Piano Music

“Cat Tales” (2020) for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and piano
Commissioned by saxophonists Henning Schroeder and Joseph Lulloff

“RISE” (2018) a micro-concerto for piano and percussion quartet
Commissioned by Clocks in Motion Percussion

“Chorale, Aria and a Fantasy” (2017) for piano
Commissioned by pianist Lori Sims

“Transcendental Preludes, Book II” (2017) for piano
Composed for pianist Lori Sims
First Performance: February 2017, Packard Hall, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

“Transcendental Preludes, Book I” (2016) for piano
Commissioned by pianist Lori Sims for the 2016 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
First Performance: May 2016, Wellspring Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI   

“Duo for Trumpet and Piano” (2015)
Commissioned by Scott Thornburg, trumpet and Silvia Roederer, piano
First Performance: April 2016, Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University 

“Many Minds” (2012) for Pierrot ensemble
Commissioned by the WMU College of Fine Arts for its 40th anniversary
First Performance: March 2012, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University 

“Flying Backwards” (2011) for Pierrot ensemble
Commissioned by the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
First Performance: November 2011, Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University

“Word Music…perhaps?” (1984) for piano solo 
Commissioned by pianist Susan Langlas Grace, The Colorado College
First Performance: July 1884, Packard Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO