Works for Orchestra

Symphony No. 1 (2014-15)

I began writing Symphony #1 during the rehearsal period for Sacred Space. The theme for the opening fugal section came into my mind as I was driving back from a meeting with Geoffrey Gallegos, music director of Kensington Symphony which has premiered most of my works. I wanted to see if I could even write a symphony. The model in structure for this symphony reflects Tchaikovsky. The second movement is clearly an homage to Dvorak in particular the opening of his Largo for his Symphony #9. The march is reminiscent of a march movement out of an early Tchaikovsky Symphony. The finale is complete and brings together themes from the three previous movements.

​The live performance comprise the 2nd movement, an abridged 3rd movement and the complete finale. The computerized rendition below is the complete symphony.
The computer generated version to the right is complete. The first movement and the excised portion of the 3rd movement contain themes that are prominently recalled in the 4th movement Finale.

Sacred Space for Orchestra with viola obbligato

Sacred Space was inspired by a dramatic painting (Sacred Space 2010) by the noted American painter Nancy Newman Rice. When I first saw the painting I was instantly riveted by it. I couldn't get it out of my mind. I absolutely had to compose a narrative piece of music about this painting. It is a musical composition of spiritual light and renewal represented by the magical and mysterious renovation of a dilapidated cathedral.S

Three Moods for English Horn
and Orchestra

Thi is a piece where the English Horn serves as the narrator and chief participant in a larger composition. It is not a Concerto per say. The subject material came from Larry Oppenheim, the player for whom this piece was written. Mood 1. 'Isle of the Dead (painted by Arnold Boecklin). This movement is a musical commentary on the famous painting that also inspired Rachmaninoff's tone poem of the same name. 2. "Music" for Dmitri S. Based on the poem "Music" written for Shostakovitch in 1958 by Anna Akhmatova, considered Russia's greatest poet. 3. (Larry's) Dance Band Dreams III --The soloist having wearied of the serious nature of the piece up until this point decides to become the undisputed star of the rest of the composition. He imagines himself transported back in time to the famous night club Copacabana in New York City where he is the headliner in a Latin Jazz number. This is fine for a while until the orchestra realizes he won't stop playing and they conspire to make sure he does.

Evocation for Orchestra (2011)

The following movements are played without pause.
Annunciation, Prelude, Fugue, Dance, Apotheosis

The prelude section was inspired by a performance of prelude #9 of book one of the Well Tempered Klavier.

Elegy for Debby (2010)

Written in memory of my dear sweet cousin.

Prayer for Trombone

This is the first movement of a work in progress