Romans 3

Allen Shawn's dramatic and dynamic work for string orchestra expands on a single set of motivic ideas through alternating sections of highly contrasting musical characters. This skillfully-crafted

Fanfare for Strings began as an exercise in modal writing utilizing all seven modes on the tone D, beginning with the “darkest” (Locrian) and progressing through each one until we reach

These two stylistically contrasting movements provide pedagogical opportunities to explore a variety of articulations. The music is highly tuneful, based on a chromatic tonal palate. Though not overtly

With its contrasting minor-major key themes, Rustic Waltz is an energetic short piece which can be used as an exciting concert opener or even as an encore. The robust opening theme, which unlike

American composer Gwyneth Walker's Shady Grove is a set of short pieces for string orchestra based on folk songs from the Appalachian Mountains region. Each movement is both a musical and narrative

This composition is a musical portrait of the Mesa Verde pueblos of Colorado and a tribute to the cliff dwellers who built them in the 13th century, only to abandon them without explanation. Each section

This brief and brilliant fanfare was composed in 2015 for 80th anniversary of the Vermont Symphony. The Vermont News praised the work by saying, "This little splash managed to be a harmonically and

A virtuosic tour de force for soloist and orchestra cast in four large movements. The opening movement, an extended violin cadenza/cantilena supported by imaginatively varied orchestra commentary, emerges