acoustic compositions 
Even though I have been interested most of my life in electronic
music and music technology, there is nothing quite like the thrill of hearing
one's music performed by an acoustic instrumental ensemble. The following
is a listing of all my acoustic compositions to date, giving their instrumentation
and duration along with a brief description of their sound. These scores
are available at no cost to any performers who may be looking for contemporary
music—simply click here for contact info.
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| Three Felt Pieces | piano solo |
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quiet, thoughtful, dissonant, not difficult |
| In Memoriam | piano solo |
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dissonant, fairly difficult dirge |
| Four Dances for Winds | flute, oboe, clarinet in A, bass clarinet, bassoon |
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atonal, rhythmic, changing meters |
| The Infinite Spiral | violin, piano |
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soft, mystical, semi-tonal harmonies |
| Sine Nomine | brass quintet (2 trumpets, trombone, horn, tuba) |
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tonal with dissonances in the manner of Stravinsky |
| The Sky, Ringing | piano solo |
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a fantasy of arppegios mostly in high register, semi-tonal |
| Formations, for nine instruments | Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Contrabass |
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seven connected sections each explore a different form of musical organization, from 12-tone to circle-of-fifths to minimalist |
| Transformations, for twelve winds | 2 Flutes/Piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba |
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a combination of 12-tone and minimalist techniques; a kind of battle between styles that ends in an uneasy truce |
| Sonata | piano solo |
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a long, mostly dissonant and difficult work for piano in four movements, in a kind of post-Shostakovich idiom |
| Three Fantasies for Flute and Piano | flute, piano |
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Quite tonal, with the first movement reminiscent of Debussy, the second, slow movement Machaut, and an upbeat and often bitonal third movement that rocks—and sounds like no one else that I know! |
| Pavan and Galliard for recorder quintet | recorders, SAATB |
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Tonal, and full of 9ths and 11ths taking advantage of the five voices. Not too difficult, but needs good ensemble for best results. |