"You really write exactly what you want to write and that is excellent. The pieces are full of energy and musicality..."

~ Samuel Adler, Composer, The Juillard School,

   Professor Emeritus Eastman School of Music 

"I listened to your work [The Hound of Heaven] and I like it! I think it's imaginative and evocative. I hope it receives many performances."

~ Morton Gould, Composer

"Syler's music is a tasteful blend of tradition and innovation... his gift of lyricism within a dramatic framework is apparent to all who listen."

~ San Antonio Symphony Program Notes

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“It is at first a disquieting work, wildly eclectic in its dramatic depiction of pursuit, escape, and eventual capture… I think that Syler has nicely captured the dark spirit of Thompson’s allegorical poem. It is a touching ending to a rewarding disc.”

~ Fanfare Magazine, May 2011

This 19 minute programatic work

follows the dramatic poem of the same name by Francis Thompson. Thanks to conductor Bill Berz and the Rutgers University Wind Ensemble for this fine recording. 

RECENT NEWS

A 21 college consortium organized by

conductor James Worman of Trinity 

University in San Antonio has

commissioned a new work for wind

ensemble. Thanks to the conductors

below for their support. Premieres will

begin in Fall 2012.

Baylor University, J. Eric Wilson

Bethel College, Timothy Shade 

Butler University, Robert Grechesky

Cal. Polytechnic St. Univ, Andrew McMahan

Capital University, Barry E. Kopetz

Chicago College Perf. Arts, Stephen E. Squires

Cornell University, Cynthia Johnston Turner

Mass. Institute of Technology, Fred Harris

Ohio Northern University, Thomas Hunt

Purdue University, Jay Gephart

SoutheasternOklahoma State, JacobWallace

Stephen F. Austin State Univ, Fred J. Allen

Sunderman Conservatory, Russell McCutcheon

Texas Christian University, Bobby Francis

Texas Lutheran University, Beth Bronk

Trinity University, James Worman