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Catalog number	Description	Listen mp3 View pdf excerpts; program notes
	PIANO
KD 312	Landscapes - solo piano - (2017) - duration c. 10:00. Utah Landscapes inspired by Wallace Stegner's book Mormon Country. Difficult. 24 pages. Three movements.First performance by Dr. Chialing Hsieh April 2018 at Society of Composers Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 1. Drive The Great Desert - difficult 2. South of Kanab - advanced 3. The Terrible Green River - difficult	312.1X.mp3 312.2X.mp3 312.3X.mp3 312X.pdf
KD 304	Sapphire Kaleidoscope - solo piano - (2004) - duration c. 8:00. Three movement work for upper level college student. 17 pages. Always well received. First performance by Rebecca McNair, October 2005 at the Society of Composers National Conference at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Performances by others at several recitals and festivals such as Southeastern Composers' League (Walton Lott), Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (Brent Schloneger), Queens College NYC (Joeseph Prestamo), Mannes Contemporary Performance Festival, College Music Society conference (Adam Clark). Available as individual movements in pdf only: 304.1 Sapphire 1 - $7.00 304.2 Sapphire 2 - $6.00 304.3 Saphhire 3 - $9.00	304.1Xmp3 304.2X.mp3 304.3X.mp3 304X.pdf
KD 307	K'Danza - solo piano -(2006) - duration c. 4:40. Cadenza style piece for pro or upper college. 15 pages. First performance by Jill Jantzen April 2009 at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK	307X.mp3 307X.pdf
KD 303	Five Sculptures - solo piano - (1994) - duration c. 5:00. Five short pieces for upper college. Free-dimensional visual art forms involving shape and texture. First performance by Holly Roadfeldt, December 1995 at University of Colorado-Boulder.	303.1X.mp3 303.2X .mp3 303.3X.mp3 303.4X.mp3 303.5X.mp3 303X.pdf
	SHORT PIECES
KD 310	Gazelle's Fantasy - solo piano - (2008) - duration 3:00. 8 pages. Short recital or encore piece abundantly featuring augmented 5th chords to evoke the sensation of a gazelle's speed grace, and playfulness. pianoGazellePRINT.mus	310X.mp3 310X.pdf
KD 302	Semi-Tones - solo piano - (1996) - duration 2 minutes. Mostly two-voice invention exploiting contrapuntal lines against ascending and descending chromatic lines. Honorable mention Renee Fisher competition.	302X.mp3 302X.pdf
KD 301	If Debussy Wrote Jazz... - solo piano - (1995) - duration 1:35 minutes. An exploration of pitch sets that form chords of major seventh, minor seventh, dominant seventh and diminished sevenths. It sounded to me a little like what Debussy might have improvised during a 1930s lounge piano gig had he lived then.	301X.mp3 301X.pdf
KD 315	Elegy for Little Fluff - solo piano - (2016) - duration 1:25. Little Fluff (1998-2016) was the the composer's American Bobtail cat. She was small, had a short "bobbed" tail, and remarkable soft and fluffy fur. Her greatest attribute was being irresistibly cute. 315 Elegy 11x17	315X.mp3 315X.pdf
KD 300	A Forest Evening in Winter - educational solo piano or synth - (2000) - duration 1:45. This piece intended for young players introduces non-triadic harmony in a pleasant sounding music that is not in any key. Extensive flatted notes provide a learning experience in reinforcing accidentals. Parts of the left hand utilize both staves instead of ledger lines. forest.mus	300X.mp3 300X.pdf
KD 311	Reverie - educational solo piano - 2008 - duration 1:20. Short one-page piece for young players who are ready to handle non-key pieces with accidentals and mondern harmony. Suggestive of Macdowell's To A Wild Rose.	311X.mp3 311X.pdf
KD 508	Repeated Figures - solo piano - by Ken Davies (1991) - duration: as long as you want it to last. Cool little one-page harmonic minimalist piece. Free download.	508X.mp3
	PIANO in chamber music
KD 514	Cityscapes - piano, flute, trumpet, violin, cello - 2018 - duration c. 10 minutes. Five vignettes, impressions of five cities: 1) Atlanta, Georgia, 2) Madison, Wisconsin, 3) Paris, France, 4) Lucerne, Switzerland, 5) Telluride, Colorado.	514X.mp3 514X.pdf
KD 507	Around 3 AM - piano, alto saxophone, trumpet, clarinet - duation 8:10. One of two contest winners composed for and premiered by Quiet City Chamber Ensemble at Rutgers University in December 2014. The QCCE discovered and recorded the "lost" incidental music that Aaron Copland created with this instrumentation for the play "Quiet City." Then they held a contest for pieces with that instrumentation. One of two winners. Unique staging has since made this work a popular addition at new music festivals. See YouTube Video by the QCCE.	507X.mp3 507X.pdf YouTubeVideo
KD 507	Atlanta Variations - piano, oboe, violin, viola, cello - Duration 4:12. College/pro level recital work. Written as a contest piece where the instrumentation and form (theme and variation) were specified. The variations are quite free, seeming to take on a life and form of their own. 502-AtlantaS	502X.mp3 502X.pdf
	ORGAN
KD 306	Quietudes for solo organ - by Ken Davies Quiet, meditative pieces with a contemporary flavor. Ideal for concert or those religious service quiet times like preludes and offertories. All Six Quietudes pdf $30 or print $45 Available individually in PDF only. Quietude #1 - duration 3:05 [John 3:8] The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. Quietude #2 - duration 3:41 [John 10:27] My sheep hear My voice and I know them, and they follow Me. Quietude #3 - duration 4:07 [Psalm 91:1] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Quietude #4 - duration 2:43 [John 6:51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Quietude #5 - duration 4:05 [Philippians 1:9] And this is my prayer: that your love many abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight. Quietude #6 - duration 4:50 [Philippians 4:7] And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.	306.1X.mp3 306.2X.mp3 306.3X.mp3 306.4X.mp3 306.5X.mp3 306.6X.mp3 306X.pdf
KD 305	Wedding Processional - solo organ - by Ken Davies (1986). Duration very flexible. A regal and majestic processional with a bridal fanfare and two flexible musical sections. Pedal work required.	305X.mp3 305X.pdf
	ORGAN in chamber music
KD 107	Concert Piece - organ & brass quintet 2 tpts, hrn, tbn, tba (2003) - by Ken Davies (2003) - duration 4 minutes. Feature this antiphonal, neo-baroque crowd pleaser. Also works well as a church service prelude or recessional. First performance May 2004 by the Gulf Coast Brass Quintet with Jeanie Pollard, organ in a concert sponsored by the Gulf Coast Chamber Orchestra at the Episcopal hurch of the Redeemer, Biloxi, Mississippi.	107X.mp3 107X.pdf
KD 500	City of God - organ & treble solo instrument - by Ken Davies (2007) - duration 3 minutes. Intermediate organ and instrument. Commissioned by Earl Turner. First performance by Earl Turner, trumpet, and David Harrison, organ, November 2008 at First Presbyterian Church, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Choose PDF or PRINT for: Trumpet or Clarinet in Bb Flute or Oboe in C Violin	500X.mp3 (MIDI trumpet) 500X.pdf

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