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Movement 2 of Exaltations — can be performed as an individual work for double choir and trombone. Program Notes (for entire set) Exaltations is a set of three interstitial works for double choir and brass quintet, written specifically to fit between the works on this program of Gabrieli and Bruckner. I love the sharp, sparkling attack and timbre … Read more
Program Notes Is it worthwhile, The pursuit of such radical thingsas summitless mountains? — Teddy McCoy* This work for solo bassoon initially emerged from a very different work: a 35-minute cantata-style work called Presence for eighty guitars, five singers, plus a solo guitar and solo bassoon. About halfway through that work, the bassoon breaks away into … Read more
NOTE: The Crystal Preludes is a growing set of piano preludes, which will eventually be a set of 24. They are a variety of levels (similar to the range of difficulty found in the Chopin Preludes). Three of these preludes are meant for students (who might be at the level of playing a Clementi Sonatina, … Read more
I spent most of my early career as a musician as a piano teacher, and I loved teaching my students the fundamentals of piano, and setting them up well for whatever their musical life might look like. It was an absolute honor for me to contribute these new pieces to the 2024 edition of Piano … Read more
Program Notes (see the full version of Sunaao for program notes) Text (by Reena Bhansali) III. Behta Jaa Na-daal khud pe tu zyaada zorBhool jaao duniya ka yeh saara shorNadi ke saath behta jaaHavaa ke saath uṛta jaa Don’t be too hard on yourselfForget the noise of the worldGo on flowing with the riverGo on … Read more
Note: This piece (as well as Concerto for You, where this melody comes from) is designed specifically for young musicians. This work is also available for violin and viola. Program Notes for the full program note, visit the page for Concerto for You. This melody came from a work for choir that I never ended … Read more
Program Notes The first time I heard Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, it changed my life. I was fourteen years old, and as I sat under the stars at the beautiful Ford Theater on a summer night in in Los Angeles with my parents, I completely identified with the voice of the child who … Read more
*note: the SSAA version on this page is the same music as above in a different arrangement. There is also a 12-voice treble version which is much longer. If you are looking for the more popular version, this is it. Program Notes This is one of those stories that has the aura of a myth, … Read more
Movement 2 of Exaltations — can be performed as an individual work for double choir and horn. Program Notes (for entire set) Exaltations is a set of three interstitial works for double choir and brass quintet, written specifically to fit between the works on this program of Gabrieli and Bruckner. I love the sharp, sparkling attack and timbre … Read more
Program Notes Something that looks brave on the outside doesn’t always feel brave on the inside. Sometimes what that feels right to us on the inside can separate us from the flow of everyone and everything around us. And yet, we are still compelled to take that first step away from the familiar, well-trodden path … Read more
Program Notes “Perhaps…” explores the feeling of possibility — of that moment of opening your soul just enough to envision the most incredible circumstance you can imagine before it happens. Maybe it’s anticipating the feeling of locking eyes with someone you love for the first time, or waiting for that message of confirmation that will … Read more
Program Notes Something that looks brave on the outside doesn’t always feel brave on the inside. Sometimes what that feels right to us on the inside can separate us from the flow of everyone and everything around us. And yet, we are still compelled to take that first step away from the familiar, well-trodden path … Read more