CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF ALL WORKS
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Lufthaltenlieder
soprano, clarinet, horn, piano [2022]
Premiere: February 14, 2023 at Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Trois sentiments
(carillon) [2021]
Collaboration between the Cleveland Composers Guild and the McGaffin Carillon
Premiere: spring, 2021 at the Church of the Covenant, Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
Cortège d'ascension
(two oboes, English horn, harp) [2021]
in memory of Thom Moore
Premiere: December 15, 2021 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Atteggiamenti
(cello, harpsichord) [2021]
Collaboration between the Cleveland Composers Guild and Burning River Baroque
Premiere: March 25, 2022 at the Fynette Kulas Recital Hall, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio
A little moment at the end of all
(flute, alto sax, tenor sax, flugelhorn, trombone, bass, piano, drum set) [2021]
Collaboration between the Cleveland Composers Guild and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Premiere: September 19, 2021 at the Bop Stop, Cleveland, Ohio
Usonian Games
(flute, oboe, bassoon) [2021]
Commissioned by the Alabama Council for the Arts for the Elicio Trio
Premiere: April 7, 2021 in Goodwin Music Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Computatis Maledictis
(double bass & piano) [2021]
Commissioned by the International Society of Bassists
Required piece for Solo Competition, ISB Convention 2021
Novelette
(violin & piano) [2020]
Commissioned for the Cleveland Composers Guild Creativity: Learning through Experience XXVIII junior concert
Premiere: September 27, 2020 at the Bop Stop, Cleveland, Ohio • Hana Mazak, violin & Benjamin Malkevitch, piano
Weimarer Winterszenen
(English horn & piano) [2020]
Premiered February 14, 2023 at Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Cheburashka
(oboe, tuba, & piano) [2019]
Commissioned by Danna Sundet and John DiCesare
Alegrías
(arr. for chamber orchestra) [2018]
Premiere: April 7, 2019: Cleveland Chamber Symphony: Steven C. Smith, conducting, with Verb Ballets. Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland
Rhapsody
(violin & piano) [2018]
Composed in honor of the wedding of Gabrielle Haigh & Mark Nelson
Premiere: August 12, 2018 in Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH by Peter Otto, violin & Randall Fusco, piano
Haigh-Nelson Voluntary
(solo organ) [2018]
Composed in honor of the wedding of Gabrielle Haigh & Mark Nelson
Premiere: July 14, 2018 in Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge University, UK, by organist Gregory Drott
Little Whimsies
(oboe & piano) [2018]
Commissioned for the May, 2018 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May 6, 2018, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
The Higgler
(Chamber Opera in Two Acts) [2017]
[libretto by Margi Griebling-Haigh, based on the short story by A(lfred) E(dgar) Coppard]
Roles: Harvey Witlow, high lyric baritone; Sophie Daws, soprano; Mrs. Witlow, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Sadgrove, mezzo-soprano; Mary Sadgrove, soprano; 2 character actors, 2 children, narrator
Scoring: piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, harp, percussion, piano, strings
Premiere: Act I, Scene 4 premiered January, 2017 in short score with Rebecca Freshwater, soprano and Benjamin Czarnota, baritone; Cleveland Opera Theater N.O.W. (New Opera Works) Festival; Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH.
Premiere: Act II, Scenes 2, 4, & 6 premiered January, 2018 in piano reduction with Rachel Copeland Skiba, soprano and Brian Keith Johnson, baritone; Cleveland Opera Theater N.O.W. (New Opera Works) Festival; Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland, OH
Rompecabezas
(two guitars) [2017]
Commissioned for the May, 2017 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May 7, 2017, Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve Univeristy, Cleveland, OH
Cipher (solo harp) [2016]
Commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Bascom Little Fund;
Premiere: July 27, 2016 by harpist Shelly Du, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Triskaidekaphilia
(three violins) [2015]
Three movement work commissioned by the Kent/Blossom Music Festival
Premiere: in July, 2015 by students at the K/BMF festival; also performed multiple times by Cleveland Orchestra violinists Sae Shiragami, Beth Woodside, and Win Lee
Little Risks (two cellos) [2015]
Commissioned for the May, 2015 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May, 2015, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Meccanismo
(3 oboes, English horn, 3 bassoons, contrabassoon) [2014]
Commissioned by Laura Koepke and Sarah Hamilton for the SUNY Fredonia Double Reed Ensemble
Premiere: SUNY Fredonia Double Reed Festival in October, 2014 and presented at the 2015 International Double Reed Society convention in NYC
¡De Chiripa!
