Piano Quintet
piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
10 minutes
1974
available
composed while living in Daryl Redecker's house for the summer with no food, no job, and no life. What the hell was I doing writing music?


The Moment
a capella choir
3 minutes
1976
available
setting of a poem by Toby Lurie. Composed for the Whitworth College Madrigals. Thomas Tavener, director.


Meditation
String quartet and voice
5 minutes
April-May 1977
available
Composed for the ordination ceremony of William Schrempp. Commissioned by Bob Beaumier.


Interlude
flute, violin, cello
5 minutes
May 17-30, 1977
available
Composed for the wedding ceremony of Libby and Michael Moore


Piano Prelude #6
piano
6 minutes
December 14, 1977
available
Composed for Marion Pruitt, a student pianist at Whitworth College.


Christ Climbed Down
acapella choir.
5 minutes
1977
available
Setting of a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem. Composed for the Whitworth College Madrigals. Thomas Tavener, director

Fughetta
a capella choir.
3 minutes
1977
available
Setting of a poem by Toby Lurie. Composed for the Whitworth College Madrigals. Thomas Tavener, director

Mirror Images
a capella choir.
3 minutes
1977
available
Setting of a poem by Toby Lurie. Composed for the Whitworth College Madrigals. Thomas Tavener, director

Piano Prelude #5
piano
3 minutes
April 25 1978
available
Composed for Gloria Bregger, a piano student of the composer.

Toccata
piano and orchestra
10 minutes
1978
available
Composed for Linda Siverts and the Whitworth Symphony

Zen Droppings
a capella choir
4 minutes
1978
available
setting of a poem by Toby Lurie. Composed for the Whitworth College Madrigals. Thomas
Tavener, director

Acronyms
Eight French Horns
10 minutes
April, 1978
available

Music for Organ, Violin, and Percussion
organ violin, percussion
12 minutes
1978
available
Commissioned by Michael E. Young for a concert series at Whitworth Presbyterian Church.
Specifically for the tracker organ in that church. The organ part was written using the tracker organ and employs techniques peculiar to that type of organ with half pulled stops
and weird things of that nature.

Tribute Violin and soprano
4 minutes
June 20, 1978
available
Composed as a birthday present for Michael E. Young, composer/organist. Lyrics are the final phrases of Four Quartets by TS Elliot.


Prelude no. 3 for Piano
Piano
3 minutes
1979
available
Composed for pianist Steve Kuntz


The Ring from Berrocal’s David
Organ
6 minutes
1979
available
Commissioned by David Aschenbrenner who I was never able to track down after the music was finished. Later I used as the opening theme from this work for the opening of the ballet Centerpiece.

The Seasons
String quartet and soprano
12 minutes
1979
available - water damaged masters
Composed for Mary Van Voorhis, who at the time was a student in the voice department of Whitworth College.

Words of Cummings
organ and violin
12 minutes
Completed October 8, 1979
available - water damaged masters
Commissioned by organist, Michael E. Young. Based on the rhythms of a poem by e.e. cummings.

Piano Prelude #7
piano
6 minutes
Completed February 9, 1979
available - water damaged masters
Composed for Colette Valentine

Four Mixed Drinks from the Bartenders Standard Manual
piano, horn, flute
12 minutes
1980
available
Composed for Verne Windham, Linda Siverts, and Francis Risdon who were performing at
Henny's Lounge at the time under the group name "RSVP."

Centerpiece
Yamaha DX7, Mirage Ensonique, piano, percussion
25 minutes
1980
available in rough manuscript
Commissioned by Spokane Ballet. Choreographed and composed by Don Caron and Elizabeth Carlssohn.

Poem
harp, violin, flute
8 minutes
May, 1980
available
Composed for the final vow profession ceremony of Kateri Caron into the community of The School Sisters of Notre Dame. Premiered at the ceremony in Mankato, Minnesota.

Ravel
horn, flute, piano
5 minutes
summer 1981, Mexico City
available composed for the Group "RSVP."

Five Gifts for Third Child
Yamaha DX7, Mirage Ensonique, piano, percussion
25 minutes
1981
available
Commissioned by Spokane Ballet. Choreographed and Composed by Don Caron and Elizabeth Carlssohn.

Lady Macbeth
Yamaha DX7, Mirage Ensonique, piano, percussion
2 hours
1982
available
Commissioned by Spokane Ballet. Choreographed by Christopher Aponte. Composed by Don Caron
and Elizabeth Carlssohn.

Syllogism for violoncello and descant
cello, recorder
7 minutes
1982
available
Commissioned by Robert Beaumier for Bob and his future wife, Marian Fletcher.

