Still Life With Blue (2013) for Orchestra (10′)
Premiere: Durham Symphony Orchestra/William Henry Curry
HIP Concerto (Chamber Concerto No. 3) (2013) for J.S. Bach inspired ensemble of Historical or Modern Instruments: Recorder/Transverse Fl., Baroque Oboe, Baroque Trumpet (D and C), Baroque Violin, Baroque Viola, Baroque Cello, Violone, Harpsichord. (17′) (May also be performed with modern flute, oboe, and trumpet, and modern strings; the solo strings may augmented as well.). See also Mixed Chamber Ensembles (4-11 musicians) /Chamber Concertos
Commissioned by: Malaria Chamber Players for the North Carolina HIP Festival, February, 2014
Premiere: North Carolina HIP Festival, February 2014.
Score Published: Presser
Cíthera mea (Evocations), Spanish Music Notebook (2008) para orquesta/for orchestra (16′)
Co-commissioned by: the North Carolina Symphony and the Nasher Museum of Art, as part of their exhibition “El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the reign of Philip III”
Premiere: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra; Grant Llewellyn, conductor. October 2nd, 2008
I. Round Some Spanish Dances
II. Galería
III. Cíthara mea (after Alonso Lobo and Tomàs Luís de Victoria)
IV. Enviado: Beatus ille (after Mudarra)
Essay on Cithara mea by the composer
Poetry of the Piedmont (2006) for Orchestra (7′)
Commissioned by: the North Carolina Symphony as part of its “Postcards from North Carolina” project honoring the 75th anniversary of the orchestra’s founding in 1932.
Premiere: North Carolina Symphony; Grant Llewellyn, conductor. Meymandi Hall, Raleigh, NC. January, 2007.
Published: Presser #446-41245 (study score) 446-41245 (full score – large)
RECORDING
Cut time for Orchestra (2004) 2’
For National Symphony’s tour of North Carolina, March 9-13, 2005 (Greenville– Raleigh – Greensboro – Boone– Spindale).
Premiere: National Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. Also conducted by Emil de Cou.
Published: Presser #446-41246 (study score) 446-41246 (full score)
RECORDING
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (2003) 28’
Commissioned by: National Symphony Orchestra Premiere: David Hardy, Cello; National Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. January 8th, 9th, 10th, 2004.
I. Bold and urgently lyrical (Allegro energico) II. Clever, impish, a little “ugly” (Scherzino) III. “Mysterious flower”: poco andante; interior, inchoate (Variations) IV. Fast, pulsingPublished: Presser Full Score – Study (#446-41195) Full Score – Large (#446-41195L)
REVIEWS
CONCERTO for Violin and Orchestra (1997-99) 35′
Commissioned by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Premiere: Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Greensboro Symphony; Stuart Malina, conductor. March 11, 2000.
• Allegro vivo
• Passage
• Variations
Published: Presser #446-41195 (study score). NEW!! Forthcoming: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, newly engraved Violin and Piano Version (2025)
REVIEWS
Songs of Turning (1996) for Chorus and Orchestra (25′) Texts by the composer, Anonymous Ann Landers, Harold Kushner, Mary Oliver, David Rosenberg, Denise Levertov and the Books of Psalms and Jeremiah.
Commissioned by: Oregon Bach Festival (Bach and the Americas) and the Fromm Music Foundation
Premiere: Oregon Bach Festival; Oregon Repertory Singers; Gilbert Seeley, conductor /soloists: James Madalena, Terry Rhodes. Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon. June 28, 1996.
Four Images (1983; rev. 1987) for Orchestra 21′
Premiere: New Jersey Symphony; Hugo Wolff, conductor. March 17-20, 1988. Notes
I. Intrada II. Tempests III. Afterimage IV. MelodiesPublished: Presser (Score) Parts on rental.
Autumnal (1986) for Orchestra 24′
Premiere: New Hampshire Symphony; James Bolle, conductor.
November 14 and 16, 1986.
Published: Presser Rental Library
The Rhythm of the Running Plough (1988) for chamber orchestra 14′
Premiere: Prism Orchestra; Robert Black, conductor. Merkin Hall, New York City. December 14, 1988.
RECORDING
Published: Presser (Score) Parts on rental.
Three Yiddish Songs (1978) for soprano and small orchestra 23′
Premiere: Marilyn Found, soprano; Penn Composers Guild; Stephen Jaffe, conductor. Philadelphia. April 1977.
Movements
i. cradle song (Leah Rudnitsky)
ii. unter dayne vayse stern (Avram Sutzkever)
iii. Shtiler, Shtiler (Shmerl Kazcerginsky)
Published: Presser Rental Library
Rega Raga (1975) for Jazz Ensemble 16-20′
