VIOLIN & PIANO

Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1994). Duration: 10'.
I. Allegro II. Elegy (Largo) III. Chase (Allegro)
Commissioned by Australian violinist Benjamin Breen
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.
World premiere by Benjamin Breen and the composer at the Mostly Women Composers Festival in Columbia University, New York in 1995.
European premiere at the Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Música de Barcelona (Spain) (10/30/95).
Performed live onWNYC radio program "Around New York " with Robert Beckhard (5/19/94). Performance History

Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1995). Duration: 14'.
I. Maestoso/Allegro ma non molto II. Intermezzo (Allegretto) III. Andante IV. Allegro
Commissioned by Australian violinist Benjamin Breen
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Company.

World premiere by Benjamin Breen and the composer at the Mostly Women Composers Festival at the Bloomingdale House of Music in New York City (5/22/94).

CELLO & PIANO

"Colores Andaluces" for cello and piano (2006). Duration: 10'.
Five Spanish-flavor pieces written for cellist Françoise Groben, member of the Meininger-Trio.

I. Tres morillas
II. Duende
III. Nana
IV. El Jinete
V. Zapateado

Premiered at Celloherbst in Germany on October 13, 2006.
Published by Friedrick Hofmeister Musik Verlag.

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FLUTE, CELLO & PIANO

Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano (2008). Duration: 23'
Written for the Meininger-Trio.
Premiered by the Meininger-Trio at Nachtmusik - WDR Broadcasting Station in Cologne (Germany) on March 15, 2008.

I. Awakening
II. Sago gatherers
III. Evening storm
IV. Voices of inside night
V. Night spirits

Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano (2003). Duration: 20'23"
Written, for the Meininger-Trio.

Premiered at the 15th International Bodensee Festival in Meersburg, Germany, on May 24, 2003.
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musiverlag Leipzig

I. El Cortejo (Courtship)
II. Noche en la Alhambra (Night in the Alhambra);
III. La moza y el gitano (Scherzando) (The peasant and the gypsy)
IV. Gigue.
Performance History
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CLARINET, VIOLIN, CELLO & PIANO

Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1999). Duration: 17'
Commissioned and premiered by SOLI Chamber Ensemble at Ruth Taylor Concert Hall in San Antonio, TX, in January 2000.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.

I. Image; II. Capriccio; III. Cantilena and Dance; IV. Finale
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"Its tonal harmony, traditional forms and romantic sensibility mark "Portraits II" as conservative, but the composer's individuality shows through in yearning dissonances, quirky juxtapositions of thematic material and a pervasive sensuality not unlike that of her native Barcelona. "San Antonio Express-News
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Portraits II for flute, violin, cello and piano (1999/2003). Duration: 17'.
Version of Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (see above)
Arranged for Quarteto Sereno and premiered on June 11, 2003, by the Quarteto Sereno at the Gustav Luebcke Museum Hamm (Germany) in honor of a Picasso Exhibition.
Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co.