Thursday, August 22, 2013

Today I present my original composition, DRAGONFLY.  I completed this piece in 2003 and scored it for classical guitar.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:


Dragonfly is my musical representation of the beautiful insect.  In the space of too short a time, the elegant little things come into being, ride the ether, and drop out of being; a momentary flit between two eternities.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Today I present my original composition, IN MEMORIAM.  I completed this piece in 2012 and scored it for cello.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:


Inspired by the death of a childhood friend.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Today I present my original composition, GOLDFISH.  I completed this little piece in 1994 and scored it for bawu and pipa.  Below is a screenshot of the complete autograph score:


I composed this piece out of interest in the music of China and its great wealth of unique instruments.

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