The Westbrook Intermediate School Band program has commissioned me to compose a work for their TMEA honor band performance in February. The 3-4 minute piece will pay tribute to NASA's Space Shuttle program. This is a video blog. This blog also includes composition updates during the creation process.
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For the PA middle school band directors out there, I received word that my Journey down Niagara was approved and placed on the PMEA state adjudication list as a grade 2 band piece.
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It's a New Year. And with it comes a new look website.
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THE JOURNEY. THE PIECE, THE PROCESS, THE TITLE...
A year ago, Chad Dempsey and the Edinburg North High School Bands and Band Boosters commissioned me to compose a wind band work in celebration for the opening of the Edinburg North HS Performance Hall. The work needed to be celebratory and there's not much more festive then fireworks...
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I'll try to stay focused on making sense of this blog post "collage" (as I am watching the Dallas Cowboys preseason game versus Oakland). The summer has been busy and, in the tradition of Texas culture, HOT!!! Much of my summer's attention has been on the Lone Star Wind Orchestra...
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