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Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 19: "Piano Piece (1986)" I wrote "Piano Piece (1986)" while I was a composition...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 18: "Phrygian Variations: Six Etude-like Variations on an Original Dirge" for...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 17:  "Notturno Pastorale" for Trumpet Solo (2016) This work was composed for a call...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 16:  "Naomi's Lullaby"  Arranged for Guitar Solo (2005) Composed for my daughter,...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 15:  "Murmuration" (The Flight of a Starling Flock) for Synthesizer (2024) This...

Greetings. This is my first posting here exclusively about dance. I am a composer and arranger of classical music whose biography appears...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 14: "Morning in Boston" for Tenor Saxophone Solo The music of "Morning in Boston" ...

NEW! "Enigmatic Dance Suite" for Vibraphone Solo (2024) I have long wanted to compose music using Olivier Messiaen’s "modes of limited...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "Marking Time" for Tenor Saxophone Solo (2023) Composed in 2023 for Drew Joseph...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 12: "Longing" for Clarinet Solo (1983) "Longing" was written as an example of a...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 11: "Limericks and Laughter Thereafter"  for Clarinet Solo (2011) "Limericks and...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 10: "Jolly Joker" for Oboe Solo (2023) "Jolly Joker" was composed and chosen for a...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Iberian Tango" (Free Variation on Motifs from “Iberia”) for Piano Solo (2012)...

Instrumental Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Get me a rag!" "Just a minute...;" Piano solo (2011); Ragtime Ensemble (2021) "Get...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 7: "Enigmatic Gavotte" for Guitar Solo (2024) I had long wanted to endeavor...

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Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 6:  "Cycles" for Piano Solo (1984) "Cycles" is the most difficult-to-perform,...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Chromatic Prelude After Bach" - Clavichord or Harpsichord (or any Keyboard...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 5A & B: "Brief Etude" and "Little Etude" - Flute (1982) Brief Etude:  Follow the...