Musical Compositions

When I started this website in 2009, it was with the intention to capture all my endeavors in musical composition. The website started to take on a new form around 2014 when I began blogging about my travels and other experiences, but music composition remains important to me even though it’s no longer the primary focus of this website.

This page lists out musical works I have written with links to recordings when I have them. If you would like copies of score or parts, please contact me.

Chamber Ensemble

This Music Goes Second (2021)
for violin, viola, and piano
version for 2 violins, viola, and piano (2023)

Musique d’ameublement (2021)
for violin, viola, and piano
version for 2 violins, viola, and piano (2023)
Written for Matt Semke’s phenakistiscopes

Theme Tune for ArtStart (2020)
for vibraphone, marimba, and piano
Written for a small non-profit arts organization in St. Paul, MN
Listen

Betwixt (2019)
for violin, viola, and piano
Written for Matt Semke’s animation short
Watch the film

Music to Begin With and Music to End With (2019)
for violin, viola, and piano
version for 2 violins, viola, and piano (2023)
Written for the Breaking Glass Trio’s Tiny House Concert 2019

Nuages (2018)
for violin, viola, and piano
Written for Matt Semke’s animation short of the same name
Watch the film

Four Scenes about Cats (2017)
for cello, marimba/vibraphone, and piano
Written for Adrienne Louise Kleinman’s short film, A Tail of 2 Kitties
Listen to Scene 1
Listen to Scene 2
Listen to Scene 3
Listen to Scene 4

Incidental and Theme Music for Cooking with Frank N. Foode (2014)
for clarinet, cello, piano, and percussion

Trio (2014)
for flute, viola, and harp
Written for the Incidental Chamber Players
Listen

Wind Quintet (2014)
Written for the 2014 Bennington Chamber Music Conference

Sonata (2012)
Music for euphonium, four trombones, and two percussionists

Via the Void (2011)
for Pierrot ensemble and two percussionists
Listen (on YouTube)

Le Triangle d’Or (2009)
for reed trio
Listen (excerpt)

Music for Cello and Percussion (2009)
for cello, piano, celeste, and timpani
Listen (excerpt)

A Crescendo for Three Violas (2008)

Music for the play The Interrupted Dream by Harlan Chambers (2007)
for various voices, violin, cello, and piano
Listen to excerpts of incidental music or vocal music

String Quartet “For a New Latitude” (2005)

Second Suite (2005)
for wind quintet

First Suite (2004)
for trombone quintet

First Fanfare (2004)
for brass quintet

Trombone Solo, “Blitz” (2003)
for trombone, timpani, and piano

Large Ensemble

Music for Orchestra in However Many Incarnations (2010-2011)
inspired by actors who played Dr. Who in Doctor Who
Listen to the first movement (on YouTube) (William Hartnell)
Listen to the second movement (on YouTube) (Patrick Troughton)

Poem (2007)
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
Listen (excerpt)

Dance (2003)
for wind ensemble

Music for Orchestral Winds (2003)

Songs and Song Cycles

Cat Haikus (2015)
for mezzo soprano and piano
words by Amy Danielson
Listen

Time Sonnets (2014)
for baritone and piano
words by William Shakespeare from his Sonnets XII and LX

Aubades (2010-2011)
for soprano and piano
words by Traci Brimhall
Listen to “Aubade in a Burning House” (on YouTube)
Listen to “Oneiromancy” (on YouTube)
Listen to “Sonnet with Lightning and Bull Sharks” (on YouTube)
Listen to “Aubade with a Broken Neck” (on YouTube)

Aubade with a Broken Neck (2009)
words by Traci Brimhall
stand-alone version for soprano and piano
Listen (excerpt)

Poem (2007)
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
Listen (excerpt)

Poem (2006)
for baritone, clarinet, and piano

Seated Man (2005)
for mezzo-soprano and piano
words by George Oppen
Listen (excerpt)

Songs of the Birds (2005)
for female voice (Sprechstimme) and piano
words by Emily Dickinson

Duos

Percussion Duo (2013)
for stacked marimba/vibes and piano
Listen to Movement I (on YouTube)
Listen to Movement II (on YouTube)
Listen to Movement III (on YouTube)

Music for David and Kristine (2008)
for flute and piano

Duo for Violas “A Trifle Too Quiet” (2008)

Music for Oboe and Cello (2007)

Three Movements for Marie, “Adieu” (2004)
for flute and piano

The Eve (2003)
for flute and piano

Solos

Vier kleine Cembalo Stücke (2008)

Dialogue (2006)
for viola

Ephemeral Movements (2006)
for piano
Listen (excerpt)

Soliloquy (2005)
for flute

“Juvenilia”

Arden Forest (2002)
for flute, violin, viola, and cello

Ave Maria (2002)
for SATB choir and piano

Six Creative Wits (2002)
for clarinet and piano

Invention Reminiscence (2001)
for harpsichord

Morning Tune (2001)
for piano

Waltz of the Toys (2001)
for piano

Celebration in Brass (2000)
for trombone quartet

Piano Solos (2000)

Chiropiera (1999)
for concert band

The Long Journey (1999)
for flute and piano

Piano Solos (1995-99)