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Chamber Music
Chaconne (tuba and piano)
1999, revised 2000, 1 movement, 7 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: This work is divided into two large sections. The opening section is slow and lyrical and gradually exposes the six "polychords" on which the entire piece is based. The second section is quite fast and consists of eleven variations on the chord progression (and motive) found in the opening section.
Chaconne was a required work for Tuba Artists finalists in the 2004 Falcone International Euphonium-Tuba Competition, and will be a required work for Tuba Artists semifinalists in the 2010 ITEA Competition.
Cherubs on the Ceiling
A burlesque for alto saxophone and string trio
1991, revised 2002, 1 movement, 6 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Cherubs is a single-movement scherzo which pits a decidedly uncherubic saxophone against the three string instruments. Some extended techniques are used in the sax part. Cherubs was commissioned by an anonymous donor who wished to commemorate Clarence Laughton's book of photographs entitled "Ghosts Along the Mississippi".
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Piano
1988, revised 2000, 3 movements, 16 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: The subtitle of this work is "Latin Steps" since each movement makes use of various Latin-American dance rhythms. Much of the first movement uses a rumba rhythm in a moderate tempo. The second movement is a tango, and the finale is a fast dance in 6/8. The work's harmonic language, however, is quite chromatic and makes no attempt to evoke folk music.
Congo Square (8 percussionists)
1994, revised 1999, 1 movement, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: The eight percussionists of Congo Square are divided into two groups of four. The first group usually performs music in a different meter and tempo from the second group. At the climax of the piece both groups play simultaneously resulting in conflicting meters and tempos.
Das Echo von New Orleans (alto saxophone and piano)
2006, 3 movements, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Das Echo von New Orleans is a three-movement fantasy on the German Catholic hymn, Grosser Gott. I decided to use this hymn tune after hearing a performance of it by an amateur church choir in the tiny community of Roberts Cove, Louisiana in November of 2005. In fact, a recording of that performance begins this piece (a CD is included with the score and part). Early in the composition of Das Echo, I decided to avoid a straightforward theme and variations on the hymn tune. In fact, the melody is never completely stated in any movement. Instead, I decided to allude only to snippets of the melody. Somehow, I felt this was more appropriate given the physical and emotional turmoil left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Das Echo was commissioned by saxophonist Farrell Vernon.
Das Echo von New Orleans (sopranino saxophone and piano)
2006, 3 movements, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: The piano part in the first movement of this version of Das Echo differs somewhat from the alto saxophone version. Saxophonists may order both versions for $35. Contact Magnolia Music Press directly (via email or phone) to order both versions.
Grand Mamou (flute and piano)
1991, 4 movements, 15 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Each of the composition's four movements is based on a different Cajun folk song. Each folk song is used as the starting point for a new composition which only alludes to the original's melody and harmony.
Winner, 1995 National Flute Association Newly Published Music Competition
Guttersnipe (solo bassoon)
1992, rev. 2000, 2 movements, 6 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Guttersnipe is in two short movements each of which explores various extended techniques.
Hambidge Quavers (for oboe and bassoon)
1989, 1 movement, 9 mins.
Published by Theodore Presser Co.
- Audio Excerpts: 2 minutes of section 1 | More >
- Buy Score: Theodore Presser Co.
- Read Reviews: The Double Reed
Janus (flute and alto saxophone)
2002, 2 pieces, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Janus consists of two highly contrasting pieces which may be performed as a group or separately. Extended techniques are used in the first piece.
Janus was commissioned by Christopher and Leigh Ann Rettie.
A Tre (for solo flute)
1989, 1 movement, 6 mins.
Published by Theodore Presser Co.
Description: A Tre is a three-voice fugue for solo flute.
Grand Prize, 1990 Delius Composition Competition
Winner, 1991 NFA Newly Published Music Competition
- Audio Excerpts: 1 minute of section 1 | More >
- Buy Score: Theodore Presser Co.
Summer Scag By A Lake (two saxophones)
2009, 2 movements, 3 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: The first movement, "Summer Morning By A Lake", is a canon using a single multiphonic in both saxes. The second movement, "Scag 'm", is based on notes derived from the names of the two saxophonists (Griffin M. Campbell and Michael A. Straus) for whom the piece was written.
The first movement should be played on two saxophones of the same type (2 altos, 2 tenors, etc.). The second movement should be played by two saxophones pitched in the same key (2 altos, alto and bari, soprano and tenor, etc.).
