2004 – 1 Movement – Duration: 9 min
Description: The Pleiades (a/k/a the Seven Sisters) is a group of seven stars that is part of the Taurus constellation. Many astronomers say that it is best seen by first finding it and then looking away from it. That concept was the inspiration for this piece.
Instrumentation: picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, EH, 2 cl, BsCl, 2 bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 2trb, BsTrb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
The Pleiades
Download score: The Pleiades (PDF)
Download audio: Pleiades (MP3)
2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 42 min
Description: Each movement is based on a card from the tarot deck. This recording is by the Capital City Symphony.
Instrumentation: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob (EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
The Tarot – Movement 1 – O The Fool
The Tarot – Movement 2 – The Hanged Man
The Tarot – Movement 3 – The Emperor
The Tarot – Movement 4 – The Star
The Tarot – Movement 5 – The Magician
Download audio: O the Fool (MP3) | The Hanged Man (MP3) | The Emperor (MP3) | The Star (MP3) | The Magician (MP3)
2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 26 min
Description: This was a commission for the guitarist Masayuki Kato. It has been played and recorded in the US by Peter Fields. The orchestral parts are a snap. The guitarist needs to be a master.
Instrumentation: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2bsn, 2 trp, 2 hrn, 1 perc, timp, strings, solo guitar
Suite for Guitar and Orchestra – Movement 1
Suite for Guitar and Orchestra – Movement 2
Suite for Guitar and Orchestra – Movement 3
Suite for Guitar and Orchestra – Movement 4
Suite for Guitar and Orchestra – Movement 5
Download audio: Movement 1 (MP3) | Movement 2 (MP3) | Movement 3 (MP3) | Movement 4 (MP3) | Movement 5 (MP3)
Download score: Suite for Guitar and Orchestra (PDF)
Follows the Minotaur myth from its birth to its death in the Labyrinth, and Theseus’s tragic journey home from Crete.
Full orchestra – duration for three movements: 20 minutes.
pic, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 4cl, 2bs, cb, 4hr, 3trp, 4trb, tba, 3perc, timp, strings, harp.
Download the score:
Movement #1 – Pasiphae and the White Bull – Full Score
Movement #2 – Labyrinth – Full Score
Movement #3 – Theseus – Full Score
Stream the music:
Movement #1 – Pasiphae and the White Bull
Movement #2 – Labyrinth
Movement #3 – Theseus
Download the MP3s:
Movement #1
Movement #2
Movement #3
2002 – 4 Movements – Duration: 33 minutes
Description: A musical road trip. My parents used to drive us up Route 1 from Virginia to Maine each summer. This is my memory of that journey. Some orchestras have chosen to program individual movements of this piece, especially “The Detour, the Argument, and Finally, the Map” (Movement 3) and “Home” (Movement 4).
Instrumentation: 2 fl (picc), 2 ob(EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings
The Blue Chevrolet – Movement 3 – The Detour, The Argument, and Finally, The Map
Download scores: The Detour | Ah, The Scenic Overlook | The Blue Chevrolet | Home