Act I
(Narrator = Abraham)
Overture = Orchestra
Promenade = Orchestra with Traffic Cop
Wintertime = Fisherman
Clara’s Theme = Orchestra with Captain Martin
Song of Captain Martin = Captain Martin and Men’s Chorus
The Pirate = Hugh and Henry
Questions = Hugh
One Day = Henry and Rebecca
He Must Be = Rebecca and Marie
My Life = Marie
(Narrator = Street Preacher)
Perfidy! = John and Andrew
Song and Dance of the Jewish Merchant = Jewish Merchant
(Narrator = Tour Guide)
Four Lawyers of Corn = Cob, Pone, Mash and Ball
What is Happiness? = Andrew
Work Chorus = Chorus + John, Rebecca and Marie
(Narrator = Abraham)
Overture (reprise)
Act II
Like A Pirate = Chorus
Menu Song = Marie, Rebecca and 2 cooks
(Narrator = Newspaperman)
Charlestown Culture = 2 Charlestown Ladies
Charlestown Gentlemen = Hugh, Henry and 2 Charlestown Gents
Rondeau Nouveau (Aristocratic 4tet) = 2 Charlestown Ladies and 2 Charlestown Gents
(Narrator = Miss Ashley)
Daddy’s Little Baby = 3 lead girl singers and 3 backup singers
The Smoking Gun = John and Andrew
Babel Chorus = Marie, Rebecca, Hugh, Henry, John and Andrew (with the Jewish Merchant)
Song of Captain Martin (reprise) = Captain Martin and Men’s Chorus
Menuet = Orchestra
Anthem of Forgiveness = Cast and Chorus
Questions (reprise) = Hugh and Marie; Henry and Rebecca; John and Andrew
(Narrator = Abraham)
Closing Themes (Like a Pirate, etc.) = Orchestra
Love Poems for voice and piano, Op.7 (2008)
No.1. Symptoms of Love (Robert Graves, 1895-1985)
No.2. A Statue of Eros (Zenodotus, b.325 BCE)
No.3. A Drinking Song (William Butler Yates, 1865-1939)
No.4. She Who Is Always In My Thoughts (Bhartrhari, 5th Century)
No.5. In My Sky At Twilight (Pablo Neruda, 1904-1973)
No.6. Talking In Bed (Philip Larkin, 1922-1985)
No.7. In Former Days
(Bhartrhari, 5th Century)
No.8.
Music (Percy Byssche Shelley, 1792-1822)
Death by Water (Phlebas the Phoenician) for SATB Chorus, Op.8 (2008) from The Waste Land, No.IV by T.S. Eliot (1922)
The Voices (Nine Pages with a Titlepage) for voice and piano, Op.9 (2008) from The Book of Pictures, Book 2, Part II by Rainer Maria Rilke
No.1. Titlepage
No.2. The Song of the Beggar
No.3. The Song of the Blindman
No.4. The Song of the Drinker
No.5. The Song of the Suicide
No.6. The Song of the Widow
No.7. The Song of the Idiot
No.8. The Song of the Orphan
No.9. The Song of the Dwarf
No.10. The Song of the Leper
Solitude Poems for voice and piano, Op.10 (2009)
1. Abandoned Conversation with the Senses
(Matthea Harvey, b.1973)
2. My Mind
(Callimachus, 305-240 BCE)
3. Me from Myself – to banish
(Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886)
4. The Poet with His Face in His Hands
(Mary Oliver, b.1935)
5. no time ago
(e.e. cummings, 1894-1962)
6. Danse Russe
(William Carlos Williams, 1883-1963)
7. Not Waving but Drowning (Stevie Smith, 1902-1971)
8. Tonight I’ve watched
(Sappho, 6th century, BCE)
9. Home is So Sad
(Philip Larkin, 1922-1985)
10. A Clear Midnight
(Walt Whitman, 1819-1892)
Miniatures for solo piano, Op.11 (2010)
No.1. Adagio Tranquillo
No.2. Youth, Maturity, Old Age
No.3. Thoughtful
No.4. Valse Triste
No.5. Chorale
No.6.
