3333 4331 Timp+4Perc Hp Str
Orchestra
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra in One Movement
2222 2220 Timp+2 Harp Strings Solo 5-octave Marimba
The Depth
5444 4331 Timp+4Perc Hp Pno/Cel Str (May be performed with woodwind count of 3333)
Fanfare and Dance Variations
3*3*3*2 4331 Timp+4 Str
This is my first major completed composition, a true “Opus 1” (save, perhaps, for a few chamber pieces). I completed it prior to having any formal composition study, and is the result of my awakening to classical symphonic music as an expressive avenue for me. My original symphonic influences are worn on its sleeve. As a percussionist/timpanist I was first inspired by the Late Romantic canon (Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, etc.) and early 20th Century masters (Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok, etc.), as well as the wind ensemble music I was even more immersed in. As youthful compositions commonly go for all composers, it changes themes frequently and development is negligible. Yet I pursued one idea: a chorale followed by a fast percussive dance pattern from which other melodic themes emerge. The “dance variations” are in the form of returns to the dance patterns with small changes. Finally it drives to an explosion of sorts out of which emerges a timpani ostinato that builds and aims for a triumphant return of the chorale.
It was not until COVID, sometime in 2020, that I finally placed this score into computer notation and created a MIDI recording. By so doing, I was able to clean up a few terrible orchestrational decisions. I consider the work in shape for performance for anyone who wishes to do so.
Piano Concerto
2*22*2 2210 Timp Str
The Ship of Death (Symphony No. 1)
Vocal Soloists: Dramatic Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Baritone and Large SATB Chorus and Orchestra [3333 4331 Timp+6Perc Hp Pno/Cel Str]
Symphony No. 2
3(Pi) 2 EH 2(Eb) BsCl 2 Ctbn 4331 Timp+4Perc Pno/Cel Hp Str
Tournament
2222 2211 TImp(5drs)+1Perc Hp Pno Strgs
The Tree Without End
2222 2211 Timp+1 Harp Strings
Trumpet Concerto
2(Pi)222 2200 Timp Str & Tpt/Flg soloist
White Mountain Daytrip
3333 4331 Timp+3 Harp Str