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Opus	Title	Duration	Date	Instrumentation	Listen
1	Octet "Wildflowers"	9' 33"		flute, A cl, Bb sop. sax, trombone, piano, marimba, viola & cello
I was in the middle of graduate school when I wrote this piece. At the time, I was enamored with Steve Reich's woodwind octet and with minimalism in general. My intention was to always keep the timbres changing (morphing and evolving)
2	Fantasy for Piano #1	3' 39"		solo piano
I wrote this piece in a single day. It took me weeks to correctly notate it with Finale and make the notation accessible. Initially, my intention was to rock out. So I tried to do just that with non-tonal harmonies, a fast pace and accelerated rhythms.
3	Trio for Flute, Viola & Harp (Dew Drop Dares To Play With The Light of the Sun)	11' 39"		Flute, Viola and Harp
This is a metaphor. Imagine a dew drop, with the utmost humility and kindness daring to play around with the sun the very thing or power that is going to destroy it.
4	Ich Habe Bambus Geschnitten	4' 06"		for "Pierrot-ish Ensemble" (minus the clarinet and the cello) scored for flute, piano, percussion (bowed cymbals- tubular bells- triangle & water gong) soprano solo & viola solo (text by Paul Celan)
This is my first attempt at art song per se. The setting of the text is stylistically adventurous for me and my tastes. I liked the results though. The author of the texts is Paul Celan.
5	Interlude for Solo Guitar	3' 39"		solo acoustic classical guitar
This piece along with my piece "And Yet There Could Be Love" represent my very first attempts at composition way back when.
6	In Expression	11' 40"		Javanese gamelan orchestra, 2 flutes, 3 part Women's choir (s.s.a.) Texts based on the book "The Impersonal Life"
I've always been interested in Gamelan music especially American Gamelan music. I felt that traditional Gamelan music could co-exist well with a Western style chorus. And, two flutes would just add to the pleasure of the timbrel mix. I wrote the texts.
7	Trio For violin, Bb Clarinet & Piano	20' 59"		Violin, Bb Clarinet & Piano
My three movement piano trio is my "Ode to Joy." The first movement is what came from me after being out of music for ten years. The second and third movements were written over a handful of years.
8	String Quartet #1	14' 17"		Violin 1&2, Viola & Cello
I wrote this piece for my Master's thesis back in graduate school. The first movement looks back to Ravel's string quartet.(Assez vif: Tr?s rhythm?) The second movement looks back to Brahms & again to Ravel. The third movement harkens back to Bartok.
9	The Sun and the Sunflower	5' 39"		Balinese gamelan orchestra
Imagine a sunflower tracking the sun across the sky. During the night the sunflower moves itself back and awaits the coming of the sun. On the outside this seems austere. But on the inside this love rocks. Just a metaphor.
10	The Secret Sky	6' 12"		Balinese gamelan orchestra and two flutes (Based on text by poet Charles Cameron) (from his poem "The Secret Sky")
Based on texts by Charles Cameron. I am a nightingale of the secret sky. I have watched many swans float by on the soft waves of the hidden river. I fly from one garden to the next. A rose is my mosque and my text is the grace of the marvelous giver.
11	And Yet There Could Be Love	1' 31"		24-member acappella choir (s.a.t.b.)
This piece was one of my first attempts at composition back in 1978. The texts are by an anonymous Vietnamese poet.
12	The Sun is the Ocean	5' 39"		harp, soprano solo and a 24-member chamber choir (s.a.t.b.) (Text by the composer, me)
I always loved to watch Harpo Marx play the harp. This piece was my first attempt at writing for the harp. It was also my first composition written under the guidance of Janice Giteck. I wrote the texts.
13	Mariposo Tulip-Of The Genus Calachortus Lutens	4' 54"		Balinese gamelan orchestra
The Mariposo Tulip is a wildflower which grows in the foothills of the Western United States. It was written for a class in gamelan music at the University of Oregon School of Music.
