Divertimento for Clarinet, Basssoon and Strings
 was premiered March 23 by Alison Eales and
Debbie Barnes at City Lit College in London.
Located in Holborn. City Lit has been the venue
for previous premieres of my music by Alison Eales.

Brookgreen Suite for Flute Choir was premiered
December 9, 2023 at Colorado State University
Pueblo with Andrea Artley conducting.
Subsequent performances have been led by Deborah Rebeck Ash in Michigan. The music came to mind after experiencing the bronze sculpure garden “The Fountain of the Muses” in the Brookgren Gardens in Myrtle Beach. I walked the gardens while visitng George and Sharon Hummel. The gardens is comprosed of themed sculpture gardens which are enhanced by trees, seasonal flowers, and trees. The choir consists of 4 Soprano Flutes, Bass Flute and Contrabass Flute (with alternate substitutions for the Bass and Contrabass). Of the three movements (Gardens, Sculpture, Trees) the Sculpture movement was composed first. The piece is abstract, constructed from an imaginary silver, metallic sculpture (the ue of the flute) that begins to sound and sing in sympathetic harmonic and melodic vibrations.

Island Sunrise is a new commission
by the consortium of low flute choir directors:
Deborah Rebeck Ash, Alexandra-Monar Suhajda
and Eileen Yarrison.
The Lower Michigan Low Flutes premiered it in
Saginaw on September 15, 2024 led by Debbie Ash.
Debbie performed it with the Lowly Cantations at
the Florida Flute Convention February 2, 2025.
The Lower Michigan Low Flutes performed it at the
NFA convention in Atlanta August 9 assisted by distinguished Contras
Jonathan Cohen and Paige Dashner Long and others.
The piece was inspired by yet another
George Hummel photo taken at sunrise on Bull Island.



Autumn Gray for Flute/Alto Flute and Piano was premiered by Leo Snow for the Music Club Hartford. While visiting Stowe and Burlington, Vermont we went to Smugglers Notch. A narrow passage way is surrounded by large, gray rock formations.
In this piece, the leaves are the light. Shades of yellow, orange and red engulfed by early morning clouds and fog. The music contrasts color and gray.
The evocative and illusive low tones of the alto flute are enhanced by subsequent passages in the higher, illuminating, singing tones of the concert flute. The music, shifting in mood and perspective is illuminated by piano shadings of the evolving flute passages.
Listen to Leo’s premiere recording:


Spheres for Clarinet Quintet was composed in Spring, 2025.
Commissioned by London Clarinetist Alison Eales it follows the two Sonatas
and chamber music composed for her and London colleagues.
The music relies on the pastoral English style that I have developed for her and her groups.
It also alludes to the heritage of the Mozart and Brahms (no pretention on my part) quintets
so dear to Alison, myself all clarinetists. A global, yet British, mood prevails.
The world continues to change becoming a convergence of spheres. An eclectic convergence
inspiring the music. A premiere is being scheduled for March, 2026 in Hitchin where Alison
lives outside London.


While in London in March, Debbie Barnes inquired about a solo piece for bassoon.
Alison suggested something for bassoon and piano since she plays piano as well as clarinet.
Debbie commissioned Soliloquies and Dances. It’s an atmospheric, evocative piece in the
two sections. Played continuously.



Holly Clemans from the Lower Michigan Low Flute group performed on Island Sunrise
at the NFA convention in August. She showed me the low whistle tone flute and has
commissioned me to write “Folklore Fantasia” for Solo Whistle tone and Low Flute Choir
drawn from Scottish and Irish songs.
It is set in 5 continuous sections:

Give Me Your Hand
At the Wooden Bridge
Sonny’s Marzuka
The Left Handed Fiddler
Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch
The Blackthorn Stick
Lady MacKenzie of Coul