Concertos
Academic Festival Rag | 2012
Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble | 10 ½ min.
Academic Festival Rag | 2011
Concerto Arranged for Two Pianos | 10 ½ min.
Introduction and Ragtime | 2012
Concertino for Clarinet in B Flat and Piano | 9 ¼ min.
Orchestra
Franklin Portrait: Preamble for Orchestra | 2006
Orchestra | 5 min.
Orchestra with Narration
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2003
Orchestra and Narrator | 23 ½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2008
Orchestra and Narrator | 13 min.
Concert Band with Narration
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2009
Concert Band and Narrator | 13 min.
Chamber Ensembles with Narration
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2013
Woodwind Quintet and Narrator | 18 ½ min.
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2020
Marimba, Clarinet, Piano, and Narrator | 18 ½ min.
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2020
Piano Four-Hands and Narrator | 18 ½ min.
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2008/2009
Brass Quintet and Narrator | 18 ½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2007/2012
Piano Four-Hands and Narrator | 12½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2007
Oboe, Bassoon, Piano, and Narrator | 12 ½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2007
Flute, Bassoon, Piano, and Narrator | 12 ½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2007
Clarinet in B Flat, Violoncello, Piano, and Narrator | 12 ½ min.
Old Business | 2012
Piano, Contrabass, Drum Set, and Narrator | 11 min.
Chamber Music with Double Reed Instruments
Arietta for Bassoon Quartet | 2007/2013
Arr. from the Sonata for Bassoon and Piano | 4 min.
Four Bachtatonic/Rocktatonic Inventions | 2018
Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano | 10 ½ min.
In-Two-itive Dances | 2002
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 12 min.
Nobody Knows | 2013
Oboe and Piano | 6 min.
The Octatonic Rag | 2010
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 4 ½ min.
Sieben Lieder Ohne Wörter (aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn) | 2014
Bassoon and Piano | 14 min.
Sonata | 2003/2007
Bassoon and Piano | 13 ½ min.
Take the Love, This Can’t Be the A Train | 2010
Bassoon Quartet | 4 ¼ min.
Take the Love, This Can’t Be the A Train | 2010
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 4 ¼ min.
Taylor Fanfare | 2013
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 4 ½ min.
Variations on Country Gardens | 2004/2016
Woodwind Quartet (fl., ob., cl., bsn.) | 3 min.
Variations on Country Gardens | 2005/2012
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 3 min.
Other Instrumental Works
Flight of the Bungled G | 2001/2018
Solo Harpsichord | 2 ½ min.
Four Bachtatonic/Rocktatonic Inventions | 2018
Marimba, Clarinet in B Flat, and Piano | 10 ½ min.
Ragtime Reflections for Flute and Piano | 2013
Take the Love, This Can’t Be the A Train | 2011
Clarinet in B Flat and Piano | 4 ½ min.
Taylor Fanfare | 2017
String Quartet and Piano | 4 ½ min.
Piano Solo
Eight Ragtime Pieces | 1975 - 1993
Piano | 28 min.
Cadenzas for W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto, K. 467 | 1980, revised 2021
Piano | 4 min.
Piano Four-Hands
Flight of the Bungled G | 2018
Piano Four-Hands | 2 ½ min.
Four Four-Handed Complements | 2007/2013
Piano Four-Hands | ca. 15 min.
Le Tombeau de Saint-Saëns | 2020
Piano Four-Hands and Narrator | 18 ½ min.
Little Red Riding Hood (or Ladle Rat Rotten Hut) | 2007/2012
Piano Four-Hands and Narrator | 12 ½ min.
Taylor Fanfare | 2013
Piano Four-Hands | 4 ½ min.
Twelve Great Classical Melodies From Mozart to Tchaikovsky (for the early grade piano student and their teacher to play together) | 2023
Piano Four-Hands (Pedagogical) |
Two Pianos
Four Bachtatonic/Rocktatonic Inventions | 2018
Two Pianos | 11 min.
Pedagogical Piano Pieces
Twelve Short Pieces for Piano (from beginner to intermediate levels) | 2023
Piano Solo (Pedagogical) |
Twelve Great Classical Melodies From Mozart to Tchaikovsky (for the early grade piano student and their teacher to play together) | 2023
Piano Four-Hands (Pedagogical) |
24 Erstwhile Familiar Tunes | 2023
Piano Solo, Four-Hands, and Six-Hands (Pedagogical)
Instrumental Arrangements
Bach, J.S.
Aria Variata alla maniera italiana (BWV 989) | arr. 2003
Flute and Bassoon | ca. 16 min.
Oboe and Bassoon | ca. 16 min.
Beach, Amy
Children’s Carnival, Op. 25 (six movements, complete, originally for piano) | arr. 1998/2008 revised
Woodwind Quartet (fl., ob., cl., bsn.) | ca. 9 min.
Beethoven, Ludwig van
String Quartet in F, Op. 135 | arr. 2015/2018
Saxophone Quartet (four movements, complete) | ca. 25 min.
Bizet, Georges
Six Pieces from Children’s Games, Op. 22 | arr. 2016
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | 12 min.
Brahms, Johannes
Seven Piano Pieces (from Op. 10, 76, 116, 117, and 119) | arr. 2017/2020
Bassoon and Piano | ca. 21 min.
Five Piano Pieces from Op. 76 | arr. 2014
Oboe and Piano | ca. 15 min.
Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 | arr. 2014
Oboe and Piano
Sixteen Piano Pieces from Op. 10, 76, 116, 117, and 119 | arr. 2014-2015
Clarinet and Piano | ca. 45 min.
Alto Saxophone and Piano | ca. 45 min.
Thirty Piano Pieces from Op. 10, 76, 116, 117, and 119 | arr. 2013-2017
Violin and Piano | ca. 90 min.
