MUSIC by instrumentation
ORCHESTRAL
Nocturnes for piano and chamber orchestra (1978) 20’.pub: Galaxy Music
Autumnal Song for violin and orchestra (1983). 15’. pub: Galaxy Music
Concerto for clarinet, cello and orchestra (1983). 25’. pub: Galaxy Music
Symphony in Three Parts (1987). Galaxy Music.21’pub: Galaxy Music
Concertino for flute and strings (1987). 15’ pub: Galaxy Music
Elixir for string orchestra (1996) 13‘
Ancestors (1996) for 3 solo celli, 2 clarinets, violin, harp, timpani, celli and double basses. 14’.
Piano Concerto (1997-1999) 24’.pub:E.C.Schirmer
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1999). 21’ pub. E.C.Schirmer
Mosaic (Dec. 2002) chamber orchestra 16’ [fl. ob. cl. bsn. hrn. perc. hrp. Str.]
Five Orchestral Scenes (2005) 25’.pub.E.C.Schirmer
Violin Concerto (2008-9) 28’pub.E.C.Schirmer
Vermont Fanfare(2014) 1′
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra(2017) 23′
Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra (2018) 23′
Concertino for Contrabassoon and small orchestra (2022) for Will Safford 15'
CHAMBER MUSIC
Six Pieces for violin and piano (1977).8‘
Cabaret Music (1978). or clarinet, violin, cello and piano Galaxy Music.8’ pub: Galaxy Music.
Movements for violin and piano (1979).15‘
String Quartet No.2 (1981).16’.
Summer Pages for flute, oboe and harpsichord (1981). 13‘ pub: Galaxy Music
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1981-84). 22’. pub: GunMar Music
Woodwind Quintet (No.1) (1985). 14‘. pub: Galaxy Music
Three Songs for flute and piano (1985).12’
Divertimento (1986).12‘ clarinet and piano
Partita for oboe and piano (1987).17’TrevCo Music Publishing
Two Night Pieces for viola and piano (1988).7‘
Suite for Cello Quartet (1989). 18’ pub.: GunMar Music
Winter Sketchbook for violin and piano (1989).18‘
Serenade for cello and piano (1990).21’
Three Little Pieces for soprano saxophone and piano (1991).7‘
Waltz in C for ten celli (1991).4’.
Sextet for piano and winds (1991).22‘
Blues and Boogie for cello and piano (1991). 9’. pub.: GunMar Music.
Lamento, Scherzo and Aria in memory of Lou viola solo (1992) 12‘
Song of the Tango Bird for flute and piano (1992). 8’pub.: GunMar Music.
Terpsichord clarinet,alto saxophone,violin,cello and piano (1992).16‘
Piano Trio (1993) 18’
Music for flute,clarinet and piano (1994) 16‘
Dreamscape for oboe,bassoon,violin and cello (1994).12’ TrevCo Music Publishing
Episodes (1994) cello and piano 20’
Romances for violin and piano (1996). 14‘
Sleepless Night (string quartet no. 3) (1996). 17’
Journal flute,guitar and cello (1996) 12‘
Lyric Pieces for flute and Piano (1997) 14’
Candles clarinet solo (1997) 5’
For Lili Boulanger (1998)for twelve cellos. 8’
Two Pieces for english horn, two bassoons, cello and double bass (2000) 7’
Birthday Music brass quintet. (July, 2000). 10 ’
Wind Quintet No. 2 (Jan.2001). fl, ob, cl in B flat, hn, bsn. 13’ TrevCo Music Publishing
Dark Song (Nov. 2001) bass clarinet and piano. 5’
String Quartet No. 4 (Jan. 2002). 17’
Music for Pat (2002) oboe solo 6’ TrevCo Music Publishing
Games (Jan. 2003) flute and clarinet 6’
Three Impressions (2003) 12 ‘piano and wind quintet.
From the Sad Café (June, 2003) cello and guitar. 12’ 30’
Four Bagatelles (Dec. 26, 2003). 7:30’ Bassoon and Piano.
In Memory Of (July, 2006) clarinet, violin, cello, piano. 24 ‘
Three Nightscapes ( 2006) 15’flute, clarinet, piano.
A Chorale and Two Dances (2007) 13’ trumpet and piano
A Chorale and Two Dances for violin and piano (2008)
Five Miniatures for two cellos (2009)
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (2010)
Waltz for two violins (2011)
Three Pieces for cello and piano (2012)
Elegy for violin and piano (Mvt. 3 from Violin Concerto)-(arr. 2013) pub.E.C.Schirmer
Pas de Deux for flute and double bass (2013)
Wind Quintet No. 3 (2013)TrevCo Music Publishing
Cello Notebook cello and piano (2015) 25′
Two Poems bass clarinet and piano (2015) 6′
Four Imaginary Folk-songs (2018) for cello and harp
Fantasia for cello solo (2018) 18'
Dialogue for piano and strings (2019) 8'
Summer Suite for trumpet and bassoon (2019) 10' [pub. TrevCo Music Publishing]
Two Fragments (contrabassoon and piano) 4' [pub. TrevCo Music]
Aria-Caprice for double bass and piano (2020) for Holger Michalski and Julia Bartha 17'
Piano Quintet (2022) for Doris Stevenson, Muneko Otani and the Cassatt String Quartet
Ein Lied für Reinhard (A Song for Reinhard) for viola and piano (for Stafanie Taylor) 2023
PIANO SOLO
Four Jazz Preludes (1980). 14‘ pub: Galaxy Music
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1982) 25 ‘
Lullaby Rag (1983) 4’
Dialogue piano right hand (1984),4‘
Valentine (1984) 4’ pub: Galaxy Music.
