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Living With My Donkeys :Eric On, Horn

March 13, 2026 06:00

Eric On gave a spectacular performance of Living With My Donkeys at the Florida State University Festival of New Music, January 31, 2026. Such energy, such imagination, such tone! Eric chose to do the Low Version on the...

Meadowlark for Warren

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This was a breakthrough piece for me, written in 1989 or so. I lived in a junkie old trailer in Evanston, Wyoming, where I was happily no longer working as a counselor for the seriously mentally ill. I was sitting in my...

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

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In her mid seventies, my sister has decided to learn Korean. I think it was spurred by her love of Korean K-pop music and the desire to understand the beautiful lyrics. This transformed into a thorough fascination with Korean...

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Walking With My Ocarinas

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These four pieces are based on my experiences of goat packing in the mountains. I always bring my ocarinas for a bit of fun. All the sounds you hear are based on my ocarina playing. For a description (including some neat...

The Saucey Pack Goat

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For notes about this magnificent athlete, Saucey, and the programs I used to compose this, click here. The first movement, In Their Absence, was selected to be part of the Stairwells Installations of the National Association...

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

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Living With My Donkeys :Eric On, Horn

Jewel Dirks

March 13, 2026 06:00

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For notes on how I used the "pop" of the plastic cork of these two bottles to create this music, click here....

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Ear-Bird for Solo Recorder

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Ear-Bird is a solo piece for recorder, range suitable for soprano, alto or tenor. Medium difficulty. This can also be played by three recorders, each of whom stands in different places in the audience to simulate birds...

Living With My Donkeys

Score for horn part

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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...

My Sister's Recipes

for Soprano and Alto Choir, Orff Instruments with Electronic Sounds

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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...

Elegy for Kathy's Harp

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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...

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Bill's Complete Performance of Living With My Donkeys (Unedited)

March 14, 2026 22:33

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Donkeys Protect Their Goat Friends

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Donkeys Are Slowly Eating Their Barn

March 13, 2026 21:09

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Jewel Dirks posted the song They Stand Guard Over Their Friend Nook As He Waits To Die

March 13, 2026 21:07

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Jewel Dirks posted the song The Cat Naps on the Donkey's Back

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Jewel Dirks posted the song Mother and Son, They Share The Same Dream

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Review from Female:Pressure

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Today, we're delighted to introduce a new musical masterpiece by Jewel Dirks. Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of the Wyoming prairie with her latest release, Egon the Little Goat Takes Control. Jewel is...

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Virginia finally prohibits LGBT discrimination link...

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The International Alliance for Women in Music awarded Honorable Mention for the Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize to Living With My Donkeys. What an honor! Here's their news release....

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Sarah Willis, horn player and human extraordinaire, has been included in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours list to be awarded the title of MBE for her "services to Charity and for the promotion of Classical...

Living With My Donkeys :Eric On, Horn

Meadowlark for Warren

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

Walking With My Ocarinas

The Saucey Pack Goat

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

Popular Music

Latest Music

Living With My Donkeys :Eric On, Horn

My Sister's Beautiful Heart

The Saucey Pack Goat

Take Your Medicine

Ear-Bird for Solo Recorder

Living With My Donkeys

Score for horn part

My Sister's Recipes

for Soprano and Alto Choir, Orff Instruments with Electronic Sounds

Elegy for Kathy's Harp

Review from Female:Pressure

After 35 years....

"Living With My Donkeys" receives Honorable Mention

Sarah Willis Receives MBE

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