Doctoral Portfolio

Contract Pieces:

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The Busking Bassoonist (Fall 2013)          pdf        

     for bassoon and piano, ca. 19 min.

     consortium commission by 12 bassoonists, lead by by Scott Pool

     published by TrevCo Music Publishing

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Sundog (Spring 2014)                              pdf

     for flute, clarinet, and piano, ca. 9 min.

     commissioned by Parhelion Trio

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Role Play (Spring 2014)                            pdf

     for string quartet, ca. 6 min.

     written for Judith Lochhead Eduardo Leandro's seminar, "Perspectives Since 1945"

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Keeping Faythe (Fall 2014)                       pdf

     for harpsichord, ca. 5 min.

     commissioned by SBU Alumni Faythe Vollrath

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36 Views of Mount Fuji (Spr-Fall 2015)   pdf

     for piano solo and projection, on the carvings by Hokusai, ca. 22 min.

     commissioned by Natsuki Fukasawa

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L'histoire du Soleil (Spring 2016)             pdf

     for singing narrator and 7 players, ca. 35 min.

     story written by Valentine Biollay, in English, French or German

     ensemble: ob, cl, bsn, fr horn, harp (or mar), vln, vc

     commissioned by the Talis Festival

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Other Pieces:

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Catch (Fall 2013)

     for violin and piano, ca. 5 min.

     for Chase Spruill

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The Windy City (Spring 2014)

     for flute and piano, ca. 10 min.

     commissioned by Beth Goode for NFA in Chicago

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Double Reed (Summer 2014)

     for singing bassoonist and accordion, ca. 12 min.

     commissioned by SBU Alumni Gina Cuffari for IDRS in NYC

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AlexAna (Spring 2016)

     for alto saxophone and bassoon, ca. 5 min.

     commissioned by SBU Alumni Alex Davis & Ana Garcia (AnAlex)

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The Lord's Prayer (Fall 2016)

     for bassoon and electronics, 12 min. projected

     electronics written for Margaret Schedel's "Intro to Computer Music"

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Beethoven in Love (Fall 2013-Spring 2017)

     a chamber opera for 4 vocalists and piano, ca. 60 min.

     commissioned by librettist Maxine Fisher

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