This exciting work explores musical opposites - long vs. short, soft vs. loud, high vs. low, smooth vs. angular. It will be sure to energize your ensemble on your next concert! (4:00)
A dynamic concert opener or closer cast almost entirely in the Phrygian mode. The half steps that make this scale mode so unique are celebrated both in a melodic and harmonic sense, with aggressive lo...
Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G Major, K. 525 is commonly referred to as 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,' which stands for 'a little serenade,' but is more familiar to music lovers as 'a little nig...
Massa critica è un termine scientifico che si riferisce alla minima quantità di materiale fissile necessaria per sostenere una reazione nucleare a catena. L'opera inizia con un'esplosione di suono, po...
Rampage! is a relentless, aggressive work that requires wind players and percussionists alike to play with both a great deal of force and finesse. Strong statements in the brass, the interwoven woodwi...
Here is a blindingly fast, raucously energetic concert opener that derives its title from the consecutive rising three-note cells that are the building blocks for almost the entire work. However, the...
A rousing concert opener or closer, 'scramble' is intended to aurally depict two characteristics of its title - collecting things together in a disorderly way, and moving quickly with a sense of urgen...
Shady Grove is an Appalachian folk song that bears some resemblance to the English ballad 'Matty Groves.' Although its verses have hundreds of variations, its origin is most likely as a courting song:...