Works
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ORCHESTRAL
Through a Glass … Images and music for orchestra. (2020)
Based on photos by the composer that may accompany a performance.
1 fl/picc, fl, ob, Eng Horn, clar, clar/b cl, bsn, 2 hns, 2 trpts, 1 trm, 1 tb, 2 perc (#1 timp, sn dr, sus cym, woodblock; #2 glock, mrcs, tam-tam, tamb), harp, vlns I & II, vlas, celli, basses. (approx. 10’)
Read a score excerpt; view sample of photos with MIDI audioCertain Dark Things (2009)
2 picc, 2 fl, ob, Eng hn, 2 cl, 2 bsn, c bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tmb, b tmb, tb, 2 perc (#1 timp, b dr; #2 glock, mar) hp, vlns 1 & 2, vlas, celli, basses (approx. 4’)
Read the score; listen to a performance by Monmouth Symphony OrchestraNumbers & Legends for 17 players. (2002)
Text collage from 17 sources.
SATB narrators; fl/picc, fl, B-flat clar, A clar, mixed perc (cyms, sd, op gong, lrg gong), vibe/mar, hp, pno, MIDI synth, vlns 1 & 2, vlas, celli, (approx. 17’)Symphony in Five Movements, 1994
picc., 2 fls, 2 obs, Eng Hn, 2 clars in A, b clar/cb clar, 4 hns, 2 trpts, 3 trmbs, tba, 4 perc (#1 sus. cym., gong, crtls, timp; #2 vib, glock, xyl, 2 tom-toms; #3 vib, sn, bngos, sus cym, tamb; #4 mar, xyl, bdr, timp), hp, vlns 1 & 2, vlas, celli, basses. [note: sus. cym, timp, vib and xyl are shared between players] (approx. 30’)Prelude on the Name M-O-E-V-S (1992).
2 fl, ob, Eng Hn, 2 cls, bsn, trpt, 2 trmb, pno, hp, 3 perc (#1 xyl, b drum; #2 lrg sus. cym., sn, tri; #3 mar, tube bells), vlns 1 & 2, vlas, celli, basses. (approx. 5’)
Choral
Two Names of God (2017)
Text of letters drawn from Kabbalah meditation on 72 names of G-d; commissioned by Gene Pritzker and Composers Concordance.
SATB w/opt pno (approx. 4’)
Read a score excerpt“The Owl's Song” (2010)
setting of a poem by Ted Hughes
Mezzosoprano soloist, SATB, perc (tri, mrcs, xyl), Eng Hn, vla, b cl, hp (approx. 6’)Pioneer 10 (version 2)
Cantata on texts from a NASA document, Psalm 134 and poetry by the composer. Three movements. Work in progress; completion delayed.
4 narrs, SATB, pre-recorded computer and pno (approx. 18’)Arjuna on the Battlefield (1993)
Cantata on excerpts from the Bhagavad-gita.
SSAATTBB choir, tenor soloist and Eng hn obbligato. (approx. 15’)The Lord's Prayer (1987)
Setting for a cappella women's choir (SSAA) (approx. 4’)Only God Is Glorious (1986)
Setting of a poem by Nicole Wilkinson Duran. SATB and pno (approx. 7’)
Chamber
Rose of Venus (2019)
Commissioned by New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
perc quartet (each player: f cym, tri, jing cym, clvs, tamb) (approx. 4’)
Read an excerpt of the score; watch an excerpt of the performance at Bar ThaliaBeach 676 (2019)
Commissioned by Composers Concordance
mixed quartet: trmpt, vln, elct gtr, b cl (approx 4’)
Read the scoreLunatic (2017)
commissioned by Composers Concordance
duet: b cl, perc (sus cym., tri., bongos, snare, tom) (approx 4’)String Quartet (2016)
Premiered by the Locrian Chamber Players
vln 1 & 2, vla, cell
listen to a recording of the premiere by the Locrian Chamber Players
(approx. 20’)Elegy (9/11/06)
Commissioned by Cygnus Ensemble, 2006
2 gtrs (approx. 2 1/2')
Read the score; listen to the premiere by Cygnus EnsembleBerceuse
Settings of original text
2 voices (mostly speaking), gtr., synth, 2005 (approx. 7')Pioneer 10 (1997)
Version 1 (see entry under “Choral”)
Cantata on texts of Psalm 134, poetry of the composer, and a NASA Web document
Single narrator and computer on tape (approx. 12')“The Sorting Moon” (1997)
Commissioned by the Composers Guild of New Jersey
Setting of a commissioned poem by John Falk
Narr, sop sax, 2 gtrs, 1 perc (conga, gongs, vib.) and computer on tape, dancer. Original performance was outdoors on the State Museum lawn in Trenton, 1997, included TVs with live video feed and large commissioned paintings as backdrop (approx. 24')L’Homme Arme Canon 1996
perc quartet (#1 vib./glock., #2 xyl, #3 vib/pno, #4 mar) (approx. 2')
Read the scoreL’Homme Arme Bamboula (1996)
