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A Chamber Music America Commission for Lincoln Trio premiered on WFMT radio and at Chamber Music America at Bryant Park's summer concert series.

This suite for clarinet and string quartet contains creative arrangements and interpretations of jazz and 20th Century art music in a highly original contemporary classical idiom. It consists of four movements one for each season: Les feuiles mortes (Joseph Kosma) The Snow is Dancing (Debussy) It Might As Well Be Spring (Richard Rogers) Variations on Summertime (George Gershwin). The movements in this suite may be performed individually or in seasonal order beginning with any movement. Borrowed Times was written for and dedicated to clarinetist David Shifrin and Chamber Music Northwest.

Composed for the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble.

This string quartet is a reflection on emperors and kings their works their passions and the inevitable passge of time. Specifically it follows the career of Artashes who ruled Armenia about twenty-two hundred years ago (190-160 BC) founded theArmenian capital Artashat and abducted his beautiful bride Satenik. The composer was struck by a 19th century painting of Artashes funeral with its grand and seemingly endless cortege the wailing throng lining the road the deceased king borne instate on a royal carriage all led by regal horsemen and a colorful phalanx of musicians. The music is divided into five short scenes played without pause: I. Cortege II. Theft III. Build IV. Cortege V. Farewell. Commissioned by the DilijanChamber Music Seriesfor the Lark Musical Society. Duration: c. 14 minutes

“Fun der alte welt” (“From the Old World”) is based on familiar Yiddish tunes such as Der rebbe tanzen and Oyfn Pripetchik. In celebration of its 10th Anniversary Season the Pittsburgh Jewish MusicFestival presented a special chamber music recital on December 17 2012. The program which featured the world premiere of “Fun der Alte Welt ” was part of the Music at Rodef Shalom concert series.

Piano Quartet-Prologue to a Shadow Play is single movement 'fanfare' -- albeit a rather quiet one -- written in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Music from Angel Fire chamber music festival.

A memorial work for Andrew Imbrie (7:37): The University of Minnesota Music Ensemble with guest artist Sally Chisholm. Premiere with Young-Nam Kim Sally Chisholm The University of Minnesota New Music Ensemble.

Performances include those by Jayn Rosenfeld Stephen Gosling at Merkin Hall NYC. Washington Square Contemporary Music Society: SCINational Conference Syracuse University: Rapture Kelly Covert flute: Catholic College Chicago IL: Catherine Ramiraz Lake ShoreChamber Music Chicago