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Songs My Radio Taught Me for marimba (2008)

Each of the five movements in this suite were inspired by various pop songs from the early 1980s. I decided to take short, memorable, and in some cases iconic, licks and hooks from these songs and...

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Not Cool for tenor sax duet and fixed media (2009)

When I was asked to write a short piece (between 1 and 100 seconds) for two saxophones and pre-recorded audio, I had no choice but to turn to the 1980s for help. I played around with various iconic...

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Passacaglia Variations (are made of this) for cello duet (2008)

When I decided to write a duet for two cellos, I found inspiration in pop music from the 1980s. The bass line used in this work comes from the Eurythmic’s classic “Sweet Dreams (are made of this),” the...

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