Most scores available from 
American Composers Alliance
For videos and audio recordings, follow the links under individual works or browse at my YouTube channel or Soundcloud page.
WORKS FEATURING MARIMBA
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BRAIDED STREAMS (2022) for solo marimba.
3 min.
• GRANDSIRE TRIPLES (2022) for vibraphone and marimba.
4 min.
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POUR LES SIXTES (2022) for vibraphone and marimba.
5 min.
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EPHEMERA (2021) for bass clarinet and marimba. Written for Transient Canvas (Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock). Premiered online at SCI National Conference, 5/7/21.
7 min.
• CHOMPLING (2020) for euphonium and marimba. Written for Moreau/VanTuinen Duo Miniatures project. Premiered online 5/24/20.
1 min.
• GAMBANGAN (2019) for solo marimba.
6 min.
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IMPROMPTU (2018) for euphonium and marimba. Premiered by Moreau/VanTuinen Duo at First Parish Church, Portland, ME, 5/19/18.
5 min.
• POLKA FOLKS (2018) for marimba, four hands.
3 min.
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IN SEARCH OF HOLLY (2017) for three marimbas and snare drum. A transcription of a scene from my Christmas ballet
Holly and Ivy. Premiered at Berklee College of Music, 12/11/17.
6 min.
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NACH BACH (2017) for marimba quartet. A refracted transcription of the second movement from Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Premiered at Berklee College of Music, 5/7/18.
6 min.
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SUSURRUS (2014) for solo marimba. Premiered by Daniel Hallett at Berklee College of Music, 3/30/17.
5 min.
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DRAGONFLY (2008) for solo marimba.
4 min.
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FAR PSALTERIES OF SUMMER (2003) for violin, cello, marimba, and piano. Premiered at the Ernest Bloch Music Festival Composers Symposium, Newport, OR, 7/2/03.
11 min.
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MAINE TRAVELER’S ADVISORY (1997) for seven players [fl, cl, bsn, tbn, mar, vln, db]. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and Kennedy Center in connection with the orchestra’s residency in Maine. Premiered at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 11/17/00.
13 min.
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EVENING’S SABRES (1990) for marimba quartet. Commissioned by the American Composers Alliance and Town Hall. Premiered by the Manhattan Marimba Quartet at Town Hall, NYC, 3/6/90.
11 min. Score and parts available from
C. Alan Publications.
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NIMBUS (1978) for three percussionists (marimba, vibraphone, and 4 auxiliary instruments).
15 min.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS AND DUOS
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ASA NISI MASA (2017) for violin and piano.
9 min. "Asa Nisi Masa" studio recording with score
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BRAIDED STREAMS (2022) for solo marimba.
3 min.
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CHOMPLING (2020) for euphonium and marimba. Written for Moreau/VanTuinen Duo Miniatures project. Premiered online 5/24/20.
1 min.
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DRAGONFLY (2008) for solo marimba.
4 min.
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ECHOES OF A SHADOW (1990) for solo piano.
5 min.
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ELEGY FOR AL (2020) for solo cello. In memory of Alfred Bersbach.
3 min. "Elegy" performance by Philip Carlsen
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THE ELUSIVE BLUES (1990) for solo piano.
2 min.
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EPHEMERA (2021) for bass clarinet and marimba. Written for Transient Canvas (Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock). Premiered online at SCI National Conference, 5/7/21.
7 min.
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FRANGIPANI BLOSSOMS (1975) for solo khaen (Lao free-reed bamboo mouth organ).
6-8 min. "Frangipani Blossoms" performance by Christopher Adler
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GAMBANGAN (2019) for solo marimba.
6 min. "Gambangan" demo score video
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GRANDSIRE TRIPLES (2022) for vibraphone and marimba.
4 min.
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IMPROMPTU (2018) for euphonium and marimba. Premiered by Moreau/VanTuinen Duo at First Parish Church, Portland, ME, 5/19/18.
5 min.
• IN SEARCH OF HOLLY (2017) for three marimbas and snare drum. A transcription of a scene from my Christmas ballet
Holly and Ivy. Premiered at Berklee College of Music, 12/11/17.
6 min.
