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"....the music and the words...were as striking as they were sublime."
     – Austin Chronicle on 
​
​Remembering Landscape
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Compositions

  • Stage Works
  • Solo Pieces
  • Chamber
  • Concert Band
  • Orchestral

Stage Works


Opera

3D's Dance Hall

A micro-opera with libretto by Madeleine St. Romain. Winner of the Atlanta Opera's 24 hour Opera Project 2014. 
Duration: 11:00
Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
VIDEO:
​Performance by the Atlanta Opera

Original Sin​

Chamber Opera in One Act. Libretto based on the York Mystery Plays.
Duration: 21:19
Instrumentation: soprano,mezzo-soprano, tenor,baritone and chamber orchestra

Pie, Pith, and Palette

Micro-Opera with Libretto by Rachel Peters. Winner of the 2016 Atlanta Opera's 24-hour Opera Project.
Duration: 7:00
Instrumentation: soprano,mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano

Remembering Landscape

Micro-Opera with Libretto by Madeleine St. Romain. Premiered at Fresh Squeeze Ounce of Opera II, Austin, TX.
Duration: 10:10
Instrumentation: soprano,mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
READ:
Review by The Austin Chronicle

The Fall of the Angels

Chamber Opera in One Act. Libretto based on the York Mystery Plays.
Duration: 21:00
Instrumentation: soprano,mezzo-soprano, baritone, small chorus, and chamber orchestra

The Looted Crate

Micro-Opera with Libretto by Ed Morgan. Original concept for the Atlanta Opera's 24-hour Opera Project 2017.
Duration: 9:42
Instrumentation: soprano,mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano

Solo Pieces


Flute

Dans le brume

Duration: 2:55
Instrumentation: for unaccompanied flute

Poem for Flute and Piano

Duration: 4:22
Instrumentation: flute and piano

Romance for Flute and Piano

Duration: 6:00
Instrumentation: flute and piano
Recordings:
AERO (2020, Navona Records)

Scherzo

Duration: 2:41
Instrumentation: ​for unaccompanied flute

Traveling Light

Duration: 2:27
Instrumentation: ​for unaccompanied flute

Oboe

Allegro 

Duration: 3:23
Instrumentation: oboe and piano
SCORE:
Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Song for Peace

Duration: 3:04
Instrumentation: oboe and piano

Two Pieces for Oboe and Piano

Duration: 5:12
Instrumentation: oboe and piano
SCORE:
Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Bassoon

Intermezzo for Bassoon and Piano

Duration: 3:08
Instrumentation: bassoon and piano

VOCAL

Chamber Music

Words by James Joyce
Duration: 17:00
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano

I Am

Words by Jonah Papovich
Duration: 1:57
Instrumentation: boy soprano and piano

More Than Fair Weather Friends

Song cycle with poetry by Gwendolyn Carlton
Duration: 10:00
Instrumentation: soprano (or baritone) and piano

Three Songs from "Twelfth Night"

Words by William Shakespeare
Duration:
 7:04
Instrumentation: baritone and piano

Chamber


American Folk Songs for Woodwind Quintet

Duration: 9:55
Instrumentation: woodwinds​

Gloria for Soprano Solo, Tenor Solo, SATB chorus, Woodwind Quintet, and Piano

Duration: 7:04
Instrumentation: voice, woodwind, and piano​

Suite from Handel's Ariodante for oboe, English horn, and Bassoon

Duration: 17:51
Instrumentation: oboe, english horn, and bassoon

Three Meditations for Flute, French Horn, and Piano

Duration: 6:19
Instrumentation: flute, french horn, and piano

Three Trifles for Woodwind Quintet

Duration: 11:15
Instrumentation: woodwinds
SCORE:
Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Trio for Three French Horns

Duration: 8:33
Instrumentation: french horn
SCORE:
Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano

Duration: 12:22
Instrumentation: flute, bassoon, piano
SCORE:
​Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Trio for Oboe, English Horn (or Bb Clarinet), and Bassoon

Duration: 13:07
Instrumentation: oboe, english horn, and bassoon
SCORE:
Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Concert Band


A Festive Overture

Duration: 7:26
Instrumentation: wind ensemble
VIDEO:
Performance by American Patriot Winds Ensemble
SCORE:
​​Score available for purchase from Imagine Music

Danzon

Duration: 3:48

Orchestral


Blue Ridge Mountain Suite

Duration: 17:51
Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2 4-3-3-1 timpani, percussion, piano, and strings

Concerto for Cello

Duration: 15:20
Instrumentation: solo cello and orchestra

Concerto for Contrabassoon

Duration: 11:56
Instrumentation: solo contrabassoon and chamber orchestra

Concerto for English Horn

Duration: 14:10
Instrumentation: solo english horn and chamber orchestra

Concerto for Euphonium

Duration: 14:55
Instrumentation: solo euphonium and orchestra

Concerto for Harpsichord

Duration: 24:17
Instrumentation: solo harpsichord, orchestra

Concerto Grosso in the Baroque Style

Duration: 9:51
Instrumentation: two solo violin, cello, and string orchestra

Country Scenes

Duration: 14:00
Instrumentation: string orchestra

Five Miniatures

Duration: 11:11
Instrumentation: string orchestra

Lux Aeterna

Duration: 5:44
Instrumentation: chamber orchestra

There's Music in the Mountains 

Duration: 6:00
Instrumentation: 2-2-2-2 4-3-3-1 timpani, percussion, piano, strings

Romance for Violin

Duration: 7:01
Instrumentation: solo violin and chamber orchestra
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