Orchestra / Large Ensemble
Works for Orchestra and Other Large Ensembles
Symphony in B-Flat Minor (2024) 1 hr. 15 min.
for large orchestra (3-2-2-3 + 4-3-3-1 + 3p + timp [4 drums] + harp + strings)
* Movement I, 2022 NFMC (National Federation of Music Clubs )Young Composers Contest national winner
* Movement I, additional NFMC Regional Oscar Valentin award
Main Line Locomotive: a Car Knocker's Chronicle (2024) 3 min.
for wind ensemble
* a sonic depiction of a locomotive train, spotlighting Car Knockers - railroad repairmen and inspectors that check the soundness of railroad equipment by tapping or knocking on the equipment. Percussive and rhythmic elements illustrate a Car Knocker in action.
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Quintet (arranged for String Orchestra) (2023) 13 min.
for string orchestra
* a string orchestra arrangemenet of the award-winning Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Quintet
* inspired by one of the world's rarest insects, an endangered species that's only found in southeastern Nebraska.
Arachnida (2023) 23 min.
for orchestra (multiple arrangements available)
* a six-movement tone poem; each movement is about a different order of Arachnid: I. Scorpiones (Scorpions), II. Opiliones (Harvestmen, or Daddy Long-Legs), III. Uropygi (Vinegaroons), IV. Amblypygi (Tailless Whip-Scorpions) V. Solifugae (Camel Spiders), and VI. Araneae (Spiders).
Anniversary Overture (2022) 9.5 min.
for orchestra (2-2-2-3 + 4-2-3-1 + 3p + timp [4 drums] + strings) - multiple arrangements available
* commissioned by KVNO classical music radio station for their 50th anniversary.
* premiered September, 2022, by the Omaha Symphony at the Holland Performing Arts Center, conducted by Maestro Ankush Kumar Bahl; broadcast live by KVNO at its premeire
* regularly heard on KVNO's weekday morning program "Symphonic Sunrise."
* performed by the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra for their concert "Young Virtuosos," September of 2023, conducted by Maestro Ernest Richardson
Symphony in G Minor (2022) 45 min.
for small orchestra (2-2-2-2 + 4-2-3 + timp [4 drums] + strings)
* four movements
* Movement IV was adapted for and performed by the Omaha Area Youth Orchestra in November of 2023, conducted by Maestro Aviva Segall
for youth orchestra: Movement IV (6 mins.); specific instrumentation tailoring available
The Battle of Five Armies (2021) 3 min.
for wind and brass ensemble
* recorded by the New York Youth Symphony, May, 2021, conducted by Maestro Na'Zir McFadden
* released May, 2021 on Spotify
* inspired by the Battle of Five Armies from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
String Symphony in G Major "Composed At One" (2020) 9 min.
for string orchestra
* first place, SoundWaves Composition Contest 2020
* premiered July, 2021, by the SoundWaves Continuum Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Ernest Richardson
Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E Major (2020) 35 min.
for chamber orchestra (2-2-2-2 + 2-2 + timp [2 drums] + strings)
* composed during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, when the world shut down
* four-movements
Chamber Symphony No. 1 in G Minor (2020) 42 min.
for chamber orchestra (2-2-2-2 + 2-2 + timp [2 drums] + strings)
* composed during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, when the world shut down
* four-movements
The Jocund Overture (2019) 3 min.
for chamber orchestra (2-2-2-2 + 2-2 + timp [2 drums] + strings)
* an orchestration and expansion of the string trio "The Jocund Melody"
* MTNA Composition Competition regional first place winner, 2019
* performed by Orchestra Omaha, 2019
Insect Suite (2018) 11 min.
for orchestra (2-2-2-2 + 4-2-3-1 + 2p + timp. [4 drums] +strings)
* debuted in New York by Face the Music in November as part of the MATA Jr. Festival, 2018
* performed by the Omaha Symphony in February. 2020 at the Holland Performing Arts Center, conducted by Maestro Ernest Richardson
* three movements: I. The Stinkbug, II. The Whistling Tarantula, and III. Fireflies
* included in Nebraska Public Media's "What If..." series - Season 1, Episode 1