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Iberian Sketches (2010)
1. Fado Menor
2. Error Meus
3. Fallaste Corazon
1 fl/1 ob/1 f.hn.;strgs; ca. 8:00
Program note
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Concordia University
Irvine, CA
June 17, 2010
Commissioned by the Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Sonic Dreams Made Real (2007)
1. Sonic Dreams
2. Dreams Made Real
(movements performed without pause)
2/2/2/2;4/3/3/1;Timp.,3perc.,pno.;strgs.; ca. 10:00
Commissioned by the Holland Area Youth Orchestra
Complete Recording (MP3 6MB)
Program notes
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Holland Area Youth Orchestra, Richard Piippo conductor
West Ottowa Performing Arts Center
Holland, MI
March 2, 2008
Songs Lost and Forgotten (2006)
1. Children's Song
2. Chant Fragments
3. Basslines
(movements may be performed separately)
2/2/2/2; 2/2/1; 2perc., hp; str.; ca. 15:00
1. Children's Song (excerpt MP3)
2. Chant Fragments (excerpt MP3)
Program notes
American Composers Orchestra, Jeffrey Milarsky conductor
Miller Theatre, New York
May 19, 2006
A Letter Home (2004)
2/2/2/2; 2/2/b.trbn.; 2perc., hp; str.; ca. 8:30
Listen (excerpt MP3)
Program notes
University Symphony Orchestra,
Marcus Carpenter conductor
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor
Feb. 14, 2004
Torn Threads Rewoven (2002)
3/3/3/3; 4/3/3/1; timp., 3perc., hp.; str.; ca. 8:00
Listen (excerpt MP3)
Program notes
New York Youth Symphony, Paul Haas conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York
Feb. 16, 2003
Commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony
Per Non Dimenticare (2010)
1. La Furesta
2. Fimmene Fimmene
3. Pizzecu
4. Luna Otrantina
5. Tarantella Frigia
(movements performed without pause)
piano quintet; ca. 10:00
Program note
Complete live recording (MP3)
California Quartet
(Bridget Dolkas, violin; Jeanne Skrocki, violin;Pam Jacobson, viola; Lars Hoefs, cello)
Lara Urrutia, piano
Encinitas Library
Encinitas, CA
May 23, 2010
Commissioned by the Connections Chamber Music Series and funded in part by the Composer Assistance Program of the American Music Center.
Torn Canvases (2009)
fl., cl., bass cl., sop. sax., alto sax., hn., trpt., trbn., tba., vib., chimes, pno.
ca. 10 min.
Complete Recording
Program note
University of Louisville Wind Ensemble, Frederick Speck conductor (world premiere)
Louisville, KY
Sept. 27, 2009
Commissioned by the Big East Band Directors Association
Dreams of Orpheus (2008)
clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano
ca. 10 min.
Complete live recording (MP3)
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Antares
Garrick Zoeter, clarinet
Jesse Mills, violin
Rebecca Patterson, cello
Eric Huebner, piano
Music in the Loft
Chicago, IL
November 22, 2008
Commissioned by Music in the Loft for Antares and funded in part by the Composer Assistance Program of the American Music Center.
Taking Sides (2008)
solo trombone, woodwind octet, percussion, piano, contrabass
ca. 12 min.
Commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings/Oberlin Conservatory/University of Michigan Consortium
Program note
Detroit Free Press Review
Ava Ordman, solo trombone
Detroit Chamber Winds and String
H. Robert Reynolds, conductor
Birmingham Unitarian Church
April 13, 2008
And the Tree Grows Again (2007)
solo flute, solo marimba, chamber wind ensemble;
ca. 7.5 min.
