I'm proud to say I'm exhibiting at the 2022 Midwest Clinic! Come visit me at booth no. 2008 and learn more about the pieces below. Whether you're a band director, orchestra conductor, or performer, I have music that’ll interest everyone — and at all grade levels.
Concert Band
After Further Review
2021-22. Concert band. Grade 2
A theme and variations inspired by football instant replays. Kids love it and multiple middle school bands won “1st place” at the Festival In The Parks, Cedar Point 2022 performing it.
The Beating Heart of Dawn
2020-21. Concert band. Grade 4-5
A lyrical concert opener with rich harmonies and a dark undercurrent, The Beating Heart of Dawn is a piece about hope.
Full Orchestra
Summer Has Ten Thousand Stars
2010. Full orchestra
Featured in the Midwest 2022 Orchestra New Music Reading Session, the orchestra piece a perfect concert opener.
String Orchestra
Space Invaders!
2018. String orchestra. Grade 2.5
A zany piece for young players that introduces them to some of the sound effects their instruments can make.
Nana's Waltz
2022. String orchestra. Grade 3
Shades of Dvorak and Satie inspire this grade 3 waltz suitable for high school players.
Aspen Song
2019. String orchestra and harp. Grade 3.5
Aspen song has a rustic American feel that captures the beauty of mountain forests.
Woodwind Chamber Music
Motion Lines
2016. Saxophone quartet
As recorded by the PRISM quartet on their album Surfaces and Essences.
Monet’s Gardens
2009. Saxophone quartet
Woodwind Solos and Duets
6 Inventions
2022. Flute and saxophone
Panegyric
2020. Alto saxophone
Sixty Seconds of Saxophone Stuff
2020. Alto saxophone duet
3,000 Miles
2019–2020. Flute and harp
Granite and Sage
2017. English horn and piano
Coruxa en Carbayu
2016. Flute and guitar
Daydreams and Postlude
2014–2015. Oboe
Clarinet Sonata
2008–2009. Clarinet and piano
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