idea lab

The idea lab is dedicated to ideas and inspiration. 

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Click here to learn about projects he is currently working on.

• All That is Left is Music - A smoky, sinuous work for solo i nstrument and piano.
• Art Songs - voice and piano.  A cycle of songs about the arts.  (A work currently in progress.)
• Beyond Kandinsky - A work about art and music.
• Fandango - dance for orchestra or wind ensemble.
• The Garden of Memory - tape and painting.
• Human Harmony - chamber work using genetic coding translated into musical materials.
• The Illuminated Prayer - tape and painting.
• Illusions Shattered - for clarinet, cello, piano.  "In Best Light," "Of Things Not Seen."
• Journeys - a cycle for trio of soprano saxophone, cello and piano.
• The Maple Cello - fantasieoper on an original libretto.
• MicroMusic - cycle of five short studies for soloist and piano.
• Of Wind and Spirit - wind ensemble or chamber ensemble.  "To Be Lifted Up," "The Importance of Ceremony," "An Angel May Rescue You."
• Sacred Geometry - orchestra or wind ensemble ­ large work based on historic ratios and proportions used in creating temples and other sacred spaces.
• Sacred Space - orchestra or large chamber ensemble­ the power of sacred space in our lives.
• The Shoes on His Feet - voice and piano.
• Strut! - Jazz-rock idiom work for saxophone quartet.
• Time Piece - Spiral form cyclic work, tonal/modal or set clock.
• Top of the World - Wind ensemble, 5 movements, inspired by Tibetan monastic practice.

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