Orchestra Works (select a category at right)
Snow Lion of Peace (2009)
arranged for cello, string orchestra and Tibetan singing bowl
after the Tibetan folk song by Techung.
Instrumentation: string orchestra (4:00)
First Performance: San Francisco, Ritz-Carlton, 2009
for his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Quartuccio, cond.
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Fate (2007)
This score is an open form one-page arrangement from the title track to the award-winning film score FATE OF THE LHAPA.
Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 1 bassoon, 2 percussion (gongs, hand drums), 1 piano, 1 accordion, Strings (4:00)
First Performance: Oakland, CA, Chapel of the Chimes, 2007
William Susman, cond.
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Zydeco Madness (2006)
To the forgotten of Hurricane Katrina.
Zydeco is Creole-based music indigenous to Louisiana. The lead instrument of a Zydeco band is accordion and the music itself over the years has integrated a wide variety of popular music forms. The predominant thematic material in Zydeco Madness are rhythmic motifs.
Instrumentation: String orchestra (11:00)
First Performance: San Jose, Le Petit Trianon, 2009
San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Day Turner, Cond.
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Angels of Light (1991)
Inspired by the Mark Helprin's novel "A Soldier of the Great War".
Instrumentation: strings, percussion, and piano (11 mins.)
First Performance: Los Angeles Bach Festival, 1992.
Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra, Marvin Neumann, Cond.
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Uprising (1988)
based on the piano work of the same name.
Instrumentation: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 trpt, 2 tbn, timp, strings. (14:00)
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Trailing Vortices (1986)
Based on the concepts of fluid mechanics, Shepard Tones, Fibonacci series and the photos found in Milton van Dykes "An Album of Fluid Mechanics".
The excerpt heard here features the Netherlands Radio Orchestra (formely VARA) under the direction of Ernest Bour.
The percussionist is featured on glockenspiel, tam-tams, gong, and drums.
ASCAP Award (New York)
Gaudeamus Award (The Netherlands)
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation
Instrumentation: fl, eng hn, cl, bsn, hn, trpt, tbn, perc, pno, 2 vn, vla, vc, vb. (15:00)
First Performance: Aspen Music Festival, 1987
Stephen Mosko, cond.
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Pentateuch (1983)
for large orchestra, three choral groups and soprano voice set in quarter-tone tuning. Text in Hebrew with a transliteration by William Susman: Numerological selection based on the number 5. Verses 1-5 of chapter V of each of the five books of the Pentateuach.
BMI Award (New York)
Instrumentation: 4 fl, 4 ob, 4 cl, 4 bsn, 4 hn, 4 trpt, 4 tbn, 5 perc, hrp, pno, solo voice (soprano or tenor), 3 choral groups (satb), divisi strings: 20 vn I, 20 vn II, 16 vla, 12 vc, 8 vb) (13:00)
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Openings (1982)
Three movement work with strong influences from Iannis Xenakis composed while an undergraduate at the University of Illinois.
Instrumentation: fl/picc, cl, 2 bsn, hn, mar/xyl, guitar, vn, vc, vb (20:00)
First Performance: Urbana, 1982
Performer's Workshop Ensemble, William Susman, cond.
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Movement for Orchestra (1980)
ASCAP-Raymond B. Hubbel Award (New York) awarded by the composition faculty of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Instrumentation: 3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 3 bsn, 4 hn, 3 trp 3 tbn, perc, harp, pno, strings (15:00)
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