Orchestra Choir/Voice Woodwinds/Brass Strings Film Technology
WOODWINDS / BRASS
Romp and Ripple - [7’30] - 2022
bass trombone/piano OR
tuba/piano
Romp and Ripple is a playful conversation between the low-brass soloist and piano that contrasts the bold with the delicate, the heavy with the weightless, and the punchy with the lyrical. The conversation is not an argument between two opposing forces; rather, the performers work cooperatively to enhance one another’s low, foreboding range and higher, melodious capabilities.
Originally composed for Todd M. French, tuba, in 2022
Published by C. Sharpe Editions
PURCHASE (B. Tbn) at C. Sharpe Editions
PURCHASE (Tuba) at C. Sharpe Editions
Trombone/Piano (Live)
Tuba/Piano (Live w/score follower)
Ladonia Valley
flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, cello - [7'] - 2019
Ladonia Valley is an homage to the great American road trip, a lens into crisp, cool mountain mornings, and a reminder that the journey and the destination are one and the same.
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like a blossom unfolding - [8’30] - 2015
clarinet/piano OR
alto saxophone/piano
Commissioned by Wally Wallace, saxophone
"Unfolding" is a technique of melodic prolongation where a simple voice-leading pattern is extended over a longer period of time. This stretching of small materials into larger, more complex structures reminds me of how a blossoming flower opens itself up to the sun. I am often mesmerized by time-lapse videos of these flowers' movements, and I would like to imagine that like a blossom unfolding is a musical representation of this process, beginning introspectively but unfolding over time to reveal hidden beauty.
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external drive
clarinet, alto saxophone, piano - [7'] - 2015
If I asked you to imagine a musical representation of a computer crash, I guarantee that you would not imagine anything at all resembling this piece – and that is precisely the point. external drive represents instead a computer crash from the perspective of the virus causing the crash. Follow its plight through firewalls and security checkpoints, knowing that a successful mission will also cause the virus to cease existence.
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Currents
flute, chamber ensemble - [10'] - 2014
flute, piano - [10'] - 2011
I. Freshwater
II. Saltwater
III. To New Shores
Chamber Ensemble: clarinet in A, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, 2 horns in f, double bass
The undulating feeling of push-and-pull found in river and ocean waters extends into every aspect of Currents: rhythmic vigor, metrical drive, harmonic tension, and melodic fluidity. Inspired by the interconnectivity of all bodies of water, Currents follows a coursing river in its downhill surge, where it reaches a placid sea before flowing on "to new shores."
Blue Bluster
saxophone quartet - [5'] - 2014
What would happen if blues music was put into a blender and homogenized with chromaticism, changing meter, and a secret quotation? Probably something like this piece of music. How will the secret quotation come to life in the midst of a true "bluster" of sound? Will you catch the quotation before it catches you? When it reveals itself, will you realize that's is been there, lurking, all along?
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