2026 – 1 Movement – Duration: 8 minutes
Description: A rambunctious and droll concert march.
Instrumentation: full orchestra
Good-Time Charlie’s Graduation March
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2021 – 1 Movement – Duration: 15 minutes
Description: David Fanning, the music director of the National String Symphonia in Washington, D.C., asked me for a “show-off” piece for his orchestra. It sounds flashy, but is only of medium difficulty to play.
Instrumentation: piano,harp,strings
Rhapsody for Piano and Strings
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2017 – 1 Movement – Duration: 3 minutes
Description: This is a light, call-and-response piece that introduces a young audience to the sections of the orchestra. Commissioned by the National Philharmonic at Strathmore Music Center.
Instrumentation: picc,2fl,2ob,2cl,bscl,2bs,4hrn,3trp,2trb,bstrb,tba,4perc,timp,harp,strings
Give Me the Orchestra
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2017 – 1 Movement – Duration: 4 minutes
Description: This is built to be an encore piece.
Instrumentation: String orchestra
A Perfect Morning on West 13th Street
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2017 – 1 Movement – Duration: 12 minutes
Description: I have always been obsessed with flying cars—especially those from the science fiction future of the 1950s. In this whimsical piece, I imagined a little spaceship that runs out of fuel and must land on a strange planet for a refill. Soon, it continues on its merry way.
Instrumentation: picc,2fl,2ob,eh,2cl,bscl,2bs,4hrn,3trp,2trb,bstrb,tba,3perc,timp,harp,strings
My Own Personal Rocketship (aka Rocket Ship Model X-14z19)
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2016 – 3 Movements – Duration: 20 minutes
Description: A lively, rhythmic concert piece featuring Latin American rhythms and a prominent vibraphone part
Instrumentation: Strings, harp, percussion
Retablos – Movement 1 – Songo
Retablos – Movement 2 – Fandango
Retablos – Movement 3 – Cumbia
Download scores: Songo (PDF) | Fandango (PDF) | Cumbia (PDF)
Download audio: Songo (MP3) | Fandango (MP3) | Cumbia (MP3)
2016 – 1 Movement – Duration: 2 minutes
Description: A fanfare. Commissioned by Maestro Patrick Miles and the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Instrumentation: picc,2fl,2ob,eh,2cl,BsCl,2bs,contra,4hrn,3trp,3trb,tuba,3perc,timp,harp,stings
Fanfare for the Open Road
Score download: Fanfare for the Open Road (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)
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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)