(English horn & Guitar) [2014]
Premiered in January 2015 by Margi Griebling-Haigh, English horn, and Richard Aron, guitar on a collaborative concert by the Greater Cleveland Classical Guitar Society and the Cleveland Composers Guild
Little Melodramas
(solo piano) [2014]
Commissioned for the May, 2014 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May, 2014, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Fanfares for Solo Trumpet
("Clare Fanfare" RECORDING AVAILABLE & "archetype" RECORDING AVAILABLE ) [2013]
Commissioned by Cleveland Orchestra member Jack Sutte;
each fanfare appears on one of Mr. Sutte's solo trumpet fanfare CD projects Fanfare Alone and Bent
Little Quirks
(violin & piano) [2013]
Commissioned for the May 5, 2013 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May, 2013, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
The White Trout
(Narrator, Soprano, Baritone, Piccolo, Harp, Double Bass, Piano) [2018] (Narrator, Soprano, Piccolo, Harp, Double Bass, Piano) [2012]
[Traditional Irish Folk Tale as told by Samuel Lover and collected by William Butler Yeats]
Commissioned by Peter Gallagher
Premiere: convention of the International Society of Bassists, June 8, 2013 at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
First performance given by Ty Emerson, Barbara Choltco, Kyra Kester, Trina Struble, Scott Haigh, & Randall Fusco.
Second performance given July 23, 2013 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights by David Gooding, Gabrielle Haigh, Kyra Kester, Trina Struble, Scott Haigh, and Randall Fusco.
From a Train Window
(violin, viola, cello) [2012, revised 2018]
Commissioned by Diane Mather, First Assistant Principal Cello (retired) of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Premiere: September 28, 2012 by Judy Berman, Marcia Ferritto, and Diane Mather.
Baermusik
(brass choir: piccolo trumpet, 2 C trumpets, Bb trumpet, 4 horns, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, optional timpani) [2012]
Commissioned by N. David and Suzanne Larky in honor of the memory of Hans Baer, former President of the Board of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.
Premiere: January 21, 2014, Philadelphia Brass, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Little Doubts
(two cellos) [2012]
Commissioned for the May 6, 2012 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May 6, 2012, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Sonnets of Resignation
(Soprano & Piano) [2011]
Dedicated to Gabrielle Haigh. [lyrics: Millay: Sonnets 5, 37, & 27]
Premiere: January 27 & February 4 by Gabrielle Haigh, soprano, and Peter Harrison, piano, at Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Second performance July 23, 2013 by Gabrielle Haigh, soprano, and Randall Fusco, piano, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Sortilège
(bassoon and piano) [2011]
Commissioned by Barrick Stees, Assistant Principal Bassoonist of the Cleveland Orchestra, for the 2012 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition
Premiere: July, 2012, Barrick Stees, bassoon and Randall Fusco, piano: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Hts., OH
Fleeting Thoughts
(two flutes and piano) [2011]
Commissioned for the May 1, 2011 Cleveland Composers Guild Junior Concert
Premiere: May, 2011, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Sinfonia Concertante
(2 solo oboes, solo bassoon, string orchestra or string quintet) [2010]
Commissioned by Dave and Sue Larky in honor of the memory of John W. Mack Premiered by Frank Rosenwein, Danna Sundet, Barrick Stees, Peter Otto, Emma Shook, Stanley Konopka, Richard Weiss, and Scott Haigh, with Sasha Makila conducting, July 27, 2011.
Valses Fantasques
(eight-part clarinet choir) [2010]
Commissioned by Vandoren USA for the 2010 Clarinet Choir Festival, held at UCLA on November 6, 2010. Premiere conducted by Harvey Hermann. Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Sonata for Horn and Piano
(horn and piano) [2010]
Commissioned by Richard King, Principal Horn, the Cleveland Orchestra.
Premiere: February 19, 2012: Richard King, horn and Randall Fusco, piano, Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Dormi & Svegliati
(trombone and piano) [2010]
Written in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Cleveland Composers Guild.
