Music for Strings Alone
Although trained as a pianist, that instrument is not what I hear inwardly when musical ideas spring to mind. Rather, it is the sound of bowed strings. Renaissance vocal music informs much of what I write, but the rich sound of a bowed string offers so much better opportunity than does the human voice for long, sustained lines - after all, string players don't have to breathe (at least not in order to produce sound). The music on this page ranges from solo works to works for massed strings, but it is the string quartet that has mostly occupied my attention over the years. A matter of personal taste, but for me, it is the perfect vehicle for musical expression.
Year | Title | Instruments | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | Drift | string orchestra | 12 minutes |
2020 | Ode to Theia | string quartet | 22 minutes |
2019 | Sea and Sky | 2 violas | 11 minutes |
2019 | Airs and Dances | string ensemble | 16 minutes |
2019 | Aphorisms (for string quartet) | string quartet | 25 minutes |
2018 | Duets (for viola d'amores) | viola d'amore | 6 minutes |
2017 | Transfiguration (4 movements for 4 violas) | viola quartet | 14 minutes |
2017 | Trio Sonata | violin, viola d'amore, cello continuo | 10 minutes |
1992 | As Easy as 1,2,3 (music for children) | violin, viola, cello | 9 minutes |
2014 | Music for a wedding | string quartet | 6 minutes |
2006 | Sara's Wedding Music | viola solo | 4 minutes |
2014 | Trance Music | string orchestra | 22 minutes |
2016 | The Time is Past | string quartet | 15 minutes |
2007 | American Landscapes | string quartet | 24 minutes |
2006 | Meditations for String Orchestra | string orchestra | 8 minutes |
2003 | Passion (a love duet) | viola, cello | 9 minutes |
2003 | Short Stories | vn, va, vc, db | 18 minutes |
2001 | Imaginary Dances | violin solo | 18 minutes |
1987 | For Laura | string quartet | 25 minutes |
1986 | 6 Contrapuntal Pieces | string quartet | 20 minutes |
2001 | The Beckoning Stars | string quartet | 13 minutes |
2008 | Motet for String Orchestra | string orchestra | 7 minutes |
2009 | Ecstasy | viola solo | 9 minutes |
2013 | At the Center of All Things | string quartet | 17 minutes |
2013 | 4 Nocturnes | violin, viola | 19 minutes |
2013 | Music for viol consort | 6 viols | 20 minutes |
2012 | O, mystery! | viola solo | 5 minutes |
2012 | Middle Ground | vn, 2va, vc | 25 minutes |
2011 | Lieder ohne Worte | 2 va, vc, theorbo | 12 minutes |
2010 | Sonatine | 3 violins | 9 minutes |
2009 | Transformations | viola da gamba solo | 12 minutes |