Diverse Programming Initiative

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Works

Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Amazon II, [arr. from Qnt] 1978    
Sequoia 1981 Worldcat Naxos
Island Rhythms  1985 Worldcat Listen
Silver Ladders 1986 Worldcat Naxos
Conc. for Orch 1991 Worldcat Naxos
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no.4 1992    
Duets 1994 Worldcat  
Paganini Trills 1996    
Tambor 1998   Naxos
The Last Dance 2000    
In Memory 2002    
Made in America 2004   Naxos
Chamber Dance 2006   Naxos
Stroke 2010   Naxos

 

Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Music for Cello and Orchestra 1984 Worldcat Naxos
Piano Concerto (Homage to Beethoven) 1985 Worldcat  
Clarinet Concerto 1988 Worldcat  
Flute Concerto 1989    
Island Prelude 1989 Worldcat Naxos
Violin Concerto 1991 Worldcat Naxos
Still/Rapids (Piano Concerto no.2) 1996    
Strike Zones (Percussion and Orchestra) 2001    
Purple Rhapsody (Viola Concerto) 2005 Worldcat  
Bassoon Concerto 2013 Worldcat  
Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Celebration Fanfare (from Stepping Stones, for conc. band) arr. J. Stamp 1993 Worldcat  
Fascinating Ribbons 2001   Naxos
Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Black Topaz (solo pf, fl, cl (bcl), tpt, trbn, 2 perc) 1976 Worldcat Listen
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no. 1 (brass, timp, 2 perc) 1986   Naxos
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no. 2 (brass, timp, 3 perc) 1989    
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no. 3 (brass qnts) 1991    
Celebration Fanfare (from Stepping Stones) (brass, perc, arr. D. Forlano) 1993    
Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Prelude (fl, ob/vn, cl, bn/vc, pf) 1970 Worldcat Listen
Breakfast Rhythms I and II (solo cl, fl (pic), vn, vc, pf, perc) 1974-75 Worldcat Listen
Amazon I (fl, cl, vn, vc, pf) 1977 Worldcat Listen
Petroushskates (fl, cl, vn, vc, pf) 1980 Worldcat Listen
Noon Dance (fl (a fl, pic), cl, perc, pf, vn, vc) 1982 Worldcat Listen
Fantasy . . . Harbor Lights (cl, pf) 1983 Worldcat Listen
Snow Dreams (fl, gui) 1983 Worldcat Listen
Island Prelude (ob, str/wind qt [opt db]) 1989 Worldcat Listen
Elegy (trbn, str qt) 1993 Worldcat  
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no.5 (4 tpt) 1993 Worldcat  
Night Fields (str qt) 1994 Worldcat  
Très Lent (Hommage á Messiaen) (vc, pf) 1994 Worldcat  
Turning Points (cl qnt) 1995 Worldcat Listen
And . . . They’re Off (pf trio) 1997 Worldcat  
Rain Waves (vn, cl, pf) 1997 Worldcat Listen
Toccanta (ob, hpd) 1997    
Big Sky (pf trio) 2000 Worldcat Listen
In Memory (str qt) 2002   Listen
Incandescent (str qt) 2003 Worldcat Listen
DNA (5 perc) 2003 Worldcat Listen
For Daniel (pf trio) 2004 Worldcat   
Copperwave (hn, 2 tpt, trbn, b trbn) 2006 Worldcat Listen
A Little Gift (fl, cl) 2006 Worldcat  
Trio Cavany (pf trio) 2007   Listen
A Gift (fl (pic), cl, bn, hn, pf) 2007 Worldcat  
Angels (Str Qt no.4) 2008 Worldcat Listen
Dumbarton Qnt (pf qnt) 2008 Worldcat Listen
Rising (fl, str qt) 2009 Worldcat Listen
White Granite (pf qt) 2010    
White Water (StQ) 2011 Worldcat Listen
String Quartet no.5 2012    
Catching a Wave (vc, pf) 2012    
Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Hexachords (fl) 1972 Worldcat Listen
Platinum Spirals (vn) 1976 Worldcat Listen
Red Garnet Waltz (pf) 1977   Listen
Wings (cl/b cl/a sax) 1981 Worldcat: Clarinet/Sax Listen
Clocks (gui) 1985 Worldcat Listen
Ascent (org) 1996   Listen
Valentine Trills (fl) 1996    
Wild Purple (va) 1998   Listen
Simply Purple (va) 2008 Worldcat  
Ivory and Ebony (pf) 2009 Worldcat Listen
For Marianne (fl) 2010    
Str Force (vn) 2010 Worldcat Listen
No Longer Very Clear, pf [1 Holding a Daisy, 1996;
2 Or Like a … an Engine, 1994;
3 Vast Antique Cubes/Throbbing Still, 2000];
Big Steps, pf, 2004
Various Worldcat Listen

Title Date Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Chorus and Orch/Ens: Can I (text: English, Tower), SSAA, 2 perc 2007    
Up High (Voice, pf) 2012 Worldcat  
Descending 2013 Worldcat  
Title Date Choreographer Publisher and Library info Listen/Watch
Stepping Stones 1993 K. Posin Worldcat Sound Recording

 

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