Premiere: April 23, 2010: Massimo LaRosa, trombone and Eric Charnofsky, piano: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Alegrías
(oboe, accordion, two violins, viola, cello, bass, piano, percussion) [2009]
Commissioned in honor the 60th birthday of Jamie D. Ireland III, Chairman of the Board of the Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Premiered by Danna Sundet, Joela Jones, Donna Lee, Ted Rounds, Peter Otto, Stanley Konopka, Richard Weiss, and Scott Haigh with Sasha Makila conducting, July 27, 2011.
Marionettens Tanz
(piano four hands) [2009]
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 25, 2009, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Askelad and the Seven Silver Ducks
(oboe+English horn & double bass: narration by both performers) [2008]
Commissioned by the Jerome Composers' Commissioning Project, American Composers Forum, for the Vecchione-Erdahl Duo (Carrie Vecchione, oboe & English horn, Rolf Erdahl, double bass).
Premiere: July 24, 2008 at the International Double Reed Society Convention, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Published by Jeanne, Inc. RECORDING AVAILABLE
The Earth Abideth Forever
(SATB Chorus, Flute Obbligato, Piano) [2007]
Commissioned by Eric Charnofsky
Premiere: May 12, 2007, Epworth Euclid United Methodist Church Choir, Epworth United Methodist Church, Cleveland, OH
Romans des Rois
(oboe, horn, piano) [2007]
Commissioned by Richard King, Principal Horn, the Cleveland Orchestra. Premiered November 9, 2008 by Richard King, horn, Danna Sundet, oboe, and Randall Fusco, piano at a panoramicos concert, Historic St. Peter Church, Cleveland. Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Romanza
(Violin and Piano) [2007]
Commissioned by Ken and Karen Conley in honor of Laurel School
A Little Choral Tribute
(Soprano and Alto Chorus and Piano) [2006]
[lyrics: Margi Griebling-Haigh]
Commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus
Premiere: May 15, 2006 at the annual C.O.C.C.'s Spring Concert, Fairmount Temple, Beachwood, OH
Imajik!
(Flute + Piccolo, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, Percussion) [2006]
Commissioned by Kim Sherwin in honor of Laurel School.
Premiere: December 5, 2010 at a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert, Lorain County Community College
Casse-Tête
(Woodwind Quintet) [2006]
Commissioned by Solaris Woodwind Quintet, (George Pope, flute; Cynthia Watson, oboe; Kristina Belisle, clarinet; Barrick Stees, bassoon; William Hoyt, French horn). Premiered November 12, 2006 at Guzzetta Recital Hall, the University of Akron
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Sinfonia for Choirs of Oboes and English horns
[2006]
Commissioned by the family, friends, and former students of renowned oboist John Mack for premiere at his memorial concert, November 5, 2006 at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, with 56 oboists and English hornists conducted by Steven Byess
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Danses Ravissants
(Flute, Oboe, Cello, Harp RECORDING AVAILABLE ) or (Flute+Piccolo, Oboe, Viola, Harp RECORDING AVAILABLE ) [2006]
Commissioned by Susan Royal, professor of flute, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia; and Danna Sundet, principal oboe, Erie Philharmonic
and professor of oboe, Kent State University, for "The New Lyric Flute" recording on the Centaur label. Premiered April 11, 2007 at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio.
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Twists of Fate
(Piano Solo) [2006]
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 30, 2006, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Bocadillos Iberianos
(Bassoon and Piano) [2005]
Premiered by Barrick Stees and Randall Fusco February 19, 2012.
Published by Trevco, Inc. (www.trevcopublishing.com)
Bocadillos Iberianos
(Double Bass and Piano) [2005]
Four movement descriptive work written for Scott Haigh.
Premiere: June 8, 2013, Scott Haigh, double bass and Randall Fusco, piano, convention of the International Society of Bassists, at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Cortege d'antan
(Oboe, English Horn, Organ) [2005]
Commissioned by Karel Paukert.
Premiere: March 11, 2007 M. Griebling-Haigh, Robert Walters, English horn, and K. Paukert, organ, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Counting-out Rhyme
(Soprano and Piano) [2004]
[lyrics: Edna St. Vincent Millay]
Commissioned by the Kulas Foundation.
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: May 1, 2005, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Songs for Young Lovers with Oboe Obbligato
(arranged for soprano, oboe, and piano) [2004]
[lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay: Armenonville, The Princess Recalls her One Adventure, and Huntsman, What Quarry?]
