Manhattan Beach Music

Winner of the 2007 CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition

TWO HUNDRED B.C. The melodic material used in '200 B.C.' is from a two thousand year old Greek hymn to 'Apollo'. The legendary adventures of 'Odysseus' as described by Homer in the 'Odyssey' (ca. 700...

TWO HUNDRED B.C. The melodic material used in '200 B.C.' is from a two thousand year old Greek hymn to 'Apollo'. The legendary adventures of 'Odysseus' as described by Homer in the 'Odyssey' (ca. 700...

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

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

Alien Visitors' has a science fiction theme: What would it be like to be visited by aliens? The movement titles - 'Arrival, Aliens, Attack' - are descriptive of the action: In Arrival, we hear the sta...

Alien Visitors' has a science fiction theme: What would it be like to be visited by aliens? The movement titles - 'Arrival, Aliens, Attack' - are descriptive of the action: In Arrival, we hear the sta...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Allegro Brillante' is the first movement of 'Dragonland' for band. The first performance (under the original title, 'A Short Symphony) 'was given by the L.E. Dieruff High School Concert Band, conducte...

Allegro Brillante' is the first movement of 'Dragonland' for band. The first performance (under the original title, 'A Short Symphony) 'was given by the L.E. Dieruff High School Concert Band, conducte...

Suggestions for performance: VERSE 1: as slowly and sustained as possible; the horns must be heard clearly (do not hesitate to double the horns with a trumpet in measures 5-10 if necessary). VERSE 2:...

Suggestions for performance: VERSE 1: as slowly and sustained as possible; the horns must be heard clearly (do not hesitate to double the horns with a trumpet in measures 5-10 if necessary). VERSE 2:...

Our American Heroes' celebrates the heroic spirit that thrives within the soul of our great nation. Throughout our history, men and women of incredible courage and compassion have set aside their per...

Our American Heroes' celebrates the heroic spirit that thrives within the soul of our great nation. Throughout our history, men and women of incredible courage and compassion have set aside their per...

Antithigram 'is coined from the words 'antithesis 'and 'program.' The work is bi-thematic - the first theme comprised of eleven notes, the second (beginning at measure 63) more like a chorale in struc...

Antithigram 'is coined from the words 'antithesis 'and 'program.' The work is bi-thematic - the first theme comprised of eleven notes, the second (beginning at measure 63) more like a chorale in struc...

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...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner