Each category, below, has one featured mp3 which will be identified during playback.

For additional brief mp3 excerpts, click on the title or movement links for many individual pieces.

Opera

The Children of the Keweenaw (libretto by Kathleen Masterson) (Click on Audio player, below, for extended excerpt), commissioned by the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Hancock, Michigan.   (World premiere by Pine Mountain Music Festival, Donald Scleicher, conductor, July, 2001, in Calumet, Marquette and Kingsford, Michigan.)  2001

Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, Concerto

My first love was light..., for marimba and string orchestra, commissioned by Alex Stopa.
(in progress).

In Beauty, for symphony orchestra, commissioned by the Henderson (NV) Symphony Orchestra, Taras Krysa, director.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2008

The Thought of Returning, for symphony orchestra. Cambium Music Publications, publisher.  2003 

In the Moment’s Light for symphony orchestra.  Cambium Music Publications, publisher.  1998

New Again (2) forString Orchestra.  PSMP, publisher.  1998

When Touched by Better Angels, for Wire-strung Irish harp and String Chamber Orchestra commissioned and premiered by Elizabeth Cifani with the Chicago String Ensemble.  PSMP, publisher.  1994

From the Wood, for String Orchestra.  PSMP, publisher.  1992 

To That Still Center, for Piano and Chamber Orchestra.  PSMP, publisher.  Commissioned and premiered by the Pine Mountain Music Festival Orchestra with Robert Miller, piano, Janis Schier, conductor.  1990

Wind Ensemble, Wind Orchestra

Selamiut: The Sky Dwellers, for wind orchestra (Click on Audio player, below, for extended excerpt).  Commissioned by the UNLV wind orchestra, Thomas Leslie, director, for the CD Spiritual Planet (Klavier).  Cambium Music Publications/Subito Music, publisher.  2004

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, for Wind Ensemble.  (Winner of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Composition Contest) 1971

Instrumental Chamber Music:


Possivel a Rosa (The Possible Rose), for tenor saxophone and two bass clarinets, written for Eleri Ann Evans, Henri Bok and Luis Afonso Montanha, for premiere in January, 2012.  (Ann Evans sent the following, after the premiere: "... we absolutely loved performing your piece! You have once again composed such beautiful music that totally captivated the audience.")

Some Place Where Your Spirit Sounds, for solo tenor saxophone and chamber ensemble (oboe, Bb clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, cello, piano).  Comissioned by the Odyssey Chamber Music Series, Columbia, Missouri. 2011.  Also see the "Featured Composition" Link, at left, for more information.

Duo Corda, for violin and viola.  PSMP (ASCAP).  2011.

Tempore nobis, for Ten Bass Clarinets, for Henri Bok.  PSMP (ASCAP).  2011.

Six of One..., for the University of Missouri Concert Jazz Band.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2011.  Here's an excerpt from the review in Jazz Ambassadors Magazine: “Six of One…” is a beautiful cacophony of melodies 
and counterlines that converge to create an intricate musical tapestry over a tight rhythm section. Using a twelve-tone technique, the minor chord progression seems
to constantly shift centers, creating melodic tension and release throughout." 

1 8 3 9 (excerpts, from: mvmt. 1, mvmt. 2, mvmt. 3), for clarinet in A, viola, guitar, cello and percussion.  Composed for the University of Missouri New Music Ensemble, Stefan Freund, director.  2010 

Keeps the Sweetest Time, new version for saxophone quartet, for the Missouri Quartet, Leo Saguiguit, director.  Paul Seitz Music Publications (ASCAP) (henceforth in this listing: PSMP), Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2009

Within Your Private Sky, for solo marimba, commissioned by Alex Stopa, Las Vegas, Nevada.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2008

a deeper pulse is stirred, for tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, commissioned by Henri Bok (Netherlands) and Ann Evans (England).  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2008

Imaginary Dances, for viola and double bass.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2007

Animas (There is a wild river...), for viola ensemble, commissioned by the Penn State Viola Ensemble, Tim Deighton, director. PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2007

In a place of deep color, for tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, commissioned by Duo Hevans (Eleri Ann Evans and Henri Bok), Rotterdam, Netherlands for 2007 duo CD.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2007

In Now, for solo bass clarinet.  Commissioned by Henri Bok, for 2007  live concert DVD project, In a Nutshell, featuring music by many composers who have written for the bass clarinet.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2006

Party Mode Mixture, for string quartet, for the Bergonzi String Quartet of the University of Miami.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2006

Three Stories, for alto saxophone and bass clarinet.  Commissioned by Duo Hevans, the duo of bass clarinetist Henri Bok (Netherlands) and saxophonist Eleri Ann Evans (France), for premiere at the 14th World Saxophone Congress, Ljubjana, Slovenia, and 2007 duo CD.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2006

Element 10 (Neon), for B♭ clarinet, D trumpet, trombone, 5-octave marimba and contrabass.  Commissioned by the Synchronix new music ensemble, Las Vegas, Nevada.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2005

To Juggle, a duo for two B♭ clarinets.  Commissioned by Clarion Synthesis (the duo of F. Gerrard Errante and D. Gause-Snelson).  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2005

