Instrumental Works
Scarboro Variations
for chamber orchestra
Playing Time: 11:36
Click for playbackThree Etudes
1. Etude for Solo Violin
Playing Time: 3:47
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2. Etude for Solo Flute
Playing Time: 2:47
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3. Etude for Solo Oboe
Playing Time: 3:21
Click for playback1953
In 1953 the Canadian government convinced 92 Inuit, living in Inukjuak, Quebec
to board a ship and travel about 2,000 miles north to Ellesmere Island where they
were abandoned with insufficient food or means to build shelters.
This work is divided into:
0:00 Leaving Inukjuak
3:00 Homesick
5:10 The Arctic Circle
8:04 Arrival Grise Fiord
11:32 Abandoned
Total Playing Time: 14:25
Click for playbackImages for small orchestra 2021
Continuing my study of polyrhythms
Click for playbackEvening Dawn 2021
For Flute, English Horn, Horn in F, Bassoon, and string orchestra
Click for playbackFlute Fantasy 2021
Click for playbackString Suite 2020
Click for playbackDouble Quintet 2020
Double Quintet for Winds and Strings
Click for playbackFor Joe, 2018
Performed by the Octava Chamber Orchesta conducted by Johan Louwersheimer. Lynnwood, Washingon. 23 September 2018.
Click for playbackSymphony for Strings, 2018
Lux Aeterna Luceat Eis, 2017
In memory of Joseph Dillon Ford (1952 - 2017.) Performed by the Octava Chamber Orchesta conducted by Ian Alverez. Matt Wiess solo violin. Lynnwood, Washingon
Click for playbackFor Nicole: Variations on a traditional Welsh melody, 2014
for string orchestra. Click for playbackSometimes...at 4:00 am, 2012
for string orchestra. Click for playback-
The Robin Hood Suite
performed by the The Iris Clarinet Quartet on February 3, 2013. Members of the quartet: Rie Okamura, Yukari Iwai, Misaki Oda, and Kaori Fuji. (My contribution, "The Black Knight," begins at 4:55) -
Mode Mineur
Part of Variations concertantes sur le nom de Paul Verlaine pour basson et orchestre à cordes, performed by the Octava Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maestro Johan Louwersheimer. Bassoon soloist: Franck Leblois. In Seattle, Washington on November 22, 2009. (My contribution begins at 4:40) -
Memories of the Outaouais, 2006
I lived in this region of Quebec from 1973-74, 1975-82, and 1993-2004. See map The work is 12 short pieces, each in a different scale and time signature, meant to reflect on the different hours of the day.
Vocal Works
Standing Alone
Click for playback Image of a 14 year old runaway hitchhiking at night. Sheet musicI Am Snow (Falling Gently)
Click for playback A subtle reference to "Just-spring" by e. e. cummings. Sheet musicI'm Starting to Cry (Don't Know Why)
Click for playback Depression: the great destroyer. Sheet musicChildren Sleeping Under Bridges (A Christmas Carol)
Sheet Music Written in 2005 for a local choir. Many members threatened to quit if the director insisted they perform it. Some of my Christian friends were also scandalized, saying it is inappropriate to sing about poverty and the homeless at Christmas. Funny, I always thought that that is what Christmas is about.
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