Summer, 2019
SONG FROM A SECRET GARDEN IS A RUNNER-UP IN THE SMP PRESS/HAL LEONARD COMPOSITION COMPETITION!
Thank you to the good folks at SMP Press and Hal Leonard for recognizing my latest entry in the flute choir category. I have come across this gorgeous tune a few times over my engraving career and decided it would make a really pretty arrangement. Thanks to some prodding from the lovely and talented Christina Steffen, this piece will be played at the Flute Choir Reading Session on Saturday at 9am (Aug. 3) Scored for 5 C Flutes, Alto Flute, Bass Flute and optional Contrabass Flute. Click here for details.
Thank you to the good folks at SMP Press and Hal Leonard for recognizing my latest entry in the flute choir category. I have come across this gorgeous tune a few times over my engraving career and decided it would make a really pretty arrangement. Thanks to some prodding from the lovely and talented Christina Steffen, this piece will be played at the Flute Choir Reading Session on Saturday at 9am (Aug. 3) Scored for 5 C Flutes, Alto Flute, Bass Flute and optional Contrabass Flute. Click here for details.
PAUL REVERE AWARD WINNER FOR ENGRAVING - AGAIN!
I still make most of my living from engraving for notable publishers such as Hope Publishing and Shawnee Press. Every year the Music Publishers Association votes these awards in various categories at their annual meeting. I've won a handful of these, but it's always a kick and real validation of my efforts on behalf of readable music!
I still make most of my living from engraving for notable publishers such as Hope Publishing and Shawnee Press. Every year the Music Publishers Association votes these awards in various categories at their annual meeting. I've won a handful of these, but it's always a kick and real validation of my efforts on behalf of readable music!
CAMELLIA CITY FLUTE CHOIR TO PREMIERE NEW NISH WORK AT NFA!
Marty Melicharek's fine flute group was nice enough to commission a work from me to celebrate their 20th season. Entitled "Flights of Passage," it contains musical depictions of those "rites of passage" that we go through during our life journey. More details (and hopefully, publication) will follow its premiere at the National Flute Association convention in Salt Lake City (Friday, Aug. 2, 2:00 pm)
Marty Melicharek's fine flute group was nice enough to commission a work from me to celebrate their 20th season. Entitled "Flights of Passage," it contains musical depictions of those "rites of passage" that we go through during our life journey. More details (and hopefully, publication) will follow its premiere at the National Flute Association convention in Salt Lake City (Friday, Aug. 2, 2:00 pm)
NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION NEWLY-PUBLISHED MUSIC FINALIST AWARD FOR FLUTE TRIO
Goes to my little Dance Suite for 3 C flutes. Thanks to ALRY for publishing it and to the NFA for the recognition! For purchase info, click here.
Goes to my little Dance Suite for 3 C flutes. Thanks to ALRY for publishing it and to the NFA for the recognition! For purchase info, click here.
DOLLY SUITE for Four Flutes and Piano
This is a follow-up to the Three Slavonic Dances that I arranged a few years ago for flute quartet and piano. Faure's delightful piano duets lend themselves well to the sweetly singing yet acrobatic flutes. The piano is arranged to lend solid support in the low range. Available from ALRY.
This is a follow-up to the Three Slavonic Dances that I arranged a few years ago for flute quartet and piano. Faure's delightful piano duets lend themselves well to the sweetly singing yet acrobatic flutes. The piano is arranged to lend solid support in the low range. Available from ALRY.
QUICK STUDY QUARTETS
I've arranged a book of flute quartets (4 C Flutes) written with intermediate students and busy professionals in mind. If you've got flute students who don't have access to the low flutes, I'm sure they'll enjoy the ensemble lessons contained in these 10 arrangements. If you're a college level or professional player, these pieces can fit into any program and are easy enough to perform with very little rehearsal time. "Quick-studies," in other words! Carolyn Nussbaum Music calls this book "the best quartet collection available." High praise, indeed! Go here for more info, or directly to ALRY's website.
I've arranged a book of flute quartets (4 C Flutes) written with intermediate students and busy professionals in mind. If you've got flute students who don't have access to the low flutes, I'm sure they'll enjoy the ensemble lessons contained in these 10 arrangements. If you're a college level or professional player, these pieces can fit into any program and are easy enough to perform with very little rehearsal time. "Quick-studies," in other words! Carolyn Nussbaum Music calls this book "the best quartet collection available." High praise, indeed! Go here for more info, or directly to ALRY's website.
FROM SMP PRESS - HALLELUJAH
At last count there were over 400 arrangements of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for sale on SMP Press. That's a testament to the power of this very simple but passionately compelling song. This arrangement, I hope, is one that flute choirs might want to take a look at because I think it's perfect for that contemplative moment in your concerts and is movingly beautiful. Click here to see a sample page and hear the full recording.
Thanks to all who made this arrangement SMP Press's best-selling woodwind chamber work a couple of years ago!
At last count there were over 400 arrangements of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for sale on SMP Press. That's a testament to the power of this very simple but passionately compelling song. This arrangement, I hope, is one that flute choirs might want to take a look at because I think it's perfect for that contemplative moment in your concerts and is movingly beautiful. Click here to see a sample page and hear the full recording.
Thanks to all who made this arrangement SMP Press's best-selling woodwind chamber work a couple of years ago!
RE-DESIGNED WEBSITE
I've lost count how many times I've completely re-done this site. Thankfully, the process has gotten easier as web-building software has become more user-friendly for technological lunkheads like me. I hope your experience with it is glitch-free, but please let me know if you find errors or missing links. Thank you!
I've lost count how many times I've completely re-done this site. Thankfully, the process has gotten easier as web-building software has become more user-friendly for technological lunkheads like me. I hope your experience with it is glitch-free, but please let me know if you find errors or missing links. Thank you!