Flute Quartet or Flute Choir:
Music for Four for piccolo, C flute, alto flute, bass flute, 4’00” (2019)
A lively rondo demonstrating Bach-style thematic development and polyphony, but with contemporary harmonies.
Fairy-Tale Ending for piccolo and 3 C flutes, 1’40” (2013)
A bright and cheerful piece in 5/8 and mixed meters.
- Recording by Penn Flutes. Excerpt:
Reed Quintet:
Music for Five (oboe, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and bassoon), 4’00” (2019)
The theme travels among all five players and is transformed in various ways. A demonstration of 5-part counterpoint.
- Recording by Atlantic Reed Consort. Excerpt:
Wind Quintet:
Rise (flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn in F, bassoon) 6’00” (2023)
Rise begins with a shifting, kaleidoscopic harmonies. Out of this swirling background, each instrument comes to the fore and then swiftly recedes. As the piece evolves, rhythms converge and the instruments group into pairs, then trios, until all five instruments join lines in a joyful, emphatic ending.
- Performance by NU Quintet. Excerpt:
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