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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...

NEW! "Hope" for SAATB Chorus and Piano Composed to a Text by Emily Dickinson (2024) Follow the next URL to view and hear a scrolling...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 4: "Beating the Doldrums"   - Theatrical Piece for Solo Violoncellist - 2021. This...

Instrumental Solo/Vocal Solo Composition of the Day, Installments 3A & 3B: "Bagatelle" (Bassoon or Bass Trombone Solo, 1994)/"Autumn"...

Instrumental Solo Compositions of the Day, Installments 2A, B, & C: Album Leaf Nos. 1 (2012), 2 "Going Sixty"  (2019), and 3 (2019) -...

Instrumental Solo Composition of the Day, Installment 1: "A Song Without Words"  Horn Solo 1994 ECS Publishing Group Catalog Number 6434...

Orchestral/Keyboard Composition of the Day, 11th and Final Installment: "Variations for String Orchestra" (Version for Keyboard 2006;...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 10: Theme and Twelve Variations on "The Marines Hymn"  for String Orchestra; (2022)...

NEW! "Round and Six Variations on a Theme by William Byrd" for oboe, harp, and string orchestra; 2024; 5 minutes "Hey Ho, To the...

Orchestral(/Chamber) Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Poem and Lamentations" Violin Solo & Piano or String Orchestra (Version With...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Interlude for Orchestra" ("Intermezzo" for Organ, 1999; Arranged for Orchestra in...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 7: "Homage to Vaughan Williams" for String Orchestra (2022, 10:40) Like most though not...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "Homage to Sibelius"  for Chamber Orchestra (2023 - ca. 11:30) While inspired by the...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 5: Homage to Bach - Theme and 7 Variations on Prelude in C Minor (BWV 999)  harpsichord...

Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 5: Fantasypiece for Orchestra; composed for violoncello and contrabass in 2001, arranged...

Orchestral (Organ) Composition of the Day, Installment 4: Elegy on "In Paradisum"; 2 String Orchestra Versions & 1 Solo Organ Version...