WORK LIST
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FULL ORCHESTRA
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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STRING ORCHESTRA
SYMPHONIC BAND
JAZZ ENSEMBLE (BIG BAND)
WOODWIND CHAMBER MUSIC
BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
STRINGS CHAMBER MUSIC
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
SOLO PERCUSSION
SOLO PIANO
MIXED CHAMBER MUSIC
VOCAL SOLO AND CHORAL
THEATER
MISCELLANEOUS SOLO WORKS
WORKS IN PROGRESS
MARIMBA DUETS
SUNRISE for ORCHESTRA
CELLO SONATA
EARTH TONES for jazz ensemble
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 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, str) DURATION: 15:00
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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 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 on Spotify
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for woodwind quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for saxophone quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for clarinet quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- 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
- SIX SHORT PIECES FOR TWO TRUMPETS (2024) DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- THE WAITING GAME (2023) for brass quintet DURATION: 11:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for brass quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- 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 french 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 (coming soon from Imagine Music!)
- 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 on Spotify
- TWO FUGUES (2020) for string quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
- CIRCLES for drum quartet (2024)
- SONATA FOR MARIMBA AND PIANO (2024) DURATION: 11:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- 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 on Spotify
- TWO PIECES FOR PERCUSSION QUARTET (1987) DURATION: 8:00 (Revision underway)
SOLO PERCUSSION
- TWELVE PITHY PIECES FOR MALLET PERCUSSION (2024) DURATION: 13:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- 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 on Spotify
- ROTATIONS (1986/2012) for solo marimba DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music Listen on Spotify
SOLO PIANO
- FIVE PRELUDES FOR PIANO (2024) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- FOUR A MENTOR (2023) DURATION: 6:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) for two pianos (coming soon from Imagine Music!)
- 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
- TÊTE-À-TÊTE (2024) for bassoon and marimba DURATION: 4:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- TÊTE-À-TÊTE (2024) for bass clarinet and marimba DURATION: 4:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- TÊTE-À-TÊTE (2024) for baritone saxophone and marimba DURATION 4:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- 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) (SATB/piano acc) DURATION: 3:00 Buy from Imagine Music
- TORRENTS (1998) (Ilsa Gilbert) (m sop, fl, Bb clar, vc, pno) DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
- REFLECTIONS (1993) (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) (sop, fl, Bb clar, vln, vc, pno) DURATION: 7:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
- AUTUMN (G. Burwasser) (1986/2020) (mez sop, fl, bs clar, 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 on Spotify
- VOILÀ! (2004) for five-string electric viola DURATION: 7:30
WORKS IN PROGRESS
MARIMBA DUETS
SUNRISE for ORCHESTRA
CELLO SONATA
EARTH TONES for jazz ensemble