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2006

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MESSIAH

Pacific Chamber Symphony
Maestro Lawrence Kohl, Music Director
Commissioned by the East Bay Community Fund

 

ELOHIM

New music for FEINSMITH QUARTET

Jennifer Culp, Cello
Michael Manring, Electric Bass
Gyan Riley, Guitar
Christopher Taylor, Piano

Commissioned by the Argosy Foundation

EL ELYON

Three Movements for Solo Pianoforte
Erin Kathleen Downey, Piano
Recording Winter 2007 at Skywalker Ranch

"I will sing praise to Thy name, O Elyon." Psalm 9:2b

Commissioned by Marcelline Krafchick

2005

EL for Solo Pianoforte
EL Elyon for Solo Pianoforte

YAHWEH  - KRONOS QUARTET and SONOS BELL ENSEMBLE (San Francisco, Ca)
30 minute work in 5 movements, commission for String Quartet and 11 Bell players.

2004

BARUCH - Commissioned by Joelle Shefts (New York, NY)
Setting of Catherine Pozzi's AVE for Soprano and String Trio.

SELF - American Composers Forum
Setting of "The Poet" essay of Ralph Waldo Emerson for solo Pianoforte

2003

MIRIAM - San Francisco Opera (San Francisco, CA)
For Soprano and Piano, Opus #28. Two Songs based on poetry written by Daniel David Feinsmith on the Prophetess Miriam. World premiere and commission by Soprano Greta Feeney of the San Francisco Opera. Concert endowed by the generosity of celebrated Bay Area singer, scholar and teacher James H. Schwabacher. Commission for music and poetry by the Sifriya Foundation 2003. Performance with Soprano Greta Feeney and Pianist John Parr.

MIRIAM - Sifriya Foundation (San Francisco, CA)
Endowment for composition for Soprano and Piano.

AARON - Composers and Choreographers Consortium (San Francisco, CA)
For Piano, Violin, Cello, and Percussion. Two movements based on the ritual sacrifice of a bird as described in the third book of the Bible. Written for Summerfest/Dance for Chris Jones (Piano), Phyllis Cameron (Violin), Jeff Watson (Cello), Chris Froh (Percussion).

2002

SOLOMON - Jess Shenson Music Fund (San Francisco, CA)
String Quartet #1, Opus #22. String Quartet in Five Movements. Composition, Premiere and Recording commissioned by the Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Music Fund of Congregation Emanu-El, in loving memory of Dr. A. Jess Shenson. Performed and recorded by the Alexander String Quartet.

LEVIATHAN - David Holzman, Pianist and Grammy Award Nominee (New York City, NY)
Three Movements for Solo Piano, Opus #27. Three movements for Solo Piano based on subjective meditations on Psalm 104. Commissioned by Grammy Award Nominee Solo Pianist, David Holzman. Funded by Berkeley Civic Arts Commission 2002 Composition Grant.

2001

SANDALPHON - Maria Mastroyannis-Zaft for NOH Space Performance (San Francisco, CA)
Two Movements for Piano Duet, Timpani and Percussion, Opus #26. A work to accompany two dancers, Maria Mastroyannis-Zaft and Lise Prewitt in a dance theater work Fragments, that premiered at the Noh Space in San Francisco.