Solo Instrument

(2004)  Duration: 11′

for solo cello

World Premiere: April 30, 2004 by Hrant Parsamian, cello, New Music New Haven, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT.

Recording by Hrant Parsamian.

Program Notes:

“…The night sheen takes over. A moon of Cistercian pallor Has climbed to the ..read more

(2000)  Duration: 6′

for solo piano

World Premiere: March 3, 2001, by Melissa Howe, piano, at the Society of Composers, Inc. National Student Conference, Indiana School of Music, Bloomington, IN.

Recording by: Steven Masi, piano.

Program Notes:

I have a quasi-religious relationship to Chopin’s Ballades.  If I stumble ..read more

(1999)  Duration: 3:30

for solo piano

LIVE recording by Steven Masi.

World Premiere: June 21, 1999, by Steven Masi, piano; Frederick Loewe Theatre, New York University, NY, NY.

Program Notes:

I began this piece while messing around at the piano with singer-songwriter Liz Phair’s early song ..read more