Compositions: Audio Excerpts and Scores/Parts  
AUDIO EXCERPTS (MP3 format)
Chamber

Duo Concertante for flute and percussion

   Mvt. I–excerpt    Mvt. II–excerpt    Mvt. III–excerpt
 

Dhammapada Verses for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano    excerpt

Journeys Within: Concerto for Flute and Chamber Ensemble
   Mvt. I–excerpt 1   Mvt. I–excerpt 2    Mvt. III–excerpt
 
 

Solo

Nocturne for piano   excerpt

Blue Ridge Frescos for classical guitar    Mvt. II–complete

Elegy and Vision for solo cello    excerpt

Four Short Pieces for solo violin
    Mvt. I–complete    Mvt. II–complete
 
 

Choral

Fugitive Footsteps for baritone solo and mixed chorus    excerpt
 
 

Orchestral

Illuminations for orchestra    Mvt. III-excerpt

PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
Unless otherwise noted, all performance materials are available from:
Laurence Sherr Music (an ASCAP-affiliated publishing company)
Phone: (770) 457-8058
Chamber         Solo          Choral          Orchestral          Dance
Chamber

Duo Concertante for flute and percussion, 2003
Commissioned by flutist Christina Guenther in connection with her Florida State University doctoral treatise “Laurence Sherr: Chamber Works for Flute”

Duration: 15 minutes
Description

Dhammapada Verses for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano, 1990; revised 2001
Commissioned by Thamyris (contemporary chamber ensemble)
Duration: 14 minutes
Description
  Available from Hutchins & Rea Music

Journeys Within: Concerto for Flute and Chamber Ensemble, 1994
Commissioned by Paul Brittan, flutist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Thamyris
Duration: 17 min.
Description

Canon for a Couple, four-part canon, 1985
Duration: 2 minutes

Brass Quintet No. 1, 1978
Duration: 15 minutes

Lamond House Suite for two clarinets, horn, and bassoon, 1977
Duration: 12 minutes

Trio in Baroque Style, 1975
Duration: 2 minutes
 

Chamber         Solo          Choral          Orchestral          Dance
 
Solo
Nocturne for piano, 1999
Commissioned by the Music Teachers National Association and Georgia Music Teachers Association
Duration: 7 minutes
Description
  Available from Hutchins & Rea Music

Blue Ridge Frescos for classical guitar, 1991; revised 1995
Commissioned by guitarist Mary Akerman
Duration: 10 minutes
Description

Elegy and Vision for solo cello, 1993
Commissioned by the [Jimmy] Carter Center of Emory University and cellist Ian Ginsburg
Duration: 7 minutes
Description
  Available from Hutchins & Rea Music

Four Short Pieces for solo violin, 1982
Duration: 5 minutes
Description
  Available from Hutchins & Rea Music


Brook by the Pagoda for piano, 1975
Duration: 2 minutes
  Available from Hutchins & Rea Music

Chamber         Solo          Choral          Orchestral          Dance
 
Choral
Fugitive Footsteps for baritone solo and mixed chorus, 2002
Duration: 12 minutes
Description

Three Haiku for children’s choir and piano, 1992
Commissioned by the Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta
Duration: 6 minutes

Orchestral
Illuminations for orchestra, 1997; revised 1999
Duration: 15 minutes
Description

Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1, transcribed for orchestra, 1990
Duration: 6 minutes

. . . of a time when . . . for orchestra, 1987
Duration: 14 minutes
 
Dance One (plus) for cello and percussion, with or without dancer(s), 1988
Duration: 8 minutes

Isolated (within) for narrator, piano, and dancer(s), 1981
Duration: 6 minutes

Three Movements for Stoney for flute, clarinet, and trombone, with or without dancers, 1981
Duration: 5 minutes

Choreopoem I: Movements for clarinet, trombone, vibraphone, percussion, string bass, and dancers, 1980
Duration: 15 minutes
Chamber         Solo          Choral          Orchestral          Dance
 

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