June 2022

Listening to Artistic Music, Score Study and Composition Planning

By |2022-06-20T11:39:10-05:00June 20th, 2022|Creative, Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

This article has been updated with embedded videos that include three online lessons on Listening, Score Study and Composition Planning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It works well as a supplement for ensembles who either have performed or intended to perform my "In Two Places", but can also be used for other educational purposes as well. Contact me through my contact form if you'd like the accompanying exercises in PDf format you can assign to your students, and please consider doing a Skype or Zoom call with me and your students as a part of the educational effort!

Grade 1 Band

By |2022-06-20T11:50:44-05:00June 19th, 2022|Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

This article will discuss fourteen of the most played works in the Grade 1 Band category of the Texas Prescribed Music List (PML). I am currently hard at work this Spring creating three new band pieces, and have been intensively studying scores to find patterns as to what the most popular pieces have in common, as well as what makes each piece unique. This part 1 article will discuss the patterns I have discovered in comparing the pieces in terms of key, meter, tempo, difficulty level, theme, length, ranges, melody and harmony.

April 2020

March of the Shadows

By |2022-06-20T11:37:31-05:00April 23rd, 2020|Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

In response to COVID-19, I have created music for band students to play at home! I have taken the melody and "fun lines" from my "March of the Shadows", pasted them all into one part and then copied the music for all instruments. Also included are accompaniment tracks to play along to! Please feel free to embed in LMS systems such as Blackboard and Canvas. And if your students enjoy the music, please consider purchasing and programming from this website for the 2020-2021 school year! I do accept Purchase Orders.

Chamber Music Composition Program at Tarrant County College

By |2022-10-15T15:15:34-05:00April 8th, 2020|Creative, Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

This summer 2020, we are excited to offer the third annual Chamber Music Composition Program, hosted at the Tarrant County College Northeast campus with Mid Cities Brass Quintet. Both myself and Dr. Uriah Rinzel will be returning as the Composition Faculty! As of this writing, COVID-19 is currently a global pandemic, significantly effecting all of our daily lives with most counties in the U.S. under a shelter in place order. Our program this year will therefore be a "pandemic" themed program and will proceed on-ground or completely online, depending on the mandates set forth by the state.

March 2020

A New Day

By |2022-06-20T11:52:50-05:00March 22nd, 2020|Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

In response to COVID-19, I have created music for band students to play at home! I have taken the melody and "fun lines" from my "A New Day", pasted them all into one part and then copied the music for all instruments. Also included are accompaniment tracks to play along to! Please feel free to embed in LMS systems such as Blackboard and Canvas. And if your students enjoy the music, please consider purchasing and programming from this website for the 2020-2021 school year! I do accept Purchase Orders.

February 2020

October 2019

In Two Places

By |2021-11-02T11:07:43-05:00October 30th, 2019|Creative, Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

Well, I’m finally back from my unintentional hiatus from the blog. 2019 has proven to be a pretty incredible year so far; in large part due to me becoming a mom for the first time, as well as my current most popular work for band, "In Two Places" receiving an increasing number of performances. The new dichotomy present in my life – between being a parent and an artist, leaves me once again feeling like I am in two places!

March 2018

October 2017

September 2017

End Times

By |2021-11-02T11:07:52-05:00September 1st, 2017|Education, Featured, Latest Articles|

During the summer of 2015, while attending Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas; I witnessed an incredible five-sermon series given by Pastor Jimmy Evans regarding the 2nd coming of Christ.  After hearing his thought-provoking insights into the future final events of human history, I chose to create a musical work to both depict these events and satisfy the Master's Thesis requirement for my M.M. in Composition at Texas Christian University.

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