"a great and clear gift for writing for the voice."
(composer Lori Laitman)

"There is a quality that distinguishes his music, catching one's ear in beauty and style."
(soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson)

Featured Works

Time and Memory

Suite for voice and piano on poems of William S. Trout
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Ubi Caritas

SATB Chorus and two female soloists (or small group), a cappella
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Sonata for Solo Violin

Sonata for solo violin in two movements
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Battle Songs

For medium voice and piano. Battle Songs recounts the events/effects of four battles of pre-WWII through texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore O'Hara, Herman Melville, and John McCrae.
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Timor et Tremor

For a cappella SATB chorus (no divisi). Traditional Latin text for the Lenten season. Fear and trembling came over me, and darkness fell over me:
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On the Poetic Muse

For SATB chorus and piano (with minimal bass divisi). Text by George Moses Horton. Far, far above this world I soar, And almost nature lose, Aerial regions to explore, With this ambitious Muse.
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Recordings

New Music by Living Composers, Series 1, Volume 6: Electronic Works

Featuring 6:46 for fixed electronics
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Effuse / Allure / Ancient Light

Electronic sound design
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Time and Memory

Works for voice and piano
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American Voices

Featuring Pentecost for SATB chorus and piano
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Some Quiet Majesty

Featuring Arranging work on: Track 2: Hope & Promise, and Track 4: The Flame
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