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The Ballad of the Spanish Cavalier is based on a 19th Century American Folk Song. This composition tells the story of a young cavalier. Opening with all the bravado we expect from a young man in

Bringing together and celebrating both the storied past and bright future of music at Cambridge, this piece was commissioned to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the University of

Chatterbox is a dynamic piece that pops, sizzles, and grooves. Cast in three loose sections, the work’s themes feature slithering gestures, lyricism, and syncopation. The central section

Civil Rights was written for the Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony for a concert in 2013. The piece focuses on the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s monumental rise to become a major

From Dante's pen comes many of our popular conceptions of heaven and hell, morality and immorality, so vividly and compellingly as they are crafted in his work. Dante Ascending by Brandon Nelson

This fantasy for concert band is based on the classic Christmas hymn, Adeste Fidelis (or O, Come All Ye Faithful).  This arrangement takes the listener through several varied setting

Johann Sebastian Bach is the most iconic figure of the Baroque Period; however, during his lifetime, he was revered more for his phenomenal keyboard skills rather than his compositions. A prolific composer

This holiday triptych features three of the most loved angel Christmas carols: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Angels from the Realms of Glory and Angels from on High. The selection opens

In Horseshoe Curve, as a westbound passenger train enters the Curve, a rider's imagination takes him to the Curve’s construction during the early 1850s. Amid the rhythmic clicking of train

This march comes from von Suppe's operetta Boccaccio. Premiered in 1879, this operetta is still performed today and has been staged by some of the greatest opera companies in the world including the New

Knowing that this piece was going to be performed by young students, I wanted to give them the opportunity to share in the creative process of writing this piece. I had Mr. Ryan Addair (the conductor of the

This piece pays tribute to milonga, a musical style that began in the Rio de la Plata region of Argentina and Uruguay and dates from around the 1870s and eventually evolved into the dance music of the

Mockingbirds live throughout most of the U.S. and in parts of Canada and Mexico and it also happens to be the state bird of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and Florida.  Inspired by the

Composed in 1902, National Emblem is by far Edwin Eugene Bagley’s most recognizable marches. Since its original publication in 1906 the piece has been performed at countless civic and