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My Name is Red

For solo guitar, this was composed in 2007, this work was inspired by the novel of the same name by Orhan Pamuk, the great Turkish novelist and Nobel Laureate. As in the novel, the point of intersection between the Islamic world and the west of the 16th century was Venice: it is here the piece begins - with a barcarolle, and a reference to Mendelssohn's famous Song Without Words/"Venetian Boat Song". From there it moves steadily eastward. The music is in not meant as an imitation of Turkish styles, but instead is meant to evoke the musical traditions that developed throughout the Islamic world.

A Clear, Quiet Night, and Fast. Performed by the Sheu-Pettit Duo, in concert for the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society.

Violera Cascabelera, composed for the ADAA Trio. The text, an homage to Violeta Parra, was written by Nicole Lafourcade, a Chilean poet. From the same concert as below.

No llores, for voice, viola, and guitar. I composed this for the ADAA Trio - the Alturas Duo and Alexandra Aubert. The performance is from a recent concert at Loyola University Maryland. The text is by Violeta Parra, and translates roughly as “Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars."

Invocation - Homage to Manuel de Falla

New piece - Four at III. The pieces are to be played with a capo at the third fret. Movements:
Alla Barcarolle
Chorale
Flight
Night Bells

From a performance I gave at Loyola University Maryland, 3-29-17.

The Space Between

O Waly, Waly - The Water is Wide

A setting of a lovely folk song from the British Isles. For solo guitar.

Fast, for two guitars. The Sheu-Pettit guitar duo premiered this piece earlier this fall (2016).

Abraham and Isaac, for oboe and guitar. The performance is the premiere at the Shepherd University International Guitar Festival, May 2016. The D'Amore Duo, Emily Tsai - oboe, and William Feasley - guitar.

Frozen Columns. Third movement of Dream of Mountains. This is the premiere performance by
Duo Anova - Kenji Haba and Susan Mandel, Hartford CT.

Soaring. This is the second of the four-movement work, Dream of Mountains. From a live performance by Duo Vitare, in Turku, Finland.

Three Roads to the North
Live performance by TrioConBrio, in Heidenheim, Germany.

Premiere of the Lullaby of Ice and Snow. EnCuerdas - Cornelia Leuthold and David Talamante, in concert in Winterthur, Switzerland, January 31, 2015. The salon was packed, and as you can see, there are a couple of small children in the foreground. They get a little too active for the piece (it is a Lullaby, after all...), but never quite get to the point of totally disrupting it.

The Clouds Methought Would Open/I Cried to Dream Again

These are the last two movements from Be Not Afeard: Music From Prospero's Island. Performance by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet, May 2013.

The Places We Left Behind - performance by the Alturas Duo. I composed and dedicated this work to them. Premiere took place in Dallas, Sept., 2011.

And Sometime Voices - mvt.2 of Be Not Afeard: Music From Prospero's Island. The Atlantic Guitar Quartet - premiere, Baltimore, November 2011.

Garuda - by Oliver Hunt. Live performance from a few years back.

Dror Yikro - by Ian Krouse; from the same concert as the Hunt above.

Campo, by Abel Carlevaro.

Concert 2008, Baltimore

Tamboriles, by Abel Carlevaro