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This is an eight-minute work for the Celtic lever harp. Th music is a kind of evolving set of variations that incorporates a gradual shifting of the tuning levers, string by string, to create expressive cross relations among notes in different registers as the music shifts through different keys. The musical gestures were inspired by a chough in flight or activity on the ground.   

This work was composed in 2014 for harpist Dr. Helen Lawlor, lecturer at TU Dublin Conservatoire and author of "Irish Harping 1900 to 2010." Dr. Lawlor is also co-editor with Dr. Sandra Joyce (University of Limerick) of "Harp Studies I &amp; II: World Harp Traditions" published by Four Courts Press).

A Day in the Life of a Chough

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A setting of Walt Whitman's "The Voice of the Rain" for SATB choir and classical guitar. The guitar provides a rhythmic accompaniment to the word painting conveyed through the choir's singing in this 4 minute work.

The Voice of the Rain

SATB Octavo

"Icarus" is an 8-minute composition for two percussionists--Percussionist ONE: 2 bongos, 4 tom-toms, bass drum, tam-tam, hand clapping. Percussionist TWO: glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, tam-tam. It is a sound painting of the ancient Greek myth of Icarus' fatal flight too near to the Sun. The drums are often intended to suggest the motion of Icarus' wings throughout this piece and the pitched percussion incorporates a tune based on an ancient Greek Delphic hymn at several points as the musical sonic painting of the myth unfolds. 

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica's article of the myth, Daedalus was "a brilliant architect, sculptor, and inventor. He was credited with building for King Minos of Crete the Labyrinth in which the Minotaur was kept. When the king turned against Daedalus and imprisoned him, Daedalus secretly made wings for himself and his son Icarus, intending to escape to Sicily. Despite his father's warnings, Icarus flew too close to the sun; the wax holding the feathers to his wings melted, and he fell into the sea and drowned." The myth's moral is a warning against unbridled ambition. However, despite it's fatal ending to make its moral point, this music is intended to be a fun and entertaining piece to perform and to hear.

Icarus

Percussion Duet

These five brief miniatures for flute and clarinet duo are written in an
  ultra-concise pointillistic style. They convey a playful and light-hearted
  character and are well suited for student recitals, friends getting together
  for sight-reading sessions and amusement. Though these pieces are very brief
  and sparse in number of notes, they contain a microcosmos of intricate detail
  and minute subtle gestures that fit together like the tiny gears and springs
  of a mechanical wristwatch. Performers read from the score.

Five Bagatelles

Woodwind Duet

This is a 7-minute duo for Japanese koto and cello in the form of a set of variations and built upon a tango rhythm. It is a dramatic and engaging piece for audiences that merges Japanese, Western classical and South American sensibilities into a contemporary world music experience. 

This work is based on the composeris earlier Bamboo and Silk Tango for shakuhachi and koto. The koto part remains the same as the earlier work but the cello part is a complete recasting of the shakuhachi part. Hence, the meaning of the added tag on the title: Again (new partner). 

Intended for advanced level performers, I composed this work for the Duo Yumeno (https://duoyumeno.com) who premiered it in 2014 at Distler Performance Hall at Tufts University. The audio heard here with this sample score is the recording from that premiere performance.

Bamboo and Silk Tango, Again (new partner)

String Score

This work was composed as an expression of deep concern for our planet and its people in the midst of the impacts from global warming. One local example of the devastating and rapidly unfolding impact of global warming is Indonesia and its capital Jakarta which is the fastest sinking city on Earth. With this in mind, the aim of this music is to evoked an image of sea rise and its impact on Jakarta in particular and the world in general. Moments suggesting the Indonesian gamelan metal xylophone are heard in the music while the over-all tessitura of the piece gradually descends (sinks) from its beginning through to a climatic cadence on a closely packed aggregate of pitches suggesting an F minor/major ninth chord (F. G, A-flat, C) on the lowest bars of the vibraphone. After this doleful sunken cadence, a coda softly rises from the depths of this cadential chord to convey a sense of hope. The vibraphone's fan vibrato is used sparingly in this piece for strategic moments suggesting a feeling of watery emersion.   

This work was selected by the Vibraphone Project Inc. for inclusion in its data base and its forthcoming anthology in 2022 celebrating the centennial of the invention of the vibraphone.

