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The Peacemakers is inspired by Leymah Gbowee's book, Mighty Be Our Powers the story of Leymah's organizing the Liberian women into peaceful protest against the Liberian dictator, Charles Taylor. Ultim...

This short musical greeting is based on the Shaker song A Cup of Rejoicing. Joyous and celebratory, the tempo is quick and the style is playful. The strings often have upbow gestures, and even upbow g...

Allen Shawns dramatic and dynamic work for string orchestra expands on a single set of motivic ideas through alternating sections of highly contrasting musical characters. This skillfully-crafted comp...

Score only. Duration: 14:00. Suite in three movements: I. Fanfare II. Pastorale III. Introduction and Rondo.

For many years, I wanted to compose an homage to the great Czech-American composer Karel Husa (b. 1921), who was my composition teacher at Cornell University. I hesitated for a long time, as I was uns...