WORKS
 

Full Orchestra

Bedtime Stories — 11’
I. Sleep
II. Little Marching Trolls
III. Shadow Play
IV. Don’t let the bedbugs bite!
V. If I should die before I wake
VI. Man in the Moon
VII. Prayer
Lexington Ballet Orchestra May 1995, Published by Metro City Music 2000, Commissioned by Kentucky Arts Council

Canoe of Fate — 9’
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra December 1995, Commissioned by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

He-Dog — 8’
Northwest Mahler Orchestra June 2005, Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra March 2003, Published by Metro City Music February 2003

Hymn — 4’
Wisconsin All-State Honors Orchestra October 1997

Local Yokel — 5’
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra December 1993, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL December 1993, Commissioned by Kentucky Arts Council

Molto Loco — 11’
Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra November 1990, Published by Metro City Music 2001, Commissioned by New York Arts Council

Rhapsody of the Sea — 3’
Bremerton Symphony Association January 2005, Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra April 2001, Spokane Symphony Orchestra September 1997, Pacific Symphony Orchestra November 1997, Metro City Symphony Orchestra June 1997, Published by Metro City Music 2000, Commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

String Orchestra

Kentucky Preceptor — string orchestra, 10’
Northwest Chamber Orchestra February 2005, Greater Kitsap Honors Orchestra June 2005, Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra March 2004, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra January 2004, Butte Symphony Orchestra March 2004, Helena Symphony Orchestra February 2003, Published by Metro City Music January 2003

The Migrant Workers Prayer — string orchestra, 7’
Newport Symphony Orchestra February 2008, Butte Symphony Orchestra May 2004, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra March 2004, Published by Metro City Music June 2003

Orchestral Arrangements

Estrellita by Ponce — string orchestra, 5’
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra February 2004, Florida Orchestra February 2001, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Commissioned by Pacific Symphony Orchestra

Shining Time Station by Raposo — full orchestra, 3’
Pacific Symphony Orchestra April 1998, Commissioned by Pacific Symphony Orchestra

Triplets by Green — full orchestra, 5’
Pacific Symphony Orchestra May 1997, Commissioned by Pacific Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Music

String Quartet No. 1 “Shiloh Church”

I. Gradually
II. Lively
III. Allegro Energico
IV. Largo

String Quartet No. 2

I. Allegro con moto
II. Pastorale
III. Andante con moto
IV. Allegro

String Trio No. 1

I. Agitato
II. Largo
III. Allegro

String Trio No. 2

I. Grazioso
II. Maestoso
III. Con moto
IV. Elegante

String Trio No. 3

I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Agitato

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello

I. Largo
II. Giocoso
III. Allegro con brio

Duo for Violin and Cello “Field of Blackbirds”

I. Andante
II. Con Moto
III. Giocoso

Duo for Two Violins

Mvt. 1 - Mvt. 12

Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1

I. Moderato
II. Largo
III. Agitato

Elegy for Violin and Piano

Romance for Violin and Piano

Djurdjeudan for Violin and Piano

Band

A Soldier’s Farewell — symphonic band, 7’
Northeastern Music Publisher 2007

A River in the Pines — symphonic band, 8’
Northeastern Music Publisher 2008

Bright Angel Descending — symphonic band, 10’
Commissioned by Monroe County Community Band 2009, Published by Metro City Music 2009

The Kentucky Preceptor — symphonic band, 14’
Published by Metro City Music July 2001

Our Last Best Hope — symphonic band, 8’
Northeastern Music Publisher 2006, Tara Winds, Seattle Band Conference 2005, California State University: Fullerton November 2002, Long Beach Concert Band February 2003, Published by Metro City Music September 2002

INSTRUMENTAL

Violoncello

Etude on “Marizápalos a lo humano” 17th c. Peru — cello solo, 5’
Published by Metro City Music 2005

Red Rock Cello — cello solo, 8’
Published by Metro City Music 2005

Santiago — cello solo, 3’
Published by Metro City Music 2007

Violin

Molto Loco — violin solo, 8’
Published by Metro City Music 2005

Sonata — violin solo

I. Resolute
II. Mischievous
III. Misterioso
IV. Forcefully

Oboe

The Dark Night of Juan de la Cruz — oboe and piano
University of Nevada 2005, Published by Metro City Music 2005

Old Folks at Home — oboe and piano, 7’
University of Kentucky October 1992, Cedar Rapids, Iowa February 1990, State University of New York: Plattsburgh 1989, Published by Metro City Music 1990

Many Red Devils — oboe solo, 1’
University of Michigan January 1986

Seven Short Pieces — oboe and piano, 10’
Carnegie Mellon University April 2005, English Double Reed Festival Canterbury, England September 1990, University of Kentucky 1991, Middlebury College, Vermont November 1989, Yale University February 1988, University of Michigan March 1986, Published by Margun Music 1989, First edition available G. Schirmer 2004

Piano

And I love you... — piano solo, 5’
Published by Metro City Music 2005

Bedtime Stories — piano solo, 11’
Sleep
Little Marching Trolls
Shadow Play
Don’t let the bedbugs bite!
If I should die before I wake
Man in the Moon
Prayer January 1986
Published by Metro City Music 2000

Bright Angel Descending — piano solo, 10’
Published by Metro City Music June 2005

Cal a Vie — paino solo, 5’
Commissioned by Michael Voronkoff May 2000, Published by Metro City Music May 2000

California Elegies — piano solo, 15’
No.1
No.2
No.3
Published by Metro City Music January 2003

