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School of Music
University of Utah
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Chamber works without voice - Go back to top
POINTS AND TALES (2004) 12 character pieces for solo piano 42 min.
4 sections premiered July 2004, Stephen Gosling, Composers Conference, Wellesley, MA.

A TABLE OF THE MOST USED CHORDS (2004) horn quartet 12 min.
premiered July 2004, Intermezzo Chamber Music Series, Utah Symphony Horn Section, Salt Lake

A TABLE OF THE MOST USED CHORDS (2004) sax quartet version 12 min.

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A SONG FROM THE SAME FRAGMENTED MASQUE (2003) solo flute 10 min.
Recorded February, Carlton Vickers, 2004; Albany Records Troy 710.

MELPOMENE (2000) cello, flute, harp, and percussion 16 min.
Recorded 1/26-27/01; Albany Records Troy 710.
Performed May 2003 by Canyonlands on CMC Series, Salt Lake

PARTITA INTRECCIATA (1999) violin and tape 13 min.
Co-commissioned by Gerald Elias and Bodil Rørbech.
Premiered Copenhagen, April 22, 2000 (Rørbech). Subsequent performances: Malmö, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Paris, NOVA Series, Salt Lake, etc..
Recorded December 2000 (Elias). Albany Records Troy 710.

TRACE (1998) 2 pianos, 2 percussion 17 min.
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation.
Premiered Stuttgart, February 2001 by the ensemble "Piano and Percussion"-Stuttgart on the Eclat Festival. Subsequent performances: Speculum Musicae, January 2004, Merkin Hall, New York; Timetable, March 2004, Staller Center, Stony Brook, NY.
Recorded March 2002; Albany Records Troy 710.

JUST ONE STEP BEYOND (1998) viola, piano 6 min.
In memorium Margaret McGlinn.
Premiere June 7,1998; New Music Works, Santa Cruz, CA. Polly Burkholder, viola, Susan Bruckner, piano.
Subsequent Preformaces: July 2004 Lois Martin, viola, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Composers Conference, Wellesley, MA; May 15, 2000, Merkin Hall, New York, Lois Martin, viola, Eliza Garth, piano; March 1999, Scott Lewis , viola, Jed Moss, piano, Salt Lake.
Recorded June 1999, Scott Lewis, viola, Jed Moss, piano. Albany Records Troy 710.

QUARTET (1998) 2 violins, viola cello 19 min.
Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation.
Premiered April 6, 1997; The Madeleine Festival, Cathedral of the Madeleine; the Abramyan Quartet.
Also performed Tokyo, June 17, 1997.
Recorded on CRI 787.

DIALOGUE IN THREE PARTS (1994) flute, alto flute, piccolo [one performer] and tape
9 min.
Commissioned by Carlton Vickers
Premiered April 6, 1995; Carlton Vickers
Subsequent performances include those by
Rachel Rudich:
October 22, 1998; California Institute of the Arts.
October 23, 1998; Pamona College.
October 27, 1998; University of Pittsburgh.
October 28, 1998; Mount Union College, Akron.
October 29, 1998; S.U.N.Y.-Buffalo.
Yossi Arnheim:
March 6, 1998; Biennial of New Music ; Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Jayn Rosenfeld:
November 23, 1997; Merkin Hall, New York.
Kathryn Lukas:
April 18, 1998; Indiana University.
Mary Stolper:
October 13, 1996; DePaul University, Chicago.
March 27, 1997; University of Chicago.
Carlton Vickers:
February 19, 1996; Dresden.
Recorded on CRI 787.


ROMAN PASSACAGLIAS (1991) violin, cello, piano 12 min.
Commissioned by the Leonardo Trio.
Premiered March 4, 1992; The Icebreaker, Amsterdam.
Subsequent performances include those by:
the Leonardo Trio:
November 16, 1992; Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York.
March 14, 1994; Prince Theatre, University of Pennsylvania.
April 17, 1992; Greenwich, CT.
EARPLAY: October 2, 1995; Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
Recorded on CRI 787.

