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Musical Offering (of Lamb) (varied instrumentation)
20 pieces (and counting) on "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Book 1 (six pieces for solo piano)

   1. Toccata (2016), 3'
   2. Intermezzo (2019), 2'
   3. Prelude (2019), 3'
   4. 
March (2020), 3'
   5. 
Pastoral (2020), 2'
   6. For the Right Hand Alone (2020), 4'

Book 2 (canons and fugues)
   7-13.
 Six short canons and epilogue (2020), 4'
​   (7-10, 11-13)
   14. Fugue (2020), 3'
   15. Counterfugue (2020, 3')

Book 3 (easy pieces for piano)
   
16. March
   17. March 
   18. Stroll
   19. Polka
   20. Lament
  

Solo Piano

2021

Angels' Watch Rag
O'Carolan's Dream
One-handed Rag
Doodle for the Left Hand (#8)
Elegy for the Left Hand (#7)
Frolic for the Right Hand (#3)
#4 for the Right Hand


2020
"Good Girl Goobs"

Bubbles
RBG RIP
Four canons on themes by Marc Chan
Four (more) canons on themes by Marc Chan
Ten (More) Pieces for Progressing Students, Capable Amateurs, and Lazy Professionals, Book 2 (20')
    Skip's Rag
    Long Ago
    American Dirge
    Pastoral
    Get Some Treats for My Guber
    March in G
    Humidity
    Study in C
    Study in D
    Jolly Rag


Ten Pieces for Progressing Students, Capable Amateurs, and Lazy Professionals, Book 1 (10')
    
In the Sun
    Mary's Polka
    Leaving Home
    March of the Lambs
    Nightfall
    Brother Jack
    Strolling with Mary
    Stormy Seas
    Mary's Lament
    Winter
    

 Syncopated Suite #2 (15'):
    Prelude
    Courante
    Sarabande
    Minuet
    Gavotte
​    Gigue

Two-Step Rag (3')

Pandemic Elegy (3')
Prelude for Marc Chan (2')
Improvisation on an improvisation (3')
Folk Prelude in A-Flat ("Muffin Man") (4')
Ukrainian Rag  (3')

#6 for the Left Hand (3')

2019

   
​Five Pieces for the Left Hand Alone (18')
   1. Etude
   2. Somber Swing
   3. Elegy
   4. Reflection
   5. Finale
​
"Ghostly" Waltz (4')

Very Contemporary -- a parody of Oscar Bettison's  "An Inventory of Remnants" (2')

Syncopated Suite #1 in neo-Baroque style (12')
   1. Minuet
   2. Waltz
   3. Allegro
   4. Sarabande
   5. Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2
   6. Gigue

Ragtime Toccata (#12) (4') 
Chorale Toccata (4') 
Blues-counterpoint #2 (4') 

Schumannia (15') (excerpt from part 2)
   1. Arietta
   2. Allegro
   3. Intimate -- anxious
   4. With fire
   5. Finale -- fast but nostalgic

​Prelude and Fugue ("Ghostly") (10')

2018 and earlier​

Tango Toccata (2018, 5') ​
Postlude & Fugue (for Irena Orlov, 2018, 7')​
Lighthouse Rag (2018, 6')
Efficiency Remix (2018, 6')  


Three Meditations (2016-2017, 6'):
   1. Obsessive Thoughts
   2. (Mostly) Pleasant Daydreams
   3. Seeking a Higher Power

Two Partial Tangos (for Carlos, 2017)

Elliptical Blues (2017, 3')
Dizzy Days (2016, 4')


Three Dedicated Rags (2016, 13'):
   1. Phone-Tag (for Angel)
   2. Mournful (for Paris)
   3. Dusk (for Ari & Mia)


First Three Rags (2015, 11')
   1. Leapfrog
   2. Lemur
   3. Ladybug

Six pieces on Children's Themes (2015, 18')
   1. March
   2. Lullaby
   3. Dumka
   4. Whimsical March
   5. Winter
   6. Toccata
​

Song without Words (for Stacy), (2015, 7')
Allemande and Fugue after Bach (2011, 3')