Cakewalk
No.7. Tempo of Despair d'Chopin
Halloween at the Cherry Valley Music Studio for solo piano, Op.12 (2010)
No.1. Zombie Boogie
No.2. Love Song of the Owls YouTube
No.3. Black Cat Ramble
No.4. Spider Dance
No.5. 12-Tone Cherokee Witches
No.6. Pumpkins Feud
No.7. Graveyard at Midnight
No.8. March of the Dead
No.9. Haunted House (four hands)
No.10. Icky Waltz
For jazz guitar and string quartet, Op.13 (2009)
No.1. In My Sky at Twilight adapted from Love Songs Op.7, No.5
No.2. Zigeuner
Twenty-four Character Pieces for solo piano, Op.14 (2020)
No.1. C Major. Toccata YouTube
No.2. C minor. Valse triste YouTube
No.3. Db major. Reverie YouTube
No.4. C# minor. Prelude YouTube
No.5. D Major. Andante espressivo YouTube
No.6. D minor. The Spiders from Op.5, No.9 YouTube
No.7. Eb minor. Sleeping from Op.2, No.6 YouTube
No.8. Eb Major. Capriccio YouTube
No.9. E Major. Anthem YouTube
No.10. E minor. Romanze YouTube
No.11. F Major. Moderato (Song for Sharma) YouTube
No.12. F minor. Fantasia YouTube
No.13. Gb Major. Regret
No.14. F# minor. Variations on a Theme YouTube
No.15. G Major. One Day from The Pirate, Op.6 YouTube
No.16. G minor. Reverie YouTube
No.17. G# minor. Etude for the Left Hand
No.18. Ab Major. Prelude
No.19. A Major. I died for beauty from Op.2, No.7
No.20. A minor. Scherzo
No.21. Bb Major. Waltz
No.22. Bb minor. Adagietto
No.23. B Major. Consolation YouTube
No.24. B minor. Tarantella
Nothing's Changed: Ten Erotic Poems from Antiquity for voice and piano, Op.15 (2010)
No.1-3. Three Poems. (Bhartrhari, 5th Century)
(trans. John Brough)
No.4. In The Forrest Of Her Hair (Bhartrhari, 5th Century)
(trans. John Brough)
No.5. Surprise, Surprise. (Anon., 9th Century Arabic) (trans. Derek Parker)
No.6. When His Mouth Faced My Mouth. (Amaru, 5th Century)
(trans. John Brough)
No.7. Many Think Quintia’s Beautiful. (Catallus, c.84-c.54 B.C.) (trans. James Michie)
No.8. Epigram 24. (Martial, c.40-c.104 A.D.) (trans. James Michie)
No.9. Hello There. (Philodemus, 110-30 B.C.)
(trans. William Moebius)
No.10. Good God, What A Night That Was. (Petronius, 1st Century A.D.)
(trans. Kenneth Rexroth)
The American Myth for narrator, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion and piano, Op.16 (2006)
[1] Introduction
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Fanfare for the Common Man [P solo] with
Walt Whitman (1818-1892) from To Foreign Lands and I Hear America Singing [Narr] 
Anon. American Simple Gifts (Shaker Tune) [Cl and P]
[2] The Colonies
Robert Frost (1875-1963) The Gift Outright [Narr]
Anon. American Yankee Doodle [Fl, Vln and Side Drum]
Anon. American Sailing Song [Narr]
Anon. American Blow The Man Down [Fl, Vln, Vc and Tambourine]
[3] The Pioneers
Walt Whitman from Pioneers! O Pioneers! [Narr]
Anon. American The Erie Canal [Vc and P]
Anon. American Sweet Betsy from Pike [Fl, Cl and Vc]
Anon. American Shenandoah [Fl and P]
Anon. American I Wonder As I Wander [Cl solo]
[4] The Frontier
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) from They Have Yarns [Narr and Perc]
Medley. Stephen Foster (1826-1864) Oh, Susanna / Stephen Foster De Camptown Races / Anon. American Turkey in the Straw [Vln and P]
Anon. American My Darling Clementine [Vln solo]
[5] The Mighty Mississippi
Mark Twain (1835-1910) from Life on the Mississippi [Narr]
Medley. Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) from The Banjo “An American Sketch” /
La Savane “Ballade Créole” / Bamboula “Danse des Nègres” [P solo]
[6] The South
Walt Whitman I sit and look… [Narr]
Anon. American Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen [Vc solo]
Walt Whitman Have you heard… [Narr]
Medley. Daniel Emmett (1815-1904) Dixie [Cl and P] / James Bland (1854-1911) Carry Me Back to Old Virginny [P solo] /
Stephen Foster My Old Kentucky Home [Vc and P] /
Charles Stier (b.1956) Southern Coda [Cl, Vc and P]
[7] The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) from The Gettysburg Address of November 19, 1863;
Annual Message to Congress of December 1, 1862; and Second Inaugural Address of