Two Ballades from Op. 10 | arr. 2015
Violin and Piano
Eight Pieces, Op. 76 | arr. 2013-2014
Violin and Piano
Fantasies, Op. 116 | arr. 2015
Violin and Piano
Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 | arr. 2014
Violin and Piano
Six Pieces, Op. 118 | arr. 2014
Violin and Piano
Four Pieces, Op. 119 | arr. 2015
Violin and Piano
Two Piano Pieces, Op. 10, No. 2 & 4 | arr. 2015
Viola and Piano | ca. 8 min.
Fauré, Gabriel
Dolly Suite, Op. 56 | arr. 2015
Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano | ca. 16 min.
Three Movements from Dolly: Berceuse, Mi-A-Ou, Jardin de Dolly, Op. 56 | arr. 2000
Wind Septet (Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, and Horn) | 8 min.
MacDowell, Edward
Five Pieces (from Woodland Sketches, Twelve Etudes, and New England Idyls) | arr. 2014
Alto Saxophone and Piano | ca. 10 min.
Clarinet and Piano | ca. 10 min.
Three Pieces (originally for piano: In Autumn, To a Wild Rose, Alla Tarantella) | arr. 200/2009 revised
Woodwind Quartet (fl., ob., cl., bsn.) | 6 min.
Joplin, Scott
Elite Syncopations | arr. 2018
Clarinet Quartet (mixed) | 3 min.
Schubert, Franz
Piano Sonata in B Major, Op. 147 (four movements, complete) | arr. 2017
Oboe and Piano | 25 min.
Schumann, Robert
Fantasie, Opus 17 (III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten) | adapt. 2022
Violin and Piano |
Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) Op. 15 (13 movements, complete) | arr. 2000
Woodwind Quartet (fl., ob., cl., bsn.) | 18 min.
Solo Voice and Accompaniment
Karen’s Song | 2003
Soprano (or Treble Chorus), Flute and Piano (or Harp) | 2 1/2 min.
Six Italian Songs | 2013
Soprano and Piano | 13 min.
Two or More Voices and Accompaniment
Chinese Folk Song Mashup 1.0 | 2017
Four Solo Singers (SATB), Piano, and Woodwind Quartet | 4 3/4 min.
Treble Chorus and Children’s Chorus
Carol of the Field Mice | 1998
Three-Part Treble/Children’s Chorus (SSA) or Two-Part SA and Horn in F | 2 1/4 min.
Come Let Us Mourn | 2005
Treble Chorus (SSAA) | 1 3/4 min.
Crocus | 2001
Treble Chorus, Piano, and Orchestral Bells | 2 1/2 min.
English is Tough Stuff | 2003
Treble Chorus and Piano | 2 1/2 min.
Karen’s Song | 2003
Soprano (or Treble Chorus),
Flute and Piano (or Harp) | 2 1/2 min.
The Sandpiper | 1997
Two Treble Choruses, Flute, Clarinet, and Guitar (or Cello) | 4 3/4 min.
Two Songs from The Wind in the Willows | 1997
Treble Chorus and Piano | 4 min.
Mixed Chorus (SATB and Other)
A Poet’s Life | 2006/2011
SATB Chorus, Piano, Bongos, and Maracas | 5 1/4 min.
A Year and a Day | 2004
Mixed Chorus (SATB), Treble Chorus, Flute, Cello, Celeste (or Synthesizer), Piano, and Percussion (one player) | 18 min.
Chinese Folk Song Mashup 1.0 | 2017
Four Solo Singers (SATB), Piano, and Woodwind Quartet | 4 3/4 min.
Five Poems by Celia L. Thaxter | 1999/2013 revised
Four Part Chorus (SATB) unaccompanied
The Geheimerath Rödelein’s House | 2010
A Comic Scene for SATB Chorus, Piano and Narrator | 7 1/4 min.
On Censure or Backbiting | 2006
SATB Chorus, unaccompanied | 1 3/4 min.
PErFORMER CREDITS
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the following individuals for their herculean efforts and talent that made numerous performances and recordings of my music possible, many of which are posted on this website:
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John-Michael Albert, narrator ・ Amanda Allen, trumpet ・ Gabrielle Baffoni, clarinet ・ Sharon Baker, soprano ・ Heidi Bean, flute ・ Kendall Betts, horn ・ Andrew Boysen, Jr., conductor ・ Erin Bruce, piano ・ Jérôme Claverie, cello ・ Kerry Cobuccio, clarinet ・ Dianne Colby Dean, conductor ・ Erin Driscoll, piano ・ Brett Gallo, percussion ・ Casey Goodwin, conductor ・ Margaret Herlehy, oboe ・ John Hunter, bass ・ Stephanie Jenkins, clarinet ・ William Kempster, conductor ・ Arlene Kies, piano ・ Charlotte Kies, clarinet ・ Christopher Kies, piano ・ Heather Lobley, alto ・ Hannah Lobley, soprano ・ Amanda Lobley, soprano ・ Paul MacDowell, violin ・ Paul Merrill, piano ・ Lisa Raposa Millar, piano ・ Mark Mummé, tuba ・ Nicholas Orovich, trombone ・ Josh Picard, percussion ・ Janet Polk, bassoon ・ David Ripley, narrator ・ Peter Schultz, conductor ・ Bret Silverman, piano ・ Jody Hill Simpson, conductor ・ Jared Sims, saxophone ・ Joseph Stevens, piano ・ Robert Stibler, trumpet ・ Reverend Robert Thompson, narrator ・ Benjamin Tibbetts, synthesizer ・ Hsiang Tu, piano・ Peggy Vagts, flute ・ Larry Veal, cello