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MOVING DAY (2016) for cello and piano. Written for the wedding of Eric Carlsen and Melanie Knight, 9/10/16, in Sidney, ME. Played by Philip Carlsen, cello, and Melsen Carlsburg, piano.
3 min. Video of pre-wedding run-through
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OCTOBER (2003) for solo piano. Premiered by Melsen Carlsburg, Oberlin College Conservatory, 12/12/03. Released on Navona Records CD
Pendulum. 10 min. "October" studio recording with score
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POLKA FOLKS (1991) for solo accordion or piano. Premiered by Guy Klucevsek, St. Louis, January 1992.
5 min.
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POUR LES SIXTES (2022) for vibraphone and marimba.
5 min.
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SOLILOQUY (1986) for solo viola.
5 min.
• STUTTER STEP (2022) for trumpet and piano.
4 min. "Stutter Step" demo score video
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SUSURRUS (2014) for solo marimba. Premiered by Daniel Hallett at Berklee College of Music, 3/30/17.
5 min. "Susurrus" performance by Daniel Hallett
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THREE ETUDES (1991) for solo tuba.
5 min.
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THREE PRELUDES (2016) for solo piano.
5 min.
——–1. Ballad
——–2. Emergent
——–3. Turning in Place
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TOTEM (1972) for cello and percussion.
10 min.
INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC FOR THREE OR MORE PLAYERS
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ABLE WAS I (2021) for two cellists and two percussionists, mirroring one another. Music for acts 8 and 9 of OP HAND, an installation-performance piece by Amy Stacey Curtis.
3 min. "OP HAND" website with video links
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ADRIFT AMONG THE WILLOWS (2020) for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello. Setting of texts by Jan Zwicky, rhythmically spoken by players.
6 min. "Adrift" demo score video
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ALL THE DESANCTIFIED PLACES (2017) for violin, viola, and cello, a setting of the first part of Robert Bringhurst’s
New World Suite No. 3. The players speak the poem while playing. Premiered by Tracey Jasas-Hardel, Bryan Brash, and Philip Carlsen 4/9/17 at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME.
19 min. Background
"Desanctified Places" animated text video
"Desanctified Places" concert performance at SPACE Gallery
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COOL MOSSES DEEP (2019) for flute octet (piccolo, 4 C flutes, 2 alto flutes, and bass flute).
7 min. "Cool Mosses" demo score video
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DEM ESCHART VON BRUNSWICK GEWIDMET (2019) for eight pianos in separate rooms. Premiered at Elliott Schwartz Memorial Practice Rooms Project, Portland Conservatory of Music, Portland, ME, 1/18/20.
6 min. "Dem ESCHART" concert video with animated score
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DISTANCE and
PROXIMITY (2013) for brass quintet. Written for the inauguration of President Kathryn Foster, University of Maine at Farmington, 10/4/13.
5 min.
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EAST BY NORTHEAST (2009) for wind octet [
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, tuba].
9 min.
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EVENING’S SABRES (1990) for marimba quartet. Commissioned by the American Composers Alliance and Town Hall. Premiered by the Manhattan Marimba Quartet at Town Hall, NYC, 3/6/90.
11 min. Score and parts available from
C. Alan Publications. Background
"Evenings Sabres" concert recording with score (Manhattan Marimba Quartet)
"Evenings Sabres" studio performance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee
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FANTAZY a6 (2020) for six-part trombone choir (five tenor trombones and bass trombone).
4 min.
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FAR PSALTERIES OF SUMMER (2003) for violin, cello, marimba, and piano. Premiered at the Ernest Bloch Music Festival Composers Symposium, Newport, OR, 7/2/03.
11 min. "Far Psalteries" concert recording with score
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IMAGINARY NUMBERS (2023) for bass flute, tenor sax, cello, and tabla. Written for and premiered by the Articulation Quartet (Frank Mauceri, leader and tenor sax, Carl Dimow, bass flute, Philip Carlsen, cello, and Brian Shankar Adler, tabla) at Bowdoin College, 4/7/23. 7
min.
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IN SEARCH OF HOLLY (2017) for three marimbas and snare drum. A transcription of a scene from my Christmas ballet
Holly and Ivy. Premiered at Berklee College of Music, 12/11/17.
6 min.
