21st Century

Original compositions for solo, chamber ensemble, and orchestra.

Fanfare on A Mighty Fortress for brass quintet, org., timp.

Click here for more info on Fanfare on Ein Feste Burg 21st Century arrangement for B-flat trumpet 1&2, horn, trombone, tuba, timpani, and organ.

Mediævalé

Mediævale. Double quartet. 3 oct./opt. piccolo (C inst.), perc. (Mediœvalé, Medievale.) This original composition is written for one 3 oct. set of bells, with the choir split into 2 quartets. Each quartet uses 1.5 oct. of bells with no overlap between the 2 quartets! General, 21st. Century, Neo-Medieval. Commissioned by Laurie and Rusty Sanders for …

Requiem for Silenced Souls

Requiem for Silenced Souls is a 21st Century original composition for piano, commissioned by Marvin Rosen & Beata Rzeszodko-Rosen. This powerful work was written for those that perished in the South Carolina and Florida tragedies. The 9 down-stemmed notes in the opening and 9 note melodic figure are for the victims in Charleston, while the 49 …

SoundShards for chamber ensemble

“SoundShards” is an original 21st Century composition based on “sonification,” the transforming of data into a musical composition. This groundbreaking work is scored for handbell solo, marimba, tambura, prepared piano, and available percussion. The work employs written themes and accompaniment and “Shards” (my term for the short written or improvised solos), so each performance will …