Improvisation No.3 (1984). 4‘ pub: Galaxy Music
Sonatina (1985).10’
Six Miniatures for piano right hand (1988).10‘.
Three Reveries (1992) 12’
Five Preludes (1994) 17‘
Growl (1995).3:30’
Letter to a Friend (1995) 14:10
Three Pieces for Children. [1. a Walk with Annie 2. Dusk 3. Spring Fever] (1997). 6’.
Recollections (1998) piano solo. 13’.
A Dance Album (1999) : Tango (1987)
Humoresque (1987)
Lonely Rag (1983/1999)
Pas de Deux (1993/1999)
Boogie Woogie (1983/1999)
pub.: Oxford University Press (out of print)
Nocturne for Yoshiko (2001) 6’.
Childhood Scenes (July, 2002) piano solo 20’.
Messages (2006) 10’
Piano Sonata No. 2 (2007) 19’
Piano Sonata No. 3 (2007) 13’
Three Elegies (2007) 14’ A
Nostalgic Pieces (2007) 8’
Piano Sonata No. 4 (2009) 20’
Five Piano Pieces (2013, rev. 2015) 12’ 1. Fantasy Piece (insect dream) 2. Scherzo no.1
3. Blumenstück 4. Scherzo no.2 5.Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Piano Sonata No.5 (2015) 21′
Three Etudes (2015) 10′
Etudes (2017) (Etudes 1-3 and 4-9) 25′
Piano Sonata no. 6 (2020) for Julia Bartha 13'
Piano Sonata No. 7 (in memory of Balint Andras Varga) 18'
Piano Sonata No. 8 (in memory of Maxine Neuman) (2022) 14'
Piano Sonata No. 9 (2024) 18'
PIANO FOUR-HANDS and TWO PIANOS
Eclogue for two pianos (1988).17‘.
Four Studies piano four-hands (1989).7’
Suite Parisienne piano four-hands (easy upper part)(1994).8‘, pub: Galaxy Music
The Rainbow two pianos– eight-hands (1994).5’
Three Dance Portraits piano four-hands (1994) 8‘. pub. Galaxy Music/EC Schirmer
Five Pieces for Two Pianos (1995-2000). [1. Esercizio. 2. Remember? 3. Contrapuntal Waltz 4. Bells 5. Bluesdream] 25’
Tango (1987) arranged for two pianos (2009)
Fantasy for Piano Four-Hands (2011) 14’
Suite Parisienne (expanded version) piano four-hands (2013) 15’pub. E.C Schirmer
HARPSICHORD, ORGAN
Dance Music for Two Harpsichords (1985) 16‘.
Passacaglia organ 10’.
VOCAL AND CHORAL
Songs from the Mandrake (1981). 15’. words by Machiavelli, translations by Wallace Shawn.
The Fisherman’s Song (1983); words by Jamaica Kincaid.4’.
Four Songs to poems by Frederick Seidel (1986) 25’
Seven Poems by e.e.cummings (1990) 17’
A Prayer In Spring SATB ,sop. solo,children’s chorus,pno. (1990) 27’.
in time of daffodils SATB and pno.text:e.e.cummings. (1990).3’.(1rst perf. Bennington Children’s Chorus).
Herrick Songs for Baritone,Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass Trombone (1991).15’
Three Vocalises children‘s chorus and pno. (1991) 5’.
What Is The Beautiful? (text by Kenneth Patchen) for speaker, cello and piano (1993) 14’
Hanerot Halalu (These Holy Lights) children‘s chorus,pno. Hannukah song in Hebrew (1994) 3’ pub: E.C.Schirmer
The Frozen Lake for Soprano,Violin and Piano (1995). 20‘. poems by Robert Frost
The Grasshopper’s Song (1998) from The Ant and the Grasshopper; 4’; words by Penny Orloff. [with violin–optional]
Hide Not Thy Face From Me for Soprano, Baritone, Oboe and Strings (1998-9). 19’
Songs from Nothing (2004) 7’ words by John Cage
I Would Marry You (2004) words by Perry Brass. 4’.
Five Poems by Georg Trakl (2011) baritone and piano
Three Poems of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2014) soprano and piano
Three Poems by Hagiwara Sakutaro(2014) soprano and Flute/alto flute;Oboe/English Horn;violin;cello;guitar;guitar/mandolin.
Donnerbach Mühle (2016) voice and harp 7′
The Table and the Chair (2017) soprano and marimba 5′
Three Songs (poems by Anna Maria Hong) (2020) for tenor and piano 13'
CHAMBER OPERA
In The Dark libretto: Wallace Shawn (1976) (Soprano, Tenor, Chamber Ensemble -7 players) 35‘
The Music Teacher, libretto:Wallace Shawn.(1983) 70’ ( two sopranos, tenor, baritone, chorus of four female voices + additional choral parts, plus speaking roles. flute/picollo/alto flute; clarinet/bass clarinet; violin/viola; cello; contrabass; percussion; two pianos.)
The Ant and the Grasshopper (1998) libretto: Penny Orloff. 25’. (SAT & chamber ensemble of nine instruments–piano/vocal score available). pub: Boosey and Hawkes