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List of Works
• A Moth to a Flame for clarinet and cello (2002)
Duration: 8 min.
Premier: Tom Rose, clarinet and Ray Edens, cello: MiM's Summer Festival
at the Amaral Center, Grass Valley, CA. June 2002
Premier: Tom Rose, clarinet and Ray Edens, cello: MiM's Summer Festival
at the Amaral Center, Grass Valley, CA. June 2002
• Anawan 1938 for clarinet and piano (2011)
Duration: 15 min.
Anawan 1938 commemorates the place and time where John and Helen Tomb first met (a summer camp where Helen was working near Meredith, NH) It was commissioned by her children; Ellen Tomb Knill, Eric Tomb and Donald Tomb in honor on Helen's 90th birthday in 2010. Four Movements: 1. Lake Winnipesaukee 2. Silhouettes 3. The Dance 4. Morning Premiere: Wet Ink, June 20 2011, Amaral Center with Mark Dubac, clarinet and Janet Coleman, piano from the The Third Angle Ensemble. With support from Tangible Applause.
Anawan 1938 commemorates the place and time where John and Helen Tomb first met (a summer camp where Helen was working near Meredith, NH) It was commissioned by her children; Ellen Tomb Knill, Eric Tomb and Donald Tomb in honor on Helen's 90th birthday in 2010. Four Movements: 1. Lake Winnipesaukee 2. Silhouettes 3. The Dance 4. Morning Premiere: Wet Ink, June 20 2011, Amaral Center with Mark Dubac, clarinet and Janet Coleman, piano from the The Third Angle Ensemble. With support from Tangible Applause.
• Aquamarine Blue for flute, vibes, bass and drums (2007)
Duration: 4.5 min.
written for River Play, a film about the Yuba River. A collaborative project with watercolorist, Jerianne Van Dijk and videographer, Patty Eacobacci.
Premier: 6th Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Jan. 11-13, 2008 in Nevada City, CA
written for River Play, a film about the Yuba River. A collaborative project with watercolorist, Jerianne Van Dijk and videographer, Patty Eacobacci.
Premier: 6th Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Jan. 11-13, 2008 in Nevada City, CA
• Avalanche for orchestra (1998)
Duration: 7 min.
• Ave Maria for SATB, a cappella choir (2004)
Duration: 7 min.
Premier: '04-'05 NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Grass Valley CA.
Don Baggett Auditorium, May 2005
Premier: '04-'05 NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Grass Valley CA.
Don Baggett Auditorium, May 2005
• Bethlehem Rejoices for TTBB and English horn (2011)
Duration: 2:45 min.
A Christmas Carol using John of Damascus' text: Bethlehem Rejoices, finished 8/2/2011.
A Christmas Carol using John of Damascus' text: Bethlehem Rejoices, finished 8/2/2011.
• Brown Eyes for SATB a cappella choir (2010)
Duration: 3 min.
A setting of Glenn Cochran's poem, Brown Eyes, for the NUHS Chamber Choir for their Spring Concerts. This work was made possible by Tangible Applause.
A setting of Glenn Cochran's poem, Brown Eyes, for the NUHS Chamber Choir for their Spring Concerts. This work was made possible by Tangible Applause.
• Collisions for piano solo (2009)
Duration: 2 min.
A set of short works for piano dealing with the concept that we are sometimes derailed and sent off in very different directions by an unexpected events. Sometimes it's something small, sometimes large and life changing.
A set of short works for piano dealing with the concept that we are sometimes derailed and sent off in very different directions by an unexpected events. Sometimes it's something small, sometimes large and life changing.
• Creek, The for SATB, a cappella choir (2000)
Duration: 4 min.
Premier: Nevada County Composers Cooperative Festival of New Music, NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley. May 2000
Premier: Nevada County Composers Cooperative Festival of New Music, NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley. May 2000
• Days of Our Choir for SATB, a cappella choir (2003 ACF Grant Project)
Duration: 7 min.
lyrics by the 2003-’04 NUHS Chamber Choir (2004)
Commission: NUHS Choir funded by an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
Premier: NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Sacramento Choral
Society’s Invitational Choral Festival, Our Lady of the Presentation
Catholic Church, Sacramento, CA, May 2004
lyrics by the 2003-’04 NUHS Chamber Choir (2004)
Commission: NUHS Choir funded by an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
Premier: NUHS Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director, Sacramento Choral
Society’s Invitational Choral Festival, Our Lady of the Presentation
Catholic Church, Sacramento, CA, May 2004
• Declaration of Rights for chorus and orchestra (1995)
Duration: 12 min.
