City Portraits Symphony, opus 38 (2022-26)

INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes (picc.), 2 oboes (eng.hn.), 3 cl. (b.cl.), 2 bsn., 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B-flat, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, piano, strings

  1. The Woman at Mills Station

  2. Pioneers of Air and Space

  3. Toccata Koreana

  4. The American River Parkway

Commissioned by the city of Rancho Cordova, CA on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the city’s founding. Premiered (mvmts. 1-3) on November 18, 2023 by Symphony d’Oro, Rancho Cordova (Pete Nowlen, conductor). Premiere of the complete work scheduled for April 26, 2026.