14	Piano Sonata #1	12' 39"		solo piano
My first piano sonata. I loved writing it. My intention was to write a technically challenging piece for solo piano.
15	String Quartet #2	21' 39"		Violin 1 & 2, Viola and Cello
I wrote this piece directly after returning home from a family reunion in Northern Idaho in 1997. The music just came gushing out of me.
16	Duet for Cello & Piano	7' 40"		Cello & Piano
This piece started out with the title: El alma en mi Coraz?n (The soul in my Heart) It was a much longer piece.
17	Trio for Flute, viola & Harp-An Autobiography of a Traveler Can You Hear The Voice of The Roses?	8' 33"		Flute, Viola & Harp
First sketched out during graduate school I finalized it a couple years after I graduated from school. The music reminded me of my own wanderings.
18	Woodwind Quintet	13' 39"		Flute, Bb Clarinet, Oboe, Horn in F, & Bassoon
I really like this piece. The third movement especially. My friend thought I should make the phrases overlap or dovetail like Debussy did sometimes.
19	Elizabeth	2' 40"		Solo Piano
This music personifies the inherently sweet side of my wife.
20	Closer	15' 39"		Javanese gamelan orchestra, two flutes and 24-member choir (s.a.t.b.) texts by Mark Vigil (the content of the text is how everyone is always becoming closer to the Creator)
This piece is suppose to be all about how everyone is always in a state of becoming closer and ever closer to God.
21	Three songs for Harp & Lyric Soprano	14' 39"		Harp & Lyric Soprano solo Soprano Range D—G# texts by the composer Mark Vigil
The 2nd piece I ever wrote, from my undergraduate days at Cornish Institute in Seattle. I was 23 or 24 years old. Very sweet. Very lyrical music. Tonal/modal. The vocal range dips down to a "d" and up to a "g#". In a sopranos low to mid-high range.
22	Magnificat			Flute, Bb Clarinet, Oboe, 32-member choir & soloists (s.a.t.b.) latin texts
A Magnificat in the style of J.S. Bach Lots of Baroque style counterpoint. Written while I was still in graduate school.
23	Brass Sextet	6' 12"		(Music composed in a serialist mode) Bb Trumpets 1 & 2, Horns in F 1 & 2, Trombone and Tuba Four short movements, 1. The Beginning Stuff 2. Like a Bouncing Ball 3. Looking Perspicaciously for the Cottage Cheese 4. fugue (Oh Man!)
This piece was intended to be in a quasi serialist style. Maybe even a little surreal.
24	Progeniture			Flute solo, and 8 percussionists-instrumentation includes: cymbals, tambourines, Chinese bells, sleigh bells, snare drum, tom-tom quintet, temple blocks & woodblocks
An ambitious piece of mine. My thinking was to write a big piece with lots of percussion and solo flute.
25	Well of Living Waters			Javanese gamelan orchestra, 32-member choir (s.a.t.b.) and 24-member women's choir (s.s.a.), two flutes-texts by Mark Vigil
Never been performed. I remember it was essentially influenced by the album "Close To The Edge" by Yes. The piece is about the gift of life.
26	Fantasy for Piano #2	7' 16"		solo Piano
Lots of chromaticism and some lyricism. This was the first time I used augmented sonorities.
27	Nine Preludes for Piano Book #1	17' 59"		solo Piano
Writing this piece was fun. Very experimental piano music for me. My goal was to broaden my harmonic horizons. Which I did.
28	Piano Sonata #2	14' 13"		solo Piano
Oftentimes very chromatic. The middle movement was my homage to Maurice Ravel's Prelude from his "Le Tombeau de Couperin" I so love this piece.
29	Three Marian Antiphons Book #1	5' 57"		32-member acappella choir #1 (s.a.t.b.), 32-member acappella choir #2 (s.a.t.b.) Latin texts
This piece was written shortly after 9/11 I just found out that one of my favorite composers Tomas Luis de Victoria chose the same texts for his Marian antiphons.