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra and Festival Chorale, Paul Perry,
conductor, MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass
Valley, CA July 1995
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra and Festival Chorale, Paul Perry,
conductor, MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass
Valley, CA July 1995
• Doctor Cold for SA with piano accompaniment (2005)
Duration: 4 min.
Commission: Terry Jackson, Jesse Beck Elementary School
Commission: Terry Jackson, Jesse Beck Elementary School
• Downshift for 6-part, SSATBB, a cappella choir (1999)
Duration: 4 min.
written for NCCC’s Festival of New Music
Premier: NUHS Concert Choir, Don Baggett, conductor, Nevada Union High
School Grass Valley, CA, May 2000
written for NCCC’s Festival of New Music
Premier: NUHS Concert Choir, Don Baggett, conductor, Nevada Union High
School Grass Valley, CA, May 2000
• Downshift for TTTBBB, a cappella men’s choir, (2004)
Duration: 4 min.
Arranged for Jameson Marvin and the Harvard Glee Club
Arranged for Jameson Marvin and the Harvard Glee Club
• Fanfare for Orchestra (2006)
Duration: 8 min.
Commission: Music in the Mountains to celebrate their 25th anniversary
Premier: June 25 2006 MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry,
conductor, MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass
Valley, CA
Commission: Music in the Mountains to celebrate their 25th anniversary
Premier: June 25 2006 MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry,
conductor, MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass
Valley, CA
• Fanfare for Snare for snare drum (2009)
Duration: 3 min.
Designed as a theater piece, this work was made possible by the generous support of the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: Wet Ink 2009 as Duo for Percussion with Pete Newsom, snare, Greg Schulte, bass drum and Estelle Barber, waitress at the Amaral Center
Designed as a theater piece, this work was made possible by the generous support of the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: Wet Ink 2009 as Duo for Percussion with Pete Newsom, snare, Greg Schulte, bass drum and Estelle Barber, waitress at the Amaral Center
• Five American Haiku for soprano and piano (2011)
Duration: 6 min.
5 haiku taken from Steve Sanfield's book The Perfect Breeze, a collection of his "american haiku". 1. That First Narcissus, 2. Their Beauty Is Clear, 3. None More Bewitching, 4. Twenty Five Years Later, 5. Crickets Singing. With support from Tangible Applause.
5 haiku taken from Steve Sanfield's book The Perfect Breeze, a collection of his "american haiku". 1. That First Narcissus, 2. Their Beauty Is Clear, 3. None More Bewitching, 4. Twenty Five Years Later, 5. Crickets Singing. With support from Tangible Applause.
• Flow My Tears for soprano and piano (2009)
Duration: 6 min.
A setting of English composer, John Dowland's, Flow My Tears made possible by the generous support of the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: Center for the Arts Steinway purchase-membership drive. Anne Fredrickson, soprano and Ken Hardin, piano, 10/11/09 Grass Valley, CA
A setting of English composer, John Dowland's, Flow My Tears made possible by the generous support of the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: Center for the Arts Steinway purchase-membership drive. Anne Fredrickson, soprano and Ken Hardin, piano, 10/11/09 Grass Valley, CA
• For Whom the Bell Tolls for SATB Choir, Piano, Brass and Percussion (2010)
Duration: 6.5 min.
Premiere at WET INK June 22, 2010 With the NUHS Choir, Sierra Master Chorale, MIM Festival Chorale, CSUS Percussion Ensemble, brass quartet and piano conducted by Rod Baggett. Text taken from John Donne's Meditation 17. This work was made possible by the generous support by Tangible Applause. The performance was made possible by a California Arts Council grant.
