Arrangements

As a professional composer, I enjoy working with classic pieces that I love and finding ways to bring out their nuances via orchestration. This can be a wonderful way to introduce new players and listeners – especially in high school or college bands or orchestras – to the joys in choral and piano literature. Please contact me for further details or to make a request.

Scriabin preludes, arranged for orchestra

Howells Requiem, first movement, arranged for orchestra

Coming Soon – Chopin Nocturnes, arranged for concert band

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    Couch Surfers!

    Ongoing – I am writing music for a very different kind of project: the webseries Couch Surfers! Kind of a little bit of everything (even a Wagnerian forest moment in one episode) but mostly a lot of punk rock surf with guitar help from my friend Carleton Ingram. www.couchsurferstv.com

    Two Events in DC on one day!

    April 27 – Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek premiered Latte, an art song with lyrics by Lisa Pegram, at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center. On the same day, Maryland percussionist Tim McKay premiered my new percussion piece Tres Leches at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. It was amazing to have two totally different premieres of totally [...]

    March 24, 2012

    The Siena College Chorus and Musicians of Ma’alwyck premiered new Mass for the New Jerusalem for chorus and string quartet at the Chapel at Carondelet Hospitality Center in Loudonville, NY under the direction of Tim Reno. Thanks to all the musicians for their excellent performance!