mixed instrumental ens

On The And Of was written at the request of the Newport Chamber Music Society for the Ernest Bloch Festival in the summer of 2006. Scored for the instruments of the Third Angle New Music Ensemble from Portland, the work was premiered on July 6, 2006, in Newport, OR.

Composer's note:  Symbiosis, for clarinet doubling bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, and cello, was composed during the spring of 2009 for the Empyrean Ensemble. It was a pleasure writing it with the sound of Empyrean's wonderful players firmly in mind. Webster's defines symbiosis as "the close union of two dissimilar organisms." These organisms, in this case musical ideas, morph at varying rates of speed, and form new alliances. So alliances arise, flourish for a while, and shift.