David Noon

David Noon (born 1946) is a contemporary classical composer and educator. He has written over 200 works from opera to chamber music. Noon's composition teachers have included Karl Kohn, Darius Milhaud, Charles Jones, Yehudi Wyner, Mario Davidovsky, and Wlodzimierz Kotoski. He has been a distinguished member of the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music 30 years.

Biography

David Noon was born on 23 July 1946 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch, Welsh, and American Indian heritage. His formal musical education began at the age of 8 when he learned to play the clarinet. Subsequently, he took bassoon, flute, piccolo, and piano lessons. Throughout his childhood, he frequently performed in choirs, bands, orchestras, and chamber music ensembles. During his collegiate years at Pomona College, he continued to sing and play bassoon and piano. He also began the systematic study of composition. Following his undergraduate education, he attended New York University to study Medieval music with Gustave Reese. After receiving an MA in musicology at NYU, he attended Yale University, where he received an MMA and a DMA in composition.

In 1972-73, he was a Fulbright Fellow in composition at the Music Conservatory in Warsaw, Poland. From 1973-76, Noon taught music theory and composition and supervised the advanced ear-training program at the School of Music at Northwestern University. In 1976, he was composer-in-residence at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. From 1996-98, Noon was Composer Artist-in-Residence at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

A prolific composer, Noon has written 232 works including chamber music, orchestral works, and choral compositions. He has written 11 string quartets, 3 piano concertos, the opera R.S.V.P., and many works featuring percussion. He has also written 2 books of poetry: Postcards from Rethymno and Bitter Rain; 3 historical novels: The Tin Box, Googie's, and My Name Was Saul; and 3 Nadia Boulanger mysteries, Murder at the Ballet Russes, The Tsar's Daughter, and The Organ Symphony.

He was on the faulty of Manhattan School of Music in New York City from 1981-2011, where he was Chairman of the Music History Department (1981-2007), Chairman of the Composition Department (1989-98), and Dean of Academics (1998-2006). In 2007-08, Dr. Noon was a visiting professor of musicology and composition at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, China. Noon resides in New York City and on the Greek island of Crete.

Awards

• Manhattan School of Music Presidential Medal of Honor (2006)
• ASCAP Standard Awards in Composition (yearly since 1973 to the present)
• YMF Debut Award in Composition (1973)
• Yale University's Harriet Gibbs Fox Memorial Prize (1972)
• Yale University's Jon Day Jackson Prize (1972)
• Yale University's Woods Chandler Memorial Prize (1971)
• Composers' Forum, New York City (1971)
• Aspen Music Festival prizes in composition (1969, 71, 79)
• YMF career grants in composition (1968, 71)
• BMI Awards to Student Composers (1967, 70)

Fellowships & Prizes

• Chamber Music America (1993)
• Pomona College Centennial commission (1987)
• Houston Symphony Orchestra commission (1981)
• NEA commissions (1977)
• Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, New Mexico, composer-in-residence (1976-77)
• Berkshire Music Center Fellowship in Composition at Tanglewood (1974)
• Yale University's Lucy G. Moses Scholarship (1971)
• Yale University's David Stanley Smith Memorial Scholarship (1971)
• Yale University scholarship in music (1970)
• Aspen Music Festival scholarships in composition (1969, 71, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81)
• NDEA Title-IV fellowship in music at New York University (1968-70)

Reviews

• SONATA DA CAMERA, op. 89; "His [David Noon] Sonata da Camera in four movements breaks the sultry-ecstatic mood of the rest of the disc with some lively, rhythmic, good-humoured fun, breaking off only in the long Sarabande for a touching and yearningly nostalgic moment - not at all archaic in its resonance." - Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International, July 2007.
• TRISTAN’S LAMENT WITH ROTTA, op. 119; “an attractive solo harp work composed in 1993, quotes liberally from a pair of Medieval songs…neo-Medieval variations.” - Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, 17 August 2002.
• DEBUSSY: THREE PIECES; “The program began with David Noon’s transcriptions of three piano works—‘L’Isle Joyeuse,’ ‘La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin,’ and the ‘Tarantelle Styrienne’—for flute, harp, and string quartet. Mr. Noon’s scoring, while necessarily expansive, preserves the fragrances of Debussy’s keyboard voicings but suggests the shimmering textures of his orchestral style.” - Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, 4 April 1990.