Premiere: May, 2007, Sandra Simon, soprano; Danna Sundet, oboe; and Randall Fusco, piano
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Little Ironies
(string quartet) [2004]
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 10, 2004, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Kipling Songs
(Soprano and Baritone, Violin, Cello, Piano) [2003/2023]
[lyrics: Rudyard Kipling: Commissariat Camels, The Seal's Lullaby, & Road-song of the Bandar-log]
Outer movements commissioned by the Fortnightly Musical Club
Premiere: March 9, 2004 by Marla Berg, soprano, Susan Britton, violin, Kent Collier, cello, and Eric Charnofsky, piano: Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
Trocadillos
(Oboe, Bassoon, & Piano) [2003]
"Composer of the Year 2003 Award", Commissioned by Ohio Music Teachers Association. Premiered November 15, 2003 by Margi Griebling-Haigh, oboe; Barrick Stees, bassoon, & Randall Fusco, piano. Work featured at the 2006 convention of the International Double Reed Society, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. (www.idrs.org)
Jeanne, Inc.
(1) RECORDING AVAILABLE (2) RECORDING AVAILABLE
Hebert Variations
(piccolo & piano) [2003]
Commissioned by 16 Flutists including Mary Kay Ferguson, Mary Kay Fink, Jeffrey Khaner, and Martha Aarons. Premiered July 10, 2003 (private) and February 29, 2004 by Mary Kay Ferguson, piccolo & Mark George, piano. Required work for National Flute Association's August, 2004 Semi- Final Round Piccolo Competition, Nashville, Tennessee. Published by Musicalligraphics.
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Divertissement Anniversaire
(Overture for string orchestra) [2002]
Commissioned in honor of the 125th Anniversary of Hendrix College.
Premiere: May 12, 2002: Karen Griebling conducting the Hendrix College Orchestra, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
First Love
(Soprano, Tenor, & Piano) [2002]
[lyrics: Christopher Schmitz]
Premiered:March 3, 2003 by Andrea Bargabos, Leodigario del Rosario, and Eric Charnofsky as part of a collaborative project between the Cleveland Composers Guild, the Poets and Writers League of Greater Cleveland, and the Rocky River Chamber Music Society: West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, Rocky River, OH
The Pessimist
(for Soprano and Alto Chorus and Piano) [2002]
[lyrics: Ben King]
Composed in 1973 but revised in 2002 for Anne Wilson and the Laurel School 5th and 6th grade choir, this fun piece has had several performances now at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH
Kajalamagee
(Alto Saxophone, Viola, & Piano) (Alto Saxophone, Violin, & Piano) [2002]
Commissioned by violist Karen Griebling and saxophonist Jackie Lamar
Premiere: July 10, 2003, World Saxophone Congress, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
La Bergere des Brises de Vallee
(Oboe + English Horn, Flute + Piccolo, and Piano) [2002]
Premiere: April 14, 2002, by Danna Sundet, oboe; Mary Kay Ferguson, flute (commissioners) and Elizabeth De Mio, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Jeux des Jumeaux
(Piano 4-hands) [2002]
Commissioned by the Kulas Foundation
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 28, 2002, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
The Windrush Madrigals
(Oboe, Clarinet, & Piano) [2001]
Commissioned by Jeanne, Inc.
Premiere: November 6, 2002 by Valarie Anderson, oboe, John Anderson, clarinet, and Margo Garrett, piano: Troldhaugen (Home of Edvard Grieg) Bergen, Norway / U.S. premiere April 5, 2004 University of Minnesota.
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
The Queen's Gazette
(Trumpet and Piano) [2001]
Commissioned by the Kulas Foundation.
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 29, 2001, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Bocadillos Panorámicos
Viola & Piano) [2000]
Premiered May 10, 2002 at Hendrix College, Conway, Ark. by the composer's sister, violist (and composer) Karen Griebling, with John Krebs, piano. Second Performance: September 8, 2002, by Lynn Ramsey, viola, & Joela Jones, piano.
Featured at the XXXII International Viola Congress in Minneapolis in June, 2004 with Lynne Ramsey, viola, & Kathryn Brown, piano.
