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Orchestral arrangement of the traditional Indonesian lullaby "Nina Bobo". The work was arranged for Isolde Knaap as a piece for her to conduct the Tualatin Valley Symphony, a community volunteer orchestra in Oregon.

Note that the lyrics (shown below) reference a mosquito, so the arrangement uses a Harmon mute on 1st Trumpet to playfully represent that element.

Lyrics, as translated by Innosanto Nagara:

Go to sleep, Nina,
oh, go to sleep Nina.
If you don't sleep
the mosquito will bite.

Beloved sibling,
my beloved sibling,
sleep, go to sleep,
in the cradle.

Nina Bobo - A Traditional Indonesian Lullaby

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*Selected for Midwest Clinic 2025 concert band reading session.*

I composed this music for the family and friends of Zayne Shomler, December 14, 1998 - February 8, 2016. This was originally composed for piano solo.

There is a very powerful and meaningful quote by the late author, Sir Terry Pratchett: “No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...” I personally find great hope and comfort in that saying. Do your best to make as many ripples in the world as possible. Make a splash! Touch as many lives as possible.

Remember those who created ripples that touched your life, and to keep those ripples going for as long as it is in your power to do so.

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The conductor is encouraged to make the tempo rubato and expressive--particularly at the climax of the piece (stretching out the 16th notes and emphasizing the anticipatory 32nd notes). This piece should NOT be performed with a strict, unchanging tempo.

Remembering Zayne

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A commission for my patron Celia Volk, who wanted a fanfare that could bring back the audience at the end of intermission. The piece is entirely in "Ritusen" pentatonic (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), which was a fun challenge and--I feel--gives the piece a unique and distinct sound.

This music is inspired by Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" (same instrumentation, minus one trumpet) and by the brass music of Chris Hazell, as well as (of course) by John Williams.

Comeback Fanfare was premiered at the Tualatin Valley Symphony's first concert after being shut down by the COVID19 pandemic, making the title "Comeback Fanfare" even more meaningful.

Comeback Fanfare

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We step back into ancient history, and the footprints here are not made by humans. We hear the tread of the giant mammals of the Ice Age:
mammoths, sloths, bison, horses… and mastodons.

This lighthearted music—representing extinct mastodons and other megafauna, and composed using the letters of those words and others—starts with the slow step of an adult mastodon played by the timpani, followed by the quicker beat of a young mastodon represented by low pizzicato strings. Soon we hear that it is an entire family of mastodons, and the French Horns make the calls of the adult mastodons as the trumpets represent the answers of their offspring.

Composer's Note: The French Horns need not play the upward lines perfectly, as they are intended to sound "elephanty" and it's fine if they're a little messy.

Mastodons & Megafauna

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