Premiere at WET INK June 22, 2010 With the NUHS Choir, Sierra Master Chorale, MIM Festival Chorale, CSUS Percussion Ensemble, brass quartet and piano conducted by Rod Baggett. Text taken from John Donne's Meditation 17. This work was made possible by the generous support by Tangible Applause. The performance was made possible by a California Arts Council grant.
• Glory Train for a cappella, 2 SSATBB choirs and 2 baritone soloists (2003)
Duration: 10 min.
An antiphonal work combining the American spiritual and the Roman liturgical (Gloria).
Premier: Celebrating the first time collaboration of 2 well-known community choirs, Rod Baggett’s NUHS Concert Choir and the MiM Festival Chorus. Daniel Douros and Jason Hunt, baritone soloists, Ken Hardin, conductor, Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 4th Annual Festival of New Music, Amaral Family Center, Grass Valley, CA, June 2003
An antiphonal work combining the American spiritual and the Roman liturgical (Gloria).
Premier: Celebrating the first time collaboration of 2 well-known community choirs, Rod Baggett’s NUHS Concert Choir and the MiM Festival Chorus. Daniel Douros and Jason Hunt, baritone soloists, Ken Hardin, conductor, Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 4th Annual Festival of New Music, Amaral Family Center, Grass Valley, CA, June 2003
• Going to Sleep for SATB, a cappella, choral work (2008)
Duration: 5 min.
A setting of Nobel prize winner, Hermann Hesse's, Beim Schlafengehen, "Going to Sleep",
for 2007-2008 NUHS Chamber Choir and conductor Rod Baggett. This work was made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: May 22, 2008
A setting of Nobel prize winner, Hermann Hesse's, Beim Schlafengehen, "Going to Sleep",
for 2007-2008 NUHS Chamber Choir and conductor Rod Baggett. This work was made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: May 22, 2008
• Heaven and Hell for piano (1970)
Duration: 5.5 min.
Premiered composer, American River College
Premiered composer, American River College
• I Wish She'd Never Been Born! for voice and piano (2007)
Duration: 5 min.
Collaborative work with librettist, Glenn Cochran. A tongue and cheek depiction of
a distraught woman who wishes her female tormenter had never been born. It turns out her "tormenter" is her younger sister with whom she has to share a room.
Premier: NCCC Benefit Concert Ann Wilder Home Nov. 30, 2007 Soprano: Ginny Trapani and Piano: Ken Hardin
Collaborative work with librettist, Glenn Cochran. A tongue and cheek depiction of
a distraught woman who wishes her female tormenter had never been born. It turns out her "tormenter" is her younger sister with whom she has to share a room.
Premier: NCCC Benefit Concert Ann Wilder Home Nov. 30, 2007 Soprano: Ginny Trapani and Piano: Ken Hardin
• In These Uncertain Times for violin and piano 4 hands (2010)
Duration: 12 min.
Commissioned: Twin Cities Concert Association (In Concert)
Premier: scheduled for Jan 17, 2010, Violin, Richard Altenbach, piano, Aileen James and Ken Hardin SDA Church, Grass Valley, CA With help from the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Commissioned: Twin Cities Concert Association (In Concert)
Premier: scheduled for Jan 17, 2010, Violin, Richard Altenbach, piano, Aileen James and Ken Hardin SDA Church, Grass Valley, CA With help from the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
• Las Noches Calientes de Verano for bandoneon, guitar and string quintet (2006)
Duration: 4.5 min.
written specifically for NCCC’s Meet the Composer Series “Tango-rific”
Premier: Nov. 2006 at the Nevada City Winery
written specifically for NCCC’s Meet the Composer Series “Tango-rific”
Premier: Nov. 2006 at the Nevada City Winery
• Macbeast, Hectate’s monologue from Shakespeare’s Macbeth for soprano, alto sax, violin, cello and percussion (2003)
Duration: 6 min.
Commission: Theo Black, director, Nevada Union High School Drama Department
Premier: Production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth NUHS (2003)
Commission: Theo Black, director, Nevada Union High School Drama Department
Premier: Production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth NUHS (2003)
• Moire for piano (1981)
Duration: 7 min.
