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After doing a couple pieces for larger musical groups, I decided to bring it down a bit by composing for smaller ensembles. My next piece Alienus, a Latin word for strange, is a contemporary composition with the orchestration for a Woodwind Quartet  (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon) and piano.



This piece is entirely based off the interval the Augmented Fourth, more commonly known as the Tritone. Being one of my favorite intervals, I emphasize this a lot in the piece. It…

So after composing a concert band chart, orchestral piece, and a woodwind quartet score, I decided my next challenge would be for a string ensemble piece. So its no surprise my next piece, Eerie Moonlight, is directed for a string ensemble (2 violins, viola, cello, and bass) and piano.



Eerie Moonlight is different from any other piece I have composed. It is, like its title states, very eerie and creepy. The piano starts off the piece with a small musical phrase being…

Today, in the music world, there are more orchestras out there than you or I could even imagine. So I thought why not compose an orchestral composition for my next piece? Who knows, this piece might just end up going to the London Symphony orchestra. Well, probably not, but it was still worth the effort. The next piece I composed was orchestrated for an orchestra and is entitled Passage to Wonders.



This piece begins very dramatically with the stringed instruments…

After months of theory and composition study, I've finally decided to undergo the task of composing an actual piece of mine. I chose a concert band instrumentation because being a member of a concert band, this is a familiar ground for me. This piece is entitled Seasons of the Ocean.



It begins nice and slow as I give a small introduction of my main theme with the woodwinds. A drum break enters picking up the tempo and a quick chromatic run with the saxophones open my main…