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

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

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

Motet Mashup

  • 2:00
  • 2021
  • Viola, Violin
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This is a short duo inspired by the techniques of medieval motet composition. In this case the viola part serves as ‘tenor.’ It is constructed from a five bar ‘talea’ which after the first 2 statements, goes into retrograde for three more passes. The full

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

Whalefall

  • 6:00
  • 2006
  • Organ, Viola
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Performances Premiere: Lynne Ramsey, viola, Karel Paukert, organ, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, April 20, 2008 Drew Robertson, viola, Todd Wilson, organ, Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio, March 21, 2010 Dustin Budish, viola, Dr. Philip Manwell, organ, Music at Trinity, Trinity Episcopal Church,