The works available on this page have demo recordings and are available as individual printed (PDF) works. Some are also available on CD.
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The recordings on this page are currently made available for free download, for a variety of reasons. All I ask is that you copy them only for your own listening pleasure and not copy them for others. Instead, direct your friends and family to
this website, where they can check the music out for themselves. If you would like CD-quality recordings, many of the pieces listed below are available on CD.
Of course, making and distributing copies of this music for your own personal gain is a violation of copyright and moral law. Please don't do it.
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All the Colors of the Rainbow: Chinese Folk Song Suite for Flute Flute, with electro-acoustic or piano-only accompaniment Approx. total perf. time: 28:00 Prices: |
Commissioned by flutist from Taiwan, as part of an effort to popularize and "Westernize" traditional Chinese folk songs Available in three versions: • Piano-only accompaniment • Electroacoustic (pre-recorded synthesizer) accompaniment • Symphonic orchestra accompaniment (available from the Symphonic Works page) Print version includes both the piano-flute score and the flute-only part. Performance CD includes "Trax Minus One" electro-acoustic accompaniment suitable for public performance and choice of the demo version with electro-acoustic accompaniment OR the demo version with piano-only accompaniment (please specify when ordering). Movements cannot be ordered individually.
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These recordings are also available on CD. |
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1. Boy
with Purple Bamboo Flute |
2.2 Mb |
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2.
Poor Man Blue |
4.9 Mb |
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Mountain everGreen |
3.1 Mb |
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Tiny Yellow Bird |
2.0 Mb |
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Woman Sewing Orange Purse |
3.3 Mb |
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Red Ribbon Sister |
1.1 Mb |
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All the Colors of the Rainbow |
9.5 Mb |
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Christmas Meditation For flute or recorder trio and harp or piano Approx. perf. time: 3:32 Prices: |
Written for my own family Premiered at Alexandria Baptist Church as part of their Christmas morning worship service in 2003 Fairly easy piece that should be accessible to many groups If played with flutes, the bottom part can be played on an alto flute. If with recorders, it is designed for two sopranos, one alto, and one tenor. |
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Come, Ye Thankful Solo for trumpet with piano accompaniment Approx. perf. time: 2:55 Prices: |
Written for my wife, Barbara Especially suitable for Thanksgiving Moderately difficult
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Fantasia on a Firm Foundation For tuba ensemble Based on the tradition hymn “How Firm a Foundation” Approx. perf. time: 4:41 Prices: |
Composed at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, at request of fellow grad student (tuba major) Later premiered by the tuba ensemble at Bowling Green State University Ideally, to be performed by not fewer than eight players, at least two to a part Demo recording done with Finale and Garritan Personal Orchestra |
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May Jesus Christ Be Praised Piano/Organ Duet Based on the tradition hymn “When Morning Gilds the Skies” Approx. performance time: 3:37 Prices: |
Originally written as an electro-acoustic piece Later adapted as piano/organ duet at request of church organist at Centenary United Methodist Church in Granville, OH Premiered duet version in July, 2007, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Granville, OH |
Not yet available |
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Sonata for Horn and Piano A sonata in three movements for one or two horns and piano Approx. total perf. time: 18:24 Prices: |
Stylistically combines standard sonata-allegro form with classical and contemporary idioms Demo recording done with virtual instruments |
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’Tis a Gift For Soprano & Alto Recorders with Piano Accompaniment Based on the traditional Shaker hymn Approx. perf. time: 3:09 Prices: |
Simple arrangement of beloved melody Premiered at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Bowling Green, Ohio, sometime in 1996 Recording done with virtual instruments |
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Variations and Theme For Solo Piano Approx. total perf. time: 18:00 Prices: |
Performance a bit unusual: Variation 1 must be played first and the theme last. All other variations can be played in any order the performer desires. Loosely inspired by Elgar's Enigma Variations |
These recordings are also available on CD. Var. 1: Complement of the Chef Var. 2: Dark and Rising Sun Var. 3: A Man After God's Own Heart Var. 4: Thoroughly Modern Var. 5: Ludie und Wolfie Var. 6: Tennis Elbow Var. 7: Question Marks (and Regrets) Theme: P.S.–S.P.35 |
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
Colossians 3:17, NKJV