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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2019 – 1 Movement – Duration: 8 minutes
Description: A contemplation of love, with text by Alexander “Sandy” Shaw. Commissioned by the choir at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland.
Instrumentation: Oboe, French horn, bassoon, piano, SATB choir
Download score: Sanctuary (PDF)
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 – 4 Movements – Duration: 41 minutes
Description: An arrangement of my orchestral piece Postcards from the West for symphonic wind ensemble.
Instrumentation: Brass, winds, percussion
Postcards from the West – Movement 1 – Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
Postcards from the West – Movement 2 – Aurora Borealis
Postcards from the West – Movement 3 – The Hot Air Balloon
Postcards from the West – Movement 4 – A View of the Mississippi
Download scores: Devil’s Tower, Wyoming (PDF) | Aurora Borealis (PDF) | The Hot Air Balloon (PDF) | A View of the Mississippi (PDF)
Download audio: Devil’s Tower, Wyoming (MP3) | Aurora Borealis (MP3) | The Hot Air Balloon (MP3) | A View of the Mississippi (MP3)