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Symphony Orchestra

SYMPHONY NO. 1
   [3222 4331 Timp Perc(2) Str]; 20 min., Kalmus.

    The slow movement, Larghetto, won an Edward Benjamin prize for Music for Quiet Listening.  Recorded by Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Mercury Living Presence 434 347-2, distributed by Polygram.

Voice

THE DEAF MEN AND THE DIVA, poem by William Leyerle,

   for Coloratura Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
  [fl, cl/bs cl, vla, db, hp, perc] or Piano; 10 min., Leyerle.

    "The vocal line contains every vocal style in the soprano repertoire...The mood throughout is one of pedantic solemnity betrayed by the music into absolute hilarity...This piece is the ultimate inside joke - a marvelously witty caricature of the voice teaching profession turned loose on unsuspecting singers...,"  Judith Carman, Journal of Singing.

Concert Band

GAMELAN GONG

   5 min., Marnie.

Commissioned by the Curriculum Research Center, University of Hawai'i.

    "...the purpose of the composition is not to recreate the authentic sound of a Balinese gamelan ensemble, but rather to represent its overall effect using the elements of Western instrumental music,"  C.R.G., Instrumentalist.
    "...you captured the excitement of Balinese music, the coloration, the rhythmic vitality, should I say the ethos?  What a master of instrumentation you are!,"   Hal Rutan, principal horn, Duluth Symphony.

Koto and Orchestra

VOICE OF THE PHOENIX, Concerto for Koto and Orchestra based on Yatsuhashi's 'Midare

16 min., Marnie.

Commissioned by Ricardo Trimillos for performance with the Reading, PA Symphony Orchestra, Sidney Rothstein, conductor. "The audience liked it, judging by the applause at the conclusion," Gary Trollinger, Reading Times.