Biography


photo: Mel Maratita

Rehearsing "Sharks" with Brian Lewis



Orchestra/Band


THE ALCHEMISTS’ BALL (1998)
2/pic-2/E.hn-2/bcl-2; 4-3-3-1; 4 perc, timp, hp, pf; str
Duration: 11 minutes


THE UNFORGETTABLE HOUR (1996)
Work for soprano and chamber ensemble or chamber orchestra
sop solo; 1/pic-1-1-bsn/cbsn; hn; 2 perc, pf/cel, hp; str (single or mult.)
Text: Anna Akhmatova; trans. D. M. Thomas
Duration: 16 minutes


EXULTATIONS (1995)
2/pic-2/E.hn-2/bcl-2; 4-2-3-1; 3 perc, timp, pf/cel; str
Duration: 9 minutes


MANHATTAN FLOURISH (2000)
Work for symphonic band
Commissioned by the Goldman Memorial Band
Duration: 4 minutes Chamber/Solo Instrument

 

Chamber/Solo Instrument

 

THREE INNER MOMENTS (String Quartet No. 2) (2007)

Commissioned by Chamber Music Yellow Springs for the Vogler Quartet

I. The Glen (A Phantasmagoric Journey on a Hazy Afternoon)

II. Union Square, September 14, 2001

III. Pines '99

Duration: 12 minutes


CELTIC VARIATIONS (2006)
Work for solo cello
Commissioned by Joan Dyer in memory of Timothy Vernon
Duration: 20 minutes


SHARKS (2006)
Work for violin and piano
Commissioned by UT Austin (for Brian Lewis)
Duration: 10 minutes


FOUR MOVEMENTS FOR STRING QUARTET (2005)
Commissioned by the Serafin String Quartet

I. Dmitri

II. Michael's Fugue

III. A Little Waltz

IV. Boxes and Arrows
Duration: 20 minutes


PETIT DUO (2004)
Work for two guitars
Commissioned by Duo Con Forza
Duration: 12 minutes

 

FOR ROBIN (2003)
written in memory of Robin Lim
Commissioned by Auros Ensemble (Boston)
Work for cello and piano
Duration: 6 minutes


SONGS FROM AMERICA (after traditional American folk songs) (2002)
Work for guitar and cello

Commissioned by the Jones-Maruri Duo
I. Were You There? (Negro spiritual)
II. Evil-Hearted Man (folk-blues)
III. Three American Sailor Songs
IV. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Chil’ (Negro spiritual)

V. Gallows Song (Ohio)

VI. Simple Gifts (Shaker Hymn)

VII. Evil-Hearted Man! (Folk-Blues)
Duration: 10 minutes
Published by Seemsa
Edition #: BNE20070036515

FOUR PLACES IN NEW YORK (2002)
Work for solo piano
I. The Belltower at Riverside Church
II. Christopher Street
III. Union Square, Sept. 14, 2001 (dedicated to the victims of September 11)
IV. The George Washington Bridge
Duration: 15 minutes


TWISTED ELEGANCE (1998)
Work for cello and piano
Commissioned by RamosDance, Chris D.C. Ramos, Director
Duration: 8 minutes

LUX PERPETUA (1998)
Work for violin and piano
I. A Search for Light
II. Speaking in Tongues
III. A Voice in the Wilderness
IV. Prayer and Passion
V. Ecstasy
Duration: 20 minutes

SPIRAL DANCE (1997)
For solo cello
Commissioned by RamosDance, Chris D.C. Ramos, Director
Duration: 10 minutes


FIVE SEASONS (1996)
(suite for string quartet)
I. Calmly
II. Funky!
III. Misterioso
IV. Playfully
V. Slowly
Duration: 20 minutes


REFLECTIONS (1992)
Work for flute and piano
Duration 3 minutes
Published by L.K. Drew Publishing Co.
(937) 767-9383

 

Choral


THREE SONNETS (2000)
Work for SATB choir, horn, cello, and piano (bar. and ten. solos)
I. Time
II. Death
III. Love
Text: William Shakespeare
Commissioned by the Choral Arts Society (Westchester, NY)
Duration: 12 minutes


MOTHER’S HANDS (1999)
Work for SATB choir and piano
Appropriate for intermediate high school or church choir
Text: W.D. Wedgefarth
Commissioned by Elizabeth Costa for Grace United Methodist Church
(Lindonhurst, NY)
Duration: 3 minutes


Solo Voice


WHICH WAY HOME? (2003)
Work for soprano and piano

Commissioned by Alicia Berneche
Text: Anne Sexton
I. January 1st
II. The Risk
III. Ringing the Bells
IV. Yellow
V. Her Kind
VI. Snow
VII. Music Swims Back to Us
VIII. Us

Duration: 15 minutes


LOVE’S PROPHESY (1999)

Work for medium voice and piano
Text: Kahlil Gibran
Duration: 3 minutes


A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA (1998)
Work for tenor and piano
I. Tears
II. After Yeats
III. A Supermarket in California
Text: Allen Ginsberg
Duration: 10 minutes

IF THE OWL CALLS AGAIN (1997)
Work for tenor and piano
I. Prayer to the Snowy Owl
II. And When the Green Man Comes
III. A Moose Calling
IV. If the Owl Calls Again
Text: John Haines
Duration: 10 minutes


THE UNFORGETTABLE HOUR (1995)
Work for soprano and chamber ensemble or chamber orchestra
sop solo; 1/pic-1-1-bsn/cbsn; hn; 2 perc, pf/cel, hp; str (single or mult.)
Text: Anna Akhmatova; trans. D. M. Thomas
Duration: 16 minutes Youth

Youth

 

ARIA (2001)
Work for solo cello and piano
Arrangement for cello choir and piano also available
Intermediate High School/Advanced Junior-High
(choir part for intermediate, possibly junior high)
Commissioned by Shirley Mullins and the Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association in memory of Emily Bailey

Duration 3 minutes


MIDNIGHT ROUNDUP (2000)
Work for string orchestra
Intermediate High School/Advanced Junior-High
(includes moderately difficult cello and violin solos)
Commissioned by Shirley Mullins and the Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association in memory of Emily Bailey
Duration: 3 minutes


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