String Quartet in one movement commissioned by the Composers Guild of N.J. and performed by the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra String Quartet.

The Moon has issues. First, there’s the Sun and Earth, which are bigger and, because of gravity, keeps it from flying off into space as is its wont. Then, there’s that problem of while one side is constantly in the dark the other side is almost always bathed in some degree of light. Finally, there's that damned Earth, which keeps throwing things like spaceships and probes at it on a regular basis - though the Moon does get some pleasure in being able to screw around with Earth's oceans. But given all these
distractions, how is the moon able to get a good night’s sleep? Well ... thankfully, for a couple of days each month, the position of the Sun and Earth magically align and the moon is cast in almost complete darkness, save for the faint light of billions of stars that make up our galaxy.

Restless Moon

SATB a cappella setting of Wallace Steven's famous poem that interweaves a character from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" into the story of Susana from the Book of Daniel. The work is in 4 section imitation the structure of a classical symphony.

Restless Moon

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