ORCHESTRAL WORKS
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. . . on the Wings of Angels [2002] (for symphony orchestra and band) 13:00
Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band of Flight
Orchestra: *3 *3 *3 *3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp + 3 - pf - hp - str
Band: *3 *2 *3 (two per part), bass clar./contrabass/clar., 2 bsns., 4
saxophones 4 *6 4 2 - euphonium - contrabass/electric bass - 2 electric guitars
(1 doubling acoustic) keyboard (acoustic grand piano/synthesizer/celesta) -
timp + 3
Performances: Dayton Philharmonic, Air Force Band of Flight; 5/11/03

Variations on Good King Wenceslas [1998 ] (orchestral version) 5:30
Orchestral version commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
*3*3*3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp + 3 - hp - str
Performances: Milwaukee Symphony; 12/1&2/98; 1/11,12,13,25/2000
Kokomo Symphony (IN); 12/2/01
Fox Valley Symphony (WI); 12/15/01
Traverse Symphony Orchestra (MI); 12/8(2 performances) & 12/9/2007

Variations In America (A Celebration of Diversity) [1996 ] 8:00
for Orchestra and Solo Trumpet. Composed by Stephen Burns and Ronald Foster
Commissioned by Stephen Burns
*3 *2 2 2 - 4 3 3 1- timp + 3 - solo tpt (flugelhorn, picc. tpt) - str
Performances: Cape Cod Symphony; Stephen Burns, Trumpet; 7/6/96

America: The Vision (Fantasia on “America the Beautiful”) [1993] 12:30
for Orchestra, SATB Chorus, Children’s Chorus, and Narrator
Commissioned by the Wellesley Historical Society
*3 *3 2 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp + 3 - hp - str - SATB chorus - children’s chorus - narrator
Performances: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley Choral Society; 1/23/94

Visions (Past, Present, Future) [1991] 8:00
for Jazz Fusion Group and Orchestra
Commissioned by the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra
*3 *2 *3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp + 3 - soprano saxophone, guitar, jazz piano, electric bass, drumset - hp - str (bass clarinet is optional)
Performances: Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra; Dotsero, Jazz Fusion Group; 5/17 & 18/91

Summertime Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra (after Gershwin) [1990] 6:30
Commissioned by the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra
solo flute - 0 1 2 2 - 4 1 3 1 - timp + 2 - hp - str
Performances: Pueblo Symphony Orchestra; Jeani Muhonen, Flute; 9/20/90
Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra;, Jeani Muhonen, Flute; 9/21-22/90
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; 9/28-29/90, 10/20/90
Lamont Symphony Orchestra; Jeani Muhonen, Flute; 5/30/91
National Repertory Orchestra; David Shostac, Flute; 7/10/91
Bloomington Pops Orchestra; Stephen Pratt, Flute; 11/20/93
Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CD recording); Rebecca Gilbert, Flute; 1/31/96
Charleston Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Gilbert, Flute; 7/4/96
Charleston Symphony Orchestra; Jeani Muhonen Foster, Flute; 10/4/96
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Jeani Muhonen Foster, Flute; 6/22/97, 7/5 & 8/97
Garden State Philharmonic; 5/16/98, 6/6/98
Ohlone Symphony (CA); 6/14/98
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic; 9/26/98
Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony; 10/10,11,13/98
Plymouth Symphony (MI); 4/7/2000
Ruby Mountain Symphony (NV); 4/15/2000
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra (TX); 4/23/2005
Recording: Charleston Symphony Orchestra “Portraits in Blue and Gray”

Conversations for Flute and Orchestra [1988] 9:00
solo flute - *3 2 *3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp + 4 - hp - pf/cel - str
Performances: Lamont Symphony Orchestra; Jeani Muhonen, Flute; 3/8/88

Dithyramb (Overture) [1986] 3:30
Commissioned by the Colorado Springs Symphony
*3 2 *3 2 - 4 4 3 1 - timp + 3 - str (bass clarinet part is optional)
Performances: Colorado Springs Symphony; 7/86; Lamont Symphony Orchestra; 11/17/87; Pikes Peak Civic Orchestra; 5/6/90; Broadmoor Pops Orchestra; 12/31/95, 12/31/97

Reflections (for studio orchestra) [1985] 4:00
2 *2 *3 2 - 5 saxophones (alto, alto, tenor, tenor, baritone) - 3 4 (doubling flugelhorn) 4 1 - jazz piano, jazz bass (acoustic/electric), drumset - 2 perc. - hp - str
Performances: Lamont Symphony Orchestra; 5/31/85