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Chamber and Solo Works

Ocean Calling I: Waves and Currents
(2012) 8'
two pianos
Commissioned by Gail Anastasion, Janna Baker, and Laurie Walden in loving memory of their mother, Patricia M. Baker

Audio and Score Excerpts

Program Notes


Ocean Calling II: From the Depths
(2012) 12'
two pianos
Commissioned by The South Carolina Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association

Audio and Score Excerpts

Program Notes

Seascapes
(2011) 8'30"
Chamber Wind Ensemble
Commissioned by the Nancy A. Smith Distinguished Visitor Series
Coastal Carolina University

Program Notes and Instrumentation


Yishakeyni (Sweeter Than Wine)
(2003) 15'
soprano, flute, piano
commissioned by Columbia College,
premiere by Jerusalem Lyric Trio

Program Notes
You Tube Excerpt


Bati L'Gani (I Came Into My Garden)
(2003) 6'
solo flute composed for Paula Robison for CD
(pub. Hildegard pub.)

Program Notes

In Memoriam
(
2001) 4'30"
written in response to September 11, 2001
Originally for solo cello.
Subsequent versions for:
violin solo (commissioned by Gregory Harrington)
violin and cello duo
violin and bass clarinet duo
clarinet solo

clarinet and bass clarinet duo
clarinet and cello duo
(arr. By Suzanne Mueller)
Solo cello with cello ensemble (6 celli, arr. by Mirel Iancovici)
Solo cello with string ensemble
(9 players: 3 2 2 1 1) or string orchestra

In Memoriam solo cello
performed by Robert Jesselson

Program Notes
Score Free Download

Yiddish Fantasy
(2001) 5'
solo violin, string quintet, piano (tambourine)
for Daniel Heifetz with The Classical Band

Program Notes



Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell)
(2000) 8'
2 bass clarinets
commissioned by Richard Nunemaker

Program Notes
Score



Spirals of Light
I.  Slow whirl into stillness
II.  Inner resonance
III.  Dancing light
(1996) 18'
flute, cello, piano
Columbia College commission and premiere
(pub. Hildegard pub.)

Program Notes



Bracha
(1993) 4'30"
violin and piano or solo violin
dedicated to Daniel Heifetz, premiere by Meira Silverstein
(pub. Kol Meira)

Program Notes



The Butterfly
I.  The Last Butterfly
II.  My Ideals
III.  Caesaaria
(1992) 17'
soprano, flute, cello, piano
NationsBank commission,
premiere at "Anne Frank in the World" exhibit, South Carolina State Museum, 1992
texts: Friedman, Frank, Senesh

Four Songs from the Holocaust
(1992) 16'
soprano, flute or violin, piano
arr. from We Are Here (Workmen’s Circle)
NationsBank commission,
South Carolina State Museum, 1992

Program Notes



Aecha (Lamentations)
(1990) 13'
violin, cello, piano
Upton Trio commission and premiere
(pub. Kol Meira)

Program Notes



A Time to Blossom
I.  A Song to Mary
II.  Have You Got a Brook?
III.  Caesaria (Eli, Eli)
(1990) 10'
soprano (or mezzo-soprano), flute, cello, piano
University of SC commission and premiere
texts: Hildegard, Dickinson, Senesh
(pub. Hildegard pub.)

Program Notes


Caesaria (Eli,Eli)
(1990)
soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano

YouTube performance Serena Hill, soprano and Meira Warshauer, piano


Love Song
(1986) 7'
viola d’amore, harp
Rin Jong Yang, commission and
premiere at 3rd International Congress of Viola d’Amore, Austin, TX
Program Notes

Psalm 19
(1986) 4'17"
soprano, piano
(pub. Hildegard pub.)

Program Notes


String Trio
(1984) 8'
violin, viola, cello

Awakening
(1984) 10'
piano solo
(pub. Hildegard pub.)

Program Notes


Night Lumens
(1981) 6'30"
flute, oboe, piano

Fantasy Serenade
(1980) 4'14"
flute, cello

Program Notes


Five Reflections (string quartet)
1.  turning inward towards the source
2.  outward strokes
3.  a baby's sigh, floating clouds,
wisps of sound
4.  heart's pure beauty, the internal jewel
5.  a cloud hovers and then evaporates.
the mist is dried by the sun.
(1979) 7'

Lament
(1975) 5'
oboe, dumbek (optional)