2026 – 1 Movement – Duration: 8 minutes
Description: A rambunctious and droll concert march.
Instrumentation: full orchestra
Good-Time Charlie’s Graduation March
Download score: Good-Time Charlie’s Graduation March (PDF)
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2014 – 3 Movements – Duration: 18 minutes
Description: A lively seasonal piece for a holiday concert
Instrumentation: picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 3cl, 2bs, 4hrn, 3trp, 3trb, tba, 3perc, timp, harp, strings
Christmas Day: Stevens Point, Wisconsin – Movement 1
Christmas Day: Stevens Point, Wisconsin – Movement 2
Christmas Day: Stevens Point, Wisconsin – Movement 3
Download scores: Movement 1 (PDF) | Movement 2 (PDF) | Movement 3 (PDF)
Download audio: Movement 1 (MP3) | Movement 2 (MP3) | Movement 3 (MP3)
2014 – 3 Movements – Duration: 17 minutes
Description: For this piece, I was inspired by the work of Vivaldi. He has such a gift for forward motion in his writing. Everything pushes and leans into the next note, the next phrase, even the next movement.
Instrumentation: Strings
Three Completely Workable Perpetual-Motion Devices – Device #1
Three Completely Workable Perpetual-Motion Devices – Device #2
Three Completely Workable Perpetual-Motion Devices – Device #3
View short videos of The Takoma Ensemble playing this piece: Device #1 | Device #2 | Device #3
Download scores: Device #1 (PDF) | Device #2 (PDF) | Device #3 (PDF)
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2013 – 5 Movements – Duration: 29 minutes
Description: Comedia dell’arte is an 18th-century form of theater that is rarely revived. A pity. It has been the inspiration for many visual artists, notably Picasso. The movements in this piece are named for five of the stock commedia dell’arte characters.
Instrumentation: picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 3cl, 2bs, 4hrn, 3trp, 3trb, tba, 4percus, timp, harp, strings
The Players – Movement 1 – Harlequin
The Players – Movement 2 – Columbine
The Players – Movement 3 – Beltramo
The Players – Movement 4 – Inamoratti
The Players – Movement 5 – Pierrot
Download scores: Harlequin (PDF) | Columbine (PDF) | Beltramo (PDF) | Inamoratti (PDF) | Pierrot (PDF)
Download audio: Harlequin (MP3) | Columbine (MP3) | Beltramo (MP3) | Inamoratti (MP3) | Pierrot (MP3)
2012 – 3 Movements – Duration: 13 minutes
Description: This is a piece depicting the rickety, clattering and all-around terrifying experience of riding a bicycle during the earliest days of its appearance in America. At the piece’s premier with the Capital City Symphony, Maestra Victoria Gau rode her bicycle across the stage to the podium.
Instrumentation: 3fl,3cl,2ob,eh,3bs,4hrn,3trp,3trb,tba,4perc,timp,strings, harp
Velocipede – Movement 1
Velocipede – Movement 2
Velocipede – Movement 3
Download scores: Movement 1 (PDF) | Movement 2 (PDF) | Movement 3 (PDF)
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