Willet, Fort Hill, Cape Cod, MA. Photo by John Sichel
New in 2024: Trombone Quartet #3 for 3 trombones, bass trombone and recorded sounds (ca. 19 minutes)
New in 2023: String Quartet #13 (Requiem) for string quartet and recorded sounds (ca. 13 minutes)
Green Mountain for trombone, piano and recorded sounds (ca. 6 minutes)
The Earth Laments her Butterflies, for chorus and piano, four hand (ca. 8 minutes)
New in 2022: Pointing Finger, Winking Eye: Five Songs for Mezzo-soprano or Baritone and Piano (ca. 11 minutes)
Paradoxides: song cycle on poems of Don McKay for Bass-baritone and Piano (ca. 45 minutes)
Capulin Variations: versions for chamber orchestra and octet (ca. 22 minutes)
List of Selected Works
1. Orchestral Works
Capulin Variations (2022)
Three Places in New Jersey (1985, rev. 2010)
Three Chamber Symphonies (1986 rev. 2015, 1992, 2008)
Turnpike Music (for 15 instruments, 1998)
Chamber Concerto (orchestration of 2nd String Quartet, 1999)
Symphonies of Vamps (2000)
Concerto Mystico II for Piano and Orchestra (2003)
The Dominion of Folly (2018)
Concerto Mystico I for Clarinet and Orchestra (1989, rev. 2018)
Frogs in a Pot (2014)
2. Chamber Works
Green Mountain (trombone, piano, recorded sound, 2023)
Capulin Variations, octet version (flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, percussion, piano, electric organ, violin, cello, recorded sound, 2022)
Sonata for Saxophone and Piano (alto saxophone and piano, 2021) commissioned by the Composers Guild of New Jersey for Paul Cohen and Anna Keiserman
Piano Wind Quintet (English horn, soprano/alto saxophone, horn, bassoon, piano, 2021) written for the Atlantic Chamber Players
Sonata 2020 (violin and piano, 2020)
Duet for Our Times (violin and B flat clarinet, 2017)
Thirteen String Quartets (#1, 1979, rev. 2006; #2, 1992; #3, 2005; #4 2010; #5 & #6 2016; #7 & #8 2017; #9, 2018; #10, 2019; #11 & #12, 2020; #13, 2023)
Three Trombone Quartet (1984, 1991, 2024)
Hungerford Variations (for woodwind quintet, 1985)
Clarinet Quintet (1987)
Oiseaux Ordinaires I (for woodwind quintet and piano, 1991)
Oiseaux Ordinaires III (sonata for cello and piano, 1996)
Oiseaux Ordinaires V (for flute, vibraphone and recorded sounds) 2018
Second Cello Sonata (cello and piano, 1997)
Piano Trio (2003)
Sonata for Solo Violin (2010)
Songs of a Mannequin (solo guitar, 2011)
Masque 2012 (violin and guitar)
Garden of Earthly Delights (woodwind quintet, 2013)
Piano Quintet (2015)
Rings (for flute ensemble: pc, 3 fl, alto fl and bass fl, 2015)
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (2016)
Tangos and Seahorns (clarinet, trombone, double-bass, 1984)
4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (2006)
3. Chamber Opera
Orfeo Suburbano (1991)
The Little Dutch Opera (2012)
4. Other Vocal Works
The Earth Laments her Butterflies (2023) for chorus and piano, four hands
Paradoxides (2022): song cycle for Bass-baritone and piano
Pointing Finger, Winking Eye (2022): five songs for mezzo or baritone and piano
Paper Bag Song (2022) for soprano and piano, words by Mary Moore Easter
Three Motets (SATB choir, piano and recorded sound, 2021) made possible by a research grant from Raritan Valley Community College)
The Darkling Thrush, song cycle (soprano solo, SATB chorus, string quartet, piano, recorded sound, 2020)
Mass (SATB choir, a cappella, 2020)
Three Songs (soprano and piano, 2019)
Dover Beach (SSAATBB a cappella, 2018)
Part Songs for Our Times (2017-2018)
12 Songs (mezzo soprano and piano, 2003)
2 Suburban Madrigals (SATB choir with guitar)
These Messages (mezzo-soprano and piano, 2014)
Songs of Nobody (SATB a cappella, 2014)
The Fishbowl Diaries (narrator [baritone] with solo violin or violin and double-bass, 2013)
Scenes from Childhood (SATB, piano, 2010)
3 Whitman Songs (alternate versions for mezzo-soprano and marimba, soprano and guitar, 2009)
5. Piano Works
Suite for Solo Piano (1988)
Four Short pieces for piano (1996)
Fantasy Variations (1999)
12 Piano Sonatas (1999-2014)
Sonata for Piano, 4 hands (2003)
8 Inventions (2006-7)
Waltz for Ken and Jean (2008)
24 Waltzes (2016)
All of the works listed above, except for the Trombone Quartet, are Great Horned Music publications and can be obtained from the composer.