List of works

• (*) published by Carl Fischer, Inc. ($) published by to the Fore Publication (#) commercially recorded

Music for large instrumental ensembles

• PIANO CONCERTO #3, op. 232, for piano & 8 percussionists (2010)
• CONCERTO, op. 228, for solo percussionist & chamber orchestra (2010)
• PIANO CONCERTO #2, op. 213, for piano, string orchestra, & timpani (2007)
• SYMPHONIE CONCERTANTE, op. 189, for violin, piano, percussionist & orchestra (2005)
• ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, …, op. 186, for eleven percussionists (2005)
• UNCHARTED WATERS, op. 177, for jazz band (2003)
• ProMUSICA SEMPRE!, op. 173, for orchestra (2003)
• AUBADE D’ORPHÉE, op. 164, for oboe, harp & string orchestra (2001)
• THREE PIECES, op. 160, for orchestra (2001)
• TRIPLE PLAY, op. 159, for three brass quintets (2001)
• DANCES OF DIONYSUS, op. 154, for 14 players (2000)
• PIANO CONCERTO #1, op. 153, for solo piano & orchestra (1999)
• ANNIVERSARY FANFARE, op. 141, for orchestra (1997)
• TEMPUS FUGIT, VIVAT BRAHMS, op. 135, for brass & percussion (1996)
• MANHATTAN FANFARE, op. 129, for orchestra (1994)
• CHAPEL VARIATIONS, op. 122, for brass ensemble (1994)
• CURTAIN RAISER, op. 116, for large orchestra (1992)
• SYMPHONIA APOCALYPTICA, op. 105, for percussion orchestra (1990)
• TOCCATA, op. 101, for brass & percussion (1989)
• NOTTURNO, op. 94, for Flügelhorn & string orchestra (1987)
• TROPICAL DECO, op. 93, for orchestra (1987)
• AN AMERICAN OVERTURE, op. 92, for orchestra (1987)
• ALLELUIAS, op. 73, concerto for solo flute, winds & percussion (1983)
• THREE ETUDES, op. 71, for orchestra (1983)
• ART DECO, op. 66, for orchestra (1982)
• STAR-CAPTAINS, op. 59, for orchestra (1981)
• BROKEN BLOSSOMS, op. 56, for large concert band (1979)
• PROMISSORY NOTES, op. 53, for orchestra (1979)
• NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION, op. 48, for amplified doublebass, wind ensemble & percussion (1978)
• CEREMONIAL FANFARE, op. 44, for brass choir (1977)
• LOST IN TRANSIT, op. 42, for orchestra & mezzo-soprano (1977)
• A LETTER TO QUINCY, ILLINOIS, op. 37, for string orchestra (1976)
• THREE ENCORES, op. 36, for flute, oboe, violin, ‘celli, piano & string orchestra (1976)
• BERCÈUSE SECHE, op. 30, for orchestra (1972)*
• TANGO 1940, op. 26, for sixteen solo strings (1971)
• CONCERTO, op. 23, for ‘cello, eleven winds, piano & harpsichord (1969)
• AI, AI, op. 20, for orchestra (1968)*
• LABYRINTH, op. 15, for chamber orchestra (1968)*

