Postcards from the West – for Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Postcards from the West – for Symphonic Wind Ensemble

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Brass, winds, percussion – duration for four movements: 41 minutes.
Download the score:
Devil’s Tower, Wyo. – Full Score
Aurora Borealis – Full Score
The Hot Air Balloon – Full Score
A View of the Mississippi – Full Score
Stream the music:
Devil’s Tower, Wyo

Aurora Borealis

The Hot Air Balloon

A View of the Mississippi

Download the MP3s:
Devil’s Tower, Wyo.
Aurora Borealis
The Hot Air Balloon
A View of the Mississippi

In Praise of Barns

thebarnsatwolftrapOver the summer my jazz band, Chaise Lounge, played in a classically beautiful barn in Vermont. I also heard a wonderful chamber music performance at a barn in Damariscotta, Maine. And now that I’m back in the DMV (a local nickname for the District of Columbia and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs) I’m looking forward to playing at the granddaddy of all barns, The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. It must be the lack or parallel walls, or maybe the warm, non-reflective acoustic properties of the wood that makes playing at a properly retrofitted barn feel like playing inside a big guitar. I think it is wonderful that so many of these 18th- and 19th-century structures have been repurposed as music venues. Our Wolf Trap show is on Friday, October 14th. If you are in the neighborhood, please come by.

Retablos

Retablos

Strings, harp, percussion – duration for three movements: 20 minutes.
A lively, rhythmic concert piece featuring Latin American rhythms and a prominent vibraphone part.
Download the score:
Movement #1 – Songo – Full Score
Movement #2 – Fandango – Full Score
Movement #3 – Cumbia – Full Score
 
Movement #1

 
Movement #2

 
Movement #3

 
Download the MP3s:
Movement #1
Movement #2
Movement #3