Each performer plays from a score. Two scores are included in the purchase price.
Orchestral
Canray (string orchestra)
1999, 2 movements, 13 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Description: Canray was commissioned by the Louisiana Sinfonietta and makes use of common fiddling techniques found in the music of south Louisiana Cajuns. The work uses these fiddling techniques as the basis for a new composition which only briefly alludes to one Cajun/Creole melody.
- View Score: first movement, last section | second movement, beginning of fast section
- Read Reviews: The Advocate
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
2008, 2 movements, 19 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Description: The first movement, "Berceuse pour la Nouvelle-Orléans", is a lullaby for a damaged New Orleans. The second movement, "Passacaglia", is a set of variations on a 6-1/2 beat bass line.
A piano reduction is currently in preparation.
- View Score: excerpts of each movment
- Audio Excerpts: mvmt I (MIDI) | mvmt. II (MIDI)
Filé (orchestra)
2003, 1 movement, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Description: The word “filé” has two meanings for the composer. Most people from south Louisiana will know that filé is ground sassafras and that it is used as a seasoning in gumbo. The word also means “spun” or “thread”—a perfect allusion to the “spinning out” of the work’s opening chord to create the various motives and melodies found in this piece.
Filé was premiered by the Baton Rouge Symphony (Timothy Muffitt, Music Director) in November of 2003. It was the winner of the 2005 Truman State University/MACRO Society Composers Competition.
- View Score: opening sections | final sections
- Audio Excerpts: 3-1/2 minutes from intro and fast section | More >
- Read Review: The Advocate
Wind Ensemble
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
arrangement of piano version
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Chalumeau—a dirge for wind ensemble
1987/rev. 2000, 1 movement, 5 mins.
Published by Carl Fischer, Inc.
- View Score: opening section
- Audio Excerpts: opening section
- Rent score and parts: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Scintilla (for wind ensemble)
1985/rev. 2000, 1 movement, 7 mins.
Published by Carl Fischer, Inc.
Finalist, ABA/Ostwald 1986 Wind Ensemble Composition Competition
- View Score: last half of piece
- Audio Excerpts: last half of piece
- Rent score and parts: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Vocal
Amid Disquieting Dreams (a cappella choir)
2002, 2 movements, 4 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Each movement sets the same text taken from the book of Job (verses 13-16). The first movement emphasizes the unsettling and somewhat frightening aspect of Eliphaz's mystical experience. By contrast, the second movement attempts to convey a sense of calm and awe which, perhaps, one might feel in the presence of a divine being.
Four Cajun Songs (voice and orchestra)
2005, 12 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Description: My Four Cajun Songs for voice and orchestra was commissioned by the Epsilon Pi chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota and the Upsilon Phi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Truman State University. The commission resulted from my orchestra piece, Filé winning the Truman State University/MACRO Society 2005 Composition Competition. It was premiered at Truman State in 2005.
- View Score Excerpts: mvmt. I | mvmt. II | mvmt. III | mvmt. IV
- Audio Excerpts: mvmt. I | mvmt. II | mvmt. III | mvmt. IV
Three Cajun Songs (voice and piano)
2005, 8 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
In 2006 I selected three of the four songs in the orchestral version to arrange for voice and piano.
Les Amours et les Beaux Jours (mixed choir, children's choir [or sopranos], solo tenor, orchestra)
2009, 4 movements, 17 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
On rental
Description:
This work was commissioned and premiered by the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra (Mariusz Smolij, Music Director) for its 25th anniversary. Each of the four movements is based on an old Cajun folk song from the Alan Lomax recordings of 1934.
A piano reduction is currently in preparation.
- View Score: middle of mvmt. I | opening of mvmt. II | end of mvmt. III | end of mvmt. IV
- Audio Excerpts:
middle of mvmt. I |
opening of mvmt. II |
end of mvmt. III |
end of mvmt. IV
Trinquez, Trinquez (a cappella choir)
2002, 3 movements, 5-1/2 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: This work is a choral arrangement of three Cajun folk songs. The melody of each song is, for the most, kept intact. The chords, however, are often changed.
Walking Across the Atlantic (voice and piano)
Three songs on texts of Billy Collins
2002-2003, 5 mins.
Published by Magnolia Music Press
Description: Settings of "Walking Across the Atlantic," "Budapest," and "The Dead."
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