Relevant Dialogues, for alto saxophone and viola.  Commissioned by The Irrelevants (the duo of Carrie Koffman and Tim Deighton).  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2005

Keeps the Sweetest Time, adaptation for brass quintet.  PSMP (ASCAP)  Columbia, Missouri, publisher.  2004

Gymnopédie, for flute, oboe, harp and percussion.  PSMP, publisher.  2003

To Read Aloud, for solo viola.   PSMP, publisher.  2002

New Again, for String Quartet.  PSMP, publisher.  1995

Keeps the Sweetest Time, for Viola, Amplified Guitar and Tuba.  PSMP, publisher.  1995

Five Witnesses, for woodwind quintet.  PSMP, publisher.  1994

“…and that the moon survives”  for violin and piano (Click on Audio player, below, for extended excerpt).  PSMP, publisher.  1994

Three Thoughts (Like a Hero), for English horn and Guitar.  PSMP, publisher.  1991

Gestures of Farewell, for Solo Cello.  PSMP, publisher.  1989

Chicago Poems, for Oboe and Cello.  Three movements: “Clark Street Bridge,” “Noon Hour,” “At a Window.”  PSMP, publisher.  1989

Fantasy in D, for Viola and Guitar.  1979

Love Among the Ruins, for Flute, Viola, French horn, Piano and Percussion.  1973

Solo Voice and Piano:

Where Dream Begins, a song cycle for Soprano, String Quartet and Harp.  New version for voice and piano.  (Text: May Sarton).  PSMP, publisher.  2007

November Song, for soprano and piano.  Text by Scott Campbell.  PSMP, publisher.  1990

Three by May Sarton, a Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano.  PSMP, publisher.  1989

Of House and Home, a Song Cycle for Soprano or Tenor and Piano.  Texts by Donald Hall, Michael Dennis Browne, Adrienne Rich.)  PSMP, publisher.  1988

Scottish Songs, a Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano.  (Text by Scott Campbell.)  PSMP, publisher.  1978

I Am From the Beginning, Art Song for Soprano or Tenor and Piano.  (Text by Henry David Thoreau.)1978

Sonnet, for Soprano and Piano.  (Text by Scott Campbell.)  1978

Solo Voice and Instrument(s)

Assemblage, for soprano, viola and electronics.  (In progress)

“Now Voyager,” for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano.   PSMP, publisher.  2003

Where Dream Begins, a song cycle for Soprano, String Quartet and Harp.  (Text: May Sarton).  PSMP, publisher.  1997
1. Where Dream Begins   
2. Understatement
3. The Other Place
4. Composition
5. Kinds of Wind
6. Now Voyager

Many and More, for Soprano and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble.  Commissioned by Kabin Thomas and the University of Arkansas Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble.  PSMP, publisher.  1996

Things That Wash Up, for Soprano, Amplified Guitar and Electronics.  Commissioned by the Menagerie Dance Theatre, Amherst, Virginia.  1992

All for One, a Song Cycle for Soprano and Guitar.   (Anonymous Medieval poets.)  1983
1. If I Singe
2. All for One
3. Epitaph
4. Gostly Father

Satanic, for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Clarinet, French horn, Trumpet, Cello and Piano.  (Text by Karol Kirk.)  1975Benediction, for Mezzo-soprano, Clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), French horn, Trumpet, Harpsichord/Celesta, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello and Guitar.  (Text by Scott Campbell.)  1973

Two Songs, for Mezzo-soprano and French horn.  (Texts by John Donne.)  1972
1. The Martyrs                                                         
2. The Virgins

Alice II, for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Piano, Trombone and Tuba.  (Text by Scott Campbell.)  1971

Choral Music


La Fiammeggiante Luce (The Flaming Light), 16th century Italian text by Catherine de Ricci, English text by several American Shakers c. 1842-3 (2012).  Composed for the University Singers, Paul Crabb, director, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO., for premiere in April, 2012.

I Am Loath to Close, for SATB Chorus and harp.  (Text by Abraham Lincoln.) 
Commissioned and premiered by the James Chorale, Chicago, Illinois.  PSMP, publisher.  1996

The Quince, for Womens’ Chorus.  1975

Requiem, an Oratorio, for Mezzo-soprano, Tenor and Baritone Soloists, SATB Choir, TB Plainchant Choir, Narrator and Chamber Orchestra, commissioned by the University Catholic Center, Madison, Wisconsin.  (Text: Missa pro Defunctis and Psalms 25, 38, 70 and 87.)  1972

Music for the Theatre

Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for solo voices, SATB Chorus, Four Guitars, Lute, 2 Alto Recorders, 3 Trombones, French horn and Percussion.  1980

Music for Student Ensembles

A Winter Wind, for string orchestra.  Lorenz/ Latham Music, publisher.  2007

Iowa Spring, for string ensemble (see video, below, from Midwest Clinic).  Lorenz/Latham Music, publisher.  2004

Arrangement, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, for tenor voice and string orchestra.  Alliance Publications, Inc., Fish Creek, Wisconsin, publisher.  2003

Sailing to America, for string orchestra.  Lorenz/Latham Music, publisher.  1999