WORK LIST
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FULL ORCHESTRA
- CATCHING FIREFLIES (1997) (3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; timp, perc, harp, strings) DURATION: 8:30 Buy from Imagine Music
- A WELL-TRAVELED ROAD (1992/rev.2022) (3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; timp, perc, harp, strings)'DURATION: 11:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct Listen here on Spotify
- EBB AND FLOW (1990/rev2022) (3,3,3,3; 4,3,3,1; timp, perc, harp, celesta, strings) DURATION: 14:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
- METAMORPHOSIS (1986/rev2022) (1(picc),1(EH),1(Ebcl), bs cl, bsn, 1: 1,1,1; timp, perc, strings) DURATION: 15:00
STRING ORCHESTRA
- TEARS FOR A DYING PLANET (2024) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- PRELUDE AND DANCE (2021) DURATION: 5:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- MODUS OPERANDI (2019) DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus.
- FLUX (1999) DURATION: 9:00 Buy from Imagine Music Listen here on Spotify
SYMPHONIC BAND
- CATCHING FIREFLIES (2020) DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Imagine Music
JAZZ ENSEMBLE (BIG BAND)
- DUPLICITY (2010) DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- PEACHES EN REGALIA (2007) (Frank Zappa) arr. by D. Burwasser
WOODWIND CHAMBER MUSIC
- CAPRICE (2024) for woodwind quintet DURATION: 9:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- FALSE AWAKENING (2021) for reed quintet: oboe, Bb clar, alto sax, bs cl, bsn DURATION 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music PlusListen here on Spotify
- TWO FUGUES (2020) DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music with optional scoring for brass quartet / saxophone quartet / woodwind quartet / clarinet quartet / string quartet
- SUITE FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET (2019) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- WHIRLWIND (2016) for woodwind quintet, DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Imagine Music Movement I Movement II Movement III
- FOUR MOVEMENTS (1984/2013) for two flutes DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Imagine Music
BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
- THE WAITING GAME (2023) for brass quintet DURATION: 11:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direc
- GROOVES AND RIFFS (2003) trio for tuba, french horn and drums, DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Nichols Music Co.
- MOOD SWING (1997) brass quintet with optional drum set, DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Nichols Music Co.
- MOOD SWING (1995/rev.2023)) for nine players, DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- PASSAGES (1994) for horn quartet, DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Nichols Music Co.
STRINGS CHAMBER MUSIC
- "THE DOG HAD..." VARIATIONS (2023) for string quartet DURATION: 6:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) for string quartet
- BITS AND PIECES (1985/2022) for viola and cello DURATION: 14:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- EPISODES (1983/2020) for string nonet (4 2 2 1) DURATION: 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- PUCK'S GAME (2019) for string quartet, DURATION: 5:30 Buy from Imagine Music Listen here on Spotify
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for string quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
- SONATA FOR MARIMBA AND PIANO (2024) DURATION: 11:00
- A LIKELY TWOSOME (2024) five duets for snare drum and tenor drum DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- PULSATIONS (2023) for mallet quartet DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- THREE VISIONS (2023) for percussion quintet DURATION: 7:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- TWO FUGUES (2023) for marimba quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- REPERCUSSIONS (2022) for percussion quartet, DURATION: 11:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- GROOVE MOVES (2020) for percussion octet, DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Imagine Music Listen here on Spotify
- TWO PIECES FOR PERCUSSION QUARTET (1987) DURATION: 8:00 (Revision underway)
SOLO PERCUSSION
- ESCAPADES (2023) for solo timpani DURATION: 7:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- 15 INTERLUDES (2023) for keyboard percussion DURATION: 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- JOIE DE VIVRE (2023) for solo marimba DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- SNAPSHOTS II (2022) for solo snare drum DURATION: 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- SNAPSHOTS (2018) for solo snare drum Buy from Imagine Music Listen here on Spotify
- ROTATIONS (1986/2012) for solo marimba DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music Listen here on Spotify
PIANO
- FOUR A MENTOR (2023) DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) for two pianos
- RIBBON OF LIGHT (2023) DURATION: 6:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- TWO FUGUES (2022) DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- JABBERWOCKY (2021) DURATION: 3:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- EIGHT EASY PIECES FOR PIANO (2014) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- SONATA FOR PIANO (1987/2018) DURATION: 15:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- FOUR EPITHETS (1988/2013) DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- THREE SHADES OF LENNY (1986) DURATION 3:30 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- ADVERSARIES (1985/2022) DURATION: 5:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
MIXED CHAMBER MUSIC
- TRIUMVIRATE (2024) trio for bassoon, piano, and drum set DURATION: 9:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- KALEIDOSCOPE (2021) for oboe and cello. DURATION: 9:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- EVOCATION (1985/2020) for Bb clar, bsn, F hrn, C tpt, perc. DURATION: 5:30 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- DUO (1985) for horn and cello DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Nichols Music Co.
- QUARTET (1984/2020) for flute, Bb clar, bsn, gtr, DURATION: 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
VOCAL SOLO AND CHORAL
- MORS ET VITA (motet for SAB) (1984/2023) DURATION: 1:30
- THREE SONGS ON POEMS BY LAURA SHOVAN (2023) for baritone voice and piano DURATION: 7:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS (E. Dickinson) (2011/rev2020) for SATB/piano acc. DURATION: 3:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- TORRENTS (1998) (on poems by Ilsa Gilbert) (m sop,fl,Bb clar,vc,pno) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- REFLECTIONS (1993) (on poems by Ilsa Gilbert) for piano and mezzo sop DURATION: 9:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- THE BUTTERFLY (Pavel Friedman) (1988) for flute, vibraphone, and reciter DURATION: 5:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- THE WORDS THE HAPPY SAY (E. Dickinson) (1988) for unaccompanied choir (ATBB) DURATION: 1:00
- A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM (E. A. Poe) (1987/2020) for sop, fl, Bb clar, vln, vc, pno. DURATION: 7:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- AUTUMN (G. Burwasser) (1986/2020) for mezzo sop., fl, bs clar, F hrn, perc, vln, vc DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
THEATER
- ONE NIGHT TOGETHER (2014) (libretto by Ilsa Gilbert) chamber opera in four scenes. DURATION: 01:30:00
MISCELLANEOUS SOLO WORKS
- BREAKING AND ENTERING (2020) for bassoon and electronics Listen here on Spotify
- VOILÀ! (2004) for five-string electric viola DURATION: 7:30
WORKS IN PROGRESS
CELLO SONATA
TRUMPET DUETS
EARTH TONES for jazz ensemble
PIANO SUITE (SONATA NO 2)