30	Three Marian Antiphons Book #2	7' 22"		32-member acappella choir #1 (s.a.t.b.), 32-member acappella choir #2 (s.a.t.b.) Latin texts
This piece was written shortly after 9/11 I just found out that one of my favorite composers Tomas Luis de Victoria chose the same texts for his Marian antiphons.
31	Nine Preludes for Piano Book #2	17' 39"		solo Piano
Another attempt at writing short piano pieces. I think that my second book of preludes is much more mature music than the first book of piano preludes.
32	string Quartet #3	20' 39"		violin 1 & 2, viola & cello
This quartet has been a bit of a bugger. It is one of my more adventurous projects.
33	Missa Ordinarium	1 hour 10 minutes		2 Flutes, Bass Flute, 2 Oboes, Bb & A Clarinet, Bass Clarinet,(all clarinets performed by one soloist) Harp, 32-member choir #1 (s.a.t.b.), 32-member choir #2 (s,a,t,b,) Quartertone String Sextet (violin 1&2, Viola 1&2, and Cello 1 & 2)
A really big choral piece over an hour at least in length. Epic. It took me a year to compose.
34	Missa Brevis	7' 35"		String Quartet and 24-member choir (s.a.t.b.) Latin texts
I like to do things twice. This time the mass is very short with light small forces to accompany the chorus.
35	Dragonfly Idyll-Butterfly Idyll	5' 39"		Shakuhatchi, Koto, Harp & Piano based on poetry by Mark Vigil
I like to use world instruments sometimes combining them with traditional Western instruments. This piece is meant as just a little fancy.
36	Jubilato Deo	7' 35"		Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, Percussion (triangle, tam-tam, crotales, tubular bells, handbells,) Piano, Harp, 24-member women's choir #1 (s.s.a.) 24-member women's choir #2 (s.a.a.) and Strings (88642) Latin texts
One of my favorite pieces I've ever done. Large forces. Never been performed. To expensive. Lots of beauty.
37	Scherzoso Capriccio-Life Itself	7' 22"		Percussion (timpani, xylophone, marimba #1, marimba #2, & bass marimba) String Quartet & 3 pizzicato string orchestras (10,10,8,6,2)
A one of a kind piece. There is nothing like it out there in the repertoire. A spectacle. A barn burner. A piece written entirely for the pleasure of the audience.
38	Passacaglia Ma Un Poco Fantasia-Basso Ostinato with Theme and 18 Variations	12' 37"		Piccolo, Flute, Bass flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn in F #1&2, Percussion (tambourine, shakers, snare drum, vibraphone, glockenspiel) Cello solo, 2 Violas and 3 string basses
Again one of my favorite pieces that I have ever done. Written solely as an exercise in motivic development. It took me months and months to compose.
39	Sonatine-Moto Perpetuo (This Sweet Life-In a Bit of a Hurry)	3' 39"		solo Piano
Again, written in homage to one of my favorite composers Maurice Ravel. I think "Jeau Deux" had most of my attention and memory.
40	"If The Falling Of A Hoof" Lyrics from (& or based upon) a poem in the Penguin publication "The Gift, Poems by Hafiz," copyright 1999 Daniel Ladinsky & used with his permission	3' 35"		Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, horn in F, Harp, Harpsichord, Percussion (large gong 30", medium gong 26", 18" suspended sizzle cymbal, triangle) mezzo soprano, Bass Baritone, Solo Violin, Solo Viola, Solo Cello #1 & #2
A complete departure for me considering the orchestration, but it works. I have always wanted to write for the harpsichord.
41	Five Preludes for Violin And Piano	14' 25"		Violin solo and Piano
Five very different little pieces. Harmonically eclectic. Stylistically both modern and lyrical.Not to technically demanding.