Music for solo voice

• THREE SONGS FROM CHILDHOOD, op. 222, for soprano & piano, texts in English by Andrew Blanco (2009)
• WIL’S WILL WILL OUT, op. 221, for baritone & piano, texts in English by Shakespeare (2008)
• ANDY’S SONGS, op. 219, for voice & piano, texts in English by Andrew Blanco (2008)
• NIRVANA, op. 216, for mezzo-soprano & marimba (2008)
• CANTI IN TEMPESTOSO PORTO, op. 207, for soprano & percussionist, texts in Medieval Italian by Rinaldo d’Acquino, Lapo Gianni, Guido Guinizalli, Guittone d’Arezzo, Pier della Vigna, and Rinaldo d’Aquino (2007)
• SIX LAMENTS: chansons des troubadours, op. 201, for high soprano & percussionist, texts in Provençal by Guillaume IX, Bernard de Ventadorn, Arnaut Daniel, and Guiraut Riquier (2006)
• …TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM…, op. 187, for soprano & percussionist, anon. texts in English (2005)
• CRAZY OLD MEN, op. 181, six codger songs for baritone & piano, anon. texts in English (2004)
• CRAZY OLD MEN, Op. 181-B for mezzo-soprano & piano
• CRAZY OLD MEN, Op. 181-C for soprano & piano
• EIGHT VINTAGE SONGS, op. 172, for baritone & piano, anon. texts in English (2002)
• FIVE COMPLAINTS, op. 150, for voice, tenor saxophone & tuba, traditional texts of matinades from Crete in Greek (1998)
• FIVE COMPLAINTS, Op. 150-B for voice, violin & ‘cello
• FIVE COMPLAINTS, Op. 150-C for voice, clarinet & bassoon
• THE GIFT OF THE EAGLE, op. 138, for narrator/singer, string quintet & percussionist, story & words by Timothy Russell in English (1996)#
• THREE POEMS BY CLAUDE SCHWAB, op. 125, for voice, flute (also piccolo), clarinet & harp (1994)
• LE TESTAMENT DE VILLON, op. 109, for baritone & violin, texts of François Villon in French (1991)
• A MEDIEVAL RELIQUARY, op. 83, for baritone, flute, ‘cello & harp, texts of Leonardo Giustiniani in Italian, Francsco Landini in French, and Jean Vaillant in German (1985)
• FOUR DRINKING SONGS, op. 72, for baritone & orchestra, texts by George Day, Henry Purcell & anon. in English (1983)
• DANCING GAMES, op. 70, for soprano, flute, harp & percussion, anon. texts in English (1983)
• CANTI AMOROSI NEL CUORE DELL’ INVERNO, op. 62, for baritone, flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet, texts of Petrarch in Italian (1980)
• FOUR DRINKING SONGS, op. 60, for baritone & piano, texts by George Day, Henry Purcell & anon. in English (1980)
• LULLABIES & REFRAINS, op. 58, for baritone & orchestra, traditional texts in French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish & German (1980)
• FIVE LULLABIES, op. 57, for baritone & piano, traditional texts in French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish & German (1980)
• FOUR MEDIEVAL LYRICS, op. 51, for soprano, flute & harp, texts of Neidhart von Reuenthal in German, Dante Alighieri in Italian, La Comtessa de Dia in Provençal, and Adam de la Halle in French (1979)
• THE BOYS, op. 46, for narrator/singer, piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, percussion & 3 doublebasses, text of e.e. cummings in English (1977)
• SIX CHANSONS, op. 32, for soprano, 3 flutes, bass clarinet, harp, piano & 2 percussionists, texts of Meng Chiao in French (1974)#
• ODE, op. 25, for tenor, flute, clarinet, trombone & ‘cello, text of Dylan Thomas in English (1970)
• QUATRE CHANSONS, op. 14, for alto, violin, clarinet, trombone & ‘cello, texts of Samuel Beckett in French (1967)

Music for chorus

• VEXILLA REGIS, op. 224, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, traditional text in Latin (2009)
• LE PETIT BESTIAIRE, op. 218, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, texts of Guillaume Apollinaire in French (2008)
• AMEN, op. 209, for chorus (SATB) a cappella (2007)
• AVE MARIA, op. 191, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, traditional text in Latin (2005)
• VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, op. 182, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, traditional text in Latin (2004)
• DEUX CHANSONS, op. 169, for men’s chorus (TBB) a cappella, texts of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud in French (2002)
• ALMA MATER, op. 166, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, text by the composer in English (2001)
• PRECATIO TERRAE, op. 162, for men’s chorus (TBB), a cappella, anon. text of the first century in Latin (2001)
• O FELIX HOMINUM GENUS, op. 158, for men’s chorus (TBB), a cappella, text of Boethius in Latin (2000)
• MASS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM, op. 149, for chorus (SAAB) a cappella, traditional texts in Latin (1998)
• PSALM XXIII, op. 142, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, text in English (1997)
• CONFITEMINI DOMINO, op. 137, for chorus (CSATB), brass quintet & organ, Psalm CXVIII in Latin (1996)
• TWO SACRED CANTICLES, op. 128, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, texts from the New Testament in Latin (1994)
• PATER NOSTER, op. 124, for chorus (ATB) a cappella, text from the New Testament in Latin (1994)
• THE PELICAN CHORUS, op. 117, for chorus (SATB), 2 marimbas, French horn, 2 ‘cellos & 2 pianos, text of Edward Lear in English (1993)
• THREE SACRED CANTICLES, op. 115, for chorus (ATB) a cappella, texts from the Old Testament in Latin (1992)
• MISSA BREVIS, op. 104, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, traditional texts in Latin
• VIA ET VITA, op. 98, for men’s chorus, 4 percussionists & piano, texts from the New Testament in Greek, Columbanus in Latin, Alcuin in Latin & Walt Whitman in English (1988)
• R.S.V.P., op. 95, an operatic farce in one act in English (1987-1988)
• OBMITTAMUS STUDIA, op. 74, for chorus (SATB) a cappella, text from the Ms. of Benedictbeuern in Latin (1983)
• SCRIPTOR SUM, op. 68, for chorus (SATB) & trumpet, text of Sedulius Scottus in Latin (1982)
• LEVIS EXSURGIT ZEPHYRUS, op. 55, for women’s chorus (SSA) a cappella, text of St. Augustine of Canterbury in Latin (1979)
• ITE NUNC FORTES, op. 50, for men’s chorus (TBB) a cappella, text of Boethius in Latin (1978)
• CANTATA, op. 22, for chorus (SSAATTBB) & instrumental octet, texts from the New Testament in English (1969)
• PSALM, op. 17, for tenor, solo chorus (SSAABB), flute, ‘cello & piano, text of Psalm CXX in English (1968)

