DIVERTIMENTO for Small Orchestra
I. March
II. Air
III.  Finale
Recorded by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

MUSEUM PIECES for Clarinet and String Quartet
I. Equestrian Bronze
II. The Pierrot Music Box
III. Landscape
IV. Station of the Cross
V. Le Bouquet
VI. A Bacchanal
Recorded by the Louisville Quartet with James Livingston, clarinet

MOUNTAIN SONGS, A Ballad Cycle (High Voice and Piano)
Unquiet Grave
The Old Man and the Devil
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
True Lovers Farewell
Birdie Went A-Courtin
Recorded by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Anne Mayer, piano

FIDDLETUNES for Solo Violin and Synthesized Strings
Fiddletunes
Recorded by Hector Valdivia; With a Mountain View CD

AUTUMN SETTING for Soprano and String Quartet
I. Autumn Fragments
II. Prophecy
III. Remembrance / Reality
Recorded by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano, with Speculum Musicae Quartet

DUO for Violin and Cello
Introduction and Fugue
Violin cadenza
Aria
Cello cadenza
March
Coda
Recorded by Paul Zukofsky (violin) and Robert Sylvester (cello)

WIND SONGS (Treble choir and Orff Instrumentarium)                                      

O Wind

Wind Wolves

Lullaby of the Winds

The Wind

Performed by the Stevens Point Public Schools Honors Choir, Judy Bond, conductor

and the Mostly Percussion Ensemble, Robert Rosen, conductor

PARTITA for Solo Viola   

Prelude

Air

Scherzo

Postlude

Recorded by Ann Woodward

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THREE GERSHWIN SETTINGS
Summertime Fantasy
Someone To Watch Over Me
I Got (Fascinating) Rhythm

Recorded by Hector Valdivia, violin, and Kathryn Ananda-Owens, piano

REELS AND REVERIES (Variations for Orchestra)
Reels and Reveries
Recorded by the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Michael Luxner, conductor

TWO APPALACHIAN SETTINGS for String Quartet
Love Song
Fiddle Tunes
Recorded by the Veblen Quartet:Hector Valdivia, Mary Horozaniecki, violins; Elizabeth Ericksen, viola and Thomas Rosenberg, violoncello

VISIONS OF REMEMBRANCE for Soprano, Mezzo, and Twelve Instruments
I. Flashback
II. Grown-Up Relatives
III. My Grandmother's Letters
IV. Piano and Epilogue
Recorded by Carol Wilson, sop.; Lorraine Manz, mezzo; Carleton Contemporary Ensemble, William Wells, conductor

CHRISTMAS CANTATA:On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Hymn
Wisemen
Ritornello
Angels
Recorded by Carleton Chamber Singers and Contemporary Ensemble, William Wells, conductor

CONCERTO for Bluegrass Band and Orch.
(also known as Bluegrass Festival Suite)
I.  Breakdown
II. Ballad
III. Variations
Recorded by the McLain Family Bluegrass Band and the Carleton College Orchestra, Jeremy Balmuth, conductor

THREE FRENCH SONGS for Mixed Voices, a cappella
I.  Seul  (Alone)
II.  Le Sourire (The Smile)
III.  Le Silence  (Silence)
Performed by the Carleton Choir, Lawrence Burnett, conductor

THREE PIECES FOR SOLO VIOLONCELLO

Cantabile

Adagio Semplice

Presto Scorrevole

Recorded by David Carter

STRING TRIO (Violin, Viola, Cello)

Moderato 

Adagio

Allegro Risoluto

Recorded by the Veblen Trio:  Hector Valdivia (violin), Elizabeth Ericksen (viola), and Thomas Rosenberg (cello)

 

WITTICISMS and LAMENTATIONS from the GRAVEYARD (SATB, a cappella)
Grave of John Brown
Lovely Bud, So Young
Backchat
Spring, Summer . . .
Anacreontic
Recorded by The Carleton Chamber Singers, William Wells, conductor

THREE APPALACHIAN SETTINGS
for SATB Chorus and Violin
Cluck Ol' Hen
Pretty Saro
Birdie Went A-Courtin'
Recorded by Mary Budd Horozaniecki, Violin
The Carleton Singers, Lawrence Burnett, conductor

CHORALE FANTASY for Organ on "O Sacred Head"
Excerpt
Performed by Lawrence Archbold, organ

AD HONOREM STRAVINSKY (SATB, a cappella)
Excerpt
Recorded by The Carleton Chamber Singers, William Wells, conductor

ORGAN MEDITATION and CHORALE
(O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) SSAA Choir
Excerpt
Recorded by Lawrence Archbold, organ;
The Carleton Singers, Lawrence Burnett, conductor

FANFARE and REFLECTIONS
on the Carleton College Alma Mater
Fanfare and Alma Mater
Recorded by the Carleton Brass Ensemble, Ronald Rodman, conductor

and the Carleton Singers, Lawrence Burnett, conductor

DANCING SONGS (Treble choir and Orff Instrumentarium) 

I.  Prelude

II.  Summer Dance

III.  Interlude

IV.  The Camel Dances

V.  Interlude

VI.  Rain Dance

VII.  Postlude

Performed by the Stevens Point Public Schools Honors Choir, Judy Bond, conductor

and the Mostly Percussion Ensemble, Robert Rosen, conductor

SHAKESPEARE IN SONG for High Voice, Clarinet, and Piano
Prologue (Recitative)
Orpheus
Take Those Lips Away
Come Away Death

Fie on Sinful Fantasy!