Capistrano Nights — piano solo, 12’
Published by Metro City Music September 2002

Christmas Piano Music — piano solo
At A Christmas Camp Meeting
St.Patricks First Christmas in Ireland
Baba’s Serbian Christmas
Carol
Christmas Canon
Preacher’s Christmas Carol
The Sailor’s Jig on Christmas Day
Published by Metro City Music November 2003

Custer — piano solo
Riding to Glory 4’
He-Dog 9’
The Soldier's Farewell 3’
A Thousand Miles from Home 3’
Our Last Best Hope 5’
The Greasy Grass 8’
Published by Metro City Music November 2002, Recorded by Metro City Music November 2002

Five Piano Pieces — piano solo, 5’
Published by Metro City Music October 2003

Histories — piano solo, 13’
Good Friday, 1978
Sixes
A Certain Music
Ring Cycle in 105 seconds
At the Con Brio
Arbor Song
At the Del Rio
Yale University October 1987, University of Michigan April 1986

The Kentucky Preceptor — piano solo, 70’
Volume I
The Appalachian Girl’s Lament
Dog Walk, Kentucky
Kentucky Farmer
Feedin’ Time
The Bard from Bardstown
Down in the Holler
Hymn
The Tobacco Farmer’s Blues
A Soldier Dies: Perryville 1962
Black Mountain

Volume II
Mamau’s and Papau’s Trip Down River
Mary Todd
Got Me a mule
Procession to the Tomb of Aaron Copland
Stamping Ground
Country Blues
Old Celt
Someone Show me to the River
Shakertown Sequence
Kentucky Wonder

Volume III
The Appalachian Special
The Barrens
The Bluegrass Rider
Misty Morning
Look Away
Preamble: Main Street Baptist Church
The Dark and Bloody Ground
Kentucky Restoration Music
The Hunt
Finale: Farewell

Recorded by Al Swanson August 2003, Recorded by Metro City Music August 2001, Published by Metro City Music March 2003

Piano Westerns, piano solo

Red Rock Paino — piano solo, 8’

The Lancers of San Pasquale — piano solo, 8’

Bright Angel Descending — piano solo, 10’
Published by Metro City Music March 2003

Migrant Worker’s Prayer and Dream — piano solo, 7’
Published by Metro City Music June 2003

Red Rock Piano — piano solo, 8’
Published by Metro City Music 2005

Way Out West Album — piano solo, 30’
Way out West
Ramona
Trail of Tears
Get-a-long
Reservation Symphony
Published by Metro City Music July 2003

Six Day Bicycle Race — piano solo, 32’
The Six Day Blues
The Highwheeler
For Daisy
The Literati Rag
The Race
The Depression Blues
The Six Day Crash
Killian’s Tango
Pete’s Eats
Boogie No.1
The End of an Era
Published by Jazz Sport, LLC 2007, Original Film Music for “Six Day Bicycle Race” documentary

Werther’s Sorrows — piano solo
I. Andante con moto
II. Spirito
III. Largo
IV. Lento
V. Danza Sognare
Published by Metro City Music 2014

Toccata — piano solo
I. Serioso
II. Deliberato
III. Quasi fantasia
IV. Molto Allegro - moto perpetuum
Published by Metro City Music 2012

The Pied Piper of Hamelin — piano solo
I. Hamelin Town
II. A Secret charm
III. The River Weser
IV. Choral Prelude
V. The River Weser (variant)
VI. Rats
Published by Metro City Music 2017

Trumpet

Fanfare for a Great Cathedral — trumpet duet, 2’
Commissioned for Saint James Cathedral Seattle, WA 2008, Published by Metro City Music 2008

VOCAL

Large Ensemble

Missa Brevis — baritone, mezzo soprano, SATB choir, strings, harp, timpani, 56’
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Agnus Dei
Commissioned by Michigan Art Council and St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Detroit Dioceses), Southeastern Michigan Wind Ensemble and Choir February 1989, Published by Metro City Music

O Come to me — SATB choir, 3’
Published by Metro City Music 2008

Pater Noster — SA choir, cello or bassoon, 2’
Published by Metro City Music 2008

Saint Cecilia Cantata — soprano, mezzo-soprano, SSA choir, strings, timpani, 30’
I. Cecilia
II. This Bright Maiden
III. And while the organs made melody
IV. One God, Almighty
Commissioned by St.Cecilia Catholic Church (Bainbridge Island, WA) and Jubilate Orchestra of Saint Cecilia November 2007, Published by Metro City Music

Seven Last Words — soprano, mezzo-soprano, strings, organ, 60’
I. Father forgive them for they know not what they do
II. Amen I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise
III. Women, behold your son! Behold your Mother!
IV. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
V. I thirst
VI. It is finished
VII. Father into your hands I commend my spirit
Commissioned by St. James Cathedral (Seattle, WA), Orchestra of St. James, Jubilate and St. James Soloists April 2009, Published by Metro City Music

Chamber Ensemble

Baptize me Jesus — tenor and piano, 3’
Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky August 1996

Mary Songs — soprano, mezzo-soprano, strings, 18’
Dormi Jesu
Immaculate Mary
Adrian Symphony Orchestra March 2001, Yale University April 1988, Yale University February 1988, University of Michigan November 1987, Published by Metro City Music 2001

Two Sonnets after Browning — solo soprano and piano, 4’
University of Michigan April 1985

Rilke Sonnet — tenor and piano, 3’
Yale University April 1989