Cutting the Circle
Instrumentation: Oboe and Piano
Year Composed: 1997/2026
Duration: 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Pages in score: 16
Cost: Purchase: $10.00
Listen to audio mock-up of the piece.
Program Notes:
Cutting the Circle was written in 1997 for the oboe and piano duo Equinox. The
title of the work comes from the Jackson Pollock painting Moon Woman Cuts the Circle (above).
The work is dedicated to the composer Frederick Fox, with whom I studied and whose music and
words continue to be an influence on me, on the occassion of his retirement. The circle may be
cut, but the circle has no end.
Cutting the Circle was extensively revised in 2026.