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Operas

Penelope Ann’s Revenge, 1 act, 45’, SMTB, 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-0, str, perc, 2020.
Original libretto by Nelson Sheeley
Companion to Arthur Sullivan’s Cox and Box
May 2021 (anticipated premiere).  First Coast Opera/A Classic Theatre, Saint Augustine, FL

 
The Stranger’s Tale, 1 act, 45’, STB(B)+Sp, 0-0-1-1, 0-1-1-0, vln, cb, pno, perc, 2005.
Version 2 for piano and solo violin.
Original libretto by Nelson Sheeley
Companion to Stravinsky’s L’histoire du soldat
April 2005, Sorg Opera, Middletown, OH (premiere)
July 2009, Resonanz Festival, Albany, NY (premiere of piano/solo violin version)
February 2018, First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
​Watch video of the premiere:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDddKtZzKvA&t=466s
 
The Trial of B.B. Wolf, 1 act, 45’, S(S)MTBB, 12 non-singing from audience, 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-0, str, perc; 2011.
Original libretto by Nelson Sheeley
June 2011, Opera Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY (premiere with piano)
March 2017, First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL (premiere of chamber orchestra version)
November 2017, Central Florida Vocal Arts, Orlando, FL
April/May 2019, First Coast Opera, Saint Augustine, FL
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Choral Works

Benediction for Mixed Chorus unaccompanied, 1988.
February 3, 1991, Danville Congregational Church Chancel Choir, CA
 
Create in Me A Clean Heart for Mixed Chorus unaccompanied, 1988.
Central Methodist College Baccalaureate Service, A Cappella Choir (premiere)
 
Introit for Mixed Chorus unaccompanied, 1988.
February 1991, Danville Congregational Church Chancel Choir, CA
 
January Carol arranged for Mixed Chorus and organ, 1993.
February 1993, Danville Congregational Church Chancel Choir, CA
 
Kirk Benediction for Mixed Chorus and optional organ, 2005
Commissioned by First Presbyterian Church, Middletown, OH
 
Matthew Extracts, Two short responses for Mixed Chorus and piano, 1993
February 1993, Danville Congregational Church Chancel Choir, CA (premiere)
 
Shout for Joy for Mixed Chorus and Brass, 1991.
 
Sing to the Lord for Soloist, Mixed Chorus, Piano, and Organ, 2005
Commissioned by First Presbyterian Church, Middletown, OH
 
Where Worlds Meet for Narrator, SATB Chorus, and Chamber Ensemble
October 2005, Middfest International, Middletown, OH
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Miscellaneous Works

Solo Songs
The Dark Hills
, 1989
Make Me, O Lord, Thy Spinning Wheel, 1993
Oh Captain! My Captain! 2004
Sonnet #1833, 1999
In the Land of My Imagination for Tenor (from The Stranger’s Tale), 2005
Cop’s Aria for Bass-Baritone (from The Stranger’s Tale), 2005
I Had a Westie Pup for Soprano (from The Stranger’s Tale), 2005
Womankind for Soprano (from Penelope Ann’s Revenge), 2020
Hatter Song for Baritone (From Penelope Ann’s Revenge), 2020
Mr. Swine’s Aria for Soprano (From The Trial of B. B. Wolf), 2011

Instrumental Works
Saratoga Rag
for solo piano, 2010
Three Children’s Songs for Flute, Bb Clarinet, and Horn, 1988

Other
Babes in Toyland
(Herbert), New Book with Nelson Sheeley, 2001.
December 2001, Sorg Opera, Middletown, OH (premiere)
 
Jake and the Giant, a mini-operetta after Jack and the Beanstalk a lá Gilbert and Sullivan, 1993.
July, 1993, Children’s Theatre Workshop Summer Conservatory, Pleasanton, CA (premiere)
 
Pinocchio, an original calypso musical theater adaptation, 1992.
Book and Lyrics by Scott and Shannon Guggenheim and Curtis Tucker.
November 1992, Children’s Theatre Workshop, Pleasanton, CA (premiere)
 
Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole (Salieri)
English Singing Translation
March 2009, Opera Saratoga, Albany, NY (premiere)

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