String Music

Premiered at Seattle’s Bumbershoot summer arts festival, this brief and jazzy piece is a perfect encore or concert opener.

Written for, and dedicated to, violinist, Joanna Kurkowicz and, pianist, Doris Stevenson, EPISODES is a five-movement work in which each...

Perfect for young people's concerts, encores, etc. this work has been performed nearly 50 times throughout the country by the Kronos Quartet, Lark...

A “crossover” piece written before the term existed.  The term “song” in the title refers to the form and expressive quality rather than any...

Commissioned by the Northwest Chamber Orchestra for violinist Linda Melsted, this work exploits the textural and timbrel possibilities of the...

This is the second work in a series inspired by visits to Ryoanji, a temple and rock garden in Kyoto, Japan. Premiered by the Williams Trio, the...

Premiered by Donald McInnis at the ASUC National Festival/Conference at the College Conservatory, University of Cincinnati in 1981 and broadcast...

"Brilliantly conceived. Always certain of its direction, and displaying unity as well as variety" wrote Melinda Bargreen of the Everett Herald...

Commissioned by the Raleigh Chamber Music Guild and premiered by Frederick Moyer and Nancy Green  in 1987, this work received rave reviews and was...