Commission: Lynn Schugren
Premier: Lynn Schugren, piano, Old First Church, San Francisco, CA 1982
Commission: Lynn Schugren
Premier: Lynn Schugren, piano, Old First Church, San Francisco, CA 1982
• Morning Mistress for solo piano (1970)
Duration: 6 min.
Premier: Bard Suverkrop, American River College
Premier: Bard Suverkrop, American River College
• My Prime of Youth (Tichborne's Elegy) for SATB, a cappella (2007)
Duration: 7.5 min.
Commission: A collaborative project: Live Composer in the Classroom with the '06-'07 NUHS Chamber Choir.
Premier: NUHS Spring Concert director Rod Baggett and the '06-'07 Chamber Choir,
Don Baggett Auditorium, May 15, 2007
Commission: A collaborative project: Live Composer in the Classroom with the '06-'07 NUHS Chamber Choir.
Premier: NUHS Spring Concert director Rod Baggett and the '06-'07 Chamber Choir,
Don Baggett Auditorium, May 15, 2007
• Nevada County Epitaphs for solo piano (2003-2004)
Duration: 34 min.
Commission: Cliff Smith and Toni Laub
Premier: Katarzyna Musial Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 5th Annual Festival of New Music Grass Valley, CA June 2004
Commission: Cliff Smith and Toni Laub
Premier: Katarzyna Musial Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 5th Annual Festival of New Music Grass Valley, CA June 2004
• November String Quartet for string quartet (Nov. 2004)
Duration: 5 min.
Commission: Jay Sydeman
Commission: Jay Sydeman
• Nyumbani for Marimba solo (2007)
Duration: 12 min.
Commissioned: Julia Amaral and Mark Strate for percussionist, Mathew Darling.
3 movements: 1. The Pond, 2. Dragonfly 3. Dusk
Premier: NCCC's WET INK, June 24, 2008 with Matt Darling on marimba
Commissioned: Julia Amaral and Mark Strate for percussionist, Mathew Darling.
3 movements: 1. The Pond, 2. Dragonfly 3. Dusk
Premier: NCCC's WET INK, June 24, 2008 with Matt Darling on marimba
• Piano Trio No. 1 for violin, cello and piano (2006)
Duration: 16 min.
Commission: Tigan/Cochran
Premier: Pegasus Trio: Pauline Yang, piano; YooKyung Oh, violin; Tina Guo, cello
Wet Ink Concert Amaral Center June 27, 2006
Commission: Tigan/Cochran
Premier: Pegasus Trio: Pauline Yang, piano; YooKyung Oh, violin; Tina Guo, cello
Wet Ink Concert Amaral Center June 27, 2006
• Piano Trio No. 2 "Danse et Jeux" for violin, cello and piano (2007)
Duration: 17 min.
Commission: Smith for the Pegasus Trio
Premier: Pegasus Trio: Jason Issokson, violin; Tina Guo, cello; Pauline Yang, piano
Wet Ink Concert Amaral Center June 26, 2007
Commission: Smith for the Pegasus Trio
Premier: Pegasus Trio: Jason Issokson, violin; Tina Guo, cello; Pauline Yang, piano
Wet Ink Concert Amaral Center June 26, 2007
• Prelude no. 1 lent et douloureux for piano (2008)
Duration: 4 min.
Premier: Joan Tumilty, 2/2009, Ann Wilder's Home
This work was generously made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
Premier: Joan Tumilty, 2/2009, Ann Wilder's Home
This work was generously made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
• Prelude no. 2 rapidement avec humor for piano (2009)
Duration: 3.15 min.
This work was generously made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
This work was generously made possible by the commissioning group, Tangible Applause.
• Prelude no. 4 la pluie de printemps for piano (2010)
Duration: 3 min.
Made possible by Tangible Applause
Made possible by Tangible Applause
• Prelude no. 5 lamenter Amérique for solo piano (2010)
Duration: 3 min.
Made possible by the generous support of Tangible Applause
Made possible by the generous support of Tangible Applause
• Reflections for piano and film (2010)
Duration: 4.5 min.
