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Composed for Suzanne Kompass & Sean O'Boyle’s “Fifteen Minutes of Fame”
This duet is based on my favorite jazz ballad: Charles Mingus’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat. The clarinet part is completely improvised, though should support the harmonies for the singer. There is no text, the singer is encouraged to use whichever vowel sound(s) she prefers.
Composed for Douglas DaSilva's "My Father's Violin" project, which included an extended Fifteen Minutes of Fame concert.
While contemplating what to compose for this project, I recalled that my own father is a fan of Bach's unaccompanied string pieces. From there it was an easy step to find and adapt a small portion of the Sarabande from Bach's Partita no.2 in d minor. Part-Partita is a meditation on the Bach, lost in thought and in time.
Composed for Anne Goldberg’s “15 Minutes of Fame”
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of the English Horn is the famous solo from the 2nd movement of Dvorak’s Ninth Symphony. I think this is due to the number of times I listened to this work as a teenager. To my young mind this was one of the greatest pieces of music ever. Now, I don’t much care for it all.... It’s funny how tastes change over time. Tangled Memories dissects the original solo, in search of my youthful ennui.
arrangement for soprano and clarinet
arranged for voice and piano
arrangement for soprano and piano, with optional flute
Sonnet 8 / Music (Susan Maurer)
Sonnet 102 / The Twenty-Four Hour Song (Ana Bozicevic)
The Twenty-Four Hour Song
Even your maker would not think you proud
if she could repossess your eyes and see
the green courtyards
in morning lengthening
to fit your seeing soul's geometry—
and how you wished they would stay as they were,
like a girl's face before you spoke to her.
arrangement for soprano, clarinet, string quartet
Alternate version of "Summer" for soprano, piano, and optional horn.