My Heart with Jakarta Sinks in Rising Seas

Vibraphone Solo

A duo for violin and piano suggestive of Aesop's fable and constructed of  two themes: one representing the fox's longing for the grapes and the second  representing the static luscious grapes. This work was written at the request  of the Sotto Amore Duo: http://www.sottoamoreduo.com/a Performed in the accompanying recording  here by Anastasiya Abadjieva, violin and Aleksandra Ivanova, piano. Recorded  January 2020 at the concert hall of the National Music Academy "Pancho  Vladigerov" in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Ballade

Violin Solo with Piano

A suite for piano comprised of movements suggestive of forms from opera.  The movements are: Prologue, Chorus I, Aria, Recitative, Fugue, Chorus II,  Epilogue. The work was premiered in Bulgaria Hall in Sofia on January 14,  2020 by Aleksandra Ivanova.

Opera Scenes without a Libretto

Keyboard Percussion Solo

A set of four brief pieces designed to be played together as a suite with
  a duration of 7' 30". Well suited for recitals.

Four Preludes

Piano Solo

This suite for piano is in 3 movements with each suggesting suggesting and abstract image: I. Koto Strings Resounding in Blue Sky, II. Dewdrops Fall-Memories Ring Upon a Moonlit Pond, III. Dragonflies in Furious Flight. This work was premiered in 2003 in an alumni concert program sponsored by the New England Conservatory of Music.

Three Japanese Images

A septet in three movements for wind instruments. A highly chromatic work premiered at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1976. It was revised in 1981 with subsequent performances in Boston at the Harvard Musical Association and the New England Conservatory and on the program of the Society of Composers Inc. Annual Conference at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 1990.

Three for Seven

Woodwind Ensemble

Premiered by guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan at the 4th International Guitar Festival held at the University of Memphis in April 2014, "Two Japanese Idylls" is a complimentary pair of pieces for classical guitar that incorporate the sensibilities of traditional Japanese folk and classical music.

Two Japanese Idylls

Guitar Solo

A duo for the traditional Japanese shakuhachi and 13-string koto.  A five movement work with a 14-minute duration with each movement depicting a scene with water. This work has been performed with the traditional instruments and with a western instrument substituting for the shakuhachi part.

Water Music

Flexible Instrumentation Duet

A 5-minute quartet for clarinet alto saxophone violoncello and piano that suggests a klezmer band through a sonic kaleidoscope of moods.

Klezmer Rhapsody

Mixed Quartet Clarinet, Alto Sax, Cello & Piano

A musical narrative for 13-string Japanese koto using modern koto techniques. Premiered in 2011 by koto virtuoso Yuki Yasuda who honed her craft as a student of koto masters Tadao and Kazue Sawai. The streaming recording included here with permission is a performance by Ms. Yasuda http://www.koto-yasudayuki.com/.

Guitar Solo 13-string Japanese Koto

An a cappella setting of the closing lines to Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inaugural address where he makes an appeal to the better angels of our nature. This is a 4.5 minute work for SATB with no divisi.

Lincoln's Angels

SATB

Written at the invitation of guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan and premiered December 2011. �New Lullaby Project Web site: http://www.newlullabyproject.com/

A Lullaby in Restless Times

A probing three movement work of 15 minutes duration that courses through a range of moods and textures.

Sonata No. 1

In 2023, shakuhachi player, Marco Lienhard of the international performing group Taikoza, asked me if I'd be interested in composing a duo for shakuhachi and guitar as part of a project he was planning with classical guitarist Danton Oestreich. The aim of the project is to expand the literature for this unusual combination of instruments from different musical traditions--instruments that compliment each other very well. 

Written in a time just emerging from the covid 19 pandemic and in a world of growing strife and uncertainty, I chose to write a duo that uses the samba rhythm to covey a story of navigating through difficult times without losing hope.        

The audio in this video is from NotePerformer software.

You can hear and learn more about Marco Lienhard here: https://marcolienhard.com/marco-lienhard
You can hear and learn more about Danton Oestreich here: https://dantonoestreich.wordpress.com/

Thank you for considering this music.

--M.M.S.

Never Losing Heart

Duet

Immerse yourself in "A Musical Bouquet" by Martin Schreiner. This piece blossoms with dynamic contrasts and melodic richness, making it perfect for concerts and contests. Experience the lush, intricate harmonies that weave together like petals in a stunning arrangement, capturing both the heart and imagination of performers and audiences alike. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

A Musical Bouquet

Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon Quartet with Piano

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