2023

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Battle for the Great Green

2023 (Work-In-Progress)

Instrumentation: 3333/8331/timp+3/hp/pno/stgs (16.14.12.10.8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP

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2022

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After the Sun Goes Down

2022 (4’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Piano

Commissioned by the Chautauqua Opera Company

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7075

 

Symphony No. 9 “Return of the Emperor”

2022 (23’ minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4331/timp+3/hp/pno-cel/stgs (16.14.12.10.8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7074

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2021

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Far from Righteous

2021 (8’ minutes)

Instrumentation: String Quartet

Commissioned by Utah State University and GLFCAM

Premiered 08 April 2021 at the Caine College of the Arts, Utah State University

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc // Catalog #: KYMP 7068

 

Lyric for Violin and Harp

2021 (6’20 minutes)

Commissioned by Lucia Lin and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music

Premiered 05 April 2021, Luci Lin (Violin) and Charles Overton (Harp)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc // Catalog #: KYMP 7069

 

Sulwe : A Musical Adaptation

2021 (13’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3222/4231/timp+5/hp/cel/stgs

Commissioned by the DC Youth Orchestra

Premiered 15 May 2022, at University of DC, conducted by Evan Ross Solomon.

World Premiere 21 May 2022 – The Kennedy Center, conducted by Evan Ross Solomon.

Lisbon, Portugal Premiere 27 June 2022 – DCYOP conducted by Evan Ross Solomon.

Granada, Spain Premiere 02 July 2022 – DCYOP conducted by Evan Ross Solomon.

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7070

 

You Got Your Head Up In the Clouds

2021 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: 1112(sax)1/1110/dr/synth/stgs

Commissioned by the Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra

Premiered 11 June 2021, conducted by David Alan Miller

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7073

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2020

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Coming Forth By Day

2020 (20’ minutes)

Commissioned by ROCO for Oboe, Viola, Violoncello, and Baritone

Premiered 01 November 2020, at MECA in Houston, Texas; ROCO

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7064

 

Eva’s Ashes

2020 (3’ minutes)

Commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music

Premiered June 2020, Edward Kaplan (Viola)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7065

 

In the Amazon

2020 (10’ minutes)

Instrumentation: String Quartet

Created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music

Premiered 27 June 2020 by the Del Sol String Quartet, San Francisco, CA

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7063

 

Nature’s Karmic Vengeance

2020 (3’45 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3222/4231/3perc, Strings

Commissioned by Play On Philly

Premiered: August 07, 2020 by Play On Philly

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7067

 

Legacy of Lefty LaMarque

2020 (10’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: Woodwind Quintet

Commissioned by Janet Grace Riehl

Instrumentation: Woodwind Quintet

Premiered 16 February 2020 St. Louis, Mo; IMI Chamber Players

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7061

 

PEace on the Left, Justice on the Right

2020 (3’ minutes)

Instrumentation: String Quartet

Commissioned by Tesla Quartet and GLFCAM

Premiered virtually, summer 2020 by the Tesla Quartet

** Winner of the Hausmann String Quartet Quarantine Composers Competition

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7066

 

Soccer Dance

2020 (3’ minutes)

Instrumentation: 1111/1110/2perc/hp, pno, string quartet

Commissioned by Inscape Chamber Orchestra

Premiered 04 April 2020 – Inscape Chamber Orchestra

Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7062

                               

Symphony No. 8 (End of Reign)

2020 (34’ minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/6331/timp+5/hp/pno-cel/stgs (16.14.12.10.8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7060

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2019

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Symphony No. 7

2019 (75 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3233/4331/timp+4/hp/pno-cel/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7059

 

 

2018

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American Caravan

2018 (9’20 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4331/timp+3/hp/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Readings:              March 06, 2019, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Andre Raphel)

                              March 09, 2019, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Andre Raphel)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7058

 

Chasing El Diablo

2018 (6 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/8331/timp+6/hp/pno/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7056

