Compositions

 

(c) = Commission (Details at the bottom of this page.)

Large Ensemble 

Orchestra
Sentiments for Piccolo – Solo Piccolo and Orchestra (c)

String Orchestra
Polyphonic Portrait (c)

Wind Ensemble and Band
Air and Space – Band with 3 Celli
Contemplation – Wind Ensemble
Festival of Joy – Hanukkah Medley
Movement for Wind Ensemble and Percussion
Northeasterly Winds with a High of 8 – Piccolo Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (c)
Quartal Spaces – Solo Trumpet and Band (c)
Sentiments for Piccolo – Solo Piccolo and Wind Ensemble (c)

Young Band
Grand Journey – Middle School Band (c)
Musical Formations – Beginning Band (c)

Choir
Now I Who Saw – SA and Piano (c)
Moon Reader – Children’s Choir (c)

Big Band Jazz Ensemble
Absolutely!
Fascinating Rhythm (arrangement)
Mint
Time In! – Big Band, Strings and Vocals (c)

Vocal Jazz Ensemble
My Funny Valentine (arrangement)

Chamber Music

Woodwinds
AB-SENSE – Woodwind Quintet with Solo Cello
First Fruits – Clarinet and Violin
LOVE – Spoken Poetry with Woodwind and String Ensemble (c)
Pathway to Clarity – Clarinet Ensemble (Eb, 2Bb, Bass, Bb Contrabass) (c)
Sentiments for Piccolo – Solo Piccolo and Piano (c)

Brass
Ayla and Jondalar – Trumpet Duet
Fanfare for 8 Trombones – 6 Tenor and 2 Bass Trombones (c)
Interleague Action – Trombone and Tuba Baseball Duet
Perspectives – Piccolo Trumpet with Brass Trio (c)
Wisdom – Tenor Voice and Tenor Trombone Duet

Strings
AB-SENSE – Woodwind Quintet with Solo Cello
Artistry in Viola – Solo Viola
David’s Niggun – Variations for Solo Violin (c)
First Fruits – Violin and Clarinet
Kosha – String Quartet
LOVE – Spoken Poetry with Woodwind and String Ensemble (c)
Phenomenal Woman – Alto Voice and Guitar
Tree of Life – Solo Violin

Piano
A Quiet Moment – Inspired by a Nina Weiss Pastel

Vocal
Wisdom – Tenor Voice and Tenor Trombone Duet
Phenomenal Woman – Alto Voice and Guitar
A Palace in Time (song) – Voice and Piano

Commissioned Orchestra, Band, Choir, Jazz and Chamber Works

Perspectives – Brass Quartet, commissioned by the Northeastern Illinois University Alumni
Fanfare for 8 Trombones – commissioned by the Atlanta Trombone Ensemble
David’s Niggun – Variations for Solo Violin, commissioned by Stephanie Meis
Northeasterly Winds with a High of 8 – commissioned by Director Dr. R. Shayne Cofer and Soloist Dr. Travis Heath
Quartal Spaces – Solo Trumpet and Symphonic Band – commissioned by The COMMISSION Project
Pathway to Clarity – Clarinet Quintet, commissioned by Vandoren Artist Rose Sperrazza
Polyphonic Portrait – commissioned by the Highland Park Strings
Now I Who Saw – commissioned by the Michigan State University Children’s Choir
Sentiments for Piccolo – commissioned by the Elgin Symphony Orchestra with Nancy Estrin  Perlman, piccolo soloist
LOVE – Electronic – commissioned by David A. Cohen
Grand Journey – commissioned by Illinois School District 74
Time In! – commissioned by Illinois School District 202
Musical Formations– commissioned by Illinois School District 28

Commissioned Documentary Works

Telling Truths (Holocaust)
Inclusion for Educators (Special Education)
The Active Intellect (Northwestern University promotional film)