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LANDSCAPE WITH LADYSLIPPER (1997) for seven players [fl (dbl picc), ob (dbl Ehn), cl (dbl bcl), vln, vla, vc, db]. Commissioned by the Sebago-Long Lake Chamber Music Festival in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Premiered 8/5/97 at Deertrees Theatre, Harrison, ME, and 8/6/97 at Nordica Auditorium, UMF.
14 min.
AudioBackground
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MAINE TRAVELER’S ADVISORY (1997) for seven players [fl, cl, bsn, tbn, mar, vln, db]. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and Kennedy Center in connection with the orchestra’s residency in Maine. Premiered at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 11/17/00.
13 min.
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MIND THE KELP (2021) for cello quartet.
4 min.
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NACH BACH (2017) for marimba quartet. A refracted transcription of the second movement from Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Premiered at Berklee College of Music, 5/7/18.
6 min.
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NIMBUS (1978) for three percussionists (marimba, vibraphone, and 4 auxiliary instruments).
12 min.
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NOCTURNE (1988) for three trumpets and three flutes.
7 min.
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PENUMBRA (1987) for violin, clarinet, and piano.
12 min. "Penumbra" studio recording with score
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RHIZOME (2019) for jazz quartet (bass flute, trumpet, vibes, bass). Premiered by The Return of the Toroid (Carl Dimow, Mark Tipton, Nihco Gallo, Scott Kiefner). Dimensions in Jazz series, Woodfords Church, Portland, ME, 10/12/19.
9 min.
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SKYKOMISH RIVER MUSIC (1979) for three recorders.
5 min.
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STRING QUARTET NO. 2 (1981).
12 min.
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WHO IS THE FLUTEPLAYER? and
THE CHILDREN OF ZHUANG ZI CONFRONT THE FROZEN SASKATCHEWAN RIVER (2018) for violin, viola, and cello, a setting of parts 2 and 3 of Robert Bringhurst’s
New World Suite No. 3. The players speak the poem while playing. Premiered by Tracey Jasas-Hardel, Trevor Andrews, and Philip Carlsen at SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME, 5/20/18.
11 min.
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TANGO TANGGUNG (2012) for solo cello and Sundanese gamelan degung. Premiered by Philip Carlsen and Bates College Gamelan at UMF, 3/18/12.
10 min. "Tango Tanggung" concert recording
LARGE ENSEMBLE MUSIC
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ASA NISI MASA (2016) for violin solo and chamber orchestra [2,2,2,2 / 2,1,1,0 / 1 perc / str]. Premiered by Trond Saeverud and the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra, Greg Biss conducting, 6/17/16 in Eastport, ME; 6/18/16 in Machias, ME; 6/19/16 in Calais, ME.
9 min.
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BECAUSE IT IS THERE (1974) for 54 trombones. Written in collaboration with Alan Dorsey. Premiered at International Trombone Workshop in Nashville, TN, 1975.
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BECAUSE IT WAS THERE (2005) for trombone choir (12-36 trombones). Revision of
Because it is there.
8-10 min.
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CAR AFTERLIFE (2008) for automobile orchestra (50 cars and four conductors). Premiered at University of Maine at Farmington, 4/15/08.
15-20 min.
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CAR-CAR CAN-CAN (2013) for automobile orchestra. Premiered at University of Maine at Farmington, 4/30/13.
15-20 min.
Michael Johnson blog with photos
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CAR LIFE (2007) for automobile orchestra (50 cars and four conductors), arranged in four antiphonal “choirs.” Premiered at University of Maine at Farmington, 4/10/07.
15-20 min.
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A DARK PINE’S HAND (1997) for orchestra [2d1,2,2,1+1 / 4,2,3,1 / timp / 3 perc / str]. Written for the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, music director. Premiered 4/2/97.
2 min.
Audio
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DUST AS WE ARE (2003) for Javanese gamelan (pelog), singers (gerongan) and Western orchestra [2d1,1+1,1+1,2 / 2,2,0,0 / str]. Text by Wordsworth. From Suite Mawar Mekar, written for Gamelan Mawar Mekar at Bates College. Premiered at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 3/28/03.
12 min.
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ECHO PIECE NO. 1 (1998) for double wind quintet, cellos, and basses. Premiered 4/17/98 in Farmington.
4 min.