 

Dumas – Pushkin Suite (Ballet Suite)

2018 (22 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/6241/timp+7/2hp/cel/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Commissioned by the Nubian Arts Council

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7049

 

Over 200 Films

2018 (10 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3233/4000/timp+7/hp/pno-cel/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7043

 

Symphony No. 6 (The Plagiarist)

2018 (22 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/6331/timp+6/hp/cel/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7044

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2017

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A Composers Passion

2017 (4' minutes)

Instrumentation: Violin and Piano

Version for Oboe and Piano: Premiered 10 February 2019, Titus Underwood (oboe) and Peter Henderson (Piano), Maryville University, St. Louis, Mo

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7064

 

Bolivar

2017 (17 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4331/timp+5/2 cl. gtr.,/cimb/hp/SATB/stgs.

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7052

 

Season of Autocracy

2017 (9'20 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3343/4231/timp+3/hp/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Premiered 22 April 2018 by the University City Symphony Orchestra (Leon Burke III);

Received Official Proclamation by University City Mayor, Shelly Welsch

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7045

 

Symphony No. 5 (Perseverance)

2017 (46' minutes)

Instrumentation: 4333/6331/timp+5/2hp/cimb/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7041

 

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2016

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Cellét

2016 (10’20 minutes)

Instrumentation: 10 cellos; choreography

Commissioned by Catherine Lehr Ramos and the UMKC Women's Council

Premiered 30 May 2016 - Webster University, St. Louis, Mo, David Commanday (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7037

 

Reclamation

2016 (28 minutes)

Instrumentation: 5344/8332/timp+6/2hp/pno/cimb/mixed ch/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7035

 

Songbirds: Suite for Violin and Piano

2016 (20 minutes)

Instrumentation: Violin, Piano

Commissioned by Tami Lee Hughes, funded by the Sphinx Mpower Artist Grant

World Premiere: 30 January 2017, Rust College (Holly Springs, MS)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7038

 

What I Think of Academia

2016 (50 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4321/timp+2/pf/SATB/stgs

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7042

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2015

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Doll Collection of Mrs. Wynn

2015 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: percussion, harp, celesta, children’s chorus and strings

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7040

 

Mark Lewis in Hong Kong

2015 (9’25 minutes)

Instrumentation: string quartet

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7031

 

Symphony No. 4 (Kasufhetep I)

2015 (46 minutes)

Instrumentation: 4333/6332/timp+6/2hp/pno/cimb/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7036

 

Symphony No. 2 (Khemet West)

2015 (66 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/5331/timp+6/cel/2hp/cimb/cl. gtr/mixed ch/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7015

 

The Teen and the Talking Trees

2015 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: flute choir and narrator (Edna Sophia Martinson – Libretto)

Commissioned by Blue Valley Southwest High School

Premiered 27 February 2015, KMEA Conference, Wichita, Kansas; Mary Shemon (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7062

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U.S. Marshall : Bass Reeves

2015 (8’15 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3123/4131/timp+4/hp/2 cl. gtr./acc./ m. ch./stgs (12. 10. 8. 8. 6)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7032

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2014

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Amplitudes and Attitudes in Hertz, Ohms, and Decibels

2014 (4 minutes)

Instrumentation: (Wind Band) 53535/64422/timp + 5/pno

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7026

 

Conflict Between the Pen and the Sword

2014 (4’20 minutes)

Instrumentation: (Chamber Orchestra) tenor sax, tpt, tbn, bs. tbn, timp./stgs.

Premiered September 2014 - Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Renee Baker (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7028

 

Mis-treatment of the Honorable

2014 (10 minutes)

Instrumentation: alto flute/vibraphone/string quintet

Premiered 23 April 2014 by the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, Renee Baker (cond.)

