Works for Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble
Compositions
Symphony for Band: East of Eden*
Commissioned by Hartnell College on the occasion of its 70th anniversary
Prism* – for jazz ensemble and wind ensemble
Commissioned by the University of Houston Wind Ensemble
Images* – suite for jazz soloist and jazz ensemble
Commissioned by Tony Campise
Gil – for jazz ensemble
Commissioned by the jazz ensemble of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX
Aspects – solo tenor saxophone and jazz ensemble
Commissioned by the Moores School Jazz Orchestra for the grand opening of the Moores Opera House and featuring tenor sax soloists George Coleman, Joe Henderson, and Joe Levano
Arrangements
“The People’s Choice” – Alto and Tenor sax solo and Jazz Ensemble
Written for the Moores School Jazz Orchestra
"Moon and Mind"
Written for Noe Marmolejo and the UH Jazz Ensemble
"I Remember Clifford"
"African Flower"
Studio orchestra arrangements written for the UH Jazz Ensemble
Works for Theater and Film
Dark Ponies – extended dramatic song cycle, text and lyrics by Sidney Berger
Wings* – musical drama
Book and lyrics by Sidney Berger
The Caucasian Chalk Circle* – songs and incidental music
Play by Bertolt Brecht
Commissioned by the UH School of Theatre
Androcles and the Lion, new songs
Commissioned by the Children's Theater Festival
Snow White, a new adaptation by Sidney Berger
Commissioned by the Children's Theater Festival
Pinnochio, a musical adaptation in collaboration with David Larson
Commissioned by the UH Drama Children's Theater
Incidental Music
The Glass Menagerie*, UH School of Theatre
Major Barbara, UH Drama Department
The Indian Wants the Bronx, UH Drama Dept.
Shapes, Sadness and the Witch, Children’s Theatre Festival
Alfred Stieglitz Loves O'Keeffe*, Alley Theater
Music composed for the Festivals Mime Troupe:
The Tell-tale Heart
The Legend of the Dead Soldier
The Magician (Hommage to Magritte)
Out of our Mimes (Video tape - title music)
Duels
Facade
Darkness*
The Uniform
Communion*
Return
Visions on the World of M.C. Escher
The Diamond*
The Nose
Rapaccini's Garden
Original scores composed for the Houston Shakespeare Festival:
King Lear*
The Merchant of Venice*
A Midsummer Night's Dream*
Love's Labors Lost*
The Tempest*
A Comedy of Errors*
A Winter's Tale*
Hamlet*
Two Gentlemen of Verona*
Richard III*
Measure for Measure*
Othello*
All's Well That Ends Well*
Julius Caesar
The Taming of the Shrew
Richard II
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
Corolianus*
Troilus and Cressida
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Much Ado About Nothing
Scores for film and multi-media
The Uncle Ben's Story
produced by Vella Springer, for Uncle Ben's Inc.
P.O.G.O.
produced by A.I.E. Studios for Pennzoil, Inc.
Carolina Heritage
commissioned by the Wachovia National Bank, Charlotte, N.C., for presentation at the Carowinds Theme Park, and produced by Ed Henderson
Search for Survival
produced by A.I.E. Studios for the American Petroleum Institute
Great Adventure
produced by Cineventure for Great Adventure Theme Park
Houston
produced by Pearlman Associates for the City of Houston
The Apollo File*
produced by Kinderfilm
Gold Medal Winner, Houston International Film Festival, 1979
Wyoming Adventure
produced by Cineventure
The Pied Piper
produced by FGH, Inc. for Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corp.
Centerstage I: Duets for Cannibals*
"Eve of the Trial" and "Was It a Dream?"
Centerstage II: Old Secrets*
"Cornflower Blue" and "End of the Line"
Centerstage III*
"Hailstorm in a Doublewide" and "The Pear Tree"
Centerstage IV*
"Wakefield" and "Underground"
Centerstage V*
"Dream Chamber" and "Alamo Dream"
Centerstage VI*
"One Wish" and "virTual rOse"
The Centerstage series was co-produced by KUHT and the UH School of Theatre
Instrumental and Chamber Music Catalog
Rondo Concertante* – for chamber ensemble
Commissioned by the Houston Symphony for The Magical Musical Time Tour, an educational videotape
Music for a Celebration* – for chamber ensemble
Commissioned by KUHF Radio for the occasion of their 50th anniversary
Included on the CD Classic Innovation available from KUHF Radio
Visions: A Musical Offering to M.C.Escher – triple quartet
Suite of Characteristic Dances* – clarinet and piano
Commissioned by Duo Con Fuoco
Impressions/Expressions – for two pianos*
Commissioned by Ruth Tomfohrde and Timothy Hester
This work appears on the CD Shadows and Music, Troy 845, from Albany Records
Duo Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Double Bass
Commissioned by Richard Nunemaker
This work appears on the CD Between Silence and Darkness, AUR CD 3119
Evocations: Eschatos, Eos, Chorea – for trumpet ensemble
Hip Fables – for harp and double bass
Improv #1 –solo flute*
Improv #2 –solo flute*
Ceremonial Music for Organ and Brass: Fanfares and Processional
Commissioned by Dr. Robert Jones and the Symphonic Brass
Ceremonial Music for Organ and Brass: Intonation and Canzona
Serenade on C-B, piano solo
Music for Wind Instruments and Percussion
Passacaglia and Fugue – string bass and piano
Variations – for two pianos
*Recordings are available to the selections marked with the asterisk. |
