Jewel Dirks

Based on a quote of Galileo, Ecliptic is a staged piece for three saxophones (any size, although originally intended for alto) and speaker.  The speaker is situated in the middle of the main stage, and the three saxophones...

My good friend Kathy was waiting to load her harp at the Eastman School of Music one typically Rochester-windy day, when the harp blew over and suffered incredible breaks.  Kathy was naturally distraught, seeing the beautiful...

Jenny, Jenny, Are You Running With My Horses? has been performed at numerous new music festivals, including Bowling Green State Universy New Music Festival, International Congress of Women in Music, WomenAlaskaMusic, and the...

Written for a young soprano/alto choir with Orff instruments, My Sister's Recipes is a set of three pieces with electronic sounds.  The range goes up to high G.  Contact me for shipping.  This was commissioned by the Radford...

Two piano piece with accompanying electronic music, written for the Hanna, Wyoming Centennial and sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Foundation.  Involves inside-piano playing.  Contact me for more information....

Ear-Bird is a solo piece for recorder, range suitable for soprano, alto or tenor.  Medium difficulty.   Contact me for information on shipping....

The Living With My Donkeys score is 11 x 14, covered and bound, 39 stiff card stock pages, with music, color photos and story line.  I also send a thumb drive, SDHD card and/or CD which has the Donkey Bray part for...