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David Heuser
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David Heuser began composing almost immediately after his first piano lessons at the age of seven, writing short tunes in imitation of the exercises he was studying. He continued to write music throughout his childhood, some for piano, chorus, and wind ensemble, and some for the rock bands he was in. After high school, he attended the Eastman School of Music and then the Indiana University School of Music, where he received his doctorate degree in music composition in 1995. A native of New Jersey, Heuser is the Associate Dean at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York. Prior to this, he resided in San Antonio, Texas for fourteen years teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Heuser is a storyteller, crafting emotional journeys for listeners, but his stories go beyond words to things only music can speak to. His over 70 compositions range from exuberant orchestral works to intimate chamber pieces. His most characteristic works are rhythmically active, strongly melodic, and often deal with extremes of tempo, dynamics and register. Just as a painter fills space, a composer fills time, and it is Heuser’s goal to lead the listener through the time his music occupies in a way that is compelling and moving.
Heuser's music has been performed by various groups and individuals and on festivals and conferences throughout the United States and abroad. He has received commissions from such ensembles as the San Antonio Symphony, the New York Youth Symphony, the SOLI Chamber Ensemble, and the Texas Music Festival Orchestra. Heuser has won the 2007 Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition, the 2006 Fauxharmonic Orchestra Composition Contest, and, most recently, was awarded a grant from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio.
Heuser’s music is published by Non Sequitur Music, and works of his can be found on recordings on the Albany, Capstone, and Equilibrium labels. Heuser is a founding member of the Composers Alliance of San Antonio (CASA), and his song O The White Towns can be found on that group's first CD Works by San Antonio Composers Performed by San Antonio Performers.
Press Quotes:
“...thoughtful, beautiful and wonderfully made. As is often the case with Heuser, the music tells a story that has the epic reach of myth.” – Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News reviewing Catching Updrafts (May 2007)
“...a jazzy, nervous, high-energy piece in which the solo line is beautifully integrated with the electronics. It would make a great ballet score.” – Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News reviewing Deep Blue Spiral (November 2006)
“...A Screaming Comes Across the Sky was a shot-in-the-arm beginning...This was all-American music at its most dynamic and visceral...The music continually engaged mind and body as it careened along.” – Charles Ward, Houston Chronicle (July 2005)
“Though this music is not particularly spare, it is concise in the sense that every gesture seems guided by a consistent purpose.” – Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News reviewing November Sonata (November 2005)
“This work is just the sort of music classical music needs more of.” – Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviewing Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain (July 2004)
“The highpoint was composer David Heuser's Immaculate, Bored, Off-key and Vain” – Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (July 2004)
“Making the strongest impact was the premiere of David Heuser’s O The White Towns... His setting is fully engaged with the sweep of history and the personal stakes in the poem.” – Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News (November 2004)
“This work of mood swings and unsettling glissandos unveiled poignant moments, as when violinist Ines Voglar and clarinetist Kevin Schempf shared a hauntingly gorgeous melody near the end.” – Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette News reviewing Catching Updrafts (July 2003)
“Technical details aside, the piece is just plain compelling. It fully and effectively conveys the dark, violent, monstrous atmosphere of the text.” – Mike Greenberg, San Antonio Express-News reviewing Cúchulainn's Warp-Spasm (October 2002)
Four times Heuser’s works have been singled out for special praise on concerts named to end-of-year top-ten list (San Antonio Express-News: 2002, 2004, 2006; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 2004)
http://www.davidheuser.com/
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A Brief History of Root Vegetables
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Opera/Theater
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2010
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02:30:00
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In Sad Hotels
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2009
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00:03:30
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Woman Ironing
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2009
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00:05:30
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To Light
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2008
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00:02:00
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(Another) Three Movements for Saxophone Quartet
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2008
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00:18:00
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The Silence After Us
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2008
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00:05:00
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Something Miraculous Burns
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Orchestra
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2007
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00:10:00
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Three Lopsided Dances
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Orchestra
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2007
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00:18:00
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Arrows
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2006
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00:23:00
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Borne By Constellations Of Green Birds
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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2006
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00:15:00
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Thin Green Traces
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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2006
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00:25:00
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Arrows
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2006
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00:23:00
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The Golden Ax
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Opera/Theater
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2006
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00:25:00
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Not here, but there
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:10:00
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Screaming Comes Across the Sky, A
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Orchestra
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2005
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00:06:00
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Two Songs for String Orchestra
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Orchestra
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2005
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00:09:00
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Here's the Shot
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2005
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00:01:00
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In Sad Hotels
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2005
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In Sad Hotels
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2005
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In Sad Hotels
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2005
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Woman Ironing
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2005
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00:06:00
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Dusty Red Sphere
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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2004
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00:04:00
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Small Blue Marble
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2004
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00:15:00
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The Cuckoo and the Moon
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2004
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00:15:00
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November Sonata
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Keyboard
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2004
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00:10:00
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Baby Toys
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2003
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00:04:00
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Going to Vermont
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2003
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O The White Towns
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2003
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O The White Towns
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2003
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O The White Towns
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2003
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O The White Towns
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2003
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The Darkness in My Pockets
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2002
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00:13:00
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The Breathing Night
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2002
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The Breathing Night
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2002
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Woman Ironing
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2001
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Cuchulainn's Warp-Spasm
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2001
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Piano Sonata
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Keyboard
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2001
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00:17:00
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Elegy, September 11
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Orchestra
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2001
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00:07:00
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Catching Updrafts
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2000
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00:14:00
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The Stars
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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The Stars
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Sonnet
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Sonnet
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Sonnet
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Hecuba's Lament
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2000
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Animals
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Animals
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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Animals
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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The Stars
