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Homegrown was a piece that I wrote in the final year of my graduate music composition program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. My intention for this piece was to invoke a

This lovely piece paints a musical portrait of a beautiful landscape that unfolds when traveling along a scenic byway. The inspired writing captures the panoramic views through lyric passages that are

This work was inspired by the sights and sounds of late evening walks in the countryside. The dark stillness brings on solemn thoughts, infused with the beauty of the starlit trees and hills.

Written to commemorate the short life of a beloved student, this an uplifting message that extols her determined spirit and focus in accomplishing goals. The music effectively reflects her optimistic

Silver Celebration Overture celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Five States Honor Band, founded in Guymon, Oklahoma in 1977. The composition opens and closes with a rollicking, joyful

Awash with the sounds of Americana, textures of wide-open spaces and the mechanistic rhythms of airplane engines and dogfights, The Spirit of Flight ... view details

A beautiful and tranquil original work that gives the listener a feeling of being safely guided on a calm sea. Written in the key of B-flat, its calming yet soaring melodic lines, creative harmony, and full