DELTA, THE PERFECT KING (1989) solo horn, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass 19 min.
Premiered October 10, 1991; Speculum Musicae, William Purvis, horn, composer conducting; Miller Theater, New York.
Subsequent performance at International Horn Society Festival, 9 June, 1993, Kansas City.
Recorded on CRI 705

DIPTYCH:ANOTHER ORDER OF CAT/CONSIDER THE WINDOW (1989) violin, cello, piano 19 min.
17 May 1989, Chamber Players of the League/ISCM
Weill Recital Hall, New York
Recorded on Centaur CD 2103

DÄMMERUNG (1982) oboe,viola,cello,piano 6 min.
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Festival at Bennington College
Premiered 17 August 1982, Bennington College

NONET fl, clar-bs clar, bssn, tpt, vln, vla, vc, cb, perc 9 min.
Premiered 5 August 1981, Composers Conference, Johnston,VT

SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO (1979) 19 min.
Premiered 17 March 1983, Carnegie Recital Hall, NYC
Lawrence Dutton, vla Aleck Karis, pno

BLACK BEAUTY (1981) solo electric guitar 9 min.
Commissioned by Henry Gwiazda
27 February 1981, C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
All subsequent performances by Henry Gwiazda

THREE FANTASY PIECES FOR HORN AND PIANO (1980) 11 min.
Commissioned by Rebecca Root
Premiered 3 December 1981, McMillan Theatre, NYC
William Purvis, hn Aleck Karis, pno

SUMMER ALBUM (1977) solo piano 20 min.
6 December 1979, McMillin Theatre, NYC
Christopher Green-Armytage, pno

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO 15 min.
Premiered 28 February 1980, McMillin Theatre, NYC
Linda Quan, vln. Aleck Karis, pno.

TRIO (1975) violin, horn, piano 9 min.
Premiered 9 April 1975, Philomatheon Hall, Univ. of Penn.

RAMPART (1975) solo cello 11 min.
Premiered 20 April 1975 Annenburg Center, Univ. of Penn.
David Dornbusch, vc.

DUMAINE (1974) cello, flute, oboe, viola 5 min.
Premiered 7 February 1974, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Fred Sherry, vc. Arthur Weisberg, cond.

Opera - Go back to top
BOX AND COX (1998) soprano, tenor, lyric baritone flute dbl alto and picc., clarinet dbl. bass cl violin, cello, piano, percussion, tape 40 min.
comic opera in three scenes
Premiered April 17, 2000 at series opening of Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City.

Chamber works with voice - Go back to top
A Certain Round of Events (2002) mezzo-soprano, piano 40 min.
recorded August 2003, Lani Poulson, mezzo-soprano, Susan Wenckus, piano

ON THE WINGS OF WIND (1994) soprano, baritone,clarinet dbl. bass cl.., violin, cello, harp 20 min.
"..a..miniature Das Leid von der Erde." - NY Times
Premiered Salt Lake City, July 27, 1997; Canyonlands Ensemble, Jennifer Larson, soprano, Joseph Onstott, baritone, composer conducting. New York premiere, fall 1999; Washington Square Contemporary Music Series. May 2003, The Madeleine Festival, Cathedral of the Madeleine.
Recorded on CRI 787.
Recorded Milken Archive

ITS SOUNDLESS AFTERMATH(1993) soprano,clarinet, violin, cello, piano< 6 min.
Commissioned by the Hillel Foundation.
Premiered May 9, 1993; Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY.

DAS BACHES WIEGENLIED (1991) men's choir: TTBB, 2 horns, harp 6 Min.
1 June 1991,University of Utah A Cappella Choir

FOUR SONGS (1979) soprano, piano 8 min.
(Yeats, Pound and Williams)
Premiered 17 April 1979, Rogers Chapel, Newcomb College
Nancy Assaf, sop. Douglas Flieger, pno.

Large ensemble works - Go back to top
THROUGH (2003) 0200 2000 strings 8 min.
premiered October 2004, Engleman Hall, New York, Stony Brook, Contemporary Chamber Players

ANGELS, EMERALDS, AND THE TOWERS (1992) 1(picc.)010; 1100 harp, strings 6 min.
Commissioned by New Music Across America-Utah and C. Comstock Clayton Foundation.
Premiered October 2, 1992, Tanner Amphitheater, Zion National Park; Canyonlands Ensemble; composer conducting.
Subsequent performances:
October 15, 1992; Canyonlands, Salt Lake City.
October 3, 1996; Bowling Green University; Emily Freeman Brown, conductor
Recorded on CRI 787.

CONCORD (1991) 3(picc)3(EH)3(bs)3(contra);4331; pno-cel; perc; strings 25 min.
Commissioned for the Utah Symphony by the Eccles Foundation.
Premiered December 6, 1991; Utah Symphony, Joseph Silverstein, conductor.
Also performed December 7, 1991.

MEMOIR (1985) 3333, 4331, perc, timp, harp, strngs 12 min.
May 6,7,9, 1986 New Orleans Symphony
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
March 22, 1994 Penn State Orchestra
Pu-chi Jiang, conductor

CONSIDER THE WINDOW (1984) 2022; 2000; strings 9 min.

WIND ENSEMBLES (1982) 4333; 4331;perc,hrp,pno 15 min.

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