42	Haec Dies (This is the Day)	1' 36"		16 member chorus (s.a.t.b.) 4 member male chorus (Bs. Baritone & Bass) & mixed instrumental quintet (flute, English Horn,Bb Clarinet & 2 Violas) Latin text
I wrote this piece in a single day. I don't know what came over me. I use a metrical canon meaning the dux is in one meter and the comes is in another.
43	Three Preludes for Bb Clarinet & Piano	7' 17"		Bb Clarinet solo & Piano (adapted from op. 41 five preludes for violin & piano)
These three preludes are transcribed verbatim from my five preludes op. 41. I just saw these originals in the guise of the clarinet.
44	Gending "Maharaj Ji"	8' 10"		Javanese Gamelan Orchestra, Slendro, with Saron Imbal, Bonang Imbal, Bonang Gembiang
From my early days when I would write predominately for Javanese Gamelan orchestra. I felt inspired to write music about my master Maharaji or Prem Rawat.
45	Gending "Waters of the Heart"	10' 25"		Javanese Gamelan Orchestra, Ladrang Ageng, Slendro with added P7, Bonang Gembyang
From my early days when I would write predominately for Javanese Gamelan orchestra. I felt inspired to write music about my master Maharaji or Prem Rawat.
46	Gending "Field of Flowers"	12' 29"		Javanese Gamelan Orchestra, 20 member 3 part Women's chorus (s,a,a) percussion (bell tree) (text by Mark Vigil)
From my early days when I would write predominately for Javanese Gamelan orchestra. I felt inspired to write music about my master Maharaji or Prem Rawat.
47	Five Bagatelles for Mixed Quintet six Percussionists & Chorus	20' 12"		Bb clarinet, tenor trombone, piano, harp, string bass/electric bass- a myriad of percussion instruments (wood, metal, skin) 24-member s.a.b. mixed chorus text by Carol Vanhoff & Mark Vigil
A mammoth percussion piece. Each piece is a universe unto itself. I intended this piece as an exploration of mine into the very interesting world of percussion.
48	Please	4' 28"		woodwinds, harp, amplified sitar, lyric soprano solo, 24 member s.a.t.b. chorus, percussion,(triangle,tambourine) string trio & small string orchestra (44321) text by Carol Vanhoff
This is a very special and unique composition inspired by the beautiful text by a wonderful poet Carol Vanhoff. The music is sweet and colorful.
49	Wildflowers2	9' 29"		Transcribed for CONCERT BAND from my original Octet "Wildflowers" op. 1 Instrumentation: standard compliment of woodwinds, (Eng. Hrn. optional) saxophones, (sop. sax. optional) brass, percussion, (8 percussionists) piano, 2 cellos & 1 string bass
I actually made a concert band piece. Oh goody! What fun. It is transcribed from my Octet "Wildflowers" op.1. I always wanted to make a concert band version of this piece. It took me six months to make this piece.
50	String Quartet #4	21' 06"		violin 1, violin 2, viola & cello
With this piece I harken back to my stylistic roots of composition. Meaning very lyrical easy to digest not complicated. But, this time I come home more mature.
51	"En El Capricho De Una Perla" (On The Whim Of A Pearl)	7' 14"		Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet, English Horn, Bb Soprano Saxophone 2 Horns in F, 2 Harps, Violin solo & String Orchestra (10,10,8,6,2)
This music is a transcription of my 2nd mvt. of my 4th string quartet. I re-envisioned the material for orchestral size strings with solo woodwinds, brass and harps. I think it sounds much more rich more full.
52	The Garden of My Life	10' 10"		electro-acoustic new age ambient
Honestly, I so love ambient new age music
53	In a Wild Garden	2' 06"		electro-acoustic new age ambient
I originally included this piece of music as the title track to my 2nd cd which was also called "In a Wild Garden" I later dropped this track from my cd because a "new age" piece with a cd of contemporary classical music is just not right.

Work(s) in Progress

The following is a list of works still in process :

Title	Instrumentation
Petite Suite For Violin and Viola	violin and Viola