Three Scarlet Moods (2007) 14'

Commissioned by the Brillaner Duo.
Awarded a 2007 Morton Gould Young Composer Award from the ASCAP Foundation
[For clarinet and piano]
28 October 2007, Concert Artist Guild Auditions, New York, NY
18 October 2007, TriArea Concerts, Philadelphia, PA
16 April 2007, Williams Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
(All performances were given by the Brillaner Duo.)

Program Note

Three Scarlet Moods was written in 2006 for clarinetist Shirley Brill and pianist Jonathan Aner. The project first came to fruition after individual collaborations with them on two earlier pieces after which they proposed a project of three fantasy pieces.

Each individual movement is distinctly different in character and is intended to be a small narrative that forms the backdrop for a larger narrative. The first movement, Shades of Red, begins lyrically but is quickly overshadowed by shards of poignant motives that rise to a climax and quickly dissipate to allow the primary melody a successful defeat. The name of the movement comes from the idea that red, though dense in nature, can phase through many shades to become as pale and simple as one can possible imagine.

Listen to Shades of Red::

The second movement, Tango, clearly embodies a sensual quality producing the common qualities of drama, passion, fire and love. The tango dance originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the lower class districts while the music is a culmination of music from Europe and South America and rhythms from Africa.

Listen to Tango:

Redlight, the final movement, takes its name from the infamous red-light districts found in various places across the world. Red-light districts have been home to prostitution and brothels since the 1890s but the association with the color red has been around since Biblical times when the prostitute Rehab helped the spies of Jericho and marked her house with a red rope. The movement has little to do with prostitution, particularly historically, but characteristically it is brash and unrestrained and perhaps at times even boasts bawdy chords.

Listen to Redlight:

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Orchestral Works

Ringing the Quiet (2011) 5'
Written for the Britten-Pears Programme at Aldeburgh Music.
[For chamber orchestra]
22 July 2011, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, UK
22 June 2012 (forthcoming), Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk, UK

Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2009 rev. 2010) 14’
Awards: 2010 Morton Gould Young Composer Honorable Mention from the ASCAP Foundation;
Certificate of Achievement from New York Youth Symphony’s First Music 27;
2010 Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra’s commissioning prize.
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31 October 2009, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
31 July 2010, Jewett Fine Arts Center Auditorium, Wellesley Composers Conference, Wellesley, MA (Wellesley Sinfonietta)

The Riddle Man’s Night Song (2008) 3’
Written for Indiana University’s Kids Compose project.
[For full orchestra]
15 April 2009, Musical Arts Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (IndianaUniversity Concert Orchestra)

Chamber Works

Szymborska Poems (2009) 17' [For flute and piano]
Awarded the 2010 Dean's Prize at Indiana University; 31 October 2009, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Alan Tomasetti, flute; Bethany Pietroniro, piano)

Duo (2008) 6' [For violin and cello]
Selected for perfomance in the 2009 Midwest Composers' Symposium; 9 July 2008, Neue Synagogue, Berlin, Germany; 14 February 2009, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan (Sarah Saviet, violin; Yotam Baruch, cello)

...from travelers' accounts (2008) 17' [For violin, horn and piano]
16 April 2009, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Romuald Grimbert-Barré, violin; Julia Filson, horn; Batiste Rodrigues, piano)

Three Scarlet Moods (2007) 14' [For clarinet and piano]
Commissioned by the Brillaner Duo.; Awarded a 2007 Morton Gould Young Composer Award from the ASCAP Foundation; 28 October 2007, Concert Artist Guild Auditions, New York, NY; 18 October 2007, TriArea Concerts, Philadelphia, PA; 16 April 2007, Williams Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA; (All performances were given by the Brillaner Duo.)

Diversions (2006) 12' [For cello and piano]
5 August 2007, Salle de Colone, Fountainbleau, France (Rachel Gawell, cello and Peter Liou, piano); 20 February 2007, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Maria DiMeglio, cello; Bethany Pietroniro, piano)

String Trio (2006) 9' [For violin, viola and cello]
Written for the Yellow Barn Young Artists' Program.; June 2006, Yellow Barn Concert Hall, Putney, VT (Laura Lutzke, violin; Wendy Richman, viola; Patrick McGuire, cello)

Reflections on the Stations of the Cross (2006) 15' [For two cellos]
14 April 2006, Sacred Heart Church, Haworth, NJ

String Quartet (2005) 12' [For two violins, viola and cello]

Duo (2004) 5' [For violin and cello]

Solo Works

Prelude Number One Entitled the Egocentric Woman Thief (2010) 5' [For piano solo]
Written for the Freund-Haguenauer studio collaboration at Indiana University.
8 April, 2010, Ford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Colin DeJong, piano)

Chaconne (2007) 6' [For violin solo]
Written for Hammer and Nail, a collaborative project with the Indiana University Modern Dance Department.
27 April 2007, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
28 April 2007, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN (Jenna Sherry, violin)

Image (2007) 5' [For piano solo]
Written for the Freund-Haguenauer studio collaboration at Indiana University.
12 April 2007, Ford Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Jonathan Oddie, piano)

Doodle (2006) 4' [For clarinet solo]
June 2006, Recorded at the Yellow Barn Young Artists' Program by Shirley Brill.

Colored Leaf, Fallen (2005) 3' [For flute solo]

Vocal/Choral Works

Living Must Be Done Out Loud (2009) 10' [For 12 voices (SSSAAATTTBBB) and percussion]
Written in collaboration with poet Ralph Nazareth.
31 October 2009, Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Glass (2005) 3' [For soprano and piano]