Here, for the holidays, is a song about the many sterling qualities of Santa Claus. It’s also the only song I’ve written in Italian. It begins: Babbo Natale pranza in letto. Babbo Natale balla sul tetto. Babbo Natale evita le frotte. Babbo Natale viaggia di notte. Santa Claus eats in bed. Santa Claus dances on […]

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Another piece from my student days: a brief outburst for flute, ‘cello, and piano four hands. I was 17 at the time.

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A short trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, with a few notes for offstage violin, just to confuse the audience. I wrote this when I was 17; it’s been recopied for legibility.

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A setting for women’s voices of a brief prayer by Benjamin DeCasseres: Give me this day a corroding doubt and deliver me from single-mindedness and all faith that I may scan the Centre from each point on the marvellous Circle and scan each point on the Circle from the illusive Centre; and let not my […]

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The eleventh string quartet is a revision of one I wrote back in 1988. It has three movements, each 59 measures long.

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A song from the White Knuckle Sandwich CD. Always a lively number!

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The tenth string quartet consists of arrangements of some of the songs from The Doug Skinner Songbook. Here’s part of one of them.

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A piece for brass I wrote when I was sixteen, recently recopied for legibility. It was built on fourths, seconds, and hocketing, and, as I recall, was bracing and growly.

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A piece for piano, taken from the third movement of my 9th String Quartet, for two violas and two ‘cellos. It’s sort of a cross between a minuet and a gavotte, going back and forth between 3/4 and 4/4. Here’s the first page…

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The ninth string quartet is for two violas and two ‘cellos: a rondo (which includes a round, appropriately), a fervent andante, a moderato that shuttles between a minuet and a gavotte, and a tango. Here’s the first page:  

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