Revised for: English horn/vibraphone/string quintet

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7018

 

Music for Steven Spielberg’s Next Film

2014 (6 minutes)

Composed for:  solo alto saxophone and piano

World Premiere 22 February 2015 at the NASA Regional Conference in Norman, Oklahoma; John Kelly (Alto Saxophone) and Wen Zhang (Piano)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7029

 

Skyfall (Adele Adkins / Paul Epworth)

2014 (5’ minutes)

Arrangement for Jazz Big Band

World Premiere 21 April 2015 – UMKC Conservatory Jazz Band (Matt Baldwin – Tenor Saxophone); Bobby Watson (cond.)                   

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7034

 

Theme from the Motion Picture: It Happened in January

2014 (5’40 minutes)

Composed for: solo horn and piano

World Premiere 23 May 2014 Southwest Horn Convention, San Diego, California; Jeff Nielsen (solo Horn)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7016

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2013

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An Old Bolivian Jaguar Tale

2013 (4 minutes)

Instrumentation: string orchestra

Commissioned by: David Tourtellot for youth string orchestra

World Premiere May 2014 - Sunset Valley Elementary School Orchestra

                                Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7017

 

Cry of the Queenless King

2013 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: bass-baritone and piano

World Premiere 27 May 2016, at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Carl Dupont (bass-baritone); Qiao Zheng Goh (piano)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7014

 

逃離邪惡帝國 Escape from the Evil Empire

2013 (14’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4331/timp+4/choir/sop./hp/pno/stgs (14. 12. 10. 8. 6)       

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7012

 

Sakanoue No Tamuramaro

2013 (19’40 minutes)

Instrumentation: chamber ensemble and solo percussion - 2222/2000

Premiered 03 November 2013 by the Midwest Chamber Ensemble, Greg Haynes (Perc); Steve Lewis (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7010 

 

Serpent’s Venom/Vulture’s Talons

2013 (8’40 minutes)

Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon, piano

Premiered 04 April 2013 - the Filamental Trio

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7008

 

Symphony No. 3 (Captain Paul Cuffe and the Traveller)

2013 (40 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4231/timp+3/hp/pno-cel/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Readings: April 2013 - Kansas City Symphony conducted by Aram Demirjian

                 April 2013 - UMKC Orchestra conducted by Parinya Chucherdwatanasak

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7009

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2012

 

犯罪心理 Criminal Minded

2012 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: solo guzheng

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7024

 

Evening Music for Clarinet and Piano

2012 (11 minutes)

Instrumentation: solo clarinet and piano

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7033

 

Fantasy of a Lonely Man

2012 (8'30 minutes)

Instrumentation: erhu and pipa

World Premiere 26 October 2013 by Music From China, New York City

Wang Guowei (erhu) and Sun Li (pipa)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7013

 

白茶 Gateway at Preah Vihear

2012 (3'30 minutes)

Instrumentation: solo guzheng and distortion pedal

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7023

 

House of Price (Drama for String Orchestra)

2012 (8’34 minutes), Rev. (2013)

Instrumentation: string orchestra (14. 12. 10. 8. 6)

Premiered September 2012 - Midwest Chamber Ensemble conducted by Steve Lewis

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7011

 

我独自步行 I Walk Alone

2012 (4 minutes)

Instrumentation: solo guzheng

World Premiere 23 February 2013 - Zhou Jing (Zheng); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7022

 

If Not the Sun

2012 (3'10 minutes)

Instrumentation: SATB

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7019

 

Inescapable (Concerto for Contrabass and Wind Symphony)

2012 (16 minutes)

Instrumentation: solo contrabass - 22321/4221/timp+3/hp

Premiered 19 March 2013 – Jeffrey Kail (Contrabass) and the UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony; Steve Davis (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7007a

 

Journey to the Center of the Floor

2012 (4’40 minutes)

Instrumentation: 0111/2110/4perc/kybd/elec. gtr/elec. bs

Commissioned by: Meghan Phadke

Premiered 11 October 2012 at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7081

