List of Compositions

•   Child’s Play for string quartet (2006)
•   The Song of Songs for soprano, tenor and ensemble (2004)
•   Der Heyser Bulger for Klezmer Band
•   Yiddish Choruses for SATB chorus. (2004)
•   Whirligigs for saxophone quartet (2003) Premiere, Arizona State University Showcase Chamber Series, March 2004
•   Frantic Antics for guitar and violin. (2002) Written for Matt Gould and Beth Schneider of Duo 46.
•   Chatterboxes for Wind Ensemble. (2002) Premiered by the ASU Wind Ensemble, Tempe, AZ, October 2002.
•   Wedding Music for flute, violin and violoncello.  (2001) Premiere at the wedding of Morris Rockmaker and Kristen Gray, October 2001.
•   The Wide Night Sky for organ. (2001). Premiere by Kimberly Marshall, Tempe, AZ, March 2001.
•   Rothko Landscapes for four clarinets. (2000) Premiere scheduled for the 2001-2002 season.
•   Three Bagatelles for piano. Premiere scheduled for Spring, 2000.
  • A Child's Question for chorus a cappella.
  • Kokopelli Dreams for woodwind quintet . Premiere May 1999, by Citywinds, San Francisco, CA
  • Magical Place of My Dreams for two clarinets. Premiere February 1999, by Richard Nunemaker, Houston, TX
  • Spring Fever for clarinet and piano (1998). Premiere September 1998, by Robert Spring and Eckert Sellheim, Tempe, AZ
  • South Mountain Sunset for viola and piano (1997).

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    •   Passion Strings for viola and violoncello (1996). Premiere November 1996, Carbondale, Illinois by Cynthia Fogg and Tom Flaherty.

    Hear an excerpt of Passion Strings! (488K .wav file)
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    •   Shifty Business for bass clarinet and marimba (1996). Premiere scheduled for November 1997 by Peter Josheff and Andrew Lewis. <> Wedding Music for string quartet (1996) Arrangements of traditional Jewish wedding music. Premiered June 1996, Stanford, CA.
    •   After the Dazzle of Day <>for mezzosoprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn and piano (1996). Text by Walt Whitman. Premiered November 1995 by Opus 90, Palo Alto, CA. 
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  • The Eyes of an Abhinaya Dancer for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1995). Premiered March 1996 by Earplay, San Francisco, CA
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  • Multiplicities for solo clarinet in B-flat (1995). Premiere December 1996, by Richard Nunemaker, Houston, TX

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  • TieCo for four percussionists (1995). Premiered May 1995 by Kenneth Piascik and the California Youth Symphony Percussion Ensemble, Palo Alto, CA
  • Mood Swing for guitar (1994). Premiered April 1995 by Cem Duröz, Stanford, CA.
  • where late the sweet birds sang for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion (1994). Premiered by Earplay, San Francisco, January 1994; Creative Arts Ensemble of West Virginia University, April 1994; University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 1994; California State University, Northridge, Fall 1994.
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  • Interchangeable Parts for Orchestra (1993). Reading by the Marin (CA) Symphony, January 1994.
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  • The Enchanted Kiss, a pocket opera(1993). Premiered February 1993, Stanford Chamber Orchestra, Robert Black, conductor, Stanford University.
  • A Stanford Fanfare for organ (1993). Written for the inauguration of President Gerhard Caspar. Premiered September 1992 by Kimberly Marshall, Stanford, CA
  • Loop D1 Loop for trombone quartet (1992). Premiered by the Boston Trombone Quartet, Boston, April 1992
  • Ma Averech for flute, clarinet, violin and viola (1991). Arrangement of a Jewish folktune. Premiered September, 1991, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Quarter for Twelve for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, french horn, percussion and strings (1991). Premieres: Alea II, Stanford, December 1990 (Movement I only); Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, MA, August 1991; North/South Consonance, New York, March 1992.
  • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men for a cappella chorus (1989). Premiered by Premiere, New York, May 1989.
  • Remembrance for a cappella chorus (1988). Premiered by Premiere, New York, May 1989.
  • The Secreted Peace for soprano and chamber orchestra (1987). Premiered by the National Orchestral Association, February 1990.
  • Cities of My Dreams for clarinet, cello and piano (1986). Performances in Stanford and Princeton.