Catalog
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Large Ensemble
Songs of the River Po (2019) - For string orchestra
I. Songs of the River Po
Royal Procession (1989) - For elementary string orchestra
Elements for Orchestra (1985)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (2020) - For wind ensemble
II. Deep Currents
III. Birds on them River
Chamber Ensemble
For Flute and Strings:
Apart together: Together apart (2020) - For four flutes
For Flute Ensemble:
Handstacks: Five Sonic Meditations (2020) - For six or more flutes or other instruments
1st movement: Rooted
Waterways (2021) - For two flutes, viola and cello
Thrice Burned Forest (2023) - piccolo, two c flutes, two alto flutes, bass flute
3rd movement: Meander
With Shakuhachi:
Bee Time (2021) for shakuhachi, any length
For Percussion:
Waterlilies (1998) - For shakuhachi, viola and harp
Winter Sun and Green Tea (1992) - For shakuhachi trio
With Voice:
Temenos: Sacred Space (2019) - For soprano and viola
Two Songs from Aeschylus (2003) - For soprano, violin, cello and piano
The Canary Prince (1987) - For soprano, B♭ clarinet doubling E♭ clarinet and bass clarinet, bassoon and narrator
Five Is a Traveler (1986) - For soprano, B♭ clarinet, piano, cello and double bass
Leopard Flowers: Four songs to poetry by Ono no Komachi (1983) - For soprano and piano
Davening (2023) - alto flute doubling c flute, viola and violoncello
I. Davening Solo
II. Davening Trio
III. Avinu Malkeinu
IV. Winding Dance
V. Wordless Song
Improvs: #2
The Circular Bridge (2023) - For flute sextet
Japanese Footbridge (1998) - For shakuhachi, viola and cello
Bench Music (2023)
For Brass:
Sonic Meditations (2023) - For brass quintet
Back of the Heart (1988) - For flute and viola
2nd movement: Twist
4th movement: Bend
1st movement: Tuning In
2nd movement: Long Tone Melodies
3rd movement: Melody Stacks
4th movement: Hover and Fly
Waterlilies (1998) - For flute (or 1.6 shakuhachi), viola and harp
Solo Works
Piano:
Wildfires (2021) - For solo piano
I. Paradise Burning
II. Firestorm
III. Embers
Cherry Blossoms (2020) - For solo piano
Falling Light (2020) - For solo piano
New Moon Waltz (2020) - For solo piano
Snow in March (2020) - For solo piano
Woodwind:
Bee Time (2021) - For solo shakuhachi
Snowy Egret, January Messenger (1993) - For solo flute
Island of the Spirit (1984) - For solo flute
Morning Raga (1982) - For solo flute (student piece)
Three Colors for Oboe (1977) - For solo oboe
Strings:
Raven: A portrait in four movements (2017) - For solo cello
Baia del Silenzio (2024) - For solo piano
Shimotsui Fantasy (2023) - For solo piano
Equinox Lilies (2023) - For solo piano
Winter Light: to the parting year (2021) - For solo piano
Pianist in the Dark (2022) - For solo piano
Valentine’s Day Snow Song (2025) - For solo piano
Electronic Music
Andromeda and Perseus (1984)
Wildwood (1984)
Bob and Lillian (2019) - For flute and piano or guitar
Tides (1988) - For alto flute, saw/megasaw, and harp
Other
Becoming Durga (2021) - For violin, banjo, and guitar
Three for Three (2013) - For alto recorder, tenor recorder, and bass recorder
Daylilies (1997) - For viola and cello
Sea Cliff Hands Quartet (1979) - For oboe, violin, double bass, and banjo
Featured Works
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Songs of the River Po
String Orchestra - an undulating, rich tapestry inspired by Italy’s Po River
“opened with a joyful march… wonderfully deep phrases from the cellos and a rich tapestry of melodic lines that were exchanged by the sections of the orchestra… beguiling lighter passages that evoked the image of birds enjoying the river, and it brought the piece to a satisfying close.” (NW Reverb)
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Waterways
Two Flutes, Viola, & Cello
Lush chamber writing traces the flow of Columbia River tributaries to the point at which the largest river entering the Pacific Ocean in the western hemisphere meets the broadest reach of open ocean in the world. “Flutists will want to listen to and likely learn and perform this piece because of its interesting, colorful and evocative compositional nature as well as for what it represents – nature and the protection of nature.” (National Flute Association Quarterly)
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Wildfires
Solo Piano
A “must listen” (Flutist Quarterly) musical elegy to the catastrophic summer of 2018 during which wildfires tore through the Western United States and Canada following years of drought, the work especially commemorates the town of Paradise, California in which 83 people perished. Comprising three movements – Paradise Burning, Firestorm, Embers – this is an urgent and wild message about climate change in response to government inaction.
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Raven: A Portrait in Four Movements
Solo Cello
“Fascinating music” (SE Examiner) and luxurious and dynamic writing for cello, interspersing bell-like chiming with harsh, resonant croaks, gentle harmonic whispers, and other playful extended techniques.
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snowy egret, january messenger
Solo Flute
Glistening and crystalline, “soulful and solitary” (Oregon ArtsWatch), inspired by the classical style of Shakuhachi played by wandering samurai monks in Edo period Japan (1600-1868).
