Compositions
In addition to her jazz pieces, Joyce has written the following concert and chamber music pieces:
Portrait of a NY Woman (on the day of 9/11 )for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (3 minutes)
Aggregation for solo piano (3 minutes)
Winter Reverie for solo piano
For Myra for solo piano
Variations for Cello and Piano (about 3 minutes.)
Songs for Solo Cello (about 10 minutes)
Redwood Suite 3 movements for flute and piano (about 10 minutes)
Ode to Alzheimer's 3 movements for sampled synthesizer (voice, strings, winds)
Burnt Landscape 3 movements for sampled synthesizer (strings, winds)
Emanations 3 movements: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet with samples (voice and strings)
Percolation, inspired by the poem by award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield (sampled sounds)
"...the melancholy beauty of giving it all up..." inspired by the poem by former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass (guitar, cello-bass)
It is Raining on the House of Anne Frank inspired by the poem by Linda Pastan (clarinets, strings, piano, and sound effects)
Current Works in Progress:
Newly released CD project in collaboration with award-winning poet Linda Pastan, to create pieces inspired by her poems
Pieces inspired by the work of award-winning poet, Jane Hirshfield
Nature video series with original music
CityScapes for violin, clarinet, cello, piano and string quartet