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Commissioned by pianist Nadia Shpachenko, Cretic Variations is a virtuosic fantasy on the simple rhythmic motif of long-short-long, known in poetry as a 'cretic foot.' James Matheson (whose last name...

Commissioned by the International Beethoven Project for 'Beethoven Festival 2011: Man and Muse' as part of the Bagatelle Project (Ode to Joy theme) curated by IBP's New Music director Mischa Zupko. Co...

Stacy Garrop began hiking in northern Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park in her early 20s. From the start; she was drawn to a jagged stretch of rock formations linking Longs Peak to Pagoda Mounta...

A cycle of four short piano solos to various dedicatees. First is the slow Homage to Satie; followed by Toccata con furore; notated as 'fast and furious.' A Valse sans Tristesse ('Happily') and Chroma...

Moved by the plight of children all over the world, but especially by the plight of children caged and separated from their families at the border, Adolphus Hailstork composed WOUNDED CHILDREN, a suit...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for solo piano. It depicts the composer’s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyoming pra...

Travels is a picturesque collection of musical postcards, depicting eight natural landmarks of the American West. Each scene has been created as a short standalone recital work focusing on specific mu...

For Flute, Soprano. Composed 2001. Duration 7:34.

Adler considers the poems of a young Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger; who would become a victim of the Holocaust at the age of only 18. Her poems express an optimistic view of humanity and nature; despite the...

Ewazen's gift to honor the great horn player Fred Fox on his 100th birthday is a setting of text by Fox; himself; for voice and (appropriately) a chorus of eight horns. The uplifting; life-affirming p...

THE GOTH CHAPTERS is a 15-minute monodrama for Mezzo-soprano divided into 4 Chapters. Penelope is a young adult, outgrowing an exuberant adolescence, who meets an alluring stranger at a comic book sto...

For B-flat Clarinet, F Horn, and Piano

For Violoncello, Piano, and Percussion

For Flute, Clarinet and Piano

For Mixed Septet - For Flute, Clarinet (Clarinet Doubles Alto Saxophone), Trumpet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Piano. Score And Parts. Full Score (Study)

For Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano. Score and parts. Composed 2000. Duration 7:20.

Ewazen's substantial Trio for Trumpet; Violoncello; and Piano was composed for Croatian trumpeter Tomislav Spoljar and his Velika Gorica Brass Festival. The trio has been recorded for Albany Records b...

In the spirit of the great 19th-century opera fantasies for woodwinds, Michael Webster has created a concert trio on the many great arias from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. However, as its name implies,...

Following their world premiere; The Heare Ensemble proclaimed: 'Melodies for Robert contains rich harmonies; soaring melodies; and unexpected twists; but beyond the musical elements; it also has incre...

Composing for Boston Music Viva on a Fromm Foundation grant; Melinda Wagner drew inspiration from an astounding video of an industrious little pufferfish and his sand artistry. Working 24 hours a day;...

Written during a residence at an artist community in the isolation of Wyoming; Postcards from Wyoming is an impression of the wilderness and beauty of the surrounding landscape and its inhabitants. Wr...

Internationally celebrated composer Chen Yi is famously admired for her inventive instrumental textures; often inspired by the cross-breeding of Chinese and Western instruments and sonorities. While p...