The Wind Was There is a setting for soprano voice and orchestra of two poems by Bravig Imbs (1904-46). Imbs was an American writer active in France for most of his career. He was also a violinist and amateur composer. The piece is in two movements, with a total duration of approximately twenty-five minutes. Each movement represents a different stylistic approach to the musical material. Movement one represents the spirit, though not the harmonic language, of the early twentieth century. The second movement shows the influence of Lutoslawski and Lugeti. This eclectic approach was chosen due to the quite different moods imparted to me by the two poems.The relationship between the soprano and the orchestra is not one between soloist and accompaniment, but is more in the nature of a symphonic dialogue.

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra is a three movement composition. The performance time of the entire composition is approximately nineteen and one-half minutes. Certain melodic similarities are found in the three movements of this composition because some of the pitch successions selected for motives were derived from a twelve tone row. The harmonic sonorities are based on free choice and derivations from the tone row as were the melodic materials. The rhythm in this work is not serialized or in any other way predetermined.

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