Turn your face to the sun,

  • 11:00
  • 2025
  • Harp, Oboe, Viola
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“Turn your face to the sun,” is my second work for the somewhat unusual combination of oboe, viola and harp. Program Note The title of the piece comes from a Maori proverb, the full text of which is:  Turn your face to the sun, and

Triptych

  • 8:30
  • 2025
  • Bassoon, Clarinet in Bb, Flute, Horn in F, Oboe
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This quintet is comprised of three movements, the first of which was published previously as “All the Fools in Town.” The second movement begins in full alarm mode — at a gallop — while the last movement is deeply reflective.

All the Fools in Town

  • 3:00
  • 2024
  • Bassoon, Clarinet in Bb, Flute, Horn in F, Oboe
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Program Note The title of this piece comes from Mark Twain’s book Huckleberry Finn— “Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side, and ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?”

Trio ‘Toiyabe’

  • 10:00
  • 2023
  • Harp, Oboe, Viola
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This work was commissioned by the Toiyabe Chamber Music Society (formerly the Tahoe Chamber Music Society) in celebration of their new name. Program Note I chose these three instruments for their contrasting qualities of sound in order to evoke the unique natural beauty of  Northern

Dance With Me?

  • 4:30
  • 2019
  • Oboe
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After reading through this new ‘genre piece’ for unaccompanied oboe, Aaron Hill remarks that it “lies really nicely on the instrument.”