Chamber Music without Keyboard

My Serenade was written for the Musaica Chamber Ensemble, which is made up of members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed by Musiaca in November of 2010. Its slow movement is based on an organ piece that I had written some years earlier to commemorate the life of Bill Scaife, a dear friend of my wife’s and long-time member of a church choir that she directed for many years. The last movement, a lively rondo, is designed to feature each member of the ensemble in a moment of distinctive melodic writing. This is my largest chamber work in terms of ensemble size; it is written for four winds and five strings—a mixed Nonet.

A four-movement string quartet in a lyrical, tonal idiom.

Three brilliant, virtuosic movements for flute trio, based on the ancient Greek mythological figures of Muses that are also used as street names in New Orleans. Written for the three flutists of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and premiered at the annual convention of the National Flute Association.

A four-movement string quartet based in part on the FAE cipher used by the great German violinist Joseph Joachim in his own compositions

Movement I: Fast

Movement II: Gently; not too fast

Movement III: Slow, but with movement

Movement IV: Moderately fast