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, BsCl, 2 bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 2trb, BsTrb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
Duration: 8 minutes
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The Pleiades – Full Score
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The Pleiades
The Pleiades is a group of seven stars that is part of the Taurus constellation. It is also called the Seven Sisters. Many astronomers say that it is best seen by first finding it and then looking away from it. I love this concept.
