Composer's note: Composition teachers include Abram Plum, Edward Tarratus, William Bergsma, John Verrall, and Robert Suderberg. I composed a number of works early in my career until my interests turn more to music psychology and music education research and to music technology. After retirement from Illinois State University in 2006, I began reworking a number of my earlier works, getting them performed, and taking on new creative projects. Dave Williams
Multimedia and operatic works
- Grassroots 2008 and 2012. A performance piece co-composed with Tayloe Harding based on imagery and music from the 2008 Presidential Campaign with music influenced by real-time opinion polling of the audience using Turning Technology response clickers. Revised for the 2012 Presidential Campaign. Performed in Snellville GA for Brookwood High School students, The College Music Society Conference (Atlanta), as part of the Computer Music Ensemble concert at the University of Alabama Birmingham (October and November 2008), Huntsville Alabama New Music Festival (February 2011), The College Music Society Conference (Richmond, October 2011, Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, 2011). More detail on the Grassroots webpage.
- Likeweake (1970). An opera based on Guamanian folklore. Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Insular Arts Councils of Guam. Performances given May, 1970, at the University of Guam.
Wind works
- Sangamon River Waltzes (2011) for wind band. Edited score of an undated manuscript by Henry W. Cary.
- Reflections on Two Snowy Carols for Two Flutes (2010)
- Variations on "Oh Christmas Tree" for Two Clarinets and Flute (2006) performed at the Festival of Trees, Bloomington, IL. New version for clarinet choir completed November 201s performed on the Bloomington-Normal Community Band Holiday Concert, December 1, 2011.
- Trio for Winds on a Hymn Tune (1991) performed in Hendersonville, NC, June 1991
- Fugue on a Tone (1971); Revised as Fanciful Fractured Fugue (2011).
- Extroception (1970) for string and wind sextet
- Chamber Sonata (1969) for woodwind quintet
- Two Movements for Band (1965) performed by the Guam Wind Ensemble, 1968
- A Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano (1965). Selected as guest composer for the Louisiana MTNA Conference, 1966.
Choral Works: Religious
- The Lord’s Prayer for choir and winds written for the University of Guam Concert Choir.
- Two Settings of an Amen
- Make Haste O God for SATB choir; performed by the Illinois State University Men's Glee Choir in two performances, Spring 2010.
- An Offering for Choir and Brass (SATB Choir) Commissioned for the 1967 Easter Sunrise Service of the combined choirs of the U.S. Naval Forces, Marianas and Anderson Air Force Base, and the COMNAVMAR Navy Band at the Nimitz Hill Ampitheater, Guam.
- Introit and Benediction (1966) for Choir and Organ. Composed for the Coushatta, Louisiana, Methodist Church Youth Choir.
Choral Works: Other
- Kum Bah Yah! for Choir arranged for the Naval Air Station Choir, Agana, Guam
- Tororo meresa for Choir based on a Guamanian/Chamarro children's folk tune.
(Tororo meresa): this is a computer generated performance created in Sibelius, not a live performance.
Vocal
- Two Songs for solo voice and piano on poems by Edward J. Humphreys: White Shadows and Nonsensities. Written and performed while Ed and I were on the faculty of the University of Guam in the late 1960s. Performed most recently by Michelle Voight, soprano, in recital at Illinois State University, Spring 2011, and at the Red Note New Music Festival, Normal IL, 2011.
Piano and Organ Works
- Statement for Organ performed at the Unitarian Church, Bloomington, IL, May 1991, by Marilyn Braught.