The Collar

May 5, 2017

This is an adaptation of a story by Hans Christian Andersen for solo cello (or solo viola, or solo bassoon, or solo clarinet or solo bass clarinet) with narration. You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

Here is a performance by Barbara Hedlund and Ronald Hedlund:

Transcriptions: Adoration by Florence Price for Violin or Viola, Flute, Clarinet, or for String Orchestra or Chamber Orchestra

You can download the music for this transcription on this page of the IMSLP.

2019 UPDATE:



I made an arrangement for string orchestra. You can find the score and parts on the same page of the IMSLP, or you can find them here.

Here it is played by the Scottish Freelancers Ensemble



2020 UPDATE:

I made an arrangement for flute and piano that you can find here, and on the same page in the IMSLP as the violin and piano transcription.

This transcription for clarinet (or bass clarinet) and piano is also available on the same page of the IMSLP.

And here's a video of the violin and piano transcription, put together by violinist Augustin Hadelich (who is playing the piano part):

Here are the musicians Augustin is playing with:

Geneva Lewis, Patricia Cole, Akemi Takayama, Arun Asthagiri, Giuseppe Mengoli, Wei-Chung Chen, Karen Silva, Sharon Kwee, Nadia Ettinger, Joyce Kwak, Ana Sofia Rodrigues, Cheryl Gaudiano, Trent Ransom, Celina Bethoux, You-Jung Han, Malhar Kute, Mai Matsumoto, Savion Washington, Alberta Douglas, Jana Kaiser-Döge, Rachel Ginebra (guitar), Bruce Goldstein, Emily Corbett, Emily Kalish, Ion Scripcaru, Gonzalo Beltran, Amy Wang-Hiller, Phoebe Liu, Antoniu-Theodor Andreescu, Emilia Wagner, Natalie Wong, Sofia Nikas (viola), Raquel Pascual Peña, Selah Kwak, Mark Miller, Juan Luis Sosa and Bassam Nashawati.

The Ugly Duckling

This setting of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" for bass clarinet, viola, and string orchestra was commissioned by The Darkwood Consort in Boise, Idaho. You can listen to a synthesized version of it here. It is available from Subito.






April, 2005

Occasional Music: Barack Obama at the G 20 Summit

[April 3, 2009]

You can listen to this solo piano piece here, and find the music on this page of the IMSLP.

UPDATE for 2021!

Now arranged for flute ensemble with optional clarinet and bass clarinet. The first performance on October 31, 2021, by the Eastern Illinois University Flute Choir, just happened to take place while President Joseph R. Biden was at the 2021 G 20 Summit.

[November 1, 2021]

You will be able to find the score and parts for this arrangement on the same page of the IMSLP, or through this link.

Arrangement: Kol Nidre for two instruments

You can go here for a version of Louis Lewandowski's Kol Nidre for oboe and bassoon or b-flat clarinet and bass clarinet (or any combination of treble and bass instruments pitched in b-flat or in c) and here for oboe and bassoon and oboe d'amore and bass oboe.

You can listen to this piece here (played by a computer-generated oboe and bassoon).

The Happy Family

This is about a family of snails (escargot) who live in a burdock forest outside of a manor house. You can read the text here while you listen to a recording of the music.



February 8, 2005

The music is available here from Subito.

Transcription: Lamento di Tristano

May 2008

This is an arrangement of a 14th-century monophonic piece for flute (doubling piccolo), bass, clarinet, horn, drum (of any kind), and viola. You can find the score and parts on this page of the IMSLP.

Arrangement: When I See Winter Return

May 2008

This is an arrangement of a piece by the 13th-century Vielle player and trouvère Colin Muset for piccolo, bass clarinet, French horn, triangle (and/or other struck metal percussion instruments), and viola. You can download PDF files of the score and parts, as well as listen to an electronic recording here.

Here's a version with more strings:



You can find the music on this page of the IMSLP.