Compositions

Chronology

 

Chronology of Compositions (Partial Listing)


1972


FROM WITHIN (short piano solo)


1975


JOY STEP for 3 alto saxophones (Isorythmic Motet)

DAWNING IS THE DAY (Speech Chorus 4-voices)


1976


FOCUSING ON JOHN CAGE (an aleatoric lecture for two voices)


1977


12 FRAGMENTS for piano (short mood pieces)


1979


UNTITLED NO.1 (electronic - Buchla- tape)

FLUTE SOLO

UNTITLED NO.2 (electronic - Buchla - tape)

PHONETIC CLOUD 1 (recorded phonemes on tape mixed into controlled feedback)

THE SIRENS (electronic - Buchla - tape)

PROCESS PIECE 1 (Documentation of a temporary sound-event)

PIANO TRIO (violin, 'cello, and piano)


1980


FROM LARRY'S KITCHEN (minimalist work for Jazz orchestra)

DOCUMENT 1 (Documentation of a temporary sound-sculpture built then left to sound in the woods during the piece)

THE STAR THROWER (electronic - Studio Arp - tape)

CLUSTER '80 (electronic - Studio Arp - tape)

FLUTE QUARTET (pointillist and Ordered Interval Succession generated material)

8 CHORALES FOR ORGAN (kaleidoscopic in progression yet tonal in harmony)


1981 - 85


(Researched & wrote 'KALEIDOSCOPIC MUSIC')

12 LULLABIES FOR JESSICA (solo piano)

MUSIC FOR PITCHED PERCUSSION 1st Movement

SILENT NIGHT (solo piano)


1985 - 88


(Promoted fellow composers' works on Radio Program The Minnesota Composers Gallery)

(readmitted and finished course work for BA)


1989


(Received BA from Grinnell College class of '81)


1990 - 95


MUSIC FOR PITCHED PERCUSSION Movements 2 – 7

Plus SIMPLE SONGS (Popular Styles)


1996


JAZZ COMPOSITIONS (Quartets and Quintets):

EVENING STAR

RELAX NO. 1 - 3

TIRED

WINDIN' DOWN

EVENING TALK

SWEET DREAMS

STARRY NIGHT

SWEET SLEEP

FAST ASLEEP

A LAZY BREAKFAST

MORNING COMMUTE

COFFEE BREAK

TAKE THE AFTERNOON OFF

WHAT TO DO

DAY DREAM

WAITIN' BY THE PHONE

ENCOURAGING SIGNS AGAIN

SO MANY YEARS AGO


AMBIENT COMPOSITIONS (QUARTETS & QUINTETS)

NIGHT STREETS

REMEMBERING (LOVE'S GONE)

PIANO TRIO (REVISED)

180 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER BACH'S 15 2-PART INVENTIONS (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 98)

4 MOVEMENTS FOR VIBES AND DRUMS

SYMPHONY FOR STRINGS (6 MOVEMENTS)

TRANCE MUSIC NO. 1 & 2 (PIANO DUOS)

288 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER BACH'S W.T.C. VOL.1 (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 99)

144 KALEIDOSCOPEN VARIATIONS AFTER CLEMENTI'S OP 36 (COMPLETION DATE SET FOR 6/98); (VOL1 DONE JAN/98; VOL2 DONE FEB/98)

AVALON SUITE (ELECTRONIC)


2000


Over 500 Meditations for 20 different solo Instruments

Over 100 Relections for various combinations of duo Instrunments (duets)


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