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Emergence (for Flute Quartet, with prerecorded audio and video projection)

By On May 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

for four flutists, prerecorded audio and video projection (2010) ca. 28′

Commissioned by the Latvian Culture Capital Fund for the Riga-based Flute Quartet 4-tune. Premiered at the Ave Sol Concert Hall in Riga, Latvia, on April 7, 2010.

Flutes: Dace Bičkovska, Lolita Oša, Anna Petraškeviča, Daina Treimane
Video Projection: Uģis Brikmanis [...]

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Fischiettando – Arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and Tambourine (optional)

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An arrangement for Piccolo, Violin, Cello, and optional Tambourine of a traditional Sicilian melody. (2008) ca. 1’30″

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Live performance by Uncle Joe members Liene Denisjuka, piccolo, Iveta Dejus, violin, Ursula Jurjana, cello, and Charles [...]

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Habañera/Carmen Fantasy – Arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello

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An arrangement for Flute (Optional),Viola and Cello of the Habañera from Bizet’s opera, Carmen, using Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Piano as a starting point. (2008) ca. 3’30″

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Panta Rei (Saxophone Quartet or Clarinet Quartet)

By On November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Saxophone Quartet or Clarinet Quartet (1997, rev. 2007) One movement, ca. 8’
Premiered by the Amherst Saxophone Quartet in Buffalo, New York.

“The other premiere was Charles Griffin’s Panta Rei, a pulsing, fast, free-flowing piece of tight, dense textures and few open spaces, save for an island of rather uneasy repose in the middle.” [...]

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Weaving Olden Dances (Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Bodhrán)

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Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Bodhrán (2007) 6’30”

Premiered by the Griffin Ensemble at the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Liepaja, Latvia.

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Kusanganisa (Flute and Marimba 4-hands)

By On August 8, 2003 · 4 Comments

Flute and Marimba Four-Hands, one movement (2003) ca. 6’30″
Commissioned by Queens Council on the Arts for the ensemble Percussia, Ingrid Gordon, director.

Listen to an excerpt performed by Nicole Camacho, flute, with Chris Bonacorsa and Cesare Papetti, marimba:
Kusanganisa excerpt

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for the straight way was lost

By On August 19, 2002 · 1 Comment

Viola or Cello with Clarinet or Bass Clarinet or Alto Saxophone, 1 movement, (2002) ca. 8’
Commissioned and premiered by the Darkwood Consort, Boise, Idaho.

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Select Instrumentaion Version Viola-Bass Clarinet
Viola-Alto Sax
Cello-Clarinet
Cello-Alto Sax

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How Do I Love Thee? (High Voice, Clarinet or Violin & Piano)

By On September 18, 2000 · Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, text.
High Voice, Clarinet or Violin & Piano. (2000) 4’30”

A co-commission and premiere by The Lark Ascending, Nancy Bogen, director, and the Lyric Arts Trio.

Listen to a performance by Marcelle Duarte (Soprano), Dennis Jospeh (Clarinet) & Lin Lee (Piano):
HowDo

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So, We’ll Go No More A-Roving (High Voice & Piano, opt. Clarinet)

By On March 20, 1999 · 2 Comments

Lord Byron, text.
for High Voice & Piano, with or without Clarinet (1999), ca. 3’30″

Commissioned and premiered by The Lark Ascending, Nancy Bogen, director.

Listen to a performance by Elizabeth Farnum (Soprano) & Peter Vinograde (Piano):
Roving

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The Far Field (High Voice, Clarinet & Piano)

By On April 15, 1997 · 1 Comment

Theodore Roethke, text.
High Voice, Clarinet & Piano (1997), ca. 22′
Premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, Dennis Joseph & Charles Tauber at NYU.

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Listen to excerpts from a live performance by Melissa Fogarty (soprano), Chris Cullen (clarinet) and Laura Barger [...]

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