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IAMBUS (2006) for chamber orchestra [2,2,2,2 / 2,0,0,0 / str]. Premiered by the University of Maine at Farmington Orchestra, 4/28/06.
6 min.
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INAUGURAL MARCH (1984) for band.
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INCARNATION (2009) for orchestra of 32 automobiles, arranged in a circle, plus whirly-spinners and skateboarder. Premiered at University of Maine at Farmington, 4/30/09.
15-20 min.
Michael Johnson blog with photos
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THE LOTOS-EATERS (2003) for Javanese gamelan (slendro), singers (gerongan) and Western orchestra [2,1+1,2d1,2 / 2,2,0,0 / str]. Text by Tennyson. From Suite Mawar Mekar, written for Gamelan Mawar Mekar at Bates College. Premiered at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 3/28/03.
8 min.
Score Sample (PDF)Audio Excerpts
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MODUS OPERANDI (1988) for band.
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PHANTASTISCHE SONATE (2014) for piano and chamber orchestra. Premiered by the University of Maine at Farmington Orchestra with Steven Pane, piano soloist, 4/26/14.
7 min.
Background
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REINCARNATION (2012) for automobile orchestra. Premiered at University of Maine at Farmington, 4/24/12.
15-20 min.
Oct 2015 Salzburg performance
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ROWING IN EDEN (1992) for orchestra [2d1,2d1,2,2 / 4,2,3,1 / timp / 1 perc / str]. Commissioned by the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, music director. Premiered 10/13/92.
10 min.
Audio
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SIXTEEN WALTZES, OP. 39, BY BRAHMS (2014), arranged for chamber orchestra and gypsy jazz trio (two guitars and violin). Premiered by University of Maine at Farmington Orchestra and
Mes Amis, 11/9/14.
18 min.
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SNOW LEAF (2005) for Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog). Premiered at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 3/4/05.
8 min.
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STROLLING GROVER’S ROW (2020) for jazz big band (fl, cl, asx, tsx, barsx, 4 tpt, 3 tbn, btbn, pno, db, dr). Premiered by Our Big Band at Steve Grover tribute concerts in Portsmouth, NH (2/23/20) and Portland, ME (3/1/20).
8 min.
Concert Video
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VALENTINE (2005) for Javanese gamelan (slendro and pelog).
12 min.
VOCAL MUSIC
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BELLA ABOVE (2021) for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano. Poem by Jeri Theriault.
4 min.
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BEREAVEMENT STATUS (2023) for mezzo-soprano and piano (from
COVID SONGS). Poem by Adrian Blevins.
4 min.
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CONFUSED PRAYER (2023) for mezzo-soprano and piano (from
COVID SONGS). Poem by Dawn Potter.
4 min.
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EARTH DANCE (2019) for SATB chorus with piano. Poem by Jeri Theriault. Premiered by Reprise Choral Ensemble, Augusta, ME, 2/1/20.
4 min. "Earth Dance" Score Video (Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir)
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FAIR SEED-TIME (1985) for tenor and orchestra. Settings of four selections from Wordsworth’s
Prelude. Premiered by the Colby Symphony Orchestra, Jon Hallstrom, conductor, with tenor soloist Rockland Osgood, 3/20/88.
17 min.
——–1. This Gentle Breeze
——–2. Fair Seed-time
——–3. Above the Raven’s Nest
——–4. And in the Frosty Season
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FOUR JOURNEYS IN MAINE (1989) for soprano and chamber orchestra. Settings of four poems by Wesley McNair. Commissioned by the University of Maine at Farmington in celebration of its 125th anniversary.
16 min.
——–1. Driving to Dark Country
——–2. Snowplow on Perham Street
——–3. House in Spring
——–4. Flying on Monhegan Island
"Four Journeys" concert recording (Jane Parker, soprano)
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THE GARDEN (2000) for SATB chorus, two pianists, and two percussionists. Settings of texts by Lee Sharkey. Commissioned and premiered by the University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus with Percussiano, 5/6/00.
10 min.
——–1. Something Fine
——–2. Or Close Your Eyes
——–3. At the Winter Window
——–4. That Music
"The Garden" concert recording
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GLASS NIGHT (2015) for soprano solo, SATB chorus, and piano. Poem by Wesley McNair.
4 min.