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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2000
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00:02:00
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Twelve Miniatures for Piano
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Keyboard
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1999
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00:20:00
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Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1999
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00:13:00
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Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1999
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00:13:00
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Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1999
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00:13:00
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Clouds
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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1999
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00:05:00
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Immaculate, Bored, Off-Key and Vain
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1999
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00:13:00
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Deep Blue Spiral
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1998
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00:07:30
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Homage to "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (Part 1 - Paranoia)
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1998
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00:02:00
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Spoon
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1997
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00:06:00
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Octet
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1997
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00:20:00
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Cutting the Circle
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1997
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00:09:30
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Piano Trio
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1997
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00:07:00
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3,127 Notes for Solo Viola
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1996
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00:07:30
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Still Life with Fruit
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1996
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00:06:00
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Blow-up
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1996
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00:10:00
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Blow-up
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1996
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00:10:00
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Spork
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1995
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00:06:00
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Cauldron
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Orchestra
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1995
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00:08:00
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Moon Cycles
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Orchestra
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1995
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00:18:00
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Orbits
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Keyboard
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1995
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00:07:00
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Carnivore
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1994
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00:07:00
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Ceremony
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1994
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00:15:00
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Wheel
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1993
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00:08:00
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Birds
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1993
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00:05:30
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Chaoborus
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1993
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00:08:00
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Skallagrimsson
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1993
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00:06:30
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Ocean
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1993
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00:17:00
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The Old Voice of the Sea
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1993
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00:05:00
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Fever Tokens
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Band
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1992
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00:09:00
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The Sun, the Plough and the Hazel Tree
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1992
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00:09:00
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Te Po-teki
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1992
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00:07:00
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Home Life
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1992
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00:05:00
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An Evil Wind...
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1991
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00:04:30
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Vital Signs
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1991
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00:04:00
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Egil's Songs
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1991
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00:11:00
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Secrets
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1990
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Regicide
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1990
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00:10:00
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Sanddef
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1989
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00:03:30
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Totem
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1989
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00:04:00
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The Way of the Animal Powers
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1989
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Piano Solo No. 8 - Skallagrimsson
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Keyboard
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1989
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00:07:00
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from the Aztec Ceremonial Calendar
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Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble
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1988
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00:20:00
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String Quartet No. 1
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1988
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00:20:00
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Morfran
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1987
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00:04:00
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Dragons
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Band
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1987
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00:16:00
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Gawain's Leave-Taking
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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1985
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00:04:00
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Klassics for Kids
Cactus Pear Music Festival
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Release Year:2010
Performers:Timothy Jones, baritone; Susan Lorette Dunn, soprano; Cactus Pear Music Festival
Notes:This CD contains three "story telling" works commissioned by the Cactus Pear Music Festival for their children's concerts, including David Heuser's "The Golden Ax." Highly recommended for kids of all ages.
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PurchaseLink:cpmf2010.kintera.org/faf/ECommerce/Product.asp?ievent=328525&lis=1&kntae328525=AFEA5FD3B8F345538F978D40013FDEDF&ProductID=760181
WebSite:http://www.cpmf.us/
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Tango Magnetism
Equilibrium
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Release Year:2009
Performers:Todd Oxford, saxophone
Notes:Includes "Deep Blue Spiral" by David Heuser.
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PurchaseLink:www.amazon.com/Todd-Oxford-Tango-Magnetism/dp/B0025X4PYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268951621&sr=1-1
WebSite:www.equilibri.com/recordings/rec_93.eq
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Not here, but there
Albany
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Release Year:2009
Performers:University of Houston Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Blake Wilkins, conductor
Notes:Includes David Heuser's work "Not here, but there," for large percussion ensemble.
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PurchaseLink:www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY1076
WebSite:www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY1076
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Works by San Antonio Composers Performed by San Antonio Performers
CASA
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Release Year:2005
Performers:various
Notes:Works by San Antonio composers, including "O The White Towns" by David Heuser.
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PurchaseLink:cdbaby.com/cd/caosa
WebSite:www.davidheuser.com/CASACD.htm
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Twilight Remembered
Capstone
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Release Year:2003
Performers:The McCormick Duo
Notes:Music for flute and percussion including David Heuser's "Still Life with Fruit."
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PurchaseLink:www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000Z7XVY/qid%3D1128091650/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr_11_1/104-7495342-1578303
WebSite:www.capstonerecords.org/CPS-8721.html
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The Voice of the Composer: New Music from Bowling Green, Vol. 2
Albany
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Release Year:2002
Performers:Bowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown, conductor
Notes:Includes "Cauldron" for orchestra by David Heuser
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PurchaseLink:www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY490
WebSite:www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY490
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Juggernaut
Equilibrium
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Release Year:2002
Performers:Jeremy Justeson, saxophone
Notes:Includes "Deep Blue Spiral" by David Heuser
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PurchaseLink:www.equilibri.com/recordings/rec_49.eq
WebSite:www.equilibri.com/recordings/rec_49.eq
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