Mediterranean Delight – string orchestra
Mediterranean Delight (12/19/13) for string orchestra – 11’00” The work evokes an easy, Latin lifestyle. The first movement, Sunshine and Sparkling Seas, is roughly ternary in form, with the middle section featuring imitation that begins with the…
Lux Perpetua – Chamber Orchestra
Lux Perpetua (2009) for chamber orchestra [1 1 1 1 – 2 2 0 0, timp. and strings], prize and premiere by the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra on February 3, 2013, in Washington, D.C.– 10’00” In Lux…
Nothing Bitter Suite – Chamber Orchestra
Nothing Bitter Suite (2010) for chamber orchestra [1 1 1 1, 0 1 0 0, timp. and strings] Winner of the 2015 Heights Chamber Orchestra’s American Composers Prize. Premiered by the Heights Chamber Orchestra in Cleveland Heights…
Concert Piece for Trumpet and Orchestra
Concert Piece for Trumpet and Orchestra [2 2 2 2, 4 2 2 1, timp, perc, piano, solo trumpet & strings] – 10’30”. This surprising work features both the trumpet soloist and the tuba. Both have cadenzas! …
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings (2012) – 14’50” The first movement, Passion, begins with a cadenza for the clarinet. The first theme at the entrance of the strings is somber and tense. A second theme is introduced…
Celebration Overture – orchestra
Celebration Overture (9/21/17) for orchestra [2+1 2+1 2 2, 4 3 3 1, timp, 3 perc, harp, strings] commissioned by The Philharmonic Society, Raleigh, NC, premiered by the Triangle Youth Philharmonic, Hugh Partridge, Director, on April 22, 2018. The…