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Elegy for Bass Trombone elicits the multifaceted feelings of grief beginning with the trombone playing a solemn lyrical line in A minor against a quiet backdrop of ascending sixteenths of intervals of sixths and fifths in the piano. Genre: Bass...

Coming to Peace was composed as a means to express the pain and heartbreak of losing a loved one. The work’s five sections represent the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. It was written for the...

Chronicles in many ways could be considered a concerto, if not in a strict sense of form, at least in expansiveness. The Prologue begins with a trumpet fanfare then becomes a mixture of pointillism versus lyricism. Lamentation consists of a haunting...

Cast your self into a storm at sea with this fantastic piece from John Ireland. Turbulent rhythmic motives launch A Maritime Overture to blend into a more lyrical melody contrasting the opening. Don't be fooled though; the first rhythmic motive...

Imagining World reconciles two seemingly contrasting ideas of celebration and remembrance by drawing inspiration from a poignant poem with the same title. Original themes are woven with motives from the commissioning school's fight song in this...

Commissioned by the Lone Star Wind Orchestra (LSWO) Percussion Ensemble, Septet is an advanced, college level percussion ensemble for seven players. Any live performance by a group of people, whether it is music, dance, or theatre, is essentially a...

Many people have a hard time keeping still. Some of them become percussionists (as band teachers everywhere can attest). Fidgeter's Waltz puts that fidgeting to good use and, since it requires no instruments or implements but just somewhere to sit,...

Commissioned by the Lone Star Wind Orchestra (LSWO) Percussion Ensemble, Septet is an advanced, college level percussion ensemble for seven players. Any live performance by a group of people, whether it is music, dance, or theatre, is essentially a...