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INSRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC
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|bar code| (dance Music for violin, horn and piano)
11' 15"
for Jacqueline Suzuki, Steven Durnin, Susan Svrcek
The Los Angeles Horn Trio
2015


Caoine (Music for Brass) 
2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba; 7'
1968-69
(Fanfare, In memoriam 6-6-68, Alla Marcia, Fanfare [Ripresa], Chorale)


The Chain of Lethe
(Lethea vincula) 
Solo Trombone; 8'
Commissioned by Miles Anderson
1979


Concertino for Bassoon and 6 Instruments (A Day for Pierrot)
for Yueh Chou, Anna Marsh and Sara Schoenbeck; Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Solo Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Percussion (Orchestra Bells, Small Shaker), c. 12' 20"
2006


Concertino for Flute and Mixed Quintet (Burning Pierrot)
Solo Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Marimba, Piano; c. 12'
for Julie Long
2005


Concertino for Oboe and 6 Instruments
(the sage, Pierrot)
• Listen: 14:27 •
(USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Sherman, oboe; Joanna Sisk-Purvis, flute; Joel Schekman, clarinet; Ashoka Thiagarajan, violin; Jakub Omsky, cello; Andrew Norman, piano; Lynn Vartan, percussion; Donald Crockett, conductor
Newman Recital Hall, USC Thornton School of Music, April 16, 2002)

Solo Oboe, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Piano, Percussion; c. 13.5’
for Rong-Huey Liu, Paul Sherman, Dwight Parry and David Weiss
2001


Doubles
Fl, Ob, Cl, Bn or Hn and Vla, Vc, Marimba, Guitar or Harp (25 Duos); 12' 30"
for Jeff von der Schmidt and Jan Karlin, The Composers' Duo
1983-84

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Duo for Horn and Piano
c. 12'
for Jeff von der Schmidt and Susan Svrcek
1994-95

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Elegy
(for the rest of us) 
Viola and Violoncello; c. 7' 40"
for Cindy Fogg and Tom Flaherty
2002


Fanfare for Solo Horn
French Horn in F; c. 2' 24"
for Jeff von der Schmidt
1995


Fanfare for Solo Trumpet
Trumpet, key indeterminate; c. 2' 24"
1997
from Fanfare for Solo Horn


Fantasy for Violoncello and Piano
c. 12'
for Tom Flaherty
1998
from Duo for Horn and Piano


Five Fugues for String Quartet (Sir Blue Slips a Trend)
16'
1984-85
(Slip Fugue, Re-Fugue, Blue Fugue, Trans-Fugue, IDS Fugue)

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...just get along... 
Solo Acoustic Guitar and digital delay; c. 8' 30"
for James Smith
1992


La SoLa II 
1-1-1-1/2-1-1-0/2 Perc, Strings: 2-1-1-1; 8' 40"
2002
Arrangement for smaller ensemble of La SoLa


Lamento
(Dufayesca No. 3)
Solo Guitar; c. 7'
for Brian Head and the Thornton Guitarists
2005


L'entracte quotidien
 
Solo Violoncello and digital delay; c. 13'
for Rick Naill
1991


Lux Lituorum
Trumpet Octet: 1 C or D Tpt, 2 C Tpts, 4 Bb Tpts, 1 Bb Tpt (dbl picc Tpt in Bb);
7' 30"
for Boyde Hood and the USC Trumpet Ensemble
1996
Published by Balquhidder Music


Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano
11' 30"
for John Hallberg, Chika Inoue and Ben Sorrell
2015


Notturno
 
Alto Flute, Guitar; ca 10'
for Julie Long
2011


Slow Music for Piccolo Alone
c. 6'
for Kate Prestia-Schaub,
2002


Sonata for Clarinet and Percussion 
12'
1968 revised 1972
Published by Studio 4 Music (Marimba Productions)

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Strike Zone
 
Percussion Septet; c. 14'
for the USC Percussion Ensemble, Erik Forrester, director
1995-1996; 2007
from Strokes


Strokes
 
Amplified String Quartet; 20'
for Kronos
1982


Strokes  
String Quartet; 16'
1985
from the 1982 version for amplified string quartet

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Theme and Fourteen Variations in Three Movements for Violin,
Violoncello
and Piano
 
16'
1960-61
(I. Adagio - Piu mosso e cantabile - Allegro moderato -L'istesso tempo - Piu
mosso - L'istesso tempo - Meno mosso
II. Lento - Allegro grazioso - Allegro scherzando
III. Allegro maestoso - Vivace - Doppio valore - Presto - Alla breve)


Two Pieces for Four Trombones, Percussion and String Bass
 
4 Trombones, 4 Percussion, String Bass; 12'
1963-64
(Slow-Fast, Very slow)

 

 

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