Operas  |  Film Scores  |  Symphonies  |  Orchestra  |  Concerti  |  Band/Wind Ensemble  |  Chamber  |  Solo Instrumental  |  Piano  |  Choral  |  Song Cycles

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Opera

• • The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden  (60 minutes) libretto by Michael Shapiro based on the play of Federico Garcia Lorca, premiered by the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, John Edward Niles, conductor
  • Frankenstein-The Movie Opera (75 minutes)
  • The Slave (150 minutes) libretto by Hannah McDermott based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer (in preparation) 

Film Scores

• • American Jewish Committee documentary  (5 minutes) Not available for rental or purchase
  • Distant Relatives – Israel Broadcasting Authority  (120 minutes) Film score to Israel Broadcasting Authority documentary about Jewish Americans’ ties to Israel. Not available for rental or purchase
  • Frankenstein   (70 minutes) (four versions for chamber orchestra, full orchestra, wind ensemble, and operatic setting with singers and theater orchestra) directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive visit website

Symphonies

• • Symphony–Pomes Penyeach  (45 minutes) based on the poetry of James Joyce
    
  • Second Symphony  (38 minutes) premiered and recorded by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

• • A Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776  (13 minutes) for narrator and orchestra
  • Lyric Variations for Chamber Orchestra  (8 minutes)
  • like the roaring sea  (10 minutes)
  • Frankenstein – The Movie Score Overture  (3 minutes) recorded by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • The Headless Horseman  (18 minutes) for narrator and orchestra
  • Perlimplinito, Opera Sweet, a Lace Paper Valentine  (12 minutes) recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Widorama!   (5 minutes) recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Roller Coaster  (4 minutes) premiered by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
  • The Babbling Orchestra (text by Elliott Forrest)  (15 minutes) for narrator, piccolo, and orchestra

Concerti

• • Concerto for Harp and Strings  (15 minutes)
  • Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, and Strings  (20 minutes)
  • Concerto for Guitar and Strings  (15 minutes)
  • Archangel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra  (25 minutes) premiered by the New York Repertory Orchestra, Jose Ramos Santana, piano, David Leibowitz, conductor, and recorded by Steven Beck, piano, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • At the Shore of the Sea, Concerto for violin and orchestra (22 minutes)
  • In The Light of the Sun, Concerto for flute and orchestra (22 minutes)

Band/Wind Ensemble

• • Tending (3 minutes) for concert band
  • A Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776  (13 minutes) for narrator and concert band
  • Bamboula  (8 minutes)
  • The Headless Horseman  (18 minutes) for narrator and concert band
  • Roller Coaster  (4 minutes)
  • Widorama!  (5 minutes) premiered by the Dallas Winds
  • Frankenstein – The Movie Score Overture  (3 minutes) premiered by the Dallas Winds and performed by dozens of wind ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, and Norway, including the United States Navy Band, Captain Ken Collins, conductor
  • Ol’ Mississippi Sings The Blues  (6 minutes) premiered by the University of Memphis Wind Ensemble, Albert Nguyen, conductor, and the Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble, David Kehler, conductor
  • In Every One  (5 minutes)

Chamber Instrumental

• • Yiddish Quartet  (24 minutes) premiered by the Hawthorne String Quartet
  • Piano Quintet  (22 minutes) premiered by the Locrian Chamber Ensemble
  • Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano  (15 minutes) 
  • Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano  (20 minutes) premiered and recorded by Tim Fain, violin, Steven Beck, piano
  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano  (18 minutes) premiered by John Fullam
  • Sextet for Piano and Winds  (15 minutes)
  • Shir for Flute and Piano  (6 minutes) 
  • Yiddishkeit (12 minutes) clarinet + piano (alt. violin or cello + piano)
  • Musical Chairs for Brass (4 minutes) 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, premiered by the Dallas Winds
  • American Realists for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (18 minutes)
  • Watching the Students Grow for two flutes and piano (for Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway) (6 minutes)

Solo Instrumental (excluding piano)

• • Eliahu Hanavi Variations  (30 minutes) cello, premiered and recorded by Sato Knudsen
  • Peace Variations  (20 minutes) violin, premiered by Tim Fain
  • Kaddish – Berakhot – Nigun  (10 minutes) flute

Piano

• • Five Piano Preludes  (8 minutes) 
  • Mysteries  (5 minutes)
  • Sonata No. 1  (8 minutes) 
  • Sonata No. 2  (8 minutes) premiered by Jerome Rose
  • Bitter(sweet) Waltzes  (10 minutes)
  • Passages – Volume I: Creation; Hannah; Here I Am!; A Light; Naso; In the Wilderness; Ruth; The Deluge
  • American Interludes– Calming; Tending; In Every One (for Lara Downes)

Choral

• • Three Psalms (8 minutes) Chorus SSAA
  • Psalm 137 (5 minutes) Chorus SATB + organ
  • Three Shakespeare Madrigals  (8 minutes) Chorus SATB
  • There is that in me  (Whitman) (10 minutes) Chorus SATB + [chamber ensemble]
  • Spanish Medieval Lyrics  (Anonymous) (12 minutes) Chorus SSATB
  • Voices (anonymous) (60 minutes) Tenor soloist, Chorus SATB + fl, cl/alto sax, trumpet, trombone, drum set,  piano/accordion, two violins, viola, cello (alternate version for full orchestra)
  • Cultivo una rosa blanca (Jose Marti) (SATB and piano)

Song Cycles

• • Canciones  (5 songs, 12 minutes)(alternate version for mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble) poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca, premiered by Clamma Dale, and recorded by Ariadne Greif
  • Dublin Songs  (12 songs, 30 minutes) poetry by James Joyce (alternate version with orchestra) premiered by Stephanie Cotsirilos, and recorded by Ariadne Greif
  • Songs for American Poets  (3 songs, 12 minutes) poetry by Walt Whitman, Teton Sioux, Carl Sandburg, premiered by Harris Poor
  • Wordsworth Songs  (3 songs, 12 minutes) poetry by William Wordsworth, premiered by Katherine Ciesinski and Jerome Rose at the opening of the Celeste Bartos Forum, New York City Public Library Main Branch
  • Erotic Songs  (3 songs, 12 minutes) poetry by Erica Jong and Denise Levertov
  • Whitman Songs (3 songs, 10 minutes) poetry by Walt Whitman