New in 2024: Trombone Quartet #3 for 3 trombones, bass trombone and recorded sounds (ca. 19 minutes)
New in 2023: String Quartet #13 (Requiem) for string quartet and recorded sounds (ca. 13 minutes)
Green Mountain for trombone, piano and recorded sounds (ca. 6 minutes)
The Earth Laments her Butterflies, for chorus and piano, four hand (ca. 8 minutes)
New in 2022: Pointing Finger, Winking Eye: Five Songs for Mezzo-soprano or Baritone and Piano (ca. 11 minutes)
Paradoxides: song cycle on poems of Don McKay for Bass-baritone and Piano (ca. 45 minutes)
Capulin Variations: versions for chamber orchestra and octet (ca. 22 minutes)
List of Selected Works
1. Orchestral Works
Capulin Variations (2022)
Three Places in New Jersey (1985, rev. 2010)
Three Chamber Symphonies (1986 rev. 2015, 1992, 2008)
Turnpike Music (for 15 instruments, 1998)
Chamber Concerto (orchestration of 2nd String Quartet, 1999)
Symphonies of Vamps (2000)
Concerto Mystico II for Piano and Orchestra (2003)
The Dominion of Folly (2018)
Concerto Mystico I for Clarinet and Orchestra (1989, rev. 2018)
Frogs in a Pot (2014)
2. Chamber Works
Green Mountain (trombone, piano, recorded sound, 2023)
Capulin Variations, octet version (flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, percussion, piano, electric organ, violin, cello, recorded sound, 2022)
Sonata for Saxophone and Piano (alto saxophone and piano, 2021) commissioned by the Composers Guild of New Jersey for Paul Cohen and Anna Keiserman
Piano Wind Quintet (English horn, soprano/alto saxophone, horn, bassoon, piano, 2021) written for the Atlantic Chamber Players
Sonata 2020 (violin and piano, 2020)
Duet for Our Times (violin and B flat clarinet, 2017)
Thirteen String Quartets (#1, 1979, rev. 2006; #2, 1992; #3, 2005; #4 2010; #5 & #6 2016; #7 & #8 2017; #9, 2018; #10, 2019; #11 & #12, 2020; #13, 2023)
Three Trombone Quartet (1984, 1991, 2024)
Hungerford Variations (for woodwind quintet, 1985)
Clarinet Quintet (1987)
Oiseaux Ordinaires I (for woodwind quintet and piano, 1991)
Oiseaux Ordinaires III (sonata for cello and piano, 1996)
Oiseaux Ordinaires V (for flute, vibraphone and recorded sounds) 2018
Second Cello Sonata (cello and piano, 1997)
Piano Trio (2003)
Sonata for Solo Violin (2010)
Songs of a Mannequin (solo guitar, 2011)
Masque 2012 (violin and guitar)
Garden of Earthly Delights (woodwind quintet, 2013)
Piano Quintet (2015)
Rings (for flute ensemble: pc, 3 fl, alto fl and bass fl, 2015)
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (2016)
Tangos and Seahorns (clarinet, trombone, double-bass, 1984)
4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (2006)
3. Chamber Opera
Orfeo Suburbano (1991)
The Little Dutch Opera (2012)
4. Other Vocal Works
The Earth Laments her Butterflies (2023) for chorus and piano, four hands
Paradoxides (2022): song cycle for Bass-baritone and piano
Pointing Finger, Winking Eye (2022): five songs for mezzo or baritone and piano
Paper Bag Song (2022) for soprano and piano, words by Mary Moore Easter
Three Motets (SATB choir, piano and recorded sound, 2021) made possible by a research grant from Raritan Valley Community College)
The Darkling Thrush, song cycle (soprano solo, SATB chorus, string quartet, piano, recorded sound, 2020)
Mass (SATB choir, a cappella, 2020)
Three Songs (soprano and piano, 2019)
Dover Beach (SSAATBB a cappella, 2018)
Part Songs for Our Times (2017-2018)
12 Songs (mezzo soprano and piano, 2003)
2 Suburban Madrigals (SATB choir with guitar)
These Messages (mezzo-soprano and piano, 2014)
Songs of Nobody (SATB a cappella, 2014)
The Fishbowl Diaries (narrator [baritone] with solo violin or violin and double-bass, 2013)
Scenes from Childhood (SATB, piano, 2010)
3 Whitman Songs (alternate versions for mezzo-soprano and marimba, soprano and guitar, 2009)
5. Piano Works
Suite for Solo Piano (1988)
Four Short pieces for piano (1996)
Fantasy Variations (1999)
12 Piano Sonatas (1999-2014)
Sonata for Piano, 4 hands (2003)
8 Inventions (2006-7)
Waltz for Ken and Jean (2008)
24 Waltzes (2016)
All of the works listed above, except for the Trombone Quartet, are Great Horned Music publications and can be obtained from the composer.