I'm excited to announce three consortium opportunities for the upcoming year! Each consortium has multiple buy-in levels that take into consideration budgets and time commitments to each project. Here is a brief overview of each. 

The first is a  multi-movement work for brass quintet will be released in early May of 2024. The total length will be around 10-12 minutes, and will explore various timbres and textures of the brass instruments. For ensembles that join early in the composing process, I would…

The consortium for The Waves and Winds Still Know has been moved down the calendar to the fall of 2024. This is for good reason, I was presented with a couple of last minute opportunities that I couldn't pass up! 

The registration is still posted here, but the dates have been changed to September 2024. Flute players, I would love to have you involved! 

Composed two years ago, in the middle of covid, “13” is now available for purchase through J.W. Pepper. 

Based on Psalm 13, this text seemed to perfectly capture the feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and hopelessness that we were collectively experiencing. The psalm does end expressing hope, almost defiantly. I sought to weave all of these complicated feelings into a cohesive musical whole.

The piano and flute parts are more demanding than the choral parts, so it is accessible to a wide range of choirs. You…

I'm excited to share a consortium for a new flute work that I'll be working on! The Waves and Winds Still Know will be a new and colorful work for solo repertoire. Please share this with any flute players you may know! 

There are three commission levels available, for different budget and performance considerations. Click here to learn about the levels and the benefits that come with them. 

I am thrilled to have written this piece for my wife and daughter, and thrilled to have a recording of them performing it together! 

Program notes:

A “soliloquy” is literally the idea of talking to oneself. As I was writing this, I had no formal structure in mind, no specific motivic development or harmonic devices, but as I started sketching ideas, these things began to come together. I found myself free to write more for the people in mind, rather than any overarching plan. 

My better, smarter and more talented half is giving a flute recital at Tabor College on September 26th at 3PM. Included in her repertoire is two of my newest works, where she will be accompanied on harp by our daughter! (This is peak proud hubby and proud dad stuff right here!)

Be Thou My Vision, for flute and harp, was written as a gift for Sarah, she requested this shortly after our daughter started learning harp, and I finally made good on the promise. :D 

Simple Soliloquy, also for flute and harp, is the…

Last week was my wife's birthday, and the gift I presented to her was an arrangement of one of her favorite hymns, arranged for her to play with our daughter (I did ask our daughter if she'd agree to this first!). 

After they have a chance to perform it, I will make the sheet music available for purchase. It will be on Sheet Music Plus as well as JW Pepper. Please tell your flute and harp friends/colleagues that a new version of this song will be available for them soon! Thanks!