Etudes and Parodies (2004) for horn, violin and piano Etudes and Parodies for horn trio was the winner of the International Horn Society's 2005
composition competition. Composed for horn virtuoso, William Purvis, the set of seven movements is
actually a series of etudes based on all the things the horn does well: long round tones,
staccato/legato alternate tonguing, large ascending leaps, rapid and round staccato, natural
harmonics, fast and close jazz-like licks, and finally, soulful singing. The 'parodies' include gypsy-like
music, funk, film-noir, and various references to horn player's practice rooms. William Purvis (french horn), Curtis Macomber (violin) & Mihae Lee (piano) Semi-Suite (2001) for guitar Semi-Suite was composed for the guitarist David Starobin. Its six movements are loosely based
around its baroque namesakes, though Lansky's idiomatic guitar writing shows the influence of such
finger-style guitarists as Merle Travis and others. David Starobin (guitar) Ricercare Plus (2000, 2004) for string quartet Lansky's Ricercare Plus includes references to early baroque and late renaissance part writing with
non-vibrato sustained, overlapping lines, and rapid contrapuntal configurations. The work was
written for the Brentano Quartet. Brentano String Quartet | 