Commissioned by Truman State University
Complete Recording (MP3)
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Julianna Moore, solo flute
Michael Bump, solo marimba
Truman State University Wind Symphony
Dan Peterson, conductor
Truman State University New Music Festival
Oct. 25, 2007
A Closer Walk (2007)
1. First Line
2. Second Line
(movements performed without pause)
solo vln.; ca. 9:00
Commissioned by Martha Walvoord
Complete Recording (MP3)
American Perspectives Project Information
Program note
Tell Me... (1998, rev. 2007)
string quartet; ca. 13:00
Complete recording (MP3)
Program Note
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello
Music in the Loft
Chicago, IL
Sept. 21, 2008
The Procession (2006)
1. The Bells and the Fiddler
2. In Memoriam I: Blurred Visions
3. In Memoriam II: Alone in the Hills
4. The Return
vln., pno.; ca. 15:00
Commissioned by Martha Walvoord
1. The Fiddler and the Bells (excerpt MP3)
2. In Memoriam I: Blurred Visions (excerpt MP3)
3. In Memoriam II: Alone in the Hills (excerpt MP3)
4. The Return (excerpt MP3)
Program Notes
American Perspectives Project Information
Martha Walvoord, violin
Nicholas Hutchinson, piano
Irons Recital Hall
University of Texas, Arlington
Feb. 25, 2007
Passage (2006)
1. Introduction
2. Trio (The Desert Crossers)
3. Transition into Duet
4. Duet
5. Finale
(movements performed without pause)
vln., pno.; ca. 13:00
Commissioned by the Milwaukee Ballet
Complete Recording (MP3)
Martha Walvoord, violin
Nicholas Hutchinson, piano
Crill Auditorium
Point Loma Nazarene Universty
San Diego, CA
Program Note
American Perspectives Project Information
Pasquale Laurino, violin
Andrews Sill, piano
Pabst Theater, Milwaukee
March 25, 2006
Fiddle States (2005)
1. Breathing
2. Chasing
3. Dreaming
4. Dancing
(movements may be performed separately)
vln. duet; ca. 7:00
Comissioned by Martha Walvoord
1. Breathing (MP3)
2. Chasing (MP3)
3. Dreaming (MP3)
4. Dancing (MP3)
Program notes
American Perspectives Project Information
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Martha and Jennifer Walvoord, violins
MacIntosh Theatre
April 15, 2005
Sonata (2000)
1. Senza misura-Wild-Tranquil-Heavy
2. Ringing-Tranquil-Ringing
vla., pno.; ca. 14:00
Commissioned by Evan N. Wilson
Movement 1 (excerpt MP3)
Movement 2 (excerpt MP3)
Program Note
Evan N. Wilson, viola
Vedrana Subotic, piano
Lennae Hall, Chautauqua Institution
July 21, 2000
Thus, Consider This (2006)
SATB chamber choir, pno.; text by Sandro Barros; ca. 6:30
Commissioned by SCI and ASCAP for the 2006 SCI National Conference
Listen (excerpt MP3)
Program notes
Trinity University Chamber Singers, Scott MacPherson conductor
Trinity University, San Antonio
September 15, 2006
Three Spanish Songs (2005)
1. Olas grises
2. Nocturno
3. Sueño despierto
1/1/1/1, 1/1/1, 2 Perc., Sop., Pno.; ca. 15:00
texts: Leopoldo Lugones, Rubén Darío, and José Martí
Commissioned by Michael Haithcock and the University of Michigan Symphony Band
1. Olas grises (complete MP3)
2. Nocturno (complete MP3)
3. Sueño despierto (complete MP3)
Program Notes
Meng-Chun Lin, soprano
CCM Chamber Players, Rodney Winther conductor
CBDNA Conference
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor
March 30, 2007
(This piece is now part of the DONALD HUNSBERGER WIND LIBRARY published by ALFRED PUBLISHING. Click here for more information about purchasing the full score, rehearsal score, and parts).
Three Spanish Songs (2004)
1. Olas grises
2. Nocturno
3. Sueño despierto
sop., hp.; texts: Leopoldo Lugones,
Ruben Darío, and José Martí; ca. 9:00
1. Olas grises (complete MP3)
2. Nocturno (complete MP3)
3. Sueño despierto (complete MP3)
Program Notes
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Jennifer Goltz, soprano
Amy Ley, harp
Homage a Kazuo Ohno (2010)
ca. 5 min
Program Notes
Matthew Tommasini, solo piano
danz.fest 2010
Cattolica, Italy
July 24,2010
Commissioned by danz.fest 2010
Romanian Folk Dances (for piano quintet) Bartok/Tommasini (2010)
1. Joc cu Bata (Stick Game)
2. Braul (Peasant Costume)
3. Pe Loc (Standing Still)
4. Buciumeana (Mountain Horn Song)
5. Poarge Romanesca (Romanian Garden Gate)
6. Maruntel (Little One)
7. Maruntel (Little One)
(movements performed without pause)
piano quintet; ca. 8:00
Commissioned by the Connections Chamber Music Series
Complete live recording
Program Notes
Lara Urrutia, piano
California Quartet
(Bridget Dolkas, violin; Jeanne Skrocki, violin; Pam Jacobson, viola; Lars Hoefs, cello)
Murray Center, Mission Viejo
May 29, 2010
Vocalizations (2004)
3:45
Film Noir (2000)
sax., pno., dr. set; ca. 10:00
Commissioned by Summer Breault.