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El Paso de la Siguiriya (Women’s Vocal Ensemble)

By On December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Federico Garcia Lorca, text.
SSAA with Mezzo-Soprano soloist (2007), ca. 7′

Commissioned by Putni, Antra Dreģe, director, with funds from the Latvian Culture Capital Fund. Premiere in Riga October 7, 2007 at the Latvian History Museum in Riga.

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Lux Aeterna (SATB divisi, a cappella)

By On July 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Sacred Latin text,
SATB divisi, a cappella (2008) ca. 7’30″

Commissioned and premiered by Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Thomas Cunningham, director.
I just got a copy of the live recording taken during the premiere weekend, June 7 & 8, in New York:
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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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Shifting Coastlines (Medium High Voice and Piano)

By On October 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Medium High Voice and Piano. (2000/2007) 20’
Texts by Charles Simic; (John Sokol); Ralph Burns; Howard Nemerov; Albert Goldbarth; Ronald Wallace


In 2000, inspired by our mutual love of science, the amazing artist Karen Fitzgerald and I collaborated on a project funded by the Greenwall Foundation and the Queens Community Arts Fund. [...]

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Die Freudenkrone: Ehrerbietung zu J.S. Bach (Organ, Timpani, SATB Choir)

By On June 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Organ, Timpani and SATB Choir (2007) ca. 11’

Commissioned by the City of Liepāja for organist Lotars Džeriņš to premiere at the VI International Organ Music Festival in Liepāja, Latvia.
Premiered September 8, 2007. With Normunds Everts, Timpani and the Chamber Choir Intis, directed by Ilze Valce

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The Whole World Was Listening (SATB a cappella, with Soprano and Tenor soloists, off-stage quartet, more)

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Soprano and Tenor soloists, off-stage SATB quartet, SATB choir divisi, a cappella, with or without bass drum and including aleatoric elements (2007) ca. 7’
Carl Sandburg, Text.

Premiered and commissioned by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble, Tom Cunningham, director, as part of their New Music for New York commissioning project.

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Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (2008)

By On February 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I have written four of what I hope to be five movements of Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (Weaving Olden Dances), a consortium commission comprised of:

Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY), Barry Charles Hoffman, Director
Western Piedmont Symphony (NC), John Gordon Ross, Director
San José Chamber Orchestra (CA), Barbara Day Turner, Director
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Weaving Olden Dances (Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Bodhrán)

By On February 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

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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From the Faraway Nearby (Piano Four-Hands)

By On October 7, 2006 · 4 Comments

Piano Four Hands, Six Movements, (2006) ca. 20’
Premiered by Hugh Sung and Walter Cosand, at Arizona State University, November 2006.

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This suite is inspired by paintings by the American painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Originally written for two guitars, the suite was [...]

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Visitations

By On March 5, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Visitations (2002) ca. 12′
Solo multi-percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone. Crotales, Cymbal, Tam-tam, Bass Drum)
Commissioned through Meet the Composer’s Commissioning Music/USA program
Recorded by Joe Gramley in 2006 (see Discography).

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