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This work for any low flute and fixed media captures the mystery, longing, and fragility of our planet's largest mammals. The flute interacts with the soulful calls of a humpback whale and the evocati...

Written for Transient Canvas at the Alba Music Festival, 2023. Inspired by Pointed Sphere, 2005, limestone and glass, by Damian Priour (1949-2011) "The fossilized local limestone and colored glass are...

An evocative and meditative work for solo violin and optional fixed media.  Engage your audience in the magical and peaceful morning sounds of Isle Royale National Park.

A "knuckle-buster" for an adventurous saxophone quartet, this piece brings vibrant life to a variety of data-sorting techniques pioneered by the pioneering American computer scientist, Betty Holberton...

Lias pays homage to Bernard Hermann, whose film scores have given us all chills for many years (Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, North by Northwest, Cape Fear, Marnie, etc. ). Pursued immediately sets th...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

A lyrical showcase for your ensemble, "Danny Boy" combines emotional depth with musical flexibility. A perfect choice for teaching expressive playing and spotlighting your low brass.

A lyrical showcase for your ensemble, "Danny Boy" combines emotional depth with musical flexibility. A perfect choice for teaching expressive playing and spotlighting your low brass.

Dedicated to American violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, the Violin Concerto is a challenging three-movement virtuosic showpiece. Presented in traditional concerto design, this work employs a flexible to...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

Land of the Free speaks of a tenuous state of American freedom in which our delicate equilibrium of checks and balances struggles to endure. In this modern era of social media, perception supersedes r...

An evocative and varied set of ten miniatures for string quartet. Over ten minutes, it explores moods ranging from contemplative to agitated.

Haydnspirations (Haydn inspirations) was commissioned by the well-known chamber music pedagogue Annie Fullard. It was written to be paired with Haydn's string quartet Opus 20 no.2 in C major, which wa...

Inspired by the hidden architecture of the rare mineral merelaniite, this string quartet unfolds in slow, luminous layers, where delicate filaments of sound drift between four private musical worlds....

Lias was fortunate to live for a week within the wilderness of Denali, a guest of the Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance. How humbling, how joyful an experience to explore this inspiring Alaskan land...

Born from a challenge to write for young ensembles without compromising artistic depth, this piece blends accessibility with sophistication. It invites high school musicians into a sound world of shim...

Why have we not had any direct encounters with aliens? One theory that stirs my imagination is the "Zoo Hypotheses" that more advanced extraterrestrial civilizations are just observing us (to learn, o...

Fantasia for Alto Saxophone and Piano launches a larger cycle of "Fantasies for Wind Instruments," inspired by the spirit of Persichetti’s "Parables." Lyric and exploratory, the work gives the saxopho...

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) was one of the most popular, widely read and honored American poets of the 20th century; the two of his poems arguably most popular in the mainstream are "Stopping By Woods...