Music for solo piano

• SONATA #4, op. 231, for solo piano (2010)
• BOOGIE WOOGIE, op. 229, for solo piano (2010)
• SONATA #3, op. 223, for solo piano (2009)
• SONATA #2, op. 210, for solo piano (2007)
• THREE PRELUDES, op. 165, for solo piano (2001)
• HORNPIPE, op. 156, for solo piano (2000)
• BERCEUSE, op. 145, for solo piano (1998)
• SPRING TRAINING, op. 100, for solo piano (1989)
• ELEGY VARIATIONS, op. 97, for solo piano (1988)
• THE TUXEDO TANGO, op. 88, for solo piano (1986)
• SONATA #1, op. 84, for solo piano (1985)
• THREE BAGATELLES, op. 79, for solo piano (1984)
• THE MACHINE TANGO, op. 76, for solo piano (1983)
• THREE ETUDES, op. 69, for solo piano (1982)#
• THE WRECKLOOSE RAG, op. 38, for solo piano (1976)

Music for two pianos and piano four hands

• MIROIR ESTAMPIE, op. 171, for piano four hands (2002)
• TRISTAN’S MIRROR, op. 120, for two pianos (1994)
• TROPICAL DECO, op. 90, for two pianos (1986)
• ETUDES/BAGATELLES, for two pianos (1982-1984)
• ART DECO, op. 64, for two pianos (1981)
• PROMISSORY NOTES, op. 49, waltzes for piano four hands (1978)

Music for harpsichord (clavichord, virginals, or organ)

• SILK PEARLS FOR THE VIRGIN’S QUIVER, op. 208 (2007)

Music for organ

• PRAELUDIUM super “Pange lingua”, op. 200 (2007)
• LACRYMOSA, op. 155, for organ (2000)
• VARIATIONS, op. 121, for organ (1994)
• SEVEN PRELUDES: THE GREAT AFFIRMATIONS OF CHRIST, op. 111, for organ (1991-1992)
• PASSACAGLIA, op. 106, for organ (1990)
• PROCESSIONAL, op. 96, for organ (1988)
• CANZONA, op. 86, for organ (1986)