Theme from Chilam-Balam
reed, piano
7 minutes
1982
available
A setting of words carved in the marble of the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.:
Toda luna, toda dia, todo ano, todo viento camina y passa tambien. Y todo sangre llega a lugar de su quietud.


Variations for Flute and Piano #2
piano, flute
7 minutes10 minutes
1982
available
Composed as a senior recital piece for Whitworth College graduation requirements.
Performed by Cherie Merel.

A Form of Happy Birthday
Horn, flute, piano
5 minutes
March 27, 1982
available
Commissioned by Verne Windham for the price of a banana bombardier at Henny’s Lounge.
Composed in Henny's Lounge while drinking banana bombardiers. Written to commemorate
the 50th birthday of Marvin Granger, who was the originator of KPBX public radio.

Words of Camus
soprano, violin, flute, bass
10 minutes
1982
available in rough manuscript
Soprano, violin, flute, bass.


Words of a Child’s Novena
piano, tuba, soprano
12 minutes
Christmas, 1983
available
Commissioned by Sam Pilafian, of the Empire Brass Quintet (Boston, MA) for soprano Ann
Fennessy. Based on a poem written by a child in a mental institution: Tie a rope to the ceiling/ Then get a tipsy bar stool/ Stand on the stool/ When your good fairy comes/
and tells you a reason to live/ Jump for joy. Rick Fisher, age 9

Flowers, Finches, Fools, Love, Truth, and Deathpiano and soprano
6 minutes
Christmas, 1983
available
Composed for the retirement concert of Margaret Saunders Ott. Performed by Ann Fennessy
and Linda Siverts. Setting of four poems by e.e. cummings.

Requiem
flute, violin, cello
12 minutes
1983
available
Composed on the death of Cherie Merel, a student at Whitworth College who died in a car accident.


Young Woman at a Window, This is just to say.
Soprano and Guitar
5 minutes
January 1983
available
Composed for Linda Siverts and Ann Fennessy


Piano Prelude #5
piano
6 minutes
1984
available
Composed for pianist Steve Knoll in exchange for a chess set which he made of wood.

Gable Mountain
piano
8 minutes
1988
available
Gable Mountain is located on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and has become part of the
lore of the Department of Energy and the Federal government. Tunnels were dug into the mountain as part of preliminary work for the proposed waste depository at Hanford. For
centuries prior to the government's appropriation of this area, Gable Mountain of Nuk-Shy was part of the rituals and ways of area Indians. The mountain was a sacred
place where young Indian men would go for a vision quest their imitation into manhood.
Cairns of rock piles associated with these vision quests as well as hunting implements
were found on Gable Mountain. Area tribes are currently seeking access to this ancestral
site. In 1988 the Hanford Education Action League commissioned Don Caron to write a piano solo for performance by Kendall Feeney based on the theme of Gable Mountain.

Four Ambiguous Options
cello and piano
8 minutes
1993
available
Commissioned by Theatre Ballet of Spokane. Choreographed by Elizabeth Carlssohn.

Serenade Adage
Three part strings
12 minutes
May-June, 1993
available

May 26, 1994
Spokesman Review
Kim Crompton, staff reporter

C. Paul Sandifur Jr. never imagined that a commissioned piece of classical music he gave
to his wife, Helen, last fall as a heartfelt birthday gift eventually would capture a much larger audience. Snippets of the 12 minute long work, which was written by noted local
composer Don Caron and performed by Caron on a synthesizer, now are heard by callers to
Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. who are put on hold. Karleen Blanchard, Metropolitan's telecommunications supervisor, says, it's soothing music. We get a lot of compliments on it. Michael R. Smith, who manages the Met, the
Metropolitan-owned performing arts center, gave Blanchard the idea of using the gift piece
for on-hold music. Now, he says, I've had an unbelievable number of people want to buy it.

Sandifur, who is president and CEO of Metropolitan, says he was really taken
with the piece when he had it composed, and it surprised him that others like it.
Demand for it has been strong enough that the piece now is planned for inclusion on a compact disc scheduled for release this fall. The CD will contain music by local composers and musicians, and will help commemorate the Met's sixth anniversary, Smith says.

The Endless Echo of Anomaly
clarinet, cello, percussion, piano
10 minutes
January and February, 1994
available
Commissioned by Kendall Feeney through a grant from Artist's Trust.


Paradigm Shifts
orchestra
20 minutes
1996
available
Commissioned by The Spokane Symphony to commemorate the 5oth birthday of the Symphony.

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
piano, winds and brass in pairs, strings
20 minutes
2002
available
Commissioned by the Washington Music Teachers Association in conjunction with the composer of the year award for 2002 .


Victor, The Musical
orchestra, choir, solo voices
2 hours, 12 minutes
2003
available in piano/vocal reductions
A full length musical based on Frankenstein; the book by Mary Shelley. Music by
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