Song of Solomon 8

Blur is inspired by H. Owen Reed's theory of compensating parameters. This is the idea that, in a composition, certain aspects of the music may need to be simplified if others are made

This setting of the familiar Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 has been used in a successful adaptation for six pitched bass drums. It should provide an interesting challenge for your group. The work is

Hunting the Myths is a three movement work - "The Jackalope," "The Snipe," and "The Griffin." An unaccompanied alto saxophone solo at the medium high school level.

This set of variations based on the traditional Christmas Song has been arranged to show the various colors of the percussion ensemble. Instrumentation includes bells, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, chime,

The primary inspiration of Major Conflict is the tension between the keys of E-flat Major and C minor. Adding to the conflict are pronounced changes in dynamics and instrumentation.