Here's another recent work of mine, a lighthearted contrast to the brooding fugue in E minor, this one is full of relentless energy and fun. Perhaps a little too relentless, I've been told. Pacing is one area I need to work on, in future works. :-D
I wrote a short, heavily bleak piece for piano at the end of 2021 and the wonderful pianist Erica Sipes included it in one of her live sightreading streams. I can't add .pdfs to show the score, but her performance raised some issues in my notation wh
Mockup with score video becuse I can't attach files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOnzEUsb4EI (mockup uses an organ vst which is serviceable, but doesn't reflect the intended changing mood throughout the piece)
I have been away, and not reading my forums, so I didn't know that this one had disappeared, however briefly. I've been doing some reconnecting and rejoined yesterday. I thought I would post something for you. I recently completed my fourth symphony,
Three cacophonous cheers for Kristofer for getting CF rolling again!
This is my latest. The subject - the Idea of an apparition - huanted me, steered me (compositionally), - maybe even frightened me Haha - from one moment to the next.
I wrote this air last week for an orchestral suite I've been working on. I'll post the whole suite for critique when it's done, but I'm curious to hear any comments or feedback on this movement. It might be a bit on the schmaltzy side. Obvious inf
Ear rating warning: this piece is highly dissonant, and may cause your ears to bleed and your sensibilities to be wounded. Listen at your own peril! (Though fortunately, the ordeal only lasts for about 1 minute 32 seconds, so a visit to the hospital
Today is Pi Day, so I thought I could post this old piece of mine from back in 2015. I'd posted it in the old forum, but since that's gone I thought I'd take the liberty to post it again here.
There have been many clever rhymes and other mnemonics for
This is a piece written and dedicated to my roommate at the Oberlin Conservatory, Rick Pressley. Rick spent his professional career as the Seattle Symphony's co-principal trumpet. He did perform this piece and did a great job, but the performance was
I am new to Composer's Forum and eager to begin to share my work with other musicians. One of my latest pieces is a new five movement symphony based on our sun's current solar maximum. The five movements are titled: Solar Flares, Solar Corona, Solar
I wrote this Piano Sonata some 7 years ago, and I recently decided to have it recorded. It is just something I've always wanted to get done, as I never felt the piece was truly finished until hearing it on a proper acoustic piano. Here is a
well, I've just completed a new string quartet. The opening movement was marked "dolente" before I even wrote a note, I think and the mood is reflective of the times we live in (as well as one or two personal things), though there is a more lively ce
Composing method: Two ostinati were composed and played into a music sequencer. A dozen or so music fragments were composed to be played along with either one or the other ostinati. The composing process included de
Hey everyone, a quick notation query if anyone has any suggestions... one of my pieces has a simple repeated triplet pattern here and there. I beam in 6s but my software groups as 2x triplets, which is technically correct but groups the notes a littl
