Compositions

Three pieces

1967-1969

6

Capriccioso No. 1

1972

1:10

Capriccioso No. 2

1975-1976

1:30

Movement No. 1

1971

2:30

Movement No. 2

1972

4

Movement No. 3

1973

5:30

Movement No. 4

1974

8

Movement No. 5

1975-1976

5

Easy Pieces

1976-1982

10

Elegy

1979

4

Sonata No. 1

1981

13

Sonata No. 2

1989-1991

20

Sonata No. 3     

2005

22

Sonata four hands or two pianos

1980

13

Evocations 1-6

1982

11

Vignettes 1-6

1988-1993

12

Vignette No. 7

2004

3

A Alan

1999

1:30

Nemra No. 3

2003

1:30

Odessas 1-13

1996-2006

33

Nicks 1-13

1996-2008

31:44

Sonata No. 4  

Snowing

Armenian Canticle

4:40

32 Variations on Bach  

Treize Petits Etudes  
Dedicated to Juliet Vardanyan

Variations on a Theme by Bach  

Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra  for orchestra  
Dedicated to pianist Julietta Vardanyan

Bach Transcriptions  

Kaleidoscope  
Dedicated to pianist Yelena Beriyeva

Fantasia

1981

4

Capriccioso No. 3

1981

1

Scythe Song (Andrew Lang) mezzo or alto

1972

2:30

The Blossom (William Blake) mezzo or alto

1975

1:20

Noche (Gabriela Mistral) mezzo or alto

1975-1977

3

Dunkin Donut Fantasies (Toni Fusco) soprano or baritone

1980-1981

11

Hoquet (Leon Damas) soprano or mezzo

1988

5

Aureet Song Cycle (Aureet Bar Yam) soprano

1991-1992

12

Aureet - version with string quartet and piano

1997-1998

De Profundis (cycle of three songs, poems by
Georg Trakl and Rainer Maria Rilke) soprano

Duo No. 1  for flute and piano

1970

6:30

Duo No. 2  for flute and piano

1972

4:30

Contours  for clarinet and piano

1974

6

Discourses  for clarinet and cello

1975

12

Triaco  for flute solo

1976

7

Balance  for oboe solo

1977

8

Woodwind Quintet No. 1  for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, and bassoon

1980

13

Dialogues  for two clarinets

1980

13

Dialogues  (version with added piano)

1998

13

Character Pieces  for four clarinets

1983

15

Mary Had A Cuckoo On the Moon  for three recorders

1989

6

Miniatures 1-12  for bassoon and piano

1996-1999

12

Lumiere Noir  for flute and double bass

2000

12

Armenian Suite  for two oboes and piano version

2005

10

Danzas Ocultas No. 2  for eleven flutes and piccolo  

Scintillating Stars  for eleven low flutes  
Commissioned by the Blessing Foundation and dedicated to George Opperman

Cosmos  for eleven low flutes  
Commissioned by the Blessing Foundation and dedicated to George Opperman

Seven Miniatures  for saxophone and piano  
Dedicated to Armen-Levon Manaseryan

Brass Quintet No. 1  for trumpet, two horns, tenor trombone, and bass trombone

1978

15

Suite for Brass Quintet  for two trumpets, horn. trombone, and tuba or bass trombone

1979

14

Sareebar  for tuba solo, or tuba and percussion

1983

9

In Memoriam Hovaness Shiraz  for trumpet and percussion

1984

8:30

Fanfare Sonata  for trumpet

1986

8

Ode A Nayiri  for horn and piano   

1986

6

Armenian Suite  for trombone and piano   (based on Armenian folk melodies)

2005

10

Armenian Suite  for horn and piano version

2006

10

Horn Quartet “The Three Hornequers”  

2006

7:40

Canticles of a Memory  for cello and piano

1973

4

Second Canticle  for cello and piano

1988-1990

5

Fusion  for string quartet, brass (optional), slide projection

1973

variable

Sonata  for violin solo

1975

15

Discourses  for clarinet and cello

1975

12

Nocturne No. 1  for cello solo

1976

9:30

Nocturne No. 2  for cello solo

1977

6

Sonta  for viola solo

1978-1979

16:30

Cantum Eclectis  for solo double bass  

1983

9

Heeshoom No. 1  for mandolin

1986

6

Heeshoom No. 2  for violin and piano

1992

6

Seeroon  for harp

1986

6:30

Round A Square  for guitar and mandolin

1988

9

String Quartet No. 2 “Azad”