Reflections is film is driven by a live performance of Vance's Prelude no. 1 for piano and visual images assembled by Mentzer all shot on location at the Wilder home. Reflections is about contemplation and introspection. It's an opportunity for the viewer slow down and take a deep breath. A collaborative project with pianist, Joan Tumilty, and videographers, Dick Mentzer and Carle Bumpus and sound recording, Ken Schumacher.
Reflections is film is driven by a live performance of Vance's Prelude no. 1 for piano and visual images assembled by Mentzer all shot on location at the Wilder home. Reflections is about contemplation and introspection. It's an opportunity for the viewer slow down and take a deep breath. A collaborative project with pianist, Joan Tumilty, and videographers, Dick Mentzer and Carle Bumpus and sound recording, Ken Schumacher.
• Romeo and Juliet for choir and orchestra (1992)
Duration: 16 min.
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra and Festival Chorale, Paul Perry,
Conductor MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA 1992
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra and Festival Chorale, Paul Perry,
Conductor MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA 1992
• Rosa Parks for SATB, a cappella, choir with narration (2006)
Duration: 10 min.
Commission: Nevada Union Boosters Club for ‘05-’06 NUHS Chamber Choir a
collaborative project in the classroom with the choir helping write the lyrics.
Premier: NUHS Spring Concert director Rod Baggett and Chamber Choir, May 23 2006
Commission: Nevada Union Boosters Club for ‘05-’06 NUHS Chamber Choir a
collaborative project in the classroom with the choir helping write the lyrics.
Premier: NUHS Spring Concert director Rod Baggett and Chamber Choir, May 23 2006
• Serenade for Paul for oboe, bassoon and strings (2006)
Duration: 5 min.
Commission: MIM Board of Directors to honor Maestro Paul Perry's 70th birthday
Premier: Solisti Glitterati, Neil Tatman, oboe; Carla Wilson, bassoon; Vance conducting, MIM's Fall Festival, Amaral Center, Nov. 2006
Commission: MIM Board of Directors to honor Maestro Paul Perry's 70th birthday
Premier: Solisti Glitterati, Neil Tatman, oboe; Carla Wilson, bassoon; Vance conducting, MIM's Fall Festival, Amaral Center, Nov. 2006
• Sonatina for Violin and Piano (2002)
Duration: 9 min.
Premier: William Barbini, violin and Dmitri Cogan, piano
NCCC’s 3th Annual Festival of New Music Grass Valley, CA June 2003
Premier: William Barbini, violin and Dmitri Cogan, piano
NCCC’s 3th Annual Festival of New Music Grass Valley, CA June 2003
• String Quartet no.1: (Between Midnight and Dawn) for string quartet (2009)
Duration: 17 min.
A five movement work exploring the extraordinary time between midnight and dawn.
Commissioned by Tangible Applause for the Del Sol String Quartet.
Premier scheduled for NCCC's WET INK CONCERT June 10 7:30 pm
A five movement work exploring the extraordinary time between midnight and dawn.
Commissioned by Tangible Applause for the Del Sol String Quartet.
Premier scheduled for NCCC's WET INK CONCERT June 10 7:30 pm
• Summer for elementary school choir and piano (2005)
Duration: 3.5 min.
Commission: Jesse Beck Elementary Reno, NV. with an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
Premier: Jesse Beck Elementary School Choir with Terry Jackson director and pianist. Jesse Beck Elementary School Reno, NV. (2005)
Commission: Jesse Beck Elementary Reno, NV. with an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
Premier: Jesse Beck Elementary School Choir with Terry Jackson director and pianist. Jesse Beck Elementary School Reno, NV. (2005)
• Sweet Betsy from Pike for arr SATBB, a cappella choir (2003)
Duration: 6 min.
Premier: Nevada Union High School Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director
Golden Empire Choral Festival, Cal. State University Sacramento, winter 2003
Premier: Nevada Union High School Chamber Choir, Rod Baggett, director
Golden Empire Choral Festival, Cal. State University Sacramento, winter 2003
• Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (rewrite 2000)
Duration: 25 min.
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley, CA (2000)
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley, CA (2000)
• Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (1987)
Duration: 24 min.
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA (1988)
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA (1988)
• Tango (film) for (2008)
Duration: 5 min.
a visual medium for Las Noches Calientes de Verano featuring dancers Michelle Gorre and Chris Peake with videographer Lawrie Kirkham
a visual medium for Las Noches Calientes de Verano featuring dancers Michelle Gorre and Chris Peake with videographer Lawrie Kirkham
• Terracotta Warriors for orchestra, bamboo flute and Chinese percussion (2008)
Duration: 10 min.
Commissioned: Music in the Mountains
Premier: June 22, 2008 MIM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry conducting
The terracotta warriors (8,099 life-size Chinese terracotta warriors and horses) were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang di in 210-209 BC. Their purpose was to help him rule in the afterlife.
Commissioned: Music in the Mountains
Premier: June 22, 2008 MIM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry conducting
The terracotta warriors (8,099 life-size Chinese terracotta warriors and horses) were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang di in 210-209 BC. Their purpose was to help him rule in the afterlife.
• Tetrascape, overture for orchestra (1982)
Duration: 10 min.
Commission: George Kerley and Nancy Rains for Daniel Brooks
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph’s, Grass Valley, CA (1983)
Commission: George Kerley and Nancy Rains for Daniel Brooks
Premier: MiM Summer Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, Conductor
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph’s, Grass Valley, CA (1983)
• The Creek (film) for oboe, english horn and strings (2007)
Duration: 7 min.
a film depicting Deer Creek for NCCC's Sound and Vision Festival 2007
with Evan Rosky videography. Premier March 2, 2007.
a film depicting Deer Creek for NCCC's Sound and Vision Festival 2007
with Evan Rosky videography. Premier March 2, 2007.
• The Elements for sound design (2011)
Duration: 5 min.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water Created with Garage Band for Cassandra Walhstrom and Dick Mentzer's video production with narrator for NCCC's 2011 Sound and Vision Festival.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water Created with Garage Band for Cassandra Walhstrom and Dick Mentzer's video production with narrator for NCCC's 2011 Sound and Vision Festival.
• The New Life for violin and piano 4-hands (2002)
Duration: 14 min.
Commission: Twin Cities Concert Association
Premier: Ken Hardin and Aileen James, piano 4-hands, and Larissa Shahmatova, violin
Twin Cities Concert Association, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grass Valley, CA, Spring 2002
Commission: Twin Cities Concert Association
Premier: Ken Hardin and Aileen James, piano 4-hands, and Larissa Shahmatova, violin
Twin Cities Concert Association, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Grass Valley, CA, Spring 2002
• The Trumpet Player for voice and piano (1992)
Duration: 10 min.
text by Langston Hughes "The Trumpet Player"
written for baritone, Bard Suverkrop
text by Langston Hughes "The Trumpet Player"
written for baritone, Bard Suverkrop
• Three Poems by Langston Hughes for 3-part (SAB) choir and piano (1997)
Duration: 13 min.
Premier: Seven Hill Middle School, Cathy Dowling, director, Linda DiMartini, piano
Seven Hills Middle School Spring Concert, Nevada City, CA, May 1997
Premier: Seven Hill Middle School, Cathy Dowling, director, Linda DiMartini, piano
Seven Hills Middle School Spring Concert, Nevada City, CA, May 1997
• Three Sweet Dreams for a Little Boy for clarinet and piano (1986)
Duration: 6.5 min.
Premier: Tom Rose, clarinet and Lynn Schugren, piano
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA (1986)
Premier: Tom Rose, clarinet and Lynn Schugren, piano
MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Saint Joseph's, Grass Valley, CA (1986)
• Toccata for piano (2007)
Duration: 5.5 min.
for pianist Pauline Yang.
Premier: Pauline Yang, piano Music in Me Benefit Concert at Besemer Concert Hall,
Nevada City, March 18, 2007
for pianist Pauline Yang.
Premier: Pauline Yang, piano Music in Me Benefit Concert at Besemer Concert Hall,
Nevada City, March 18, 2007
• Two Loves, a sonata for violin and piano (2005)
Duration: 22 min.
