Single
for wind band
First I wrote a 3-minute wordless song. More specifically, I made a Bubble Gum Pop song that might live on Top 40 lists and American Idol auditions. With as many hook-y tunes as I could muster. Then I extended it out into a 7-minute orchestrated classical-style movement, where those ear-worming tunes are put into counterpoint with each other, and b ... (more)
Prayers of Steel
for brass quintet
Most of this quintet's movements are derived from Carl Sandburg's brilliant young Chicago Poems; from uses as simple as sharing a poem's title, to creating an all-out setting "sung" by the brass quintet. The foxtrot is my own insertion; an imagining of wandering Sandburg's Chicago via its dance orchestras. Prayers of Steel was commissione ... (more)
Blow It Up, Start Again
for wind ensemble
A wind ensemble transcription of the 2011 work for orchestra.
If the system isn't working anymore, then do what Guy Fawkes tried and go anarchist: Blow it all up, and start again. ... (more)
Deep Sky Blue
for viola and piano
Deep Sky Blue is a sonata in the tradition of the many contemporary "color" pieces I always enjoy. In three movements, the work plays with moods of "blue", both harmonic and evocative. Arranged from a version for solo euphonium titled Milori Blue, this version for viola was made for violist B ... (more)