March 4, 1865 [Narr] with
U.S. Army Civil War Drum Calls To Arms, Assembly and Cease Fire [Narr and Perc]
Medley. Patrick S. Gilmore (1829-1892) When Johnny Comes Marching Home / George F. Root (1820-1895) Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! / Anon. American Battle Hymn of the Republic [Vln, Fl and Side Drum]
Aaron Copland from Fanfare for the Common Man [P solo]
Horace Greeley (1811-1872) Go West… [Narr]
[8] The Railroad
Anon. American A Railroad Man For Me [Narr]
Medley. Anon. American She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain / I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad /
This Train [Cl, Vc and Perc]
[9] The Cowboys
Anon. American Savvy Sayin’s [Narr]
Anon. American The Cowboy’s Lament (The Streets of Laredo) [Vln and Vc]
Wallace McRae (b.1936) from Between Earth and Sky: Poets of the Cowboy West
Anon. American Home On The Range and American Indian Melody [Vln and Fl]
Buck Ramsey (b.1938) from Anthem [Narr]
Anon. American Red River Valley [Cl, Vc and P]
[10] The Parlor
D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Piano [Narr]
Stephen Foster Beautiful Dreamer [Cl and P]
Stephen Foster Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair [Cl and P]
Anon. American I Know Where I’m Going [P solo]
[11] Finale
Walt Whitman No Labor-Saving Machine [Narr]
Charles Stier I died for beauty [P solo]
Walt Whitman Halcyon Days [Narr]
Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man [P solo]
Limericks for voice and piano, Op.17 (incomplete 2013)
No.1. A mouse in her room woke Miss Dowd
Sonata No.1 in E minor for solo piano, Op.18 (2020)
I. Presto
II. Andante
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro vivace
Sonata No.2 in G minor for solo piano, Op.19 (2020)
I. Moderato risoluto
II.
Grief. Largo
III. Valse. Triste
IV. Rondo. Scherzando. Molto allegro
Meditation in C minor for solo cello, Op.20 (2021)
Sonata No.3 in A Major for solo piano, Op.21 (2021)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. l'istesso tempo
IV. Rondo. Moderato
Twenty-four Waltzes for solo piano, Op.22 (2021)
No.1. C Major. The Big Dog (Cowboy Waltz) from Op.3, No.2
No.2. C minor. Valse triste from Op.14, No.2
No.3. Db Major. Romanze
No.4. C# minor. Valse mélancolique
No.5. D Major. Heroic Waltz
No.6. D minor. Valse dangereuse
No.7. Eb minor. Waltz for the Dead
No.8. Eb Major. Viennese Drinking Song from Op.7, No.3
No.9. E Major. Ländler (Country Dance)
No.10. E minor. Waltz
No.11. F Major. (Who cares?) I’m In Love! (Jazz Waltz)
No.12. F minor. Waltz
No.13. Gb Major. Waltz
No.14. F# minor. Waltz
No.15. G Major. Kinderwalzer
No.16. G minor. Valse triste from Op.19, Mvt.III
No.17. G# minor. Der Teufelswalzer
No.18. Ab Major. Valse angélique
No.19. A Major. Petite Waltz
No.20. A minor. Waltz
No.21. Bb Major. Southern Waltz from Op.14, No.21
No.22. Bb minor. Icky Waltz for Halloween from Op.12, No.10
No.23. B Major. Valse sérieuse
No.24. B minor. Petite Waltz
Songs for a F*cked Up World for voice and piano, Op.23 (2021)
No.1.
This be the verse (Philip Larkin, 1922-1985)
No.2. Differences of opinion (Wendy Cope, b.1945)
No.3. Soup Kitchens (Hollie McNish, b.1983)
No.4. Ancestors (Nikita Gill, b.1991)
No.5. The Pig (Anon.)
No.6. A love letter from my Mother -- from T. to J. (Charles Stier)
No.7.
Haydn’s Head (Charles Stier)
Sonata No.4 in C Major for solo piano, Op.24 (2021)
I. Moderato
II. Andante risoluto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegretto moderato
Preludes for solo piano, Op.25 (2022)
No.1. E-flat Major. Lento assai
No.2. G Major
No.3. A minor
No.4. B minor. Adagio
No.5. C Major. Allegro
No.6. B-flat Major. Largo molto
No.7. F minor. Andante mesto
No.8. E Major. Valse
Kitchen Suite, Op.26 for solo piano (2022)
No.1. Tomato Tango
No.2. Tunafish Toccata
No.3. Cherry Cha-Cha
No.4. Bagel Bagatelle
No.5. Microwave Minuet
No.6. Toaster Oven Tarantella
No.7. Salami Sarabande
No.8. The Trashbag The Trashcan
No.9. Salt and Pepper Serenade
No.10. Baked Potato Polonaise
No.11.
