Instrumental Works

• All the Colors of the Rainbow:
  Chinese Folk Song Suite for Flute

• Fantasia on a Firm Foundation
  for Tuba Ensemble

• Sonata for Horn and Piano
  A sonata in three movements

• Christmas Meditation
  for Flute or Recorder Trio and Harp or Piano

• May Jesus Christ Be Praised
  Piano/Organ duet

• ’Tis a Gift
  for Soprano & Alto Recorders with Piano Accompaniment

• Come, Ye Thankful
  Solo for Trumpet with Piano Accompaniment

• Variations and Theme
  for Solo Piano

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:
     PDF – $15.00
     Printed – $22.50
     Performance/Demo CD – $25.00

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.

1. Boy with Purple Bamboo Flute
    2:18

2.2 Mb
Piano-only version

2. Poor Man Blue
    5:19

3. Mountain everGreen
    3:23

4. Tiny Yellow Bird
    2:06

5. Woman Sewing Orange Purse
    3:34

6. Red Ribbon Sister
    1:10

1.1 Mb
Piano-only version

7. All the Colors of the Rainbow
   10:06

9.5 Mb
Piano-only version

Christmas Meditation

For flute or recorder trio and harp or piano

Approx. perf. time: 3:32

Prices:
     PDF – $7.50
     Printed – $12.50

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.

Come, Ye Thankful

Solo for trumpet with piano accompaniment

Approx. perf. time: 2:55

Prices:
     PDF – $7.50
     Printed – $12.50

Written for my wife, Barbara

Especially suitable for Thanksgiving

Moderately difficult

Fantasia on a Firm Foundation

For tuba ensemble

Based on the tradition hymn “How Firm a Foundation”

Approx. perf. time: 4:41

Prices:
     PDF – $10.00
     Printed – $15.00

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

May Jesus Christ Be Praised

Piano/Organ Duet

Based on the tradition hymn “When Morning Gilds the Skies”

Approx. performance time: 3:37

Prices:
     PDF – $7.50
     Printed – $12.50

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

Sonata for Horn and Piano

A sonata in three movements for one or two horns and piano

Approx. total perf. time: 18:24

Prices:
     PDF – $7.50
     Printed – $18.00

Stylistically combines standard sonata-allegro form with classical and contemporary idioms

Demo recording done with virtual instruments

’Tis a Gift

For Soprano & Alto Recorders with Piano Accompaniment

Based on the traditional Shaker hymn

Approx. perf. time: 3:09

Prices:
     PDF – $7.50
     Printed – $12.50

Simple arrangement of beloved melody

Premiered at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Bowling Green, Ohio, sometime in 1996

Recording done with virtual instruments

Variations and Theme

For Solo Piano

Approx. total perf. time: 18:00

Prices:
     PDF – $10.00
     Printed – $15.00

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