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ANTHRACITE was commissioned by the Schuylkill County (PA) Band Association, Matt Tenaglia president. The piece was written for the annual honors band and is inspired by the region's long history of coal

A short, vibrant fanfare (only 2:00 in duration) which begins softly with percussion and builds to grand lyric statements.

Country Sketches is a two-movement work that encapsulates my journey growing up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania. It is personal programmatic music that has moments of innocence, hope, and joy as the story

Dances on the Golden Shore was commissioned by the All-Shore Intermediate Band Directors Association (NJ) to commemorate the organization's 50th anniversary year. Cast in three contrasting sections, the

Go and Ask My Mother appeared in it's original form as a comic ballad for soprano voice with sparse piano accompaniment. The lyric and music were penned my American composer John Hill Hewitt in 1848. This

I began my teaching career at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Arkansas. When I first began teaching there, the entire band program consisted of 35 students. For the first several years, the high

John Dowland (1563-1626) was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lute virtuoso who was well known for his melancholy songs. The melody, "Flow My Tears", is considered one of his most famous songs

North Country March was commissioned by the Fieldstone Middle School Band, Montvale NJ (Dr. Charles Sommer, director) and the Woodcliff Middle School Band, Woodcliff Lake NJ (Ms. Kimberly Fleming,

Oceanport Overture: Metamorphosis was written as a gift for the Maple Place Middle School "Charger" Band (Dianne Ruggeri, Director) in Oceanport, New Jersey. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed many

A Prayer was written for the Kanawha County, West Virginia High School Honor Band, and received its premiere performance on April 9, 2016 in Charleston, conducted by the composer. The foundation and

"The Maids of the Mourne Shore" is an old Irish tune which serves as the basis and inspiration of this arrangement. This melody became better known when the words of William Butler Yeats' poem, Down By the

Simple Song began its life as a 12-bar piano exercise which I wrote for one of my music theory classes at Montclair State University, where I have taught for well over two decades now. The melody - all in

Together Again, once entitled Fanfare, was a piece that I had finished writing in December of 2018. At the time, it had no special meaning and so, I decided to set it aside. After months went by, I

With Every Step, a Memory was commissioned by the family of Denise Hughes as a tribute to her memory and a recognition of her long and courageous battle with cancer. Her husband, Frank, often referred to