This version is for viola d'amore and guitar:

and this version is for violin, viola, and guitar (or any two melody instruments)

You can find the music for both versions, including a treble part for the viola part of the version for trio, on this page of the IMSLP.
Musings on Melodies from Der Fluyten Lust-hof
Birthday Piece No. 5 for Viola d'amore and Piano
April 7, 2013
You can find the a PDF of the music as well as a computer-generated recording here.
Transcriptions for String Quartet
New Divisions on Green Sleeves to a Ground

February 2, 2013
This is part of Daniel Wolf's The New Division. You can download a PDF of this Division here.
There's a computer-generated recording of it here.
New Year's Greeting for Viola d'amore (or Viola) and Guitar
Happy New Year for 2013! You can get the score and parts for this New Year's Greeting here.
Goldman Fantasie
New Divisions on an Old Italian Ground
October 26, 2012
This is part of a project coordinated by Daniel Wolf that involves 24 composers writing new divisions on top of 24 Grounds found in John Walsh's 1706 The Division Flute.
You can download the music and listen to a recording (of me playing both parts--with a few foibles and a bit of erratic intonation in the beginning) here.
[UPDATE] Daniel Wolf's complete publication is here.
Transcription: Pleyel Adagio in B flat

September 14, 2012
You can get the score and parts on this page of the IMSLP, where you can also listen to a computer-generated recording.
Transcription: Pictures at an Exhibition for Strings


I made a transcription of numbers one through nine of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition for five violas d'amore, and a transcription of "The Old Castle" for string orchestra (three violins, two violas, and cello). You can get the five viola d'amore set here and "The Old Castle" for strings here.
You can also find them on this page of the Petrucci Library.
Transcription: Pastime With Good Company

You can get a PDF of the score and parts for this string orchestra arrangement of Henry VIII's magnum opus here.
Transcription: Frank Bridge Spring Song

August 25, 2012
You can download the score and parts from this page of the IMSLP Petrucci Library.
El Hotel Electrico for Recorder, Oboe, and Bassoon

May 5, 2012
This piece can be used to accompany Segundo de Chomón's 1908 Film El Hotel Electrico, and a second oboe can play the recorder part (as written) if a recorder player is not available. The score and parts are available here.
Birthday Piece No. 4


April 8, 2012
These are the first two pages of my annual Birthday Piece for viola d'amore and piano. This year's piece has 53 measures. You can download the music here and listen to it here. I look forward to the chance, some day, to hear this piece and my other viola d'amore music played by a better viola d'amore player than the one I have in house (which would be me).
Prelude and Aria for String Quartet


March 20, 2012
You can listen to a recording and download the score and parts here.
Autumn Leaves for Two Violins
Here is the final installment of the seasonal violin duets I have spent the past year writing for Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi and Ilkka Talvi. You can get the complete score and the parts for this season here, and can listen to a computer-generated recording here.





November 29, 2011
There is a Difference
This setting of Hans Christian Andersen's story "There is a Difference" is for clarinet, string quartet, and narrator. You can download the score and parts here.
June 27, 2011
[Painting by Rachel Leddy]
Transcription: Mozart Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate for String Orchestra
Transcription: Janacek Music for Club Swinging Exercises
Six Summer Games for Two Violins
Four Spring Dances for Two Violins




July 2, 2011
This is the Spring segment of the seasonal collection of violin duets I'm writing for Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi and Ilkka Talvi. This Spring was severely compromised by the hatching of 13-year periodic cicadas, so they have the last word in "Magicicada Brood XIX."
You can listen to it (and watch a slide show) here, and you can get the music here.
Winter Conversations for Two Violins

I wrote this set of six Winter Conversations in February, 2011 for Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi and Ilkka Talvi who are playing on these recordings:
Winter Conversation #1
Winter Conversation #2
Winter Conversation #3
Winter Conversation #4
Winter Conversation #5
Winter Conversation #6
The music is available here.
Der Seelensucher
Four Pieces from Doktor Faustus for Viola d'amore and Piano

Here's a PDF file of the score, and computer-generated recordings of Abendmusik, Hetaere esmeralda, Interlude, and Echo.
December 6, 2010






