Music for instrumental chamber ensembles

• OUT OF TIME, op. 230, for bassoon & double bass (2010)
• QUARTET #11 “quartetto da requiem,” op. 227, for string quartet (2009)
• SONATA, op. 226, for percussion (one player) & two pianos (2009)
• FADE TO BLACK, op. 225, for trombone (plays, speaks, and sings), recorded sound, & live electronics, based on letters of Franz Kafka (2009)
• NONET, op. 218, for 3 violins, 3 violas, & 3 ‘celli (2008)
• SONATA, op. 217, for violin & harp (2008)
• WORDS, op. 215, for bassoon & recorded voices (2008)
• DP, op. 214, for two percussionists (2007)
• SEXTETTO CONCERTANTE, op. 212, for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, & percussionist (2007)
• QUARTET #10, op. 211, for string quartet (2007)
• FIVE BAGATELLES, op. 206, for 2 trombones (tenor & bass) (2007)
• CHOROS, op. 205, for solo guitar (2007)
• DUO CONCERTANTE, op. 204, for viola & percussionist (2006)
• LILACS, op. 203, for string quintet (2 violins, viola, 2 ‘celli) (2006)
• GOLGOTHA, op. 202, for flute, oboe, alto saxophone, harp, celesta, & percussionist (2006)
• BUCK ‘N’ WING, op. 199, for French horn, tap dancer, & percussionist (2006)
• L’HOMME ARMÉ, op. 198, for 4 trombones & percussionist (2006)
• FLUFF, op. 197, for vibraphone (2006)
• STAND UP!, op. 196, for solo percussionist (2006)
• RAUNCH, op. 195, for solo percussionist (2006)
• TRIPLE X, op. 194, for solo percussionist (2005)
• FOR SKINS, op. 193, for two or four drums, one player (2005)
• S&M, op. 192, for 9 Chinese opera gongs, one player (2005)
• QUARTET #9 “when soft voices die,” op. 190, for string quartet (2005)
• DANSE, op. 188, for flute & string quartet (2005)
• MIROIR D’ORPHÉE, op. 185, for violin, trombone & percussion (2004)
• HARDCORE, op. 184, for four timpani, one player (2004)
• DECKED OUT, op. 183, for four marimbas (2004)
• TRIO CONCERTANTE, op. 180, for violin, piano & percussion (2004)
• QUARTET #8 “the force of Nature," op. 179, for string quartet & percussion (2004)
• LULLABY, op. 178, for clarinet & piano (2004)
• NEO ESKATON, op. 176, for violin & piano (2003)
• QUARTET #7 “le tombeau des troubadours,” op. 175, for string quartet (2003)
• HOT GREASE, NASTY LICKS!, op. 174, for solo percussionist (2003)
• HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST, op. 170, for soprano saxophone & organ (2002)
• QUARTET #6 “quartetto canonico,” op. 168, for string quartet (2002)
• POÈME, op. 167, for flute & string quartet (2002)
• SAXOPHONE QUARTET, op. 163 (2001)$
• PASTORALE, op. 161, for soprano saxophone & ‘cello (2001)
• CUCUMBER MUSIC, op. 157, for two marimbas (2000)
• LITURGY, op. 152, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon (1999)
• THREE MASKS, op. 151, for soprano saxophone & string quartet (1999)
• ESKATON, op. 148, for violin & percussion (1998)
• SUITE, op. 147, for solo ‘cello (1998)
• ENTRADA, op. 146, for 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets & 2 bassoons (1998)
• ENTRADA, op. 146-B for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon
• PROCLAMATION, op. 144, for 3 trumpets, horn, 3 trombones & tuba (1997)
• RUNES, op. 143, for bass trombone & doublebass (1997)
• FREE FOR ALL, op. 140, for piccolo, flute, alto flute & ad lib. percussion played by children (1997)
• QUARTET #5 “four echoes of Rethymno,” op. 139, for string quartet (1996)
• ORPHEUS SONATA, op. 136, for violin & trombone (1996)
• ORPHEUS SONATA, Op. 136-B for viola & bass trombone
• FEEDBACK, op. 134, for violin, ‘cello & piano (1995)
• TRIO ANTICO, op. 133, for trumpet, horn & bass trombone (1995)
• TRIO ANTICO, Op. 133-B for oboe, English horn & bassoon
• TRIO ANTICO, Op. 133-C for soprano, tenor & baritone saxophones
• OCTET, op. 132, for double string quartet (1995)
• CANONIC TRIO, op. 131, for violin, viola & ‘cello (1994)
• FOUR PORTRAITS, op. 130, for sola viola (1994)
• FOUR PORTRAITS, Op. 130-B for solo violin
• FOUR PORTRAITS, Op. 130-C for solo ‘cello
• TWO MEDIEVAL FRAGMENTS, op. 127, for French horn & organ (1994)
• TWO MEDIEVAL FRAGMENTS, Op. 127-B for trumpet & organ