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Bocadillos Floridianos
(Oboe & Piano) [2000]
Commissioned by John Mack, Principal Oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Premiere: at the John Mack Oboe Camp June 9, 2000 with Elizabeth DeMio accompanying.
Published by Jeanne, Inc.
Pentoccata
(Solo Piano) [2000]
Commissioned by the Kulas Foundation
Premiered February 6, 2001 at a Fortnightly Musical Club Concert, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
Voices from the Other Side
(Soprano & 8 Celli) [1999]
Commissioned for the CIM Cello Ensemble by Richard Aaron
Premiere: at the College of Wooster January 19, 2000 by the Cleveland Institute of Music Cello. Ensemble with Andrea Bargabos, Soprano.
The Spring and the Fall
(Soprano and Piano) [1999]
[lyrics: Millay]
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 24, 1999, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Night Swimming
(soprano, English horn, piano) [1999]
[lyrics: Mary Grimm]
Premiere: February 10, 1999 on a Cleveland Composers Guild concert
published by Jeanne, Inc.
Cantilena
(Eight Celli) [1998]
Commissioned for the CIM Cello Ensemble by Richard Aaron.
Premiere: April 28, 1999 at the Cleveland Institute of Music by the C.I.M. Cello Ensemble. Included in the permanent repertoire of the Tarab Cello Ensemble, Rochester, NY
Coquin'arena
(6 part Flute Choir) [1998]
Commissioned by the Kulas Foundation
Premiere: April 26, 1998 at the Cleveland Music School Settlement by the flute choir, Flautrageous, on a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert.
published by Jeanne, Inc.
Vistas desde el Balcon
(Violin, 'Cello, & Piano) [1997]
Premiered October 11, 1998; Michi Wiancko, violin, Clement Chow, cello, and Eric Charnofsky, piano; Cleveland Composers Guild Concert
Noms et Chiffres (I)
(full orchestra) [1996]
Amateur premiere by the Cleveland Heights Chamber Orchestra with Eric Berken conducting: May 10, 1998.
Noms et Chiffres (II)
(full orchestra) [1996]
Featured piece for museum display Jotting Down: A Contemporary Woman's Journal at the Sandusky Cultural Center in April and May of 1998.
Sonnets x and xxvi
(Baritone and Piano) [1996]
[lyrics: Millay]
Premiere: in June 1996 at the Cleveland Music School Settlement by Andrew White, baritone; and Nancy Brittain, piano.
Le Cauchemar de Frère Jacques
(symphonic variation for full orchestra) [1995]
Composed for a Young People's Concert at the Pierre Monteux Memorial School with Sara Jobin conducting: July 1995.
Bocadillos
(violin and piano) [1995]
One movement commissioned by the Cleveland Foundation and premiered on a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert by Evan Kleve and Charles Michelson in April, 1994. Remaining movements premiered by Beth Woodside and Nancy Maier at the Cleveland Institute of Music on a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert in February, 1995. Also performed by Gwen Starker Preucil and Nancy Maier (May, 1995), Terri Pontremoli and Anita Pontremoli (September, 1995), Stephen Rose and Joela Jones (March, 1998) and again with choreography by Karen Gabay at the Cleveland Museum of Art on June 26, 1998.
Accolades
(Symphonic Overture) [1994]
Commissioned for the 40th Anniversary of the Akron (Ohio) Youth Symphony
Premiere: February 5, 1995, Akron Youth Symphony, Eric Benjamin conducting, E. J. Thomas Performaing Arts Hall, Akron, OH
Histoire de Babar, le petit elephant
(Narrator, Oboe/English horn or Bb Clarinet, Bass, Piano) [1994]
Premiere: May 18, 1994 for a Tuesday Musical Club Concert: M. Griebling-Haigh, oboe & English horn, Scott Haigh, double bass, Denella Sing, piano, and Ursula Korneitschouk, narrator. Featured on Cleveland Orchestra Musical Rainbow Concerts, and at the International Society of Bassists 2001 Convention in Indianapolis.
Two Bagatelles for Two Trumpets
[1993]
Commissioned by the Cleveland Foundation
Written for the Cleveland Composers Guild's annual Junior Concert
Premiere: April 1993, The Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Toccata
(Solo Piano) [1991]
Birthday present for father, Stephen T. Griebling
Grand Fantasy Anniversary Waltz Thing (Two Pianos) [1991]
Anniversary present for parents Mary Ann and Stephen T. Griebling. Premiered August 18, 1997 on a Cleveland Composers Guild Concert by Spencer Myer and Coren Estrin Mino, pianists.
