SYMPHONY #7-Celestial Dances is a large symphonic work of comic consciousness. ORCHESTRATION Piccolo 2 Flutes (doubling on Alto Flute) 2 Oboes English Horn 2 Bb Clarinets Bass Clarinet 2 Bassoons Contra Bassoon 4 Horns in F 3 Bb Trumpets 2 Tenor Trombones Bass Trombone Tuba 6 percussionists: Vibraphone Marimba Crash Cymbal Tam tam 4 Timpani Snare Bass 18-22 1st Violins 16-20 2nd Violins 14-18 Violas 10-12 Celli 8-10 Basses Duration: (45:38)

Symphony #9-THE HOOP OF LIFE, is a choral symphony using Cherokee, Lakota vocables, Hebrew and Kabbalistic numerology. This Symphony is to be an invocation, a tuning, a vision for what is possible through indigenous and Kabbalist teachings. If we truly believe in Oneness, that we are All part of the total cosmic Consciousness, then there must be a way to harness the "verb" of life and refocus mankind from self-destruction. Many will think I'm crazy, a cock-eyed romantic... whatever... I had no other choice but to write this work ORCHESTRATION Piccolo (doubling on Alto Flute) 2 Alto Flutes...

This work was written as a gift to the human race: a reminder of what is possible, if we simply choose to embrace the potential of our civility and spirituality. Disturbed by what I have witnessed during my lifetime: constant wars, murder, the evolving practice of stealing up to and including the corporate level, the horrid abuse of women and children, defacing the planet and the growing celebration of self-degradation, I was motivated to write a liturgical work. ORCHESTRATION Piccolo 2 Flues (doubling on Alto Flute) 2 Oboes English Horn 2 Bb Clarinets Bass Clarinet 2 Bassoons Contra Bassoon...

In 1421, Third Ming Dynasty Emperor, Zhu Di, sent out an armada to circumnavigate the globe, led by five Mongol Muslim Eunuchs. These remarkable Chinese admirals rounded the Cape of Hope sixty-six years before Dias, passed through the Strait of Magellan ninety-eight years before Magellan, surveyed Australia three centuries before Captain Cook, Antartica and the Artic four centuries before the first Europeans, and America seventy years before Columbus. The great admirals Zheng He, Hong Boa, Zhou Man, Zhou Wen and Yang Qing deserve to be remembered and celebrated too, for they were the first,...

This symphonic work was written about four friends. ORCHESTRATIONS 3 Flutes (1st doubling on Alto, 3rd doubling on Piccolo) 2 Oboes English Horn 3 Clarinets (3rd doubling on Bass Clarinet) 2 Bassoons Contra Bassoon 4 Horns in F 3 Bb Trumpets 2 Tenor Trombones 1 Bass Trombone Tuba 6 percussionists: Timpani (30," 28," 25," 23") Glockenspiel Tubular Bell ("A") Vibraphone Marimba 2 Snares Bass Drum Suspended Cymbal Tam tam 14-16-22 1st Violins 12-14-18 2nd Violins 10-12-14 Violas 8-10-12 Celli 6-8-10 Double Basses Duration: (50:58)

As idiomatically specific as the Minuet, Waltz or Two-step, Reggae's double-time/single-time identity, where the downbeat supplants the back beat, has grabbed its place in history. Stewart Copeland's micro-time led me to the heart of Reggae. I was resistant at first. Being a "dyed-in-the-wool" Rhythm and Blues devotee, I initially thought of Reggae as middle-of-the-road R & B, a non-committal approach rather than the darkness of R & B's soul. But as I got deeper into its processes, I not only felt its lightness of being, but its limitless ability to transform anything to sit on its rhythmic...

Cirque de la Lune is an eclectic evening of music, dance and song, a concert oratorio. This is the piano/vocal score and libretto of the circus. The chamber music version is for Bb Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone (doubling on Alto Flute), Baritone Saxophone (doubling on Alto Flute and Bb Clarinet, 2 Electric Guitars (1 doubling on Acoustic), Five String Electric Bass, Drum Set, Keyboards Piano & various keyboard synthesis, Soprano, Trio (Soprano, Mezzo & Alto), Baritone, Tenor and Boy Soprano. The vocal styles range from Rock/Pop to Art Song to Musical Theater.

Symphonic ballet music ORCHESTRATION 2 Flutes 2 Oboes English Horn 2 Bb Clarinets Bass Clarinet 2 Bassoons Contra Bassoon Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone 4 Horns in F 3 Bb Trumpets 2 Tenor Trombones Bass Trombone Tuba Piano (five percussionists) 3 Timpani (30," 28," 25") Snare Bass Marimba Glockenspiel Suspended Cymbal Crash Cymbal Tam tam 14-16-22 1st Violins 12-14-18 2nd Violins 10-12-14 Violas 8-10-12 Celli 6-8-10 Double Basses Duration: (33:00)

When I was nineteen years old and playing the Hammond B-3 organ in a band called the Salvation Navy, we shared the bill with the Yard Birds. A skinny kid in burgundy lame pants and tie-dyed tank top walks onto the stage with his guitar and violin bow. He subsequently went on to blow our minds with his incredible virtuosity and a vision of what was to come. His name was Jimmy Page and he formed a new band the very next year. Led Zeppelin, with its roots steeped in rhythm and blues, was to become the greatest heavy metal band that rock 'n' roll had ever known. One particular guitar solo of...

the African experience, predicated upon rhythm with endless aspirations for freedom inspired this work and is gratefully dedicated CHILD'S PLAY/THE TRIBAL ELDER It is morning and the sun is already very hot. Children, playing in a village, seem oblivious to the oppressive heat. In their mischievous play, they come across a tribal elder in spiritual contemplation. RUNNING/THE SINGING BIRD A young male runs and runs for the thrill of running. The animals, in the open plains, seem to run with him in the same euphoric state of mind. Out of breath, he sits down in the shade of a tree and hears a...