Compositions
Below are listed my principal works to date by genre. Click on individual titles for more information. Most (but not all) of these have sound files available on their respective pages. Please note, however, that all the following works are copyrighted. Feel free to listen to the music files as much as you wish, but please do not download, copy, or otherwise use these files without written permission. Several works are available in print from Wolfhead Music (indicated by an asterisk * ). Should you wish to contact me regarding any of these works (including unpublished titles), or for inquiries regarding commissioned work, please write to me. The dates in brackets indicate the year of composition; or view a chronological listing.
Opera (11)
- The Curious Affair of the Count of Monte Blotto (2004)
- Defiance: A One-Minute Opera (2013)
- The Fashionable Lady (2007)
- L’Etrange affaire du Comte de Monte Blotto (2004)
- Gilgamesh (2009)
- Inanna: An Opera of Ancient Sumer (2003)
- The Parliament of Fowls (2008)
- The Reconciliation: A Comic Opera in Two Acts (2008)
- Saint Mary of Egypt (2021)
- Tom Ojos Azules (Tom Blue Eyes) (2016)
- Vasya Whitefeet (2006)
Ballet (21)
- L'Altelier du tailleur de pierre (2022)
- La boîte à musique by John Craton (2007)
- Les chats du Bagarreau (2014)
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Dans les ténèbres (2007)
- La boîte (2008)
- Le grenier (2009)
- Le cimetière (2010)
- Dans les ténèbres (2007)
- The Dartmoor Pixies (2018)
- Elise of the Kingdom (2007)
- Emilia: A ballet within a ballet (2017)
- Les gentilles sirènes (2019)
- The Huluppu Tree (from Inanna) (2008)
- The Jumblies (2018)
- Labyrinth (pas seul) (2016)
- Le mime solitaire (2010)
- Mother Goose (2014)
- Nefertiti (2014)
- Pierrot and Pierrette (2009)
- La soiree des animaux (2014)
- The Tattered Slippers (2011)
- Through the Looking-Glass (2010)
- Voyageur de temps: un ballet électronique (Time Traveler: An electronic ballet) (2003)
Orchestral Music (20)
- Ann Putnam Overture (2004)
- Apologetic Waltz (2007)
- Assyrian Fantasy (2011)
- Ava's Vignettes (2015)
- Beowulf (The Orchestral Suite) (2005)
- Bloemen van Spanje (Flowers of Spain) for 2 Guitars & Strings (2007)
- Cantique des montées (2012)
- A Christmas Card (2014)
- Coronach (2010)
- Danseries Anciennes (2012)
- Gilgamesh (2007)
- Inanna Orchestral Suite (2003)
- Lassitude (2017)
- The Legend of Princess Noccalula (2005)
- Mongolian Folk Songs (2022)
- Niños Jugando (Children At Play) (2022)
- Pagan Festivals (2004)
- A Silly Jig (2020)
- Three Paintings by Nikolai Blokhin (2003)
- Triptych for String Orchestra (2007)
Concertos (8)
- Concerto for 2 Mandolins (2006)
- Flute Concerto (2010) *
- Mandolin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor (2005) *
- Mandolin Concerto No. 2 in D Major (2005) *
- Mandolin Concerto No. 3 in E Minor (2005) *
- Mandolin Concerto No. 4 in G Major (2007) *
- Six Pantomimes for Two Mandolins (2005)
- Tuba Concerto (2005) *
Chamber Music (57)
- Les Adieux (2014)
- Ancient Nocturne (2013)
- Antebellum Suite (2002) *
- Autumn Leaf (2010) *
- Beowulf: A Suite for Ancient Instruments (2000)
- Berceuse (2013)
- Charon Crossing the Styx (2009)
- Dance of the Fey Folk (2008) *
- Dioses aztecas (2006) *
- Divertissements médiévaux (Medieval Entertainments) (2003) *
- Duettino No. 1 in A (for two violins) (2009) *
- Duettino No. 2 in D (for two violins) (2010) *
- Duettino No. 3 in B-flat (for two violins) (2010) *
- Elementals for Flute & Piano (2006) *
- Five Apothegms for Violin, Horn & Trombone (2006)
- Five Observations (2003)
- Four Cornish Sketches (2002) *
- Four Little Pastorales (2014) *
- Four Whimsies (2006)
- Gorillas (2007)
- Les gravures de Gustave Doré (The Engravings of Gustave Doré) (2013)
- The Gray Wolf (2006) *
- Kalimba Maya (2021)
- In Memoriam: George Kirles (2009) *
- L'Ombre de la tour d'horloge (The Shadow of the Clock Tower) (2007) *
- Perpetuum Mobile for Mandolin Solo (2007)
- Petite Suite for Violin & Piano (2007) *
