WORK LIST
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
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 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
STRING ORCHESTRA
WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023)
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
WIND 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
BRASS AND WOODWIND CHAMBER MUSIC
FALSE AWAKENING (2021) for oboe, Bb clar, alto sax, bs cl, bsn DURATION12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
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) three movements for woodwind quintet, DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Imagine Music
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
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.
EVOCATION (1985/2020) for Bb clar, bsn, F hrn, C tpt, perc. DURATION: 5:30 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
QUARTET (1984/2020) for flute, Bb clar, bsn, gtr, DURATION: 12:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
"THE DOG HAD..." VARIATIONS (2023) for string quartet DURATION: 6:30 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) for string quartet
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
TWO FUGUES (2020) for string quartet DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
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
2 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
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
ROTATIONS(1986/2012) for solo marimba DURATION: 4:00 Buy from Imagine Music
SOLO PIANO
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
DUOS
WEDDING PROCESSIONAL (2023) for two pianos
BITS AND PIECES (1985/2022) for viola and cello DURATION: 14:00 Buy from Sheet Music Direct
KALEIDOSCOPE (2021) for oboe and cello. DURATION: 9:00 Buy from Sheet Music Plus
FOUR MOVEMENTS (1984/2013) for two flutes DURATION: 10:00 Buy from Imagine Music
DUO (1985) for horn and cello DURATION: 8:00 Buy from Nichols Music Co.
VOCAL SOLO and CHORAL
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 (Emily Dickenson) (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
Performance materials are available directly from the composer and/or Polyphony Artists Management. Inquire on contact page.
MISCELLANEOUS SOLO WORKS
BREAKING AND ENTERING (2020) for bassoon and electronics.
VOILÀ! (2004) for five-string electric viola DURATION: 7:30
CURRENT WORKS IN PROGRESS
BRASS QUINTET
CELLO SONATA
EARTH TONES for jazz ensemble
PIANO SUITE (SONATA NO 2)
SERENADE (string orchestra)