Homages
(Symphony Nº. 1 in three movements for full orchestra) [1989]
Commissioned by the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
Premiere: November 19, 1989: Schenectady Sympnoy Orchestra, Charles Schneider conductor
Sorrow
(Soprano and Piano) [1988]
[lyrics: Millay]
Premiere: January 27 & February 4 by Gabrielle Haigh, soprano, and Peter Harrison, piano, at Clare College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Sonnets for Young Lovers (xl, xv, and xlii)
(Soprano and Piano) [1987]
[lyrics: Millay]
Premiered in November 1990 by Joanne Couch, soprano and Laura Silverman, piano. Also performed on Cleveland Composers Guild concerts in Febraury 1992 (Coeli Ingold and Audrey Andrist) and October 1997 (Eileen Moore and Judith Ryder).
Second Century Prelude
(Brass Quintet) [1987]
Second Place in Centennial Brass Quintet Competition, Tuesday Musical Club.
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano [1984]
Premiered at the Juilliard School of Music in May, 1985. Also performed in November 1991, April 1992, and June 1997 by bassist Scott Haigh with Anne Epperson piano. The piece was featured at the International Society of Bassists Convention in June of 2001 with pianist Laura Silverman. Published in 2000 by Ludwin, Inc.
From Huntsman, What Quarry? (Soprano, Clarinet, Viola, Harp)
Collioure
(English horn, Cello, & Piano) [1983]
Commissioned by the Huntingdon Trio (Philadelphia) and performed throughout the northeast U.S. in 1984 to 1987. Also included in the National Gallery of Art Festival of American Music in the Spring of 1986; broadcast nationally on NPR. Performed in 1991 revision on Cleveland Composers Guild concerts in November 1991 with Margaret Griebling-Haigh, E.H.; Dorothy Reichenberger, cello; Audrey Andrist, piano; and January 1997 by members of the Myriad Ensemble. Published in September 2000 by Jeanne, Inc.
Songs for Young Lovers (original version)
(Soprano or Baritone and Piano) [1980-3]
[lyrics: Millay: Armenonville; The Princess Recalls Her One Adventure; Songs for Young Lovers in a City; There at Dusk I Found You; Huntsman, What Quarry?]
Performances of various songs have been at the Eastman School of Music (1982 and 1983) and on Cleveland Composers Guild concerts in October 1995 and October 1997. A set of four of the songs won First Prize in the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Division in 1982.
Espana
(for Harp) [1982]
Birthday present for Grandmother Marthena Diver Rimmel.
Six Preludes for Piano [1981]
Performed on a student recital at the Eastman School of Music, Spring 1981.
Goldsmith's Pasticcio
(Flute, Oboe, & 'Cello) [1979]
Commissioned by the Huntingdon Trio (Philadelphia) and performed throughtout the northeast U.S. in 1980-1982. Also included in the National Gallery of Art Festival of American Music in the Spring of 1981; broadcast nationally on NPR.
Trees
(Symphonic Suite for full orchestra) [1979]
Atalanta
(Tone Poem for full orchestra) [1977]
First Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs Orchestral Composition Contest; premiered in August of 1978 by the Lancaster (Pa.) Symphony with Louis Vyner conducting, and in October of 1979 by the same forces. Also performed four times by Akron Symphony in November of 1997 with Eric Benjamin conducting.
The Fitter
(Soprano and Piano) [1977]
[lyrics: Millay]
Five Questions for Woodwind Quintet [1977]
Two Inventions for Oboe and Clarinet [1977]
Ebb and Eel Grass (Soprano and Piano) [1976]
[lyrics: Millay]
Daphne and Oberon (Soprano and Piano) [1975]
[lyrics: Millay]
Ode to an Amoeba (Flute & Piano or Harp) [1974]
Written as an Extra-credit project for 9th grade Biology class!
Two Bagatelles (Bassoon & Oboe) [1974]
Broadcast Music Inc. Grant recipient in International Young Composers Contest.
Undersea Odyssey (Solo Piano) [1970]
Broadcast Music Inc. runner-up in International Young Composers Contest.