Concert Works

Principal Works

 

Fox Fables (2008-10) 1-Act Opera

 (Libretto: Rhoda Levine with Peter Winkler)

The Fox and the Grapes (14 min.); The Fox and the Hen (9½ min)

Premiere: John Duffy Composers Institute, Norfolk, Va. May 31 2009

The Lion and the Fox (13 min)

Premiere: John Duffy Composers Institute, Norfolk, Va. June 5, 2010

Sarabande-Tombeau for violin, gamba, and harpsichord (2001-2008) (10 min.) Premiere: Flying Forms, Stony Brook University Alumni Concert, February 10, 2008

 

Fantasy for Cello and Cello Ensemble

(14 min.) (2007) Colin Carr, solo, with cellist from the Stony Brook Graduate Program.   Premiere: Stony Brook Premieres Series, February 25, 2008.  Recorded on Bridge CD

 

Elliptic Bounce

(trombone, bass)(9 min.) Ray Anderson, Joseph Carver, Staller Center Recital Hall, April 24, 2007

 

Cabo Maio

(violin, piano)(2006) (8 min.) Premiere: Dorothea Cook, Peter Winkler, Stony Brook, November 2006

The Darkling Spring
Fantasia a5 for Low Consort (low viols: 1 tenor, 2 bass, 1 G violone, 1 Viennese Bass) (2006) (8 min.)

Walnut Hill
(violin and piano) (2005) (10 min.)

Gathering Reel/Departing Reel
Chamber orchestra (2-2-2-2 2-2-2 2 perc. Timp Str) (2004-2005)

Remembering
(text by Wendell Berry) Voice and piano or guitar. (2003) (7 min.)

Betty’s Creek
(waltz for violin and piano) (2003) (6 min.)

Gili’s Music
(bassoon and cello) (2003) (8 min)

A Midsummer Overture
(Orchestra, 2-2-2-2-4-3-3-1, 3 perc., harp, strings) (2002)

Partita
(Baroque Ensemble) (2001) (22 min.)

Requiem Aeternam
(in memory of the victims of September 11, 2001) (2001) Chorus or vocal ensemble, SATB

Returning to the Root
(horn and piano) (2000) commissioned by Paul Basler. Premiere: April, 2004. Honorable Mention, International Horn Society Composition Contest. (11 min.)

Serenade for String Orchestra
(1998) commissioned by the Kammergild Chamber Orchestra, Lazar Gosman, musical director. ( 23 min.)

Nine Waltzes
(Piano Trio) (1997) commissioned by the Guild Trio. (21 min.)

Saboreando el Gusto Cubano
(Violin, Piano, Percussion) (5:20 min.) First Hemispheric Conference, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Havana, Cuba, Oct. 6, 1994

Waterborne
(Violin and Tape) 16 min. (1991)

Gospel Hymn
(Violin, Piano) 7 min.

Solitaire
(Clarinet solo) (4 min.) commissioned by Philip Rehfeldt 4 min. (1989)
Recordings: Michael Lowenstern (bass clarinet) (New World Records, 1996); Philip Rehfeldt, clarinet (Advance Recordings, 2001)

No Condition is Permanent
(Fl., Cl., Vln., Vc./Electric Bs., Pno., Perc.) (25 min.) (1980-89)
commissioned by the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players.

Yaa Amponsah
Fantasy on a Ghanaian Popular Song (Vln., Pno) (10 min.) (1988)

Recitativo e Terzetto
(Ob., Cl., Bn.) (12 min.) (1980) First Prize, New England Reed Trio Competition 2000. Commissioned by the Redlands University Contemporary Music Ensemble.

Clarinet Bouquet
Four Concert Rags (Cl., Pno., Bs.) (25 min.) (1976-80) This work was used as score for the dance Mnenosyne, performed by the Joan Lombardi Dance Company in New York, March 1982

Symphony
(orchestra, winds and brasses by 2’s) (40 min.) (1971-78)

Ragtime Grackle
(oboe solo, ad lib. piano and cantus firmus -viola or men’s chorus - accompaniment) (1972) (14 min.)

Humoresque
(piano solo) (32 min.) (1968-70) Finalist, League of Composers/ISCM International Piano Music Competition, 1976

String Quartet
(1965-67) 15 min.

But A Rose
(text: Iva Kroeger)(Countertenor, piano 4-hands) 5 min. (1965)

Seven Short Pieces
for Piano (1961) (6 min.)