Compositions

Comprehensive List of Works

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Winter Moons

Ballet Score for Chamber Orchestra and Narrator - 40'1(Pic.) 0 0 2 - 2 1 0 0; 1Perc. Pno. Stgs.Commissioned by Dr. Patricia Tate/University of Wyoming.Premiered February 18, 1992 Winter […]

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Spirit Chief Names the Animal People

for Chamber Orchestra and Narrator - 25'1(Pic.) 0 0 2 - 2 1 0 0; 1Perc. Pno. Stgs.Commissioned by Dr. Patricia Tate/University of Wyoming.Premiered February 18, 1992 Originally a movement […]

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Pisachi (Reveal)

Six Epitomes for String Quartet - 13'Commissioned by the ETHELPremiered October 5, 2013 Pisachi (Reveal) is composed in six epitomes (sections) and was originally commissioned to be performed within a […]

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À Bec Quintet

for Flute, Northern Plains Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Bass Clarinet - 25'Commissioned by and dedicated to R. Carlos Nakai.Premiered August 21, 2009 “Flûte à Bec” is the French name for […]

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Talowa' Hiloha (Thunder Song)

for Solo Timpani - 7'Commissioned by and dedicated to Alex Orfaly.Premiered May 7, 1997 The Chickasaw word for thunder and lightning is Heloha and, in history, Chickasaw people believed thunderstorms […]

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Dream World

for Narrator, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Percussion - 20'Commissioned by the New Jersey Chamber Music Society.Premiered February 4, 1997. Commissioned by the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, Dream […]

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Inchokkillissa

for Guitar and Percussion - 12'Commissioned by and dedicated to James Perez Bonney.Premiered 1994. Inchokkillissa roughly translates to mean loneliness and the work is based on an old Choctaw church […]

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Oktibihah

for Solo Timpani, Strings and Piano - 15'Commissioned by and dedicated to Carol NelsonPremiered 1994 The music of Oktibihha is based on a Chickasaw Snake Dance song. This song is […]

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Iholba' (The Vision)

for Solo Flute, Chorus and Orchestra - 25'Chorus; Solo Fl.(Bfl.); 2(I=Pic./Afl. II=Bfl.) 3(II=Bcl. III=CBcl.) 1(Cbsn.) - 0 0 0 0; 2Perc. Str.Commissioned by National Symphony Orchestra.Premiered September 21, 2005 Iholba' […]

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Shilombisho Ittayallittook (Worth of the Soul): A Musical Tribute to American Indian Warriors

for Chorus, Orchestra/Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Narrator - 60'Commissioned by Dr. Matthew Inkster/Mercyhurst College.Premiered May 14, 2004 One of the deepest and purest forms of American patriotism dwells in the […]

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