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Musical Works

Symphonic/orchestral Stele (for large ), 2 movements, 1976; Vreeland Award winner. Duration 14 minutes. Soundscapes, 2 movements, 1979; for the Eugene Youth Symphony. Duration 7 minutes.

Symphonic band/wind ensemble (...with deep blue...) (for wind ensemble), 1980; premiered in Eugene by the U. of Oregon Symphonic Band at the 1980 College Band Directors Natl. Assn. Convention, May, 1980. Duration 25 minutes.

Chamber/instrumental Variations (for 4 ), 1973; premiered in Lincoln, NE, 1974. Duration c. 9 min- utes. Ricercar (for and organ), 1974; premiered in Lincoln, NE, 1974. Duration c. 7 minutes. Ephemeris (for chamber orchestra), 1975; “graphic” score premiered by Lincoln Improvi- sation Ensemble, Lincoln, NE, 1975. Duration 7 minutes. Helix (for solo flute), 1975; premiered in New York, Nat’l Assoc. convention. Open duration. Orbes Serierum (for and septet), 1975; Vreeland Award winner, premiered in Lin- coln, NE, 1976. Duration 9 minutes. Letters to Denny (for solo trumpet), 3 movements, 1979; premiered in New York City, 1981; performed by Prof. Dennis Schneider faculty recital (UN-L), 1983. Duration 5 minutes. like wind on the buffalo grass (in memoriam Crazy Horse) (for percussion ensemble, 12 play- ers), 3 movements, 1980; commissioned by U. of Oregon and Oregon Percussive Arts Society, premiered in San Jose, CA, at the 1980 Int’l Percussive Arts Convention; per- formed in Eugene, Portland, and Seattle, 1988, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2012; digi- tally recorded by U. of Oregon Percussion Ensemble, 1989, re-recorded, 2006. Dura- tion 19 minutes. Gemmae (for , , and piano), 5 movements, 1982; Rapoport Prize winner, premiered by Bramerhill Chamber Players at Richmond, VA, 1982; performed at the Composers Conference, Johnstown, VT, 1982. Duration 18 minutes. 1 Polyps (for solo clarinet), 1982; premiered at New York City, 1982; recorded and broadcast on NPR by Ear Play, San Francisco, 1989. Duration 9 minutes. night by silentsailing night (for chamber orchestra), 1982; funded by New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship; premiered at the 1982 Composers Conference, John- stown, VT, Efraim Guigui, conductor. Duration 13 minutes. Movement (for solo ), 1983; premiered at McMillan Theatre, New York City by Rolf Schulte, 1983, performed in Carnegie Recital Hall, 1992 (League of Composers-ISCM concert, national selection). Duration 7 minutes. Serenade with Arabesques (for trumpet solo and 14 players), 1984; premiered at the 1984 Composers Conference at Wellesley College, Ronald Anderson, trumpet, Efraim Guigui, conductor. Duration 17 minutes. Aubade in Spring (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and harpsichord), 2 movements, 1984; commissioned by the Roxbury Arts Festival and Meet the Composer, premiered by the Roxbury Chamber Players at Roxbury, NY, 1984; performed by the Bramerhill Chamber Players in Richmond, VA, 1985 and by Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord, and the League Chamber Players in New York City (Merkin Hall), 1987. Duration 11 minutes. Six Jazz Dances (for alto saxophone and piano), 1989. Duration 14 minutes. Six Preludes (for flute and guitar), 1989; for young players. Duration 8 minutes. Lament, for two children of Bên Lúc, 1968 (for solo cello), 1999; premiered by Joshua Gor- don in New York City (The Flea Theatre, League of Composers-ISCM concert, nat’l selection), 2002, and performed by Okkyung Lee on two New York concerts during the Stefan Wolpe Centennial events. Duration 6 minutes. Capriccio Sull’Uccello, (for saxophone quartet, satb), 5 movements, 2004; premiered by the Marshall Taylor Saxophone Quartet, Philadelphia (Temple University) and New York City (Symphony Space), March 2004. Duration: 11 minutes. String Quartet, 2006. Duration 16 minutes. Quintet in Two Parts (for flute, , , , and percussion), 1999, rev. 2008. Duration 11 minutes. Triple Quartet, (5 vn, 3 va, 3 vc, 1 bs), in progress. say what ... whatwhat, (for alto saxophone, marimba, vibraphone, and piano), 2008. Dura- tion 8 minutes.