Commission: Smith and Laub
Premier: June 28, 2005 with Robin Mayforth, violin and Katarzyna Musial,
piano, Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 6th annual Festival of New
Music “WET INK” Grass Valley, CA, June 2005
Commission: Smith and Laub
Premier: June 28, 2005 with Robin Mayforth, violin and Katarzyna Musial,
piano, Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s 6th annual Festival of New
Music “WET INK” Grass Valley, CA, June 2005
• Two Serenades for oboe, english horn and strings (2005)
Duration: 11 min.
• Valentine Voodoo for piano (2004)
Duration: 5.5 min.
A variation on Rodgers and Hart’s “My Funny Valentine”.
written for NCCC’s Meet the Composer Series
Premier: Commission: Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s Meet the Composer
Series at the Nevada City Winery, Feb. 11 2005
A variation on Rodgers and Hart’s “My Funny Valentine”.
written for NCCC’s Meet the Composer Series
Premier: Commission: Nevada County Composers Cooperative’s Meet the Composer
Series at the Nevada City Winery, Feb. 11 2005
• Valentines Out of Season for string orchestra, harp and percussion (1997)
Duration: 16 min.
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley, CA 1998
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: MiM’s Summer Music Festival, Don Baggett Auditorium, Grass Valley, CA 1998
• Vengeance for orchestra (2004)
Duration: 6 min.
written for submission for an orchestral competition Loudoun Symphony
written for submission for an orchestral competition Loudoun Symphony
• Veris Leta Facies for SATB a cappella (2011)
Duration: 4.5 min.
Veris Leta Facies (Spring's Merry Face) was created as part of Mark's "Live Composer in the Classroom" program. The challenge was to create a choral work about Spring, in Latin, starting in a chant-like style, morphing to a madrigal style and ending in a jazz style. The text is taken from the 11th and 12th century "Songs of Beuern" (Carmina Burana) manuscripts. Premiered by the 2010-11 Chamber Choir with Rod Baggett conducting, May 26, 2011 at the Don Baggett Auditorium in Grass Valley, CA. With support from Tangible Applause.
Veris Leta Facies (Spring's Merry Face) was created as part of Mark's "Live Composer in the Classroom" program. The challenge was to create a choral work about Spring, in Latin, starting in a chant-like style, morphing to a madrigal style and ending in a jazz style. The text is taken from the 11th and 12th century "Songs of Beuern" (Carmina Burana) manuscripts. Premiered by the 2010-11 Chamber Choir with Rod Baggett conducting, May 26, 2011 at the Don Baggett Auditorium in Grass Valley, CA. With support from Tangible Applause.
• Virtues and Vices, for concerto grosso for fl. ob. cl. bsn and orchestra (2004)
Duration: 24 min.
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, conductor, Jane
Lenoir, flute, Neil Tatman, oboe, Tom Rose, clarinet and Carla Wilson,
bassoon. Summer Festival, Amaral Family Center, Grass Valley, CA, June 2004
Commission: Music in the Mountains
Premier: Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Paul Perry, conductor, Jane
Lenoir, flute, Neil Tatman, oboe, Tom Rose, clarinet and Carla Wilson,
bassoon. Summer Festival, Amaral Family Center, Grass Valley, CA, June 2004
• Weary Night for Bassoon and Harp (2011)
Duration: 11 min.
Weary Night is a set of 8 miniatures, each describing one of the eight stanzas from the famous insomnia poem written by the 7th century Chinese poet, Du Fu. Premiere July 10, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hall in Grass Valley CA with harpist, Sage Po, and bassoonist, Dave Riddles. With support from Tangible Applause
Weary Night is a set of 8 miniatures, each describing one of the eight stanzas from the famous insomnia poem written by the 7th century Chinese poet, Du Fu. Premiere July 10, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hall in Grass Valley CA with harpist, Sage Po, and bassoonist, Dave Riddles. With support from Tangible Applause
• Winter Wind for SA and piano (2005)
Duration: 2.5 min.
• Winter Wind for voice and piano (2005)
Duration: 2.5 min.
Premier: Center of the Arts Janis Martin, soprano, Paul Perry, piano March 2005
Premier: Center of the Arts Janis Martin, soprano, Paul Perry, piano March 2005
