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.
O Waly, Waly - The Water is Wide
A setting of a lovely folk song from the British Isles. For solo guitar.
Be Not Afeard: Music from Prospero's Island - for guitar quartet. Premiered by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet in Baltimore, November 2011. The three movement here are from a recent concert at Loyola University Maryland.
1. Sometime a Thousand Twangling Instruments
2. And sometimes voices
3. And then in dreaming
Fast - for guitar duo.
Jacob's Ladder - for guitar trio. Premiered in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2009 by Triobio.
C - for guitar quartet. This recording is by the 1East Guitar Quartet, now re-formed as the Atlantic Guitar Quartet (see links-friends).
All scores and parts are available upon request.
