Band and Orchestral Music

My music for band and orchestra draws from the sum total of my musical experiences in smaller forms. Large, expansive themes interest me greatly when applied to large frameworks, and my interest in American and international culture alike tend to be best expressed in large-scale works.

Trade Winds
(choir and percussion ensemble)
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Song of These States
(full concert band and chorus)
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The Colossus of Rhodes
(full orchestra)
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American Landscapes
(full concert band with rock trio)
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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

    May 20-21, 2011

    Taffety Punk Theatre Company presented a new collaboration between myself and choreographer Micheline Heal featuring music for piano, cello, and live computer-generated sound. The new piece, Garden for Wayward Girls was on the finale concert for the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop’s three-week long modern dance event, “Dance Craze”.

    April 28, 2011

    Thursday, April 28, 7:30 PM at Oakdale Emory Church in Olney, MD: the very talented singers performed the new commission A Song for Peace as the first piece on their spring concert.