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Composer Spotlight: Adam Bruce

ADAM BRUCE is the percussion specialist for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As such, he teaches and oversees all aspects of the percussion program from grades 6-12. During his time at Union, the marching band has made multiple appearances in BOA Grand Nationals and Super Regional Finals. The indoor drumline has also made [...]

Featured Video: Swan Song by Andrew Smit

SWAN SONG, ironic to its name, is my first marimba solo composition. It is dedicated to Kevin Bobo who taught me composition techniques during my undergraduate studies at Indiana University. I owe a lot to him for recognizing in me an interest in composing and working with me to develop that skill. Completed in February [...]

Composer Spotlight: Andrew Smit

ANDREW SMIT is a teacher, composer, and percussionist living in Dallas, TX. He currently serves as the Director of Percussion at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas. He holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Indiana University’s Jacob’s School of Music. While at Indiana University, he studied with such teachers as Kevin Bobo, Steve [...]

Featured Video: JETT STREAM BLUE by David Wilborn

JETT STREAM BLUE is a commissioned work written for trombonist Jett Walker. The music was inspired by driving scenes of sports cars painted in a shade of metallic blue paint known as Jetstream blue. At one time, this color of blue was especially popular with the Chevrolet Corvette. Capturing these scenes was achieved with two [...]

Composer Spotlight: Greg Haynes

GREG HAYNES is a native of Century, Florida and currently employed with the Conecuh County Board of Education Greg Haynes is a percussionist, composer, and educator based in the Connecticut/New York metro area. As a performer, Haynes is active as both a soloist and an ensemble player, having performed concertos by Keiko Abe, Allan Bell, [...]

Featured Video: AUTUMNAL OVERTURE by Marco Schirripa

AUTUMNAL OVERTURE was commissioned by Paul Millette and premiered at the University of North Dakota in 2014. I was concerned when he asked me for a piece that was sensitive and beautiful, as neither of those words even come close to describing my compositional style. The result of this challenge splits the difference in a [...]

Composer Spotlight: Eric Bailey

ERIC BAILEY is a native of Century, Florida and currently employed with the Conecuh County Board of Education as the Assistant/Percussion Director of Bands at Hillcrest High School in Evergreen, Alabama. Prior to his tenure in Conecuh County Mr. Bailey served as the percussion instructor at Flomaton High School, WS Neal High School and TR [...]

Featured Video: SPARK by Luke Vogt

Spark is composed around the concept of exponential expansion. Similar to how a small spark can lead to a great fire under the right circumstances or a simple idea can multiply to create large societal change, my goal when writing this piece was to make a complex and musically dense soundscape while maintaining the integrity [...]

Composer Spotlight: Luke Vogt

LUKE VOGT is a percussionist and educator originally from Phoenix, Arizona, currently residing in Fort Worth, Texas. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in Percussion Performance from Texas Christian University. Luke currently works as the percussion specialist for V.R. Eaton High School in Fort Worth, [...]

Featured Video: THE CAGE WE MAKE by Wes Stephens

The Cage We Make is a not-so-subtle nod to the percussion quartets of John Cage, most notably his Constructions. The work is built around the rhythmic pattern of 2-3-5-7-11 with its various forms being manipulated through retrograde, canon, rotation of the pattern between players, and rotation of the pattern in the orchestration itself. The piece [...]