1989-1990

20

Nemra No. 1  for violin solo

1992

9

Nemra No. 2  for violin solo

1992

8

La Calobra  for guitar duo

1993

10

Lumiere Noir  for flute and double bass

2000

12

Eclipse  for cello and double bass

2001

10

Mi Tango  for guitar

2003,rev.2010

6

Fantasia Espanola  for mandolin and guitar  

2004

8

Cancion de Cuna (Lullaby)  for guitar

Vientos  for violin, guitar and mandolin  

6:30

Third Canticle  for cello and piano 

Dreamscape  for violin and piano 
Dedicated to Ricardo Odriozola and Einar Rottingen

9

Armenian Petite Suite  for violin and piano

10

Fourth Canticle (revised)  for flute and string quartet
Dedicated to James Pellerite

Elegie for a Doll  for violin solo  

Canto No. 1 for three guitars  
Dedicated to Matt Gould

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra  

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra  

String Quartet No. 3  

Firefly  for violin solo
Dedicated to Juan Edgardo Diaz, performance video

Episodes for Sextet  for flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello, piano

1972-1973

12

Mobile  for flute, harp, and cello

1977-1978

14

Song Cycle (William Blake)
for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, percussion

1977-1978

18

“Goujhn Ara” Variants  for flute and violin

1981-1982

6

Murmurs of the Sea  for flute, cello, piano

1981

7

Epistles  for violin, oboe, bassoon

1983

11:30

Cage  for violin, clarinet, piano (dedicated to John Cage)

1984

Sea Bound Night (text-Paul Brody)  for horn, cello, piano, narrator, (optional) slide projection

1988

12

Lotte  for flute, violin, clarinet, piano, percussion

1989

12

Googleegoo  for oboe, clarinet, bassoon

1993

10

Yerper  for percussion quintet

1993

12

Rondino  for two marimbas, violin, timpani

1994

8

Sonatina  for glass harmonica

1998

12

Homage a Charles Ives  for flute, violin, viola

1999

10

Lumiere Noir  for flute and double bass  

2000

12

Cassiopeia  for clarinet, cello, piano  

2003

11

Pleiades  for native American flute, flute, viola, cello, marimba  

2004

13

Perseus  for flute and cello  

Danzas Ocultas No. 1  for string quintet & woodwind quintet  

Fourth Canticle-revised  for flute & string quintet  

Danzas Ocultas No.3  for violin, cello, piano 
Dedicated to The Ars Lunga Duo: Aram Talalyan-cello, Julietta Vardanyan-piano

Synthesis for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion  for flute & string quintet  
Dedicated to Collage New Music Ensemble

Mi Tango No.2-Al Abstracto for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion  
Dedicated to Collage New Music Ensemble

Reflections for flute, clarinet, bassoon, guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass  
Dedicated to the Orquesta de Camara del Ensamble Rosario

Mysterium for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass  

Suspiros  for flute, clarinet, bassoon, guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Dedicated to Ensemble Rosario, performance video

Carapoda  for flute, clarinet, bassoon, guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Dedicated to Ensemble Rosario, performance video

Waiting  for choir and string orchestra (Armenian text by Tatoul Sonentz)

1996

6

Little Songs  for three part children’s choir (text by Eliza Follen)

2005

8

The Infant Born (Christmas Carol)  for mixed choir and celesta (or piano or harp, text by the composer)

Symphonia No. 1  for string orchestra

1980-1981

6

Symphonia No. 2  for string orchestra

1982

13

Symphony No. 1

1983

30

Symphony No. 1 (revised)

1990

Oratorio “Time of Silence”  for soprano, speaker, chorus, orchestra
(text by the composer and other texts)

1984

60

Oratorio  (revised)

1988

Scorpius Rising  for orchestra

1998-1999

11

Symphony No. 2

2000

22

Sevan  for Northern Plain flute, string orchestra, timpani

2003

12:25

Armenian Suite  for orchestra   (based on Armenian folk Melodies)
Opus One recording released 2013

2005

11

Notlingar  for string orchestra  
Dedicated and written for the Arlington, MA, High School Honors String Orchestra

Ouverture Imaginaire  for orchestra  

Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra  

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra  

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra