Text by Siegfried Sassoon

Commissioned in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Southern Utah University. The thunderbird is the university's mascot.

in celebration of the life of Bryce Taylor

for Jonathan Warburton

To commemorate the tragic fire at Notre-Dame de Paris in April 2019. The piece is based on an Ave Maria.

AN UNEASY MARCH- marked "Edgy, restless"- is a tongue-in-cheek march for people who are not sure where they're going, why they're going, or what they're going to do when they get there.

This work-- in the New Orleans brass band, second line tradition-- is similar in style to the composer's J'ai été au bal, but not as long or as difficult.

The work is based on three 17th Century German chorales.

The title AMBER SKY was suggested by the sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic sunsets visible from my studio windows. I attempted to depict both types in this lyrical, elegiac work.

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Midwest Clinic and in honor of Richard Crain.

Based on Mark Twain's prose poem 'The War Prayer'

Based on Mark Twain's prose poem 'The War Prayer'

Text: Psalm 23 and Psalm 100 from The Bay Song Book

This work incorporates J.S. Bach's double canon on "In Dulci Jubilo" from one of his chorale preludes on that tune.

Inspired by a poem by Jane Kenyon

Piano Reduction by the composer and Liz Ames

In memory of O.J. Garcia. Based on a Mexican folk song.

Text by Ernest Dowson

Also available for Tuba and Piano (See Instrumental Chamber Music)