So late their happy seat,

  • 13:00
  • 2024
  • Cello, Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Violin
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Program Note The title of this work comes from John Milton’s epic poem ‘Paradise Lost.’ “They looking back, all the eastern side beheld,                 Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,” The music is through-composed, with the opening material of each new section emerging from

Let’s Hope

  • 9:00
  • 2023
  • Cello, Clarinet, Piano
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This three movement work was commissioned by the Sierra Watercolor Society to accompany their “Community Perspectives” Exhibition and was premiered during their Artists’ Reception at Makers Paradise inside the Reno Public Market, on July 22, 2023, by Joshua Anderson (clarinet) Peter Lenz,(‘cello) and James Winn

Anthrophobia

  • 1:00
  • 2021
  • Cello
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One of several very short pieces for solo instruments composed during the COVID-19 pandemic, this work captures both the desire to go, and the fear of going back out into the world. Premiered by Eileen Brownell, ‘cello,  at the Wilbur D. May Arboretum, Reno, Nevada,

High and Away in Washoe

  • 9:30
  • 2018
  • Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin
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      High and Away in Washoe Premiere edited This one movement work for piano quartet, inspired by the composer’s own experience and love for the nearby mountains, was commissioned by the Tahoe Chamber Music Society and premiered on July 14, 2019, by Ruth Lenz, violin; Dustin

Close (Far)

  • 8:00
  • 2003
  • Cello, Horn, Percussion, Piano, Violin
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Performances Premiere: Symposium Chamber Ensemble, Ernest Bloch Music Festival, Newport, Oregon, June 30, 2003 Amber Dimoff, violin, Julie King, ‘cello, Richard King, horn, Matthew Bassett, percussion, Linda Jones, piano, Thiago Tiberio, conductor, Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, April 6, 2008 Program Note Close (Far)

Here on Earth

  • 9:00
  • 2006
  • Cello, Clarinet, Piano, Violin
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Performances World Premiere: Leah Goor, violin, Lindsay Wile Charnofsky, clarinet, Julie King, ‘cello, Eric Charnofsky, piano, Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, April 6, 2008 Emily Nebel, violin, Patricia Crispin, clarinet, Josue Gonzales, cello, Eric Charnofsky, piano, Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio, December