- Processional (2013)
- Quatuor pour les jeunes (Quartet for the Young) (2006) *
- Ricordando Pi (2013)
- Romanza for Clarinet & Piano (2007) *
- Scherzo for Violin & Piano (2002) *
- Seven Pieces in 1st Position (2018)
- Seven Variations on "What If A Day, or a Month, or a Yeare?" (2008) *
- Six Easy Pieces (2013) *
- Six Pantomimes for Two Mandolins (2005)
- Sonata Colloquia for Marimba & Piano (2006) *
- Sonata for Solo Violin (2007) *
- Sonata for Violin, Clarinet & Piano ("Three Little Girls") (2003) *
- Sonatina No. 1 for Saxophone & Piano (2002) *
- Sonatina in F for Recorder and Harpsichord (2006) *
- Sonatina No. 3 in G Major for Sophia Kioulaphides (2005)
- Sonatina No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Piano (2005) *
- Sonatina No. 4 ("Sonatina semplice") for Violin and Piano (2011) *
- Sonatina No. 5 in E Major for Violin and Piano (2014)
- Sonatina No. 6 in G Minor for Violin and Piano ("Israeli Sonatina") (2015)
- String Quartet (2006) *
- Tango for Four Guitars and Chittarone (2006)
- Three Tableaux from George MacDonald (2011)
- Tombeau for Richard Dohrmann (2013) *
- Triosatz (2010)
- Trois sœurs assyriennes (Three Assyrian Sisters) for flute & piano (2007) *
- 12 Variations on "La Follia" for Violin & Piano (2007) *
- Valse-Caprice (2012) *
- Variations from Der Fluyten Lust-hof of Jakob van Eyck (2006)
- Variations on a Traditional Theme (2007)
- The Visitation (2018)
Piano and Keyboard (21)
- L’anneau des fées (The Fairy Ring) (2012)
- Bag o' Tails: A menagerie of (almost) 10 bagatelles for piano and unbreakable Native American medicine rattle (2001) *
- A Cat's Life (2017)
- A Childhood Scrapbook (1971)
- Eight Little Vignettes for Solo Piano (2020)
- Ffynnon Dyfnog (St. Dyfnog's Well) (2023)
- Five Psalms for Organ (2019)
- 4 Variations on "In Babilone" (2017)
- I Am Goya (1972) *
- Morris Dance (2021)
- Nymphes (2012) *
- Passacaglia for Organ (2013)
- Pegasus Suite for Solo Piano (2015) *
- Piano Sonata in Free Form (Hilton Head, S.C.) (1998)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Major (2007) *
- The Rennab Delgnaps Rats (2007)
- Simple Pleasures (piano solo) (2014) *
- Six Little Pastorals (1972)
- Six Miniatures for Solo Piano (2014) *
- Southern Indiana Sketches (2013) *
- Where They Dwell (2017) *
Vocal and Choral Music (16)
- An Aestuary (A Calm Evening) (1974)
- Lullaby for Aidan (2024)
- Arreglos de Canciones Tradicionales Españolas (2017) *
- Berceuse (2012) *
- Songs for Children (Book 1) (2004) *
- Songs for Children (Book 2) (2004) *
- Songs for Children (Book 3) (2004) *
- A Child's Prayer at Evening (2012)
- The Way Everlasting (2013)
- A Passel of Hymns (1970)
- Six Japanese Songs for Soprano and Piano (2003) *
- Jardin sentimental: Cinq poémes d'Émile Nelligan (2004) *
- Messe en l'honneur des martyrs modernes / Mass in Honor of Modern-Day Martyrs (2017)
- A Morning Prayer (2016)
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (2004) *
- Troparion to St. Oswin (2017)
Arrangements and Orchestrations (5)
- Biber: Sonata Representativa (2004) *
- Gianneo - Cinco Piezas (2007)
- Kioulaphides - Four Souvenirs (2005)
- Salieri: 26 Variazioni sulla Follia di Spagna (2007) *
- Three Rags by Geraldine Dobyns (2008) *
Additionally, the following arrangements do not have a specific page but are included in the list of works:
- Craton — The Armadillo Races at Victoria, Texas (from Sonatina No. 1 for Violin & Piano (wind ensemble w/ percussion)
- Daniel — Festival (soprano, mezzo-soprano & orchestra)
- Daniel — Maiden of Dreams (soprano & orchestra)
- Daniel — Memories of Fatherland (soprano & orchestra)
- Daniel — Nineveh (soprano & orchestra)
- Daniel — Spinning Wheel Song (soprano, mezzo-soprano & orchestra)
- Daniel — Tears of the Beloved (mezzo-soprano & orchestra)
- Issabey — Qooyama (chorus & orchestra)
- Issabey — Roomrama (soprano & orchestra)
- Issabey — Ya Umta (chorus & orchestra)
- Khofri — The Nation Sacrifices (chours & orchestra)
- Khofri — The Vacant Nineveh (chorus & orchestra)