Head Over Heels for 4 or 5 octave handbell choir
This is an arrangement of the excellent 1980s song Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears for 4 or 5 octave handbell choir. Rhythms are somewhat challenging, but there are minimal bell changes.
Joyful Variations for 3-octave handbell choir
As the title says, this is a set of joyful variations for 3-octave handbell choir. The piece is divided into four main sections, each of which builds in intensity before moving on. There are no bell changes or special techniques required.
Once Was Wood concertino for flute and chamber orchestra
This is a concertino for solo flute and small orchestra, originally composed as part of my doctoral portfolio. Please use the contact form below for performance inquiries.
Menuet-Fantaisie quintet for Baroque instruments
This is a quintet for Baroque instruments (flute, violin, cello, harpsichord, and bass viol) originally composed for the Wilmington, Delaware-based Baroque/Contemporary ensemble Mélomanie.
Sonata for piano solo
This piano sonata consists of three movements played attacca each with a distinctive style or mood culminating in a joyful toccata-like finale. In the post-modern tradition there are some musical quotations from sources as diverse as Chopin, Webern, and the Broadway musical Guys & Dolls.
String Quartet
This string quartet was composed in 2001 and revised 2006. It is based on themes from two Haydn quartets: Op. 33, No. 1 and Op. 64, No. 2. It ranges in style from diatonic minimalism to neo-romanticism to post-modernism.