for 2 perc. (#1 conga, drum set; #2 synth, bongo, gong) and MIDI instruments on tape (still in sketch form only) (10')The Wheels and the Living Creatures (1996)
mixed quintet: fl, Eng hn, cell, perc (bngos, sus cym, clvs, vib) and pno
(approx. 4')Machine Division (1995)
2 gtrs, hrpsch (approx. 5')“The Second Coming” 1994
Setting of the poem by W.B. Yeats
Sop, fl, piano (approx. 7')
Listen to the premiereIn Love's Absence (1994)
Vla, pno (approx. 4')Gemini (1994)
3 perc (#1 xyl; #2 sn dr, bngos, vib; #3 mar), computer on tape and synth drone (approx. 4')“All Day I Hear” (1993)
Setting of a poem by James Joyce
Baritone solo, fl, Eng hn, 2 sop and 2 alto voices, 2 vla, cell, hrpsch“DOVIAK” Variations (1992)
Pno four-hands (approx. 12')Medea (String Quartet No. 1) (1991)
vln 1 & 2, vla, cell (approx. 20')
Solo
Charms and Chasms (2012)
Commissioned by Peter Jarvis
perc (cyms, gongs), (approx. 8.5')
Listen to a performance by Bill TriggHappy Birthday, Nik! (2011)
pno (approx. 30")Three Easy Gospel Songs (2011)
pno (beginner) (approx. 1' - 1.5' each)Undersea (2009)
Commissioned by Stanley Alexandrowicz
Fantasy for gtr (approx 4')Jungle 5-7675 (2008)
Commissioned by Peter Jarvis
drum set (approx. 6')Whole Tone Studies (2007)
pno, 9 short movements (intermediate-early advanced)
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included on the album Certain Dark ThingsCertain Dark Things (2007) dedicated to Lauren Golden
pno (approx. 3’)
included on the album Certain Dark ThingsTime Flies (2007)
synth improvisation and pre-recorded voices (approx. 4’)Slow Movements (2007)
pno, 3 movements: The Action Underneath (2006), Memo to the People in the Pink House and The Gates (2007) (approx. 25’)
included on the album Certain Dark ThingsPawlan-Stone Wedding March (2004)
For Quinn Pawlan and Eric Stone
vla (approx. 4’)My Undoing (1998)
For Sabrina Berger Kuratana
elec 5-string vln and pre-recorded computer. Five movements: Prelude, March, Breakdown, March (Revisited) and Rag (10’)Sacred Preludes (1993-98)
pno, 4 movements: New Heaven, New Earth; Jesu Schläft; Martha and Mary; and Lazarus (approx. 15’)
1993-98Les Femmes Armées (1996)
Commissioned by Elizabeth Brooke McNutt
fl (approx. 10 minutes)
view an excerpt from the score; listen to a performance by Patti MonsonKey West (Division by 360 degrees) (1995)
vln (approx. 20')Division by Four Moons (1994)
gtr (approx. 12')Caracol (1992)
cell, collage in a single movement (approx. 10')Libra (1992)
vla, four short movements (approx. 12')
Read an excerpt of the score; listen to a performance of Mvmt 1 by Sabrina Berger Kuratana Fughetta “Christ lag in Todesbanden” (1992)
pno (approx. 3’)Redemption Circles (or Third Piano Suite) (1990)
pno, four movements (in minimalist style): A Scene in Central Park, Slackwood Presbyterian, Prayer Circles and The Wealth of Jacob (approx. 20')Second Piano Suite (1990)
pno, three short movements (approx. 4')First Piano Suite (1990)
pno, four short movements: Rag, Intermezzo, Toccata, Three Moonlights (approx. 10')Buffalo Girl Waltz (1988)
pno, 1988 (approx. 3’)Cameo Rags (1980-84)
pno, four standalone pieces in a ragtime style: Queen Elizabeth, Benito and the Queen of Fashion, Jabba the Hutt, and Fred Astaire (approx. 10')
Electronic (performerless)
“Trying to Explain This to Vanessa”
Narr and computer on tape, on text of a conversation with John Robinson, 1997. (10’)Numbers and Legends (1996)
Version 1 (see entry under “Orchestral”)
Tape installation for narrators and MIDI instruments, on texts excerpted from a variety of sources. (17’)Black Mirror (1997)
Pre-recorded computer (12’)
ListenThe Dad Music (1997)
Pre-recorded narr, synthesizer and computer (7’)
ListenPuncture (1996)
Diskklavier (2’)
Singer/Songwriter
Over 80 original songs for voice and various instruments, influenced by blues and popular music
Three Rooms offers an example from 2009. I perform older ones from time to time. Two are currently available on Soundcloud from an event at SICA in Long Branch, NJ in 2007: Walking (I Sing) and Book of Darkness.