Clausula II (2007) for solo cello was written for and is dedicated to composer Ezra Sims on the
occasion of his 80th birthday in 2008.
Clausula (noun, Latin) &ndash, an ornamented cadence especially in early Renaissance music.
The work is flexible and lyric &ndash, gradually expanding and contracting its basic musical material
within a passionate discourse. The basic musical idea (presented at the outset)