SELECTED WORKS
The works selected below are generally available for performance. Scores and parts are available directly from the composer—please contact David to order. The score samples have been selected to give an indication of the difficulty and scope of each piece. More information is available upon request.
If you are interested in commissioning a new work, please contact David with details about instrumentation, duration and timeline for completion.
NOTE: Please check back soon if the piece you want is currently being engraved or edited, as its status will be updated periodically. You can also let me know if you are waiting on a piece—this will help me to prioritize my many engraving projects!
[Orchestra] [Chamber Ensemble] [Vocal] [Solo and Duo] [Transcriptions] [Film] [Current Projects]
Reliquary [2008]
Piano and Large Orchestra
Duration: c.40'
Work in Progress
Refractions [2006]
Chamber Orchestra
Premiered February 2006 in Rochester, NY
Composer’s Sinfonietta, Eastman
Duration: c.16’
Currently Unavailable
The Artist’s Studio [2005]
Piano and Large Chamber Orchestra
Premiered February 2005 in Rochester, NY
OSSIA, Bobby Mitchell, Piano
Duration: c.16’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
Classical Walpurgis Night [2003/4]
Orchestra [-----]
Premiered February 2005 in Rochester, NY
Eastman Philharmonia
Duration: c.13’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
Faust Variations [2000, revised 2005, transcribed 2008]
Fantasy-Variations on thematic material from Liszt’s Faust Symphony
Fl./Picc., Oboe, Cl./Bs. Cl., Piano, Vln./Vla., Vlc.
Premiered May 24, 2008 in Glendale, CA
Out of Context
Duration: c. 25’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
String Quartet [2005/6]
Premiered May 2006 in Rochester, NY
Cape Cod Experiment
Duration: c.20’
[audio clip mvmt.1] [audio clip mvmt.2] [audio clip mvmt.3] [audio clip mvmt.4] [audio clip mvmt.5] [audio clip mvmt.6]
[audio clip mvmt.7] [audio clip mvmt.8] [audio clip mvmt.9]
[score excerpts]
Skirmish [2005]
Oboe, E-flat Clarinet, Viola
Premiered November 2005
Duration: c.5’
[audio clip] [score excerpt]
Guitar Quartet [2004]
Premiered April 19, 2007
OSSIA
Duration: c.9’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
The Triumph of Sisyphus [2002]
Flute/piccolo, Clarinet/bass clarinet, 2 percussion, piano, violin, cello
Premiered November 2002 in Louisville, KY
Duration: c.15’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
Three Pieces for Brass Quintet [2001]
Premiered January 2002 in Louisville, KY
Duration: c.8’
Serenade [2000]
Flute, Viola, Cello
Premiered March 2002 in Louisville, KY
Duration: c.20’
Psalm 13 [1999]
Six-part unaccompanied choir [SSATBB]
Duration: c.4’
Nachtstücke, after Rilke [1997-99]
Baritone and Piano
Premiered March 1999
Duration: c.12’
Duel Intentions [2007]
Cello and Piano
Premiere Spring 2008, TBA
Duration: c. 8'
[audio clip]
Fractured Colloquy [2006]
Oboe and Piano
Commissioned by the Howard Hanson Foundation for American Music
Premiered January 2007 in Scottsdale, AZ
Out of Context
Duration: c. 7 ’
[audio clip] [score excerpt]
Phantom Vignettes [2004/5]
Violin and Piano
Premiered January 2005 in Rochester, NY
Duration: c.10’
[audio clip mvmt.1] [audio clip mvmt.2] [audio clip mvmt.3]
[score excerpts]
Lieutenant Kije Variations [2003-5]
Piano
Collaborative Variation Set
Transcribed, Compiled and Edited by David Plylar
Composers involved: Matthew Barber, Ryan T. Connell, Christian Gentry, Marcus Macauley, Ryan Oldham, Daniel Pesca, Alexander Topala, Aaron Travers, Christopher Winders
Engraving/Editing in process
Conversations with Scriabin [2001]
Piano
Premiered January 2002 in Louisville, KY
Duration: c.10’
[audio clip mvmt.1] [audio clip mvmt.2] [audio clip mvmt.3]
[score excerpts]
Faust Variations [2000, revised 2005]
Fantasy-Variations on thematic material from Liszt’s Faust Symphony
Piano
Premiered April 2000 in Durham, NC
Randall Love, piano
New piano solo version awaits its premiere! A transcription of the revised version for sextet was premiered in 2008 by Out of Context.
