Welcome! Kick off your shoes, lean back, and enjoy some of my Original Compositions in Midi, MP3, and Sheet Music formats. Many of the scores are offered in Scorch format, and are mostly free. You will find a lot of music for piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, and trombone, as well as for vocal groups, and larger instrument ensembles and orchestras.
My most recent piece is Southwest Splendor, a soundtrack to a video that I co-produced with Paul Silverman. Listen to the MP3 and visualize magnificent vistas in the American Southwest.
I recently finished the soundtrack to the feature-length film, Spies in Crinoline. This is a true story of two women, Antonia Ford and Laura Ratcliffe, who spied for the South during the Civil War. It is also an interesting romance, as Antonia Ford married Joseph Willard, a Union Major, during the war. You can view a trailer and order a DVD. I composed many cues for the film, some of which are listed below:
Barbara Kupferberg wrote the powerful lyrics for The Song I Never Wrote, and then I set the poem to music. The song was written specially for a father (tenor) and daughter (soprano) duo, with piano accompaniment. Gordon Roesler and E. Hope Price, a real father-and-daughter team, with Amy Rothstein gave a wonderful performance. You can hear an MP3 recording, view and print the sheet music, and read the lyrics.
Three Leaves on the Wind is a collection of three songs; A New Day, Windsong, and Flames. Barbara Kupferberg wrote the beautiful lyrics, and I wrote the music specially for the Windsong ensemble; Harlie Sponaugle, soprano; Michael Bowyer, flute; Nancy Genovese, clarinet, and Amy Rothstein, piano. You can hear their wonderful performance, view and print the sheet music, and read the lyrics.
Some recent pieces written specially for the InterPlay Company at Strathmore, a band for people with and without cognitive disabilities: Golden Eagle, Warm Night is a slow, tranquil piece in a Native American style, for piano, clarinet, flute, and timpani. Cowboys Will be Cowboys is a simple, tranquil piece for an ensemble of instruments. Bon Rien is Cajun slang, meaning "a good-for-nothing guy." This song is composed in a Cajun style, meaning it's fast, upbeat and staccato, and consists mostly of 2 chords. The score has parts for: Flute, Accordion, Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Timpani, Trumpet in Bb, Violin, and Cello. You certainly do not need all these instruments to perform the song; The bare necessity is accordion, violin, bass (or piano) and drums. Lots of fun! You can listen to a synthesized MP3 recording, and, you can view/listen/print the score and parts in sheet music format. Are you a musician? Would you like
to perform a new composition, one written expressly for you or your ensemble?
Contact
me! It is a wonderful experience to play a brand new piece, one that
is just the right duration and skill level for your performance.
With the free downloadable
"Scorch" plugin, you can view and simultaneously listen to my sheet music
at the SibeliusMusic
site. You can print the scores for some of my compositions for free, while
others can be printed for a nominal price. In addition, parts for some
of the pieces are available for printing.
Last updated on July 5, 2010