1. Lively
2. With calm and grace
3. Flowing
4. Playful and light
A/Tonal Ensemble: Kaelah McMonigle, flute; Carrie RavenStem, clarinet
Jon Silpayamanant, cello; Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, piano
Songs of Love and Remembrance 2011
5. An Argument (Moore)
6. Time does not bring relief (Millay)
7. A Drinking Song (Yeats)
8. When the year grows old (Millay)
Emily Albrink, soprano; Sila Darville, violin; Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, piano
9. Star Dance 2014 for percussion and piano
Tanner Leonardo, percussion; Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, piano
Sonata 1987
1o. Lively, with spirit
11. With tenderness
12. Aggressively
Jennifer Potochnic, oboe; Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, piano
13. Nightlife 2008 for four pianos
Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, pianos
Sonata No. 3 2012 for violin and piano
14. Always moving forward
15. Allegretto e leggiero
16. Playfully
Sila Darville, violin; Jessica Litwiniec Dorman, piano
A graduate of the Mannes College of Music, Duke University and the Yale School of Music, Beck formerly served as associate professor of composition and music theory at both the University of Northern Iowa and California State University-Fullerton.
Beck is the author of a third-person memoir, Memory Embraced, and the series Studies in Composition and Theory.He is a practicing attorney focused on copyright, trademark, entertainment and art law.
Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone