Intelligent Machinery

Intelligent Machinery was composed in 2015 as a commission piece for the Collins High School Titan Thunder Marching Band in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

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Sweetly While You Slumber

A concert band piece written for my daughter. When she was young, I would sing and hum melodies to her before naps. The main melody for this piece came from one of these naps. I finished the wind and pitched percussion arrangement when she was 2. Unfortunately, I have still yet to finish the non-pitched percussion part.

The first section is a dialogue between parent and child (clarinet and flute). The second section is contrasting harmonizations of the melody with woodwind and brass choirs respectively. The third section is the struggle of the parent wanting the child to sleep, and the reluctance of the child to do so. This is followed by a large chorale written to the speech rhythm of "A Child's Bedtime Prayer." The conclusion is a duet, parent and child (again clarinet and flute), finally agreed on sleep.

I hope you enjoy this work.

P.S. If any of my percussion friends want to finish the percussion, I wouldn't stop you.

Invention in D minor

This invention follows the harmonic pattern of J.S. Bach's Invention in D minor BWV 775.

It was composed in 2003 in Richmond, Kentucky.

Morning Communion with the Earth

An electronic music piece inspired by a calm morning alone on the beach at sunrise.

It was composed in 2017 in Shelbyville, KY.

The Lotus Ascending

An electronic music piece composed specifically for Keith Klein, an artist based in Northern Kentucky.

This piece is my audio imagining of his visual work of the same title.

See Keith's Painting

It was composed in 2017 in Shelbyville, KY.

Work in progress

Metal recording using EVH 5150 iii EL34

Currently no bass guitar and only half of the solo