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- Works premiered by other ukulele players (27/Mar/2021)In recent times I’ve written ukulele pieces that I’ve dedicated to, written for, or offered to ukulele players that I admire and have been gently premiered by them. Here is a growing list of such works.
- For Crispr (a Goodbye) (7/Mar/2021)
A serious ukulele piece, slow, sad, and beautiful that I wrote in mourn for one of the family pets. - A. P. Drove Me to Tears (22/Feb/2021)
A wonderful 'adagio' composed by Choan Gálvez for ukulele with scordatura. Performance by Giovanni Albini. - Waltz for Alira (16/Feb/2021)
A jazz-waltz lullaby for solo ukulele, written and performed by Choan Gálvez - Sitting by the Fountain (6/Feb/2021)
Add my fondness for waltzes, my passion for the guitar music from the 19th century, my tendency to use unexpected dissonances, sit by a fountain, and you'll get just this. - Тоска (Toska) (3/Feb/2021)
A piece in which I take the classical tremolo guitar technique to the ukulele. Performed here by Donald Bousted. - A look back at 2020 (31/Dec/2020)What did I do, musically, along 2020? No live presentations, but I've written a lot of original music for ukulele, I've made some good friends and recorded many videos.
- Speak Low (15/Nov/2020)
A Kurt Weill's tune that has reached the status of jazz standard. - Stompin' at the Savoy (10/Nov/2020)
Edgar Sampson's jazz standard, arranged for solo ukulele - Dinah (1/Nov/2020)
A popular standard from 1925, played on solo ukulele by Choan Gálvez.