Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1/31/17) – 12’30”. The sonata is in three movements. The opening movement is fast. It expresses a wholesome, self-confident nature. The slow movement is somber. It is highlighted by a bassoon cadenza…
Numinous Ignotus – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Numinous Ignotus (1987) Sonata for clarinet and piano – 13’00”. The sonata is in three movements. The first begins slowly and feels very open. The middle section is more rhythmic and dramatic. The second movement is lyric…
Known Lights – Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano
Known Lights, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 (2009) for Clarinet and piano – 14’40”. As the title suggests, this work is inspired by common sights, views from the everyday world that create an emotional response. “Turbulent Skies” presents…
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2011) – 9’40”. “Contrasts” is light and cheerful with sixteenth-note activity from the piano against short, lyric phrases from the clarinet. “Interlude” is much darker and chromatic. The clarinet has a long…
Sonata for Oboe and Harpsichord or Oboe and Piano
Sonata for oboe and harpsichord (2011) or for oboe and piano (2012) – Duration: 11’50”. The sonata is in three movements. “Contrasts” pits a lyrical oboe against rapid motion from the keyboard. “Interlude” is a chromatic slow…
Origami – flute and piano
Origami (5/22/16) for flute and piano – 5’31”. Musical elements in this piece keep folding over upon themselves; hence, the title. There are five sections in the work following roughly an ABABA form. The piece is characterized…
Alice in the White Rabbit’s House – scene for soprano and piano
Alice in the White Rabbit’s House – The text for this work comes from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, chapter four: “The Rabbit Sends In a Little Bill.” For the purpose of making this a first…
A Wagtail Dance: Eight Bee Poems – song cycle for soprano and piano
A Wagtail Dance – When bees return to the hive, they need to communicate the location of suitable flowers, such as clover, to the other members of the hive. This is done by means of a wagtail…
Visions of Eternity – song cycle for soprano and piano
Visions of Eternity – Emily Dickinson wrote many poems that contemplate faith and the meaning of death. The six songs in this cycle present a variety of answers to that contemplation. In “The Doomed — regard the…
Sonnets from the Portuguese – song cycle for soprano, oboe and piano
Sonnets from the Portuguese – The five songs in this cycle tell the story of Elizabeth Barrett’s unlikely courtship by the more accomplished and worldly poet, Robert Browning. It begins with “Unlike are we,” a sonnet that describes…