New & Current Projects

ODE TO AQUARIUS (2009) For solo Bb Clarinet and String Quartet.

“Aquarius,” a mosaic created by artist Tadashi Sato in 1970, is displayed in the rotunda of the Hawai’i State Capitol building in Honolulu.  On its restoration in 1970, Tadashi’s sister, Keiko, commissioned the composition “Ode to Aquarius in celebration. Premiered by James Moffitt, clarinet, and the Galliard String Quartet in Paliku Theatre, Kaneohe 4/4/2011 and the Doris Duke Theatre,

(I Fell in Love with) HONOLULU

- arranged for symphony orchestra, for concert band and for mixed chorus

NA MELE O KAHALAOPUNA

selections from Neil McKay's opera "Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa" for symphony  orchestra and for concert band; choruses optional

for KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS CHILDREN’S CHORUS;

Lynell Bright,chorus master

“Remember Who You Are” Lynell Bright (HYS,HM, HHVB) 
“Believing in Me” Lynell Bright (HYS,HM, HHVB) 
“Kau Kau Song/The Island Way,” Lois Gordon (HYS,HM, HHVB) 

for Jimmy Borges: “My Little Grass Shack”

(HYS,HM, HHVB)

for Waitiki 7: “Firecrackers”

(HYS,HM, HHVB)

“Her Majesty’s Pearl  (Randy Wong)

for Hot Club of Hulaville

Duanne Padilla, violin; Jeff Linsky, guitar; Sonny Silva, guitar

“Nuages” (Django Reinhardt) (HYS, HM, HHVB)
“Minor Swing” (Django Reinhardt)  (HYS, HM, HHVB)

Textbook: Fundamentals of Western Music - Second Edition, in digital format