Works
Alphabetical List of Works
Although not exactly a “complete” list of original works, these are certainly the most notable as they are available in some tangible form and/or have been performed. This list does not include many of the original works available in the Royalty Free Music Collection.
Sheet music is available both in traditional print versions and also as PDF downloads. Please visit Splunge Music.
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Instrumentation/Notes:
Unaccompanied Solo Trumpet. Inspired by a poem by Robert A. Geise.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Acting Captain Blowhard
Instrumentation/Notes:
Bassoon, Cello, String Bass. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Foundation and Desire”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Arbiter Chronicles: Main Title (2000-2008)
Instrumentation/Notes:
Flute, Horn, Trumpet, String Orchestra, & Percussion. Composed for Science Fiction audio drama series The Arbiter Chronicles.
Availability: In episodes from PRT
Listen to an excerpt:
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Arbiters in Conflict
Instrumentation/Notes:
Trumpet, 3 Violins, Piano. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Playing Politics”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Bargain Basement Game Show Theme
Instrumentation/Notes:
Flute, 2 Trumpets, Violin, Tuba, Mandolin (or Banjo and/or Guitar), Piano, & Percussion.
Availability: For the next shows, visit Treyhawk Productions
Listen to an excerpt:
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Black Star Passes, The
Instrumentation/Notes:
Trumpet, Viola, Cello, & Percussion. Composed for the Podiobooks presentation of the unabridged audiobook by John W. Campbell.
Availability: In audiobook at podiobooks.com or on mp3 CD
Audio recording in Royalty Free collection
Captain Speaks, The
Instrumentation/Notes:
String Orchestra. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Mutiny Springs Eternal”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Captain’s Daughter, The
Instrumentation/Notes:
Wood Recorder, & Strings. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Best Laid Plans”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Cernaq’s Mind
Instrumentation/Notes:
Synthesizer, & Percussion. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “A Man Walks Into a Bar”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Departure of Boromir
Instrumentation/Notes:
Tenor, Baritone, Horn in F, English Horn, String Orchestra. Words by J.R.R. Tolkien
Availability: Unpublished
Five Cubic Meows of Kryptonite
Instrumentation/Notes:
A novelty song published in fake book format. The Rock Power Lament for Allergy Sufferers Everywhere! Words by Nell Codner and Scott D. Farquhar. Music by Scott D. Farquhar.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Folksong Suite #1
Instrumentation/Notes:
Solo Piano. Settings of the following folk tunes: The Moreen (The Minstrel Boy), Waltzing Matilda, Fanny Blair, A Brisk Young Sailor, and Green Broom.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Fanny Blair audio recording in Royalty Free collection
Fractal Suite
Instrumentation/Notes:
Unaccompanied Solo Flute. 6 paired movements incorporating modern performance techniques such as air tones and fluttertonguing. Advanced.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Give and Take
Instrumentation/Notes:
Unaccompanied Solo Trombone etude.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Heavenly
Instrumentation/Notes:
Voice (alto), Trombone, Piano, Guitar (opt.). Words by William Shakespeare. Composed for The Rude Mechanicals production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Journey Ahead, The
Instrumentation/Notes:
Flute, Horn, Trumpet, 2 Violins, & Viola. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Best Laid Plans”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Kevin’s Blues
Instrumentation/Notes:
Piano, Bass, Percussion. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Dreamer”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Audio recording in Royalty Free collection
Laden Swallow, The
Instrumentation/Notes:
Solo Piano.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Lancelot’s Idiom
Instrumentation/Notes:
Solo Piano. “New Age” style.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Let Them Go
Instrumentation/Notes:
Voice (alto), Piano, Guitar (opt.). Words by William Shakespeare. Composed for The Rude Mechanicals production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Listen to an excerpt (performed by Ray Bernard on vocals, Sharon Sari on piano, and Lyle Saunders on Bass):
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Manipulation
Instrumentation/Notes:
Cello and Piano.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
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Metcalfe & Kaya
Instrumentation/Notes:
Wood Recorder, Flute, Piano, & Strings. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Best Laid Plans”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Mussorgsky Variations
Instrumentation/Notes:
Unaccompanied Solo Sax. Variations on the “Old Castle” theme from Pictures at an Exhibition.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Prayer of a Midshipman
Instrumentation/Notes:
Flute & Piano. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Mutiny Springs Eternal”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Reflections
Instrumentation/Notes:
Horn and String Quartet. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Man of Letters”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Salute to The Mamas & The Papas
Instrumentation/Notes:
SATB w/ Piano. Medly arrangement of Go Where You Wanna Go, Words of Love, I Saw Her Again Last Night, and Make Your Own Kind of Music. Arranged for exclusive performance rights for The New Wave Singers of Baltimore.
Availability: Unpublished
Skeleton’s Jig
Instrumentation/Notes:
Fiddle Tune for Viola or Violin. Composed for The Prometheus Radio Theatre production “Dead Aaron”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Star Surgeon
Instrumentation/Notes:
Trumpet, Horn, & String Orchestra. Composed for the unabridged audiobook production of the book Star Surgeon by Alan E. Nourse.
Availability: In audiobook at podiobooks.com or on mp3 CD
Audio recording in Royalty Free collection
Telepathy
Instrumentation/Notes:
Synthesizer, & Percussion. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “A Man Walks Into a Bar”
Availability: In episode from PRT
Things Burn Quickly
Instrumentation/Notes:
Synthesizer. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “The White Lady”
Availability: In episode from PRT
To The Future and Back
Instrumentation/Notes:
Flute and String Quartet. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Adventure 354″
Availability: In episode from PRT
Listen:
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Us Two
Instrumentation/Notes:
Voice & Piano. Words by A.A. Milne
Availability: Unpublished (until source text falls into public domain)
Walking Tune by Percy Grainger
Instrumentation/Notes:
Arranged for Clarinet Choir: 1 Eb Sopranino, 3 to 5 Bb Soprano, 1 Eb Alto, 1 Bb Bass, and 1 Eb Contra-Alto.
Availability: Sheet Music from C.L. Barnhouse
We Made It Rain!
Instrumentation/Notes:
Glockenspiel, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, String Bass. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Foundation and Desire”
Availability: In episode from PRT
We Three Kings
Instrumentation/Notes:
Arrangement of the traditional Christmas Carol by John Henry Hopkins for TTB soloists, SATB chorus, & Piano.
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
William Blake Choral Settings
Instrumentation/Notes:
SATB or TTBB Chorus, a cappella. Poems by William Blake: The Sick Rose, The Laughing Song, & Never Seek to Tell Thy Love
Availability: Sheet Music from Splunge Music
Zero Hour
Instrumentation/Notes:
Piano and String Orchestra. Composed for The Arbiter Chronicles episode “Adventure 354″
Availability: In episode from PRT