Vocal//choral Three Small Songs (for and piano), 1974. Duration 5 minutes. Five Japanese Haiku (for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, and cello), 1978; premiered by Eugene New Music Project at Eugene, OR, 1979; performed at McMillan Theatre in New York City, 1981. Duration 6 minutes. Tao Te Blues (for alto voice, flugelhorn, and 4 digital [on electronic tape]), 1988; commissioned by Thoughts in Motion with grants from Meet the Composer, the 2 Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and the New York State Council on the Arts, premiered at New York City and Washington, D.C. (7 performances), 1988. Duration 10 minutes. One Shall Rise (for solo and male choir [t.t.b.b.], text by John Milton), 1993; premiered at Westport, NY, 1993. Duration 7 minutes. Six Dickenson Songs (for soprano and piano), 1998. Duration 15 minutes. Shakespeare Songs (rev., for , d’amore, and guitar), 2002. Duration 16 minutes. Waldensongs, a secular cantata in eleven movements (for mezzosoprano, tenor, S.A.T.B. chorus, and chamber orchestra; text by Henry David Thoreau), in progress. Antici- pated duration 50-60 minutes.

Opera/musical plays Mass 1178 (for mezzosoprano, t.t.b.b. chorus, boys choir, flute, oboe, 3 clari-nets, trum- pet, 3 trombones, 2 percus-sion, 3 keyboards, and electronic tape realized at the Mid- dlebury College Electronic Studio), 4 movements with Prelude and Postlude, 1987; a staging of Euripides’s Bacchae with text and action recreated by Steven Schmidt; premiered in Witherbee Theatre, Westport, NY, !1987. Duration 75 minutes. McTeague, a ballad opera in 3 acts after Frank Norris’s novel (for soprano, mezzoso- prano, baritone, bass voices, chorus and orchestra), 1988; libretto by Steven Schmidt. Overture, 2 entr’actes, and 43 musical numbers; premiered in Witherbee Theatre, Westport, NY, 1988. Duration 110 minutes. The Oberlin Incident, a folk opera in one act (19 scenes) about abolitionists, Democrats, and slavery in 1858 (for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra), 1990; libretto by Steven Schmidt. 31 musical numbers; premiered in Witherbee Theatre, Westport, NY, 1990. Duration 95 minutes. Family Therapy, a musical in two acts about a dysfunctional family (for 3 female leads, 3 male leads, company and pit orchestra), 1991; book and lyrics by Steven Schmidt. Overture, entr’acte, and 14 musical numbers; premiered in Witherbee Theatre, West- port, NY, 1991. Duration 130 minutes. Buster, a musical in two acts about Buster Keaton in 1928 (for 5 leads, company and pit band), 1992; book and lyrics by Steven Schmidt. Overture, entr’acte, and 22 musical numbers; premiered in Witherbee Theatre, Westport, NY, 1992. Duration c. 115 min- utes. Zero, opera in one act based on Jean Vigot’s film, “Zero pour conduite” (for four juvenile leads, five adult males, three adult females, and children’s chorus); libretto by Steven Schmidt. Premiered in Witherbee Theatre, Westport, NY, 1995. Duration 65 minutes.

3 Other: theatre and electronic music Ahimsa (for 6 chanters and electronic tape), 1974; premiered at Lincoln, NE, 1974. Dura- tion 14 minutes. Landscape/Orbs in Blue Relief (electronic tape), 1974; Vreeland Award winner, premiered in Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, 1974. Duration 8 1/2 minutes. Nautilus Movements (electronic tape), 1975; premiered at Lincoln, NE, 1975. Duration 10 minutes. Transformations, an entertainment of music and dance upon three Grimm’s tales (for nar- rator, flute, clarinet, 2 pianos [doubling on synthesizers], and 3 percussionists), 1979; text by Anne Sexton. Premiered by the Lane Community College Dance Department, Eugene, OR, 1979. Duration 32 minutes. The Crucible, incidental music for Arthur Miller’s play, 1980; production of Lane Com- munity College Department of Performing Arts, Eugene, OR, 1980 (1 week run). Du- ration 10 minutes of music plus short excerpts. Stereomoozeeksh (electronic tape realized at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center), 1981. Duration 6 minutes. Spiked and Winding (electronic tape realized at the Columbia-Princeton EMC), 1982; premiered at The Electronic Music Festival, Hartford, CT, 1982. Duration 5 minutes. The Lord of the Flies, overture, incidental music, and underscore for a play based on Wil- liam Golding’s novel (for , baritone, t.t.b.b. chorus, small stage band, keyboard synthesizer, and 5 drummers), 1993; production scripted and directed by Steven Schmidt, premiered in Witherbee Theater, Westport, NY, 1993. Duration 45 minutes of music.

Jazz works Approximately 55 arrangements and compositions for jazz orchestra (16-17 players), 84 arrangements and compositions for small jazz ensembles (5-12 players), numerous jazz-oriented, original tunes — over 104.

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