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.

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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:

---CK

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