Mixed Ensembles/Chamber Music

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

Written for young people's concerts and performed many times in San Francisco public schools.

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Written for young people's concerts in San Francisco public schools and performed several hundred times there and elsewhere.

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

Based on the book by Pat Hutchins and dedicated to the composer’s son, Aaron, this work tells the story of Mr. Higgins who cannot understand why...

Based on the children’s book by Leo Lionni and dedicated to the composer’s son, Benjamin, this narrated work has been performed successfully by a...

Commissioned by the Minnesota Composers Forum for Key Winds, this extremely effective work exploits a wide range of textures and styles from funky...

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

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

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