Serenade No. 1
April, 1, 2007, Rivers School. Joav Birjiniuk, Faith Woodside, Grace Daher, guitarists
January 20, 2008, Williams Hall at New England Conservatory; 2009 Guitar Society. John Muratore, Mark Small, Robert Sullivan, guitarists
Serenade no. 1 for guitar trio, Op. 84, was commissioned by the Rivers School Seminar on Contemporary Music in 2007. As the commissioned composer that year at Rivers, I was asked to write a piece for three guitarists that could be playable by high school students. The piece was later played in 2008 at New England Conservatory and also in 2009 at the New England Guitar Festival by Mark Small, John Muratore, and Robert Sullivan. The Serenade is filled with contemporary dance rhythms and references to pop music including a final trio that recalls the closing of the Beatles’ Abbey Road side 2.
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String Quartet no. 4, Epiphany, Opus 196 1
Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds, Opus 157 3
Serenade No. 4, Walk That Lonesome Valley, Opus 112 9
Serenade No. 2 for alto recorder, cello, and harpsichord, Opus 98 12
Poems for Trumpet and Piano, Opus 85 14
Two Encores: 1, Canon; 2, Lament, Opus 78 no. 2 15
Two Encores: 1, Canon; 2, Lament, Opus 78 No. 1 16
String Quartet no. 3 (Homage to Beethoven), Opus 71 18
Harmonium: Eight Poems for Brass Quintet after Wallace Stevens, Opus 48 22
Mahler in Blue Light, Opus 43 23
Four Pieces in Familiar Style, Opus 41 24
What Goes Around Comes Around, Opus 38 26
Concerto for Oboe and Five Instruments, Opus 32 28
The Book of Moonlight, Opus 31 29
“Sleep Song” a children’s piece for violin and piano, Opus 18 31
Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn, Opus 17 32
String Quartet No. 2, Opus 16 33
String Quartet No. 1, Opus 6 34