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- Divertimento-Fanfare (2008)
duration: 2'
for brass choir
- Lift-Off (2006)
duration: 3'
Commissioned by Andrew Lane and the Florida West Coast Symphony Association
I originally wrote this as an orchestral commission for the Florida West Coast Symphony Youth Philharmonic in 2006. I decided to arrange Lift-Off for symphonic band because of its already wind-heavy nature. The wind version received its premiere with the USC Thornton Wind Ensemble under the baton of H. Robert Reynolds on October 21, 2007.
- Perchance to Dream… (2006)
duration: ca. 9'
This piece was written between mid-December 2005 through March 6, 2006. This is my first composition for a large wind ensemble. I experimented with controlled improvisation quite a bit in this piece, from telling musicians to repeat a bit of music over and over with some freedom in the tempo to allowing musicians to improvise rhythms on a given set of pitches. I experimented with some unusual sounds as well – I have a solo for water gong and a section where some of the brass players whisper through their instruments. Writing this piece and having it performed was extremely gratifying and I am very interested in writing more for wind ensemble in the future.
Perchance to Dream… was premiered by the Starving Composers’ Ensemble, conducted by Geoffrey Pope, at USC on March 26, 2006. It was performed again on my senior composition recital in February, 2007.
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