Duet (1995)
for harp and guitar

 

Commissioned by Grete Dollitz

 

COMPOSER'S NOTES

An Hour With the Guitar was a weekly radio show produced by Grete Dollitz at WCVE-FM radio station in Richmond, Virginia that was a staple of the guitar and guitar lover community in the Richmond area for many years in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a pleasant surprise when Grete asked me if I would accept a commission to write a piece for guitar in any setting. I immediately accepted her offer and chose the harp and guitar instrumentation because my sister Alicia is a harpist and I am a classical guitarist and this new piece would feature both of those instruments as a duo. The piece developed and was honed by my little sister, Alicia, and I performing it many times through touring performances by the Lyric Ensemble — a chamber group that I formed to perform my music and directed for ten years.

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Premiere performance: The Lyric Ensemble; First Night Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, VA, 1995