I’m an amateur musician, self-taught, who enjoys playing and composing music on alto and tenor Baroque recorders and on Native American flutes.

I composed the pieces below initially for solo recorder.

For these compositions, I used MuseScore Studio software to score them with digital flutes, recorders, and other instruments. You can find free sheet music for them at MuseScore.

Reflections

I composed An Elegy in dedication to all close friends who have unexpectedly passed from our lives. While there is the sorrow of loss, there’s also the warm remembrance of their love and lives. There’s vibrancy to our remembrance and a confidence that their value to us remains meaningful. It’s my first attempt at orchestration.

Awaiting You came about when my wife’s flight was delayed for three hours in Chicago and I grabbed an alto recorder to pass the time, as the sun set quietly and I waited on word of her departure for home.

From Native Woods

These compositions were inspired by Native American flute music. I composed Red Cedar when I first began playing a new, hand-crafted Native American flute I received from Blue Bear Flutes of Alabama.

Smokedrift was a melody I created at the piano about 50 years ago but recently recreated for recorder.

Red Cedar (Flute Solo)

Smokedrift (Flute Solo)

The American Recorder Society

I am a member of the American Recorder Society. I’m honored that several of my compositions have been accepted for the Society’s Music Libraries.

As their website states, “The mission of the American Recorder Society is to promote the recorder and its music.” Please visit and discover all that the Society offers.