Duration: c. 25’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]
Forgotten Bagatelles [2008]
Five movements from Musica Ricercata
György Ligeti
Transcribed for Wind Quintet
Intermezzo, Op.119, No.1 [2008]
Johannes Brahms
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
The Montagues and the Capulets [2008]
from Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
Nachtstücke [2008]
I) Aus dem Umkreis: Nächte
II) Der Tod
III) Abend
David Plylar
Transcribed for English Horn and Piano
The Young Juliet [2007]
from Romeo and Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
[score excerpt]
Louange á l’Éternité de Jésus [2006]
from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Olivier Messiaen
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
[score excerpt]
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen [2006]
Franz Schubert
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
[score excerpt]
Mephisto Waltz No.2 [2006]
Franz Liszt
Transcribed for Oboe and Piano
[score excerpt]
Phantasie und Fuge über den Choral:
Ad nos, ad salutarem undam [2005]
Franz Liszt
Transcribed for Solo Piano
[score excerpt]
Tristan und Isolde: Einleitung [2004]
Richard Wagner
Transcribed for Solo Piano
[score excerpt]
Joe: Body Electric [2005]
Electronic
Directed by Jack Beck
Premiered April 2005 in Rochester, NY
Duration: c.11’
SCREENINGS:
- Rooftop Films Summer Series, NYC (June 2007)
- The Tank Gallery, NYC, "Best of The Tank" (September 2006)
- Crested Butte Film Festival, CO (August 2006)
- Johns Hopkins Film Festival, Baltimore, MD (April 2006)
- Ozone Film and Video Festival, Covington, LA (April 2006)
- Sarah Lawrence College Film Festival (April 2006) -- Winner, First Prize
- Hi/Lo Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (April 2006)
- Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Tampa (April 2006)
- Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison (March 2006)
- Boston Underground Film Festival (March 2006)
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI (March 2006)
- Murray State Univ. [River's Edge Tour] (March 2006)
- Durango Indy Film Festival, CO (March 2006)
- Victoria Independent F/V Festival, BC, Canada (February 2006)
- Anchorage Intl Film Festival, Alaska (December 2005)
- Three Rivers Film Fest, Pittsburgh, PA (November 2005) -- Winner, Certificate of Merit
- Ohio Independent Film Festival, Cleveland, OH (November 2005)
- Northampton Indy Film Fest (November 2005)
- Coney Island Film Festival (September 2005)
- Bay Street Film Festival, Thunder Bay, Ontario (September 2005)
- eKsperim[E]nto, Manilla, Phillipines (September 2005)
- Tulsa Overground 8 Film Festival, OK (August 2005)
- The River's Edge Festival, Paducah, KY (August 2005) -- Winner, Juror's Award
- The Tank Gallery, Avant-Garde Show, NYC (August 2005)
- Image/Movement/Sound - The Little Theatre, Rochester, NY (April 2005)
- Image/Movement/Sound - SUNY, Brockport, NY (April 2005)
Aqualesce [2004]
Piano and Electronics
Directed by Jack Beck
Premiered April 2004 in Rochester, NY
Duration: c.7’
SCREENINGS:
- eKsperim[E]nto, Manilla, Phillipines (September 2005)
- Image/Movement/Sound - Kilbourn Hall, Rochester (May 2004)
- 7 in the Space Gallery, Rochester (May 2004)
- Image/Movement/Sound - RIT, NY (April 2004)
- The Tank Gallery, NYC (April 2004)
Reliquary
Piano and Orchestra
Duration: c.36’
Warhorse
Piano
Duration: c.7’
Fracternal Twins
2 percussion
Duration: c.11’