Manhattan Beach Music

Composer's Notes Portrait of a Clown is in ABA form surrounded by an eight-bar introduction and coda: Introduction (beginning at measure '1') A (beginning at rehearsal letter 'A') B (beginning at rehe...

Composer's Notes Portrait of a Clown is in ABA form surrounded by an eight-bar introduction and coda: Introduction (beginning at measure '1') A (beginning at rehearsal letter 'A') B (beginning at rehe...

An American Elegy' is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered a...

the price of the set includes one oversize (11'x14') conductor score.

the price of the set includes one oversize (11'x14') conductor score.

Background In 1992 I composed a concerto for traditional jazz band and orchestra, 'Playing' 'With' 'Fire', for the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the San Antonio Symphony. That work was composed as a celebr...

Background In 1992 I composed a concerto for traditional jazz band and orchestra, 'Playing' 'With' 'Fire', for the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the San Antonio Symphony. That work was composed as a celebr...

Suitable for high school, community, and college bands, 10 1/2 minutes duration, Grade 4.

Suitable for high school, community, and college bands, 10 1/2 minutes duration, Grade 4.

Program Notes POSTCARD was commissioned by my friend, colleague, and former mentor, H. Robert Reynolds, in memory of his mother, Ethel Virginia Curry. He requested that I compose not an elegy commemor...

Program Notes POSTCARD was commissioned by my friend, colleague, and former mentor, H. Robert Reynolds, in memory of his mother, Ethel Virginia Curry. He requested that I compose not an elegy commemor...

Cajuns are descendants of the Acadians, a group of early French colonists who began settling in Acadia (now Nova Scotia) around 1604. In 1755 they were driven out by the British, eventually resettling...

Can there be a two-minute symphony? This work is certainly two minutes, and it does 'sound' like a symphony because there are symphonic elements in it: It has a clearly-stated theme, which is develope...

Can there be a two-minute symphony? This work is certainly two minutes, and it does 'sound' like a symphony because there are symphonic elements in it: It has a clearly-stated theme, which is develope...

Pacific Fanfare,' scored for woodwinds, brass and percussion, exploits several spatial characteristics of a large concert hall. Onstage, the brass and percussion sections are separated into two antiph...

Pacific Fanfare,' scored for woodwinds, brass and percussion, exploits several spatial characteristics of a large concert hall. Onstage, the brass and percussion sections are separated into two antiph...

Winner of the 2007 CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition