Music for Band

Alarm: The Call to Duty (In Memory of the Heroes of 9/11)  [Listen]  

Duration 5:25', Grade 5

First Performance: United States Coast Guard Band, Commander Lewis Buckley, conductor

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 Coventry Variant  [Listen]

Duration 6.5', Grade 4, publisher Southern Music 

Commissioned by Hofstra University

First Performance: Hofstra University Winds, Dr. Peter Boonshaft, conductor

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Dreams and Faith [The Solomon Valley Anthology]

Duration 23', Grade 3-4  (Movements may be performed  individually)

I.       Enchanted Sky
                Duration 4:26, Grade 3

II.      Freedom: A Long Time On Its' Way [Listen]

                Duration 4:15, Grade 4

III.     Distant Hymns [Listen]

                Duration 5:42, Grade 3

IV.     Plows On The Prairie

            Duration 6:14, Grade 3

Commissioned by the Continental Harmony Project American Composer's Forum

First Performance: The Fort Hay State University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Robert Conger, conductor.

Note: This work and the composer was featured on CBS' Radio "The Osgood Files"

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Elegy: Jesus Wept (In Memory of Texas Band Director J.W. King) [Listen]

Duration 7', Grade 3         
            
First Performance: Southwest Regional CBDNA Convention, Houston Texas, G. B. Herring, conductor.

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Into the Sun, [Listen],

Duration 9', Grade 4   

Commissioned by Southern Utah University.

First Performance: Southern Utah University Symphonic Winds, James Williamsen, conductor.

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MeTro!, [Listen]

Duration 7.5', Grade 5

Commissioned by the Boston Metropolitan Wind Symphony.

First Performance: The Metropolitan Wind Symphony, David Martins, conductor.

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Only the Sea Cries, [Listen]

Duration 10.5', Grade 6

First Performance: Arkansas State University Wind Symphony, Donald R. Minx, Conductor.

Award: 2nd Prize CBDNA (Virginia Chapter) Composition Contest, New Music Symposium.

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Prairie Wind, [Listen]

Duration 6.5', Grade 3, publisher Southern Music

First Performance: 1993 TMEA (Texas Music Educators Association Convention), Texas A&I University Band, Paul Hageman, conductor.

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Running Horses, [Listen]

Duration 6.5', Grade 4    

Commissioned by the Texas A&M University Foundation   
             
First Performance: Texas A&M University-Kingsville Symphonic Winds, G. B. Herring, conductor.

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