In the Still Early Light (Orchestra)

Grade 4

This work depicts the beauty and stillness of early morning, and the warmth that the light brings to the unfolding day.

Grade 5

A 2-minute fanfare that includes a musical canon, this work is available for wind band, orchestra, string orchestra, or flexible instrumentation.

Grade 5

Available as a collection of three arrangements, or individually: Fugue No. 2, No. 16, and No. 23, all from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1. Scored for 4/5-part flexible instrumentation plus optional timpani that can be adapted for many combinations of wind, string, and percussion instruments.

Grade 3/4

Available as a collection of three arrangements, or individually: “If Ye Love Me,” “Third Mode Melody,” and “Variations on the Tallis Canon.” Scored for 4/5-part flexible instrumentation that can be adapted for nearly any combination of wind, string, and percussion instruments.

Grade 4

Inspired by the advent chant melody, this new arrangement begins with a contemplative verse and slowly builds to a glorious climax. Scored for 8-part flexible instrumentation plus optional piano and percussion.

Grade 0.5

A one-minute piece for beginning band or strings (4-part flex instrumentation), incorporating foot stomps and found percussion to evoke a lost city from the 1800s.

Grade 4

A new setting of the famous Clement C. Moore poem from 1823. Also available for SATB Choir + Wind Band and SATB Choir + Piano (with opt. string bass and drum set).

A three-movement work for string orchestra and percussion on the topic of climate change.

Grade 5

Fugue No. 20 in A Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1. Scored for 4/5-part flexible instrumentation (strings) plus optional timpani and chimes.

Grade 4

This work, scored for orchestra and narrator, reflects on the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. The piece blends elements of a funeral march and a lament, and near the end of the piece a moving poem is read over the music by a narrator. (This work is also available for wind band here)

This piece is based on one of my favorite sonorities – the major 7th chord. The main chordal structure of the work is two fifths, stacked on top of each other, separated in the middle by a half step (i.e. C, G and Ab, Eb). I use this sonority throughout, moving sequentially, by fifths, through all twelve keys.

When I was a kid, we’d often travel a few hours north to Vermont for Labor Day, to spend the final days of summer with my extended family.  While there, we’d pile in the car to spend a day at the Vermont State Fair.  The fair was an exciting, vibrant place, with rides and games, animals, fried dough, and horse racing.  This piece captures the sights, sounds, and excitement of a day at the fair.

Also available for wind band here.

Goodnight, Goodnight for strings is a captivating, chorale-like piece that showcases the string orchestra’s colors and expressive qualities – sure to become a favorite for ensemble and audience member alike!

This arrangement of a patriotic favorite is true to the original with rich instrumentation and some new harmonies. The piece is written with flexible instrumentation so that it can be performed by a full symphony orchestra or a chamber orchestra.

Also available for wind band here.