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Trio

November 19th, 2018 · Comments Off on Trio

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 Prayer

November 14th, 2018 · Comments Off on A Prayer

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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String Quartet 11: In Three Parts

November 4th, 2018 · Comments Off on String Quartet 11: In Three Parts

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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Happiness or Unhappiness?

September 16th, 2018 · Comments Off on Happiness or Unhappiness?

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

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String Quartet 10: Songbook

August 19th, 2018 · Comments Off on String Quartet 10: Songbook

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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Prologue

July 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on Prologue

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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Alibi

July 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on Alibi

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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String Quartet 9: Violas and Cellos

July 9th, 2018 · 1 Comment

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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Doze

July 4th, 2018 · Comments Off on Doze

A sleepy piece for viola and piano. Here’s the first page…

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The Music of the Spheres

March 11th, 2018 · 2 Comments

Here’s a keyboard reduction of the 8th string quartet (see last post). Oh, those spheres!

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