"Glass Night" Score Video (Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir)
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GRANDMOTHER AS SCYLLA (2023) for SATB
a cappella chorus. Poem by Jeri Theriault.
4 min.
"Grandmother as Scylla" Score Video (Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir)
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I’M NOBODY (2017) for
a cappella SSAA women’s choir. Poem by Emily Dickinson.
2 min.
"Nobody" Score Video (Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir)
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM SUITE (2015) for singers and chamber orchestra. Settings of texts from the play. Premiered by UMF Community Orchestra with members of Northfield, 4/26/15.
15 min.
——–Part 1: Spells and Lullabies
——–Part 2: Titania and Puck
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MORNING STAR (1981) for soprano and vibraphone. Settings of five poems by Gary Snyder.
18 min. Score available from
C. Alan Publications.
——–1. The Morning Star
——–2. Shaman Song
——–3. Pine Tree Tops
——–4. Birds
——–5. The Myth
Video of Back Duo performance of 1 and 3
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NIGHT THOUGHTS (1996; 2015) for soprano soloist, SATB chorus, and piano. (Also available in version with chamber orchestra.) Settings of poetry by Wesley McNair and Emily Dickinson. Originally commissioned by University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus, Steven Pane, music director, premiered 4/27 and 4/28/96. Revised version premiered by UMF Community Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Parker, soprano soloist, Philip Carlsen conducting, 5/10/15.
18 min.
——–1. Glass Night (McNair)
——–2. We Grow Accustomed to the Dark (Dickinson)
——–3. When the Trees Came for Her (McNair)
——–4. Good Morning, Midnight (Dickinson)
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POLTER TE CRESO (1973) for 14-part chorus with doubling instruments, spatially separated into two 5-part choirs and one 4-part choir.
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ROUNDS FOR FOUR VOICES (2021).
——–Summer Song
——–The Suling Player
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SOFT VOICES (2005) for vocal quintet. Poem by Shelley. Premiered in a version with chamber orchestra by UMF Community Orchestra with members of Northfield, 4/26/15.
3 min.
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SONGS OF HERSELF (1993), settings of four poems by Emily Dickinson for SATB chorus. Commissioned and premiered by Occasional Chorale, Waterville, ME.
10 min.
——–1. I Like a Look of Agony
——–2. I’m Nobody
——–3. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
——–4. I Started Early
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THREE SONGS (1976) for voice and piano.
7 min.
——–1. Projection (poem by Susan Carlsen)
——–2. 2 little whos (poem by e.e. cummings)
——–3. Upon Julia’s Voice (poem by Robert Herrick)
"Three Songs" concert recording by tenor Sidney Johnson and pianist Philip Carlsen
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WHEN THE TREES CAME FOR HER (2015) for soprano solo, SATB chorus, and piano. Poem by Wesley McNair.
5 min.
"When the Trees" Score Video (Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir)
THEATRICAL WORKS
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FARMINGTON VOICES (2014), songs and incidental music for the play by Jayne Decker, produced at University of Maine at Farmington, 5/1 and 5/2/14.
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HOLLY AND IVY (1998), two-act ballet for eight players [fl (dbl picc), cl, hn, perc, vln, vla, vc, db], based on
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Goden, adapted and choreographed by Andrei Bossov. Commissioned and premiered by Bossov Ballet Theatre, 11/23/98, Oakland, ME.
70 min.
Scene 5 studio recordingScene 6
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IMPLICATIONS OF MELISSA (1982), one-act chamber opera on original libretto for three singers (soprano, mezzo-soprano, and tenor), cl, vln, vc, and pno. Premiered February 1982 by Brooklyn College Opera Theatre.
17 min.
"Implications" score video of 2003 Oberlin Conservatory performance
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (2009), incidental music and vocal settings of various texts from the play, with accompaniment for toy piano, flute, cello, and percussion. Production by Sandy River Players, Jayne Decker, director, Farmington, Maine, January 2009
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THE TEMPEST (2014), incidental music and vocal settings of various texts from the play, accompanied by Roland FP-7F keyboard. Production by Theatre UMF, University of Maine at Farmington, Jayne Decker, director, 3/13-3/16/2014.
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TENDRIL (1979) for clarinet, violin, vibraphone, and voice. Commissioned by the Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
6 min.
