For solo violin and chamber orchestra. Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Sherry Kloss, violin David Stock, conductor Pittsburgh, PA 1985 The title is a line taken from "THE GAS HEART", an iconic 1921 experimental / surrealistic play by Tristan Tzara. Commissioned by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and winner of the 1984 Harvey Gaul Memorial Composition Competition, PLAY US CHASTITY ON YOUR VIOLIN was a conscious move to simplicity, economy, innocence and intimacy .... all things not evident in the composers music up to 1984 . .