 

Love Aint Nuthin’ But itty bitty Feelings

2012 (12 minutes)

Instrumentation: jazz quartet (a.sx/pno/bs/dms)

Premiered 16 March 2012 by The Brett Jackson Quartet, Kansas City, Missouri

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7082

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2011

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Movements In Space for Mime and Ensemble

2011 (24 minutes)

Instrumentation: mime and small ensemble

World Premiere 16 March 2012 - Natalie Parish (Mime) and string quartet

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7006

 

The Nebraska Plains

2011 (3'15 minutes)

Instrumentation: brass quintet

World Premiere 10 April 2012 by pFive, Kansas City, Missouri

Chicago Premiere: 29 February 2016 by Fulcrum Point Brass, Chicago, Illinois

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7004

 

The Nebraska Plains

2011 (3'15 minutes)

Instrumentation: Concert Wind Band (1040+3saxes/2323/3perc)

World Premiere 7 November 2016 University of South Carolina-Aiken Wind Band, Hayes Bunch (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7004WE

 

Symphony No. 1 (Empire of Kasuf)

2011 (34 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4331/timp+3/hp/cel/choir/stgs (16. 14. 12. 10. 8)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7001

 

白茶 White Tea

2011 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: erhu (zhonghu), yangqin, da ruan, percussion

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7011

 

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2010

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Atchafalaya Expedition

2010 (9 minutes)                                            

Instrumentation: woodwind quintet

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7005

 

Batter Up

2010, rev. 2014 (5 minutes)

Instrumentation: jazz big band

First performed: 07 April 2010 - UMKC Conservatory Concert Jazz Big Band conducted by Bobby Watson; Hermon Mehari (Trumpet), Brett Jackson (Alto Saxophone)

                                Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7025

 

For Reasons and Seasons I Can’t Explain     

2010 (6 minutes)              

Instrumentation: solo piano

World Premiere 16 March 2012 - Andrew Oullette (Piano)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMO 7083

 

In the Presence of Great Spirits

2010 (7'20 minutes)

Instrumentation: gu-qin and erhu

World Premiere 20 April 2010 - Zhou Juan (guqin) and Chiung-I Huang (erhu);

Chinese Music Society of North America - Honorable mention (2011)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7084

 

Rabat Waterfront Fantasy

2010, rev. 2012 (5’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: wind band 33343/24211/timp+3/hp

World Premiere 26 April 2013 - UMKC Wind Ensemble; Joe Parisi (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7003a

 

Rabat Waterfront Fantasy

2010, rev. 2012 (5’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: Pierrot ensemble

World Premiere September 2013 - Midwest Chamber Ensemble; Steve Lewis (cond.)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7003b

 

Rabat Waterfront Fantasy

2010, rev. 2012 (5’30 minutes)

Instrumentation: orchestra 3332/3121/timp+2/cel/hp/stgs (14. 12. 10. 8. 6)

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7003

 

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2009

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Gardener and the Tyrant

2009, rev. 2012 (10 minutes)

Instrumentation: 3333/4031/timp+2/pno(cel)/hp/stgs (14. 12. 10. 8. 6)

Reading: UMKC Symphony Orchestra

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7002

 

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2008

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An Observation of Squirrels

2008 (4'20 minutes)

Instrumentation: woodwind quintet                           

Premiered 17 November 2009 at the University of Missouri Kansas City

Publisher: Kerwin Young Music Publishing, Inc. // Catalog #: KYMP 7027

 

Tales of a Fon Griot

2008 (7 minutes)

Instrumentation: chamber ensemble

Commissioned by Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi

Premiere 21 April 2008, Jackson State Univ. Symphony Orch.; Dr. Robert Blaine (cond.)

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2007

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Kalakuta Republic

2007 (6 minutes)

Instrumentation:  string quartet

World Premiere 12 November 2007, Spelman-Morehouse College String Quartet