Pieces on familiar themes:
...of traditional origin
Very Serious Waltz (Wheels on the Bus, 2019, 3')
Prelude (Mary Had a Little Lamb #3, 2019, 3')
​Intermezzo (Mary Had a Little Lamb #2, 2019, 2') 

Toccata (Mary Had a Little Lamb, 2016, 3')
Pastoral (Rain, Rain, Go Away, 2016, 2')
Arietta (Red River Valley, 2016, 3')
Fantasy (Stars and Stripes Forever, 2013, 5')
Ballade (Happy Birthday, 2014, 7')
Theme and Variations (Old MacDonald Had a Farm, 2012, 7')


Chorale, Fantasy and Fugue (Star-Spangled Banner, 2011, 5')

...in the Christmas tradition
Prelude (Silent Night, 2011, 3')
Rhapsody O Come All Ye Faithful, 2013, 3')
Chorale, Prelude and Fugue (Hark the Herald Angels Sing, 2011, 6')

...of miscellaneous origin
Improvisation and Fugue (Die Young, 2015, 6')
Fantasy and Fugue (Over the Rainbow, 2012, 6')

Theme, Variations and Counterpoint (2011, 22')


Transcriptions:

Improvisations by Gabriela Montero, viewable here:
Jingle Bells 
Twinkle Twinkle
Rach 3
...in B-flat minor
...in C minor

We Shall Overcome 
Happy Birthday 
Five improvisations from Take 1, album #1 

Five improvisations from Baroque Improvisations album
Improvisation from Rachmaninov album


Thelonius Monk:
North of the Sunset
Dinah 
Monk's Point

Pop / Hip-hop:

Breyer, Retire (2021, 3')
Kill the Filibuster (2021,3')
VOTE 2020  (2020, 3')
​Social Distancing (2020, 2')
Warren (2019, 2')
​
​Chamber

Capers for Clarinet and Cello (2022, 12')
Frolic for Quintet (2021, 4')
Polka for Quintet (2021, 4')
Herzliebster trio (2021, 5')

Summit Dance for Clarinet & Cello (2020, 2')
Petite March for Clarinet & Piano (2020, 3')

Concerto grosso for sextet (2020, 2')
Trio #2 for Violin, Viola, & Clarinet: "Tangents" (2019, 8')
Chorale Prelude for 2 violins & cello (2019, 5')
String Quartet #2: Prelude and Fugue  (2019, 10')
Piano Quintet ("Classical neo-Classical", 2019, 20') 
Meadow Violet Rag (flute, clarinet & piano, 2019, 6')
Clarinet Quintet on Hebrew-ish Themes (2018, 12') (1st mvmt excerpt)
Prelude and Fugue for violin, viola & clarinet (2018, 8')
Prelude and Burlesque for violin & piano (2018, 9')

Sketches from Kazakhstan for string quartet (2017, 20')
Kinhaven Sonata for clarinet & piano (2016, 22')

Three pieces for cello & piano (2016, 12')
Three Kazakh Sketches for violin & piano (2016, 12')
​Sonata for two pianos (2015, 20') (Finale)

Short Horn Trio Encore (2011, 4')

Orchestral

Chamber Symphony: Sketches from Kazakhstan (2017, 22')


Vocal

Two arrangements for three voices:
Amazing Grace
Red River Valley


Four Christmas carols on traditional texts (SATB chorus, 16')
What Child is This (2018)

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (2016)
Away in a Manger (2016)
Touching Grace We Princes Three (2016)

Four Arrangements for SATB chorus:
Take Me out to the Ballgame (2018, 3')
Red River Valley (2018, 3')

The Star-Spangled Banner (2016, 1')
The Star-Spangled Banner (version 2, 2018, 1')


Voice & piano:
​By the Sea, You & Me (2018, 3')

The Star-Spangled Banner (2016, 2')
Differences of Opinion (2016, 2')


Syncopated arrangements:
Partita #1
French Suite #6
​Goldberg Variations (excerpts)
Mozart Sonata K. 330


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