Napkin Nocturne
Order Kitchen Suite from Piano Safari
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano, Op.27 (2022)
I. Strong
II. Noble
III. Molto vivace
IV. Bold
The Animals of the Carnival at Cherry Valley Music, Op.28 for solo piano (2022)
No.1. Overture. Magical
No.2. Elephants. Noble
No.3. Giraffes. Elegant
No.4. Lions. Fierce
No.5. Dogs. Tricky
No.6. Acrobats. Dangerous
No.7. Jugglers. Amazing
No.8. Strongmen. Heavy
No.9. Clowns. Funny
No.10. Musicians. March
No.11. Children. Happy
No.12. Families. Loving
No.13. Treats. Nostalgic
No.14. Finale. Grand
Twenty-four Backyard Haiku, Op.29 for beginning pianists with teacher accompaniment (2022)
No.1. Butterfly
No.2. Ants
No.3. Frog
No.4. Squirrels
No.5. Goldfinch
No.6. Spring rain
No.7. Summer clouds
No.8. Autumn chill
No.9. Winter ice
No.10. Snow
No.11. Turtle
No.12. My sister’s cat
No.13. The neighbor’s dog
No.14. Falling leaves
No.15. Goldfish (Jules Steffe)
No.16. Skunk (Jules Steffe)
No.17. Fox (Jules Steffe)
No.18. Mole (Jules Steffe)
No.19. Cherry blossoms (Jules Steffe)
No.20. Hawk (Jules Steffe)
No.21. Rabbit
No.22. Bluebird (Jules Steffe)
No.23. Hoot owl
No.24. Deer (Jules Steffe)
Trio No.1 in D Major for violin, cello and piano, Op.30 (2023)
I. Allegro giocoso
II. Adagio molto espressivo
III. Valse sentimentale (Tema con variazioni)
IV. Allegro assai
TRUMP (the musical), Op.31 (2017)
Overture "Believe Me"
Mexican Cancíon de Amor "El Trump"
Chinese "Happy Workers Song"
Country Ballad "Make America Great Again"
Russian Dirge "Lullaby"
Yiddish "Kushner Klezmer Kombo"
German Drinking Song. "Trumpf"
Scottish "Hole-In-One"
Spy Thriller "Danger, Danger"
Children's Song "I'm A Winner"
Millionaire's Waltz "We Thank You"
Parade Scene "The Military-Industrial Complex March"
Evangelical "Hymn"
The Working Man's Fate "Fade to Black"
Arabic Dance Number "Donald, Habibi, Baby"
Jazz Ballad "My Struggle (Mein Kampf)"
E.U. "Euro Tango"
Trio No.2 in C minor for violin, cello and piano, Op.32 (2023)
I. Adagio espressivo. Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Largo cantabile
IV.
Andantino. Allegro
Backyard Birds for solo piano, Op.33 (2023)
No.1. The Robin Shuffle
No.2. Bluebird Blues
No.3. Cardinal’s Canon
No.4. Turkey Trot Rag
No.5. Owl Hootenanny
No.6. Goose Gavotte
No.7. Hummingbird Dreams
No.8. Crows
No.9. Woodpecker (by Molly Stier)
No.10. Mockingbird
AscottLand for solo piano, Op.34 (2023)
No.1. Misty Morn
No.2. Twilight
No.3. Midnight
No.4. Autumn
No.5. Winter
No.6. Spring
No.7. Summer
No.8.
Anthem
Birds, Bugs and Butterflies for young pianists, Op.35 (2023)
No.1. Ladybug, Ladybug
No.2. Bees
No.3. Ants
No.4. Fireflies
No.5. Praying Mantis
No.6. Butterflies
No.7. Bluebird Blues (from Op.33)
No.8. The Robin Shuffle (from Op.33)
No.9. Woodpecker (by Molly Stier) (from Op.33)
Sonata No.5 in F minor for solo piano, Op.36 (2024)
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo. Presto
IV.
Allegro moderato
Sonata No.6 in E-flat Major for solo piano, Op.37 (2024 in progress)
I. Moderato
Works Without Opus
Adagio in C minor (for Leslie Micciche Granger). solo piano (2024)
Waltz for Ellen (jazz waltz) (for Seth Zarny). solo piano (2023)
In My Town (jazz ballad). solo piano (1982)
Arrangements
I died for beauty (from Op.2, No.7). (arr.) three cellos
Londonderry Air. (arr.) cello and piano
Lady Madonna (arr.) solo cello
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (arr.) Valse Triste. solo piano
O Beautiful For Spacious Skies (arr.) solo piano
Shenandoah (arr.) solo piano
Amazing Grace (arr.) for voice, cello and piano
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