Commissions

Year
Commissioned by
Work Commissioned
2023
Consortium of bassoonists and harpists

WAVES for bassoon & harp

2022
Gloria Cheng (pianist)

TWO MOVEMENTS for solo piano

2022
Eileen Holt (flutist)

FLEX for solo flute, 2 (or 4) percussion, harp and string orchestra

2021
Nic Gerpe (pianist)

THE PATIENCE OF WATER for solo piano, inspired by a movement from George Crumb's MAKROKOSMOS 50

2021
Kammerorchester InnStrumenti

Arrangement of YUGOSLAVIAN RAILROAD SONG for soloistic chamber orchestra and recitation by poet Christoph W. Bauer

2019
Consortium of contrabassoonists

READY TO RUMBLE! for 2 contrabassoons

2019
Riverside City College Wind Ensemble

Saxophone concerto THE TRAVELER, feat. Harvey Pittel

2016
Debussy Trio

EYES WIDE OPEN for flute, viola & harp

2016
Consortium of woodwind performers

PARALLEL UNIVERSE for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon

2015
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

SINFONIA CONCERTANTE featuring fl, ob, hn & bsn

2014
Gary Gray (clarinetist)

WINDOWS for clarinet, bassoon & piano

2014
Gloria Cheng (pianist)

ROUTE 33 for solo piano

2013
Chamber Music Palisades

GHOST TRAIN for flute, bassoon & piano

2013
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra

SANTA BARBARA SUITE for 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, cbsn, 3 hn, vc & cb

2013
Alex Ladstätter (clarinetist)

OPEN SPACES for clarinet & piano

2013
Pacific Serenades

STRING THEORY for string quartet

2012
South Bay Chamber Music Society

PASSAGE TO VIENNA for piano trio

2011
Harvard Westlake High School

COLORS for jazz trio and orchestra

2011
New York Piano Quartet

FROM VIENNA WITH LOVE for piano quartet

2010
Andrew Malloy (trombonist)

LEAPS & BOUNDS for trombone & piano

2010
CrossNova Ensemble

LYRICAL INTERMEZZO for violin, bassoon and piano

2009
Joanne Pearce Martin (pianist, LAPhil)

THEREMIN'S JOURNEY for piano, Theremin and electronica

2009
Chamber Music Palisades

MR.Z. for piano sextet (with woodwinds)

2008
CSUN Mike Curb College

NEW YORK MOMENTS
for oboe, clarinet, violoncello & piano.

2008
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Soc.

NEW ENGLAND TRAVELOGUE for piano quintet (with strings)

2007
Michele Zukovsky (clarinetist, LAPhil)

FOUR MINIATURES for clarinet & acoustic guitar

2007
Verdehr Trio and MSU

SKETCH BOOK for violin, clarinet & piano

2007
Consortium of Bassoonists

DANCE OF THE POLAR BEARS for bassoon quartet

2006
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

DESERT WIND for chamber orchestra

2004
Kammerorchester InnStrumenti

ALPINE STORY for string orchestra and percussion

2003
Cambridge Comm. – Music from Salem

JAZZ & COCKTAILS for piano trio

2003
Susan Greenberg (flutist, LACO)

CONTINUUM IV - CASCADES for flutes and chamber orchestra

2002
David Breidenthal (bassoonist, LAPhil)

Cadenzas for Mozart's BASSOON CONCERTO in Bb, K.191

2002
Jazz Big Band Graz

Arrangement of A DARK TALE by Heinrich von Kalnein

2002
Pacific Serenades

IMPRESSIONS for cl, hn, bsn, vln, vla, vc and cb

2001
Chamber Music Palisades

METAMORPHOSIS for piano quartet

2000
David Breidenthal (bassoonist, LAPhil)

MOODS IN BLUE for bassoon and piano

1999
Jazz Big Band Graz

CONVERSATIONS for big band

1999
Verdehr Trio and MSU

REFLECTIONS for violin, clarinet and piano

1997
Oesterreichische Kammersymphoniker

CONTINUUM III - FANTASIES FOR A BLUE BASSOON for bassoon soloist and chamber orchestra

1996
Juvavum Brass

DOUBLE IMAGE for brass quintet

1994
Graz Meeting ’94 – Strings

CONTINUUM II - DANCE WITH THE DEVIL for soprano saxophone and string quartet

1993
Circus Bassisimus

FOR BASSES for contrabass quartet

1992
Hans Steiner (bass clarinetist)

ASP-X for solo bass clarinet

1991
Aeolus Quintett Vienna

SILENCES for flute, harp, violin, viola and violoncello

1990
Jazz Festival of the European Broadcasting Union

Big Band arrangements of the original compositions ON THE EDGE and THE PROMISE

1989
H. Muthspiel-Payer and Ch. Muthspiel

AXIS 3 for flute and trombone

1989
Between Minimal and Improvisation (Zug, Switzerland)

CONTINUUM I - EVERYTHING IS TRUE for bass clarinet, trombone and string quartet

1988
Steirische Singwoche

UND DOCH for a cappella choir

1986
Stadt Leibnitz

FESTMUSIK for choir and big band