• TWO MEDIEVAL FRAGMENTS, Op. 127-C for bass trombone & organ
• TWO MEDIEVAL FRAGMENTS, Op. 127-D for soprano saxophone & organ$
• SIMPLE SUITE, op. 126, for two violins (1994)#
• ESTAMPIE VARIATIONS, op. 123, for guitar (1994)
• TRISTAN’S LAMENT, op. 119, for solo harp (1993)
• LES SIX, op. 118, for brass sextet (2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones & tuba) (1993)
• LES SIX, Op. 118-B for brass quintet
• LES SIX, Op. 118-C for woodwind quintet
• DIVERTIMENTO, op. 114, for violin & guitar (1992)
• SONATA À CINQUE, op. 113, for five trombones (TTTBB) (1992)
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-B for brass quintet
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-C for woodwind quintet
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-D for bassoon quintet
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-E for saxophone quintet (AATTB)$
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-F for flute quintet
• SONATA À CINQUE, Op. 113-G for 2 trumpets and 3 trombones
• TAILOR-MADE, op. 112, for bass trombone, harp, doublebass & percussion (1992)#
• RUDE AWAKENINGS, op. 110, for piccolo (or flute), English horn & contrabassoon (or bassoon) (1991)
• HYMN VARIATIONS, op. 108, for soprano saxophone, violin, ‘cello & piano (1991)$
• SWEPT AWAY, op. 107, for four percussionists (1990)
• PARTITA, op. 103, for flute & guitar (1989)
• PARTITA, Op. 103-B, for soprano saxophone & guitar (1989)$
• DESPERATE MEASURES, op. 102, for piano & percussion (1989)
• SKINNED ALIVE, op. 99, for eight percussionists (1989)
• TABLE FOR ONE, op. 91, for solo percussionist (with optional dancer or actor) (1987)
• SONATA DA CAMERA, op. 89, for flute & harp (1986)#
• CACCIA, op. 87, for 3 trumpets & trombone (1986)
• ENTRADA, op. 85, 8 ‘cellos & doublebass (1986)
• SONATA DA CHIESA, op. 82, for flute & violin (or English horn & viola) (1985)
• EX UNA PLURES, op. 81, for 7 violins & 5 ‘cellos (1985)
• HIT THE DECK, op. 80, for 4 percussionists (1984)
• SERENADE, op. 78, for English horn & string quartet (1984)
• SERENADE, Op. 78-B, for solo wind instrument (English horn or clarinet or trumpet or saxophone) & keyboard instrument (piano or harpsichord or organ)
• MARCH, op. 77, for woodwind octet (1984)
• FANFARE, op. 75, for three trumpets (1983)
• ARS NOVA, op. 67, for soprano saxophone (or clarinet) & piano (1982)$
• ARS NOVA, Op. 67-B, for English horn & piano (1985)
• LES FLEURS DU MAL, op. 65, for doublebass & 4 percussionists (1981)
• SONATA, op. 63, for violin & piano (1981)
• QUARTET #4, op. 61, for string quartet (1980)
• RECITATIVES & ARIAS, op. 54, for doublebass & piano (1979)
• QUINTET, op. 52, for woodwind quintet (1979)
• QUARTET #3, op. 43, for string quartet (1977)
• FANFARES & DANCES, op. 41, for brass quintet (1977)
• QUARTET #2, op. 40, for string quartet (1977)
• CODA, op. 39, for saxophone quartet (1976)$
• QUARTET #1, op. 35, for string quartet (1975)
• TROPE, op. 34, for solo ‘cello (1975)
• MOTETS & MONODIES, op. 31, for oboe, English horn & bassoon (1972)*#
• CADENZAS, op. 29, for solo violin (1972)*
• FANTASY, op. 28, for violin & piano four hands (1971)*
• FRATRICIDE, op. 27, instrumental septet for a pantomime after Kafka (1971)
• SONG & TOCCATA, op. 24,, for solo trombone (1970)*
• SONATA, op. 21, for clarinet, vibraphone & prepared piano (1969)*
• DUO, op. 19, for violas (1968)*
• INTRODUCTION, DIRGE, & FROLIC, op. 18, for flute/piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet & trombone (1968)*
• INFLECTIONS, op. 15, for piano, prepared piano, harpsichord, harp & vibraphone (1967)*
• ALLELUIA ANCIENNE, op. 10, for four clarinets (1964)

Arrangements & Recompositions

• SWEELINCK VARIATIONS I, II & III for wind ensemble*
• MONUMENTUM PRO BRUMEL for 2 trumpets & 2 trombones
• BUXTEHUDE: ADAGIO & ALLEGRO for string orchestra
• DEBUSSY: THREE PIECES for flute, harp & string quartet#

External links

• Manhattan School of Music bio
• Discography on Arkivmusic.com

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