Chamber

Vegetable Requiem (2012, 2017) for percussion trio on vegetable ocarinas

5 minutes in duration

Commissioned by Square Peg, Round Hole percussion trio

California Ballad (2016) for piano and tuba

13' in duration

Commissioned by Paul Carlson for the 2016 ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
World premiere by Paul Carlson, tuba, and Brian Ciach, piano, at the 2016 ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Dance King (2014) for piano and tuba

17'30" in duration

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Commissioned by Paul Carlson for the 2014 ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN.
World premiere at the 2014 ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, IN, Paul Carlson, tuba, Brian Ciach, piano

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Kentucky Folk Pieces (2013) for flute and piano (also available for tuba and piano)

I. Of Rolling Hills and Burning Leaves
II. Unbridled Spirit
III. On the Bourbon Trail

15 minutes in duration

Commissioned by Linda Chatterton and Matthew McCright

World premiere: St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, England and National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, 2013

Blank Slate (2012) for four percussionists on "found" instruments

I. Four Ships Embark
II. Vegetable Requiem (for vegetable ocarinas)
III. Knights of the Round Table

15 minutes in duration

Commissioned work for Square Peg Round Hole
Premiere upcoming in Auer Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Mountain Song (2009) for piano and tuba

10 minutes in duration

Written for Paul Carlson (tubist in the Dallas Brass)
Premiered at Doctoral Chamber Recital, Brian Ciach, DM Composition, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Feb 16, 2009, Auer Concert Hall, Paul Carlson, tuba, Brian Ciach, piano

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Strange Assortments (2009) for six percussionists

I. Newton's Cradle
II. Singing Spheres
III. Mummer's Parade

11 minutes in duration

Commissioned by Kevin Bobo (Associate Professor of Music, Percussion, Indiana University)
Premiered in Auer Hall, Indiana University, IU Percussion Ensemble (Kevin Bobo, director), November 9, 2009

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Eastside Madrigals (2009) for woodwind quartet

5 minutes in duration

Premiered at “Wind Songs-Music for Woodwinds” (Freie Universität Berlin, FUBiS), Neue Synagoge, Berlin, July 15, 2009, Shih-Cheng Liu, flute, Richard Kirchbaum, oboe, Yuriy Nepomnyashchiyy, clarinet, Matthias Staiger, bassoon

Three-minute Trio (2008) for violin, viola, and cello

Premiered at “From Us To You-New Chamber Music From America” (Freie Universität Berlin, FUBiS), Neue Synagoge, Berlin, July 9, 2008, Ansgard Benecke, vln, Kim Roloff, vla, Dina Bolshakova, cello

Trio in B (2008) for violin, cello, and piano

I. Fiery--Cantabile
II. Parting Song
III. Rondo-Variations

28 minutes in duration

Premiered in Auer Hall, Indiana University, 2008, Veronique Mathieu, vln, Lee-Lyung Park, cello, Brian Ciach, pno

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String Quartet (2006)

I. Introduction: With Vehement Alarm--Lively--Slowly
II. Scherzino--Sostenuto, leggiero--Scherzino da capo
III. Pure, Simple, Intimate
IV. Very Lively

22 minutes in duration

Premiered in Rose Recital Hall, University of Pennsylvania on Oct. 29, 2006 by Joel Link, vln I, Dana Anderson, vln II, Alex Link, vla, and Hiro Matsuo, cello

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String Quintet (2003) for two violins, viola, cello, and bass

20 minutes in duration

Premiered in Rock Hall Auditorium, Temple University on Nov. 14, 2003 by Jessica Hoffman, vln I, Larry Major, vln II, Lori Simpson, vla, Eric Jones, cello, and Matthew Roberts, bass