Theodore Presser; ASCAP
piano and chamber orchestra
Soloist: piano
2(pic).2(eh).2(bcl).2-2.2.1.0-timp 2 perc str
solo piano version available
Comm. and prem: 11/4/02; Paul Barnes and The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Rec: 2006; The Slovak Radio Orchestra, Kirk Trevor cond.
"Inspired by a Greek Orthodox chant...its free use of open intervals evoked spaciousness."

-Classical Music Review, Indianapolis

Protone Music; ASCAP
Triple Concerto
Soloists: fl-hp-vla
1.1.1.1-2.1.1.0-timp.perc-str
Comm. and prem. 9/9/07; The Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra

The title is borrowed from a line in “The Jewish Fake Book” by Sima Rabinowitz, a prose poem in the collection THE JEWISH FAKE BOOK, published by Elixir Press in 2004
I. Esther II. Ruth III. Judith
The three biblical women who give their names to these three books share a willingness to defy the conventions of their day to save their people.

Theodore Presser; ASCAP
concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra
alto sax.2(1).2(eh).2(bcl).2-4.4.3.1-timp.2perc-str
Comm. and prem: 4/93 The Women’s Philharmonic, San Francisco, CA
"It is very late at night. Imagine a deserted subway platform in New York City; a street musician playing solos in the dark... he has heard plenty of Charlie Parker and more than a little John Coltrane... he is playing his heart out for no one but himself. Imagine trains roaring through the station frequently drowning him out. Imagine that he not only continues playing but that he integrates the sounds of the trains into his solos. His music transforms the dingy cavern into a magic place. Commuters rush into the train which tears away into the dark tunnel. When quiet returns, the musicians' notes forlornly drift down around him."
-Ann Arbor Symph.
"As close as an instrumental piece can get to an actual opera... Incredibly effective." -San Francisco Bay Times

Subito Music Corp; ASCAP
Concerto for saxophone quartet and concert band
Soloists: saxophone quartet (sop.alt.ten.bar)
2.(pic)2(eh).5 (3B-flat;1 E-flat; 1 bcl).2-4.5 (3 B-flat cornets; 2 tpt).
3 tb. bar tba-db-timp-4perc
Prem: 11/18/83; The New York Institute of Technology, American Concert Band Award Winner, Symposium XV for New Band Music, Radford, VA
Each of the four saxes has his own personality. The ensemble remarks to each other as each sax makes its appearance, like spectators watching a parade.