Viola and organ is a particularly dense and doleful combination; here they go through quite a lot together.

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The second string quartet consists of four rounds: two that were originally vocal, and two that weren’t. Bass lines and other niceties are sometimes added.

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There have been a few articles over the years that rang changes on this headline; this one is from Metro Magazine, in 1988.

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In 1982, I wrote music for Cortland Set, a dance by Margaret Jenkins.  The score was based on the poetry of Michael Palmer: part of it was a tetrachordal setting of his words, and part was piano music developed from the same material.  

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I’ve written a number of drone pieces for organ; this is one of them (that is, the beginning of one of them).

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The Regard of Flight appeared at the Great Lakes Festival in Cleveland in 1987.  It was a busy year for that show. Here’s a review.  I’ve been called many things, but I’d never before been compared to an Arrow collar ad.

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I’ve written several rounds on the verses of Robert Herrick.  They seem quite suited for that.  Here’s one of them.  

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An article by Tom Murrin, which appeared in Paper magazine in 1993.

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