COMPOSITIONS

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] [Cadenzas] [Transcriptions] [Film] [Current Projects]

 

ORCHESTRA

Reliquary [2008]
Piano and Large Orchestra [Solo pno -3d2.3d1.3d1.3d1 - 4.3.3.1 - timp.3perc.hp.cel. - strings]
Duration: c.44'
[score excerpts]

 

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 Chamber Orchestra [Solo pno - 2d2.1.2d2.1 - 2.1.2.0 - 3perc.2hp - 1.1.1.1.1]
Premiered February 2005 in Rochester, NY
OSSIA, Bobby Mitchell, Piano
Duration: c.16’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

Classical Walpurgis Night [2003/4]
Orchestra [3d2.3d1.3d2.3 - 4.3.3d1.1 - timp.3perc.hp.pno/cel - strings]
Premiered February 2005 in Rochester, NY
Eastman Philharmonia
Duration: c.13’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Four Pieces for Brass Octet [1999-2001 for brass quintet and choir, transcribed 2009]
I. Prelude
II. Capriccio 1
III. Chorale
IV. Capriccio 2
3 B-flat Trpt., Hn., Euph., 2 Trb., Tba.
Duration: c.13'

 

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. 30 ’
[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’

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VOCAL

The Prophecy of Dante, with Commentary by Keats [2010]
After texts by George Gordon, Lord Byron; John Keats; Mary Shelley & Percy Bysshe Shelley
Soprano, Oboe, Violin, 2 Percussion, Piano
Premiered April 2010 in Rochester/Fredonia, NY
Duration: c.20'
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

Psalm 13 [1999, revised 2009]
Six-part unaccompanied choir [SSATBB]
Duration: c.4’

 

Nachtstücke, after Rilke [1997-99]
I) Aus dem Umkreis: Nächte
II) Der Tod
III) Abend
Baritone and Piano
Premiered March 1999
Duration: c.12’

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SOLO and DUO

Grey Mass [2010]
Piano
Premiered April 2010 in Rochester/Fredonia, NY
Duration: c. 8'
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

Socket Monkey [2009/2010]
2 Percussion: 2 Wrenchophones, 2 Temple Blocks, and Bass Drum
Premiered April 2010 in Rochester/Fredonia, NY
Duration: c. 8'
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

Reliquary: Selected Relics [2009]
Piano and Celesta, extracted from Reliquary for Piano and Orchestra
Premiered April 2010 in Rochester/Fredonia, NY
Duration: c.5'
[audio clip] [score excerpts]


Barobonics [2009]
Two Baroque Oboes
Premiered July 2009 in Los Angeles, CA

 

Duel Intentions [2007]
Cello and Piano
Premiered June 2008 in Los Angeles
Duration: c. 8'
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

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. 30 ’
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

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CADENZAS

Three Cadenzas for Mozart's Oboe Concerto [2008]
[audio clip] [score excerpts]

 

TRANSCRIPTIONS

Danse Macabre [2010]
Camille Saint-Saens
First transcribed and expanded by Liszt for solo piano,
then I transcribed that version for Oboe/English Horn, Horn and Piano
*contains ossia passages for extended range oboe
[score excerpt]

 

Etude in E minor, Op.25, No.5 [2010]
Frederic Chopin
Transcribed for Oboe, Horn and Piano
*contains ossia passages for extended range oboe
[score excerpt]

 

Adelaide [2009]
Ludwig van Beethoven
First transcribed and expanded by Liszt for solo piano,
then I transcribed that version for Oboe, Horn and Piano
[score excerpt]


Poco Allegretto, from Symphony No.3 [2009]
Johannes Brahms
Transcribed for Oboe/English Horn, Horn and Piano
[score excerpt]

 

Feux Follets, Transcendental Etude No. 5 [2009]
Franz Liszt
Transcribed for Wind Quintet
[score excerpt]

 

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]

 

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]

 

Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5 [2008]
Gustav Mahler
Transcribed for Solo 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]

 

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FILM

Joe: Body Electric [2005]
Electronic
Directed by Jack Beck
Premiered April 2005 in Rochester, NY
Duration: c.11’
SCREENINGS:

 

Aqualesce [2004]
Piano and Electronics
Directed by Jack Beck
Premiered April 2004 in Rochester, NY
Duration: c.7’
SCREENINGS:


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CURRENT PROJECTS

 

Fracternal Twins
2 percussion
Duration: c.11’

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