Hearing the first performance of your music never gets old. This past Saturday at Brendle Recital Hall on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC the Piedmont Wind Symphony premiered RIVERS ASCENDING for tuba and wind ensemble. You never really know how a piece will be received or what kind of future it […]
On this same concert Saturday night was also a grand performance of my SYMPHONY No. 1 “Blue”with the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, soprano soloist Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, and the Piedmont Wind Symphony conducted by Mark Norman. Considering the 35 minute length, the soprano soloist and choral forces required, this is a large undertaking, and as a […]
This consortium is to make a chamber winds version of my band work Silent Shadows to the Last: Three Walt Whitman Poems. The original band work with soprano is a setting of three classic Walt Whitman poems. This version for chamber winds and soprano will accentu ate the lean chamber wind sonorities and lyrical style of the work. […]
This new recording from Tonsehen Records features my new sax concerto Birds of Paradise. This terrific performance by the Arkansa Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble with Nathan Mensink, soloist, and Dr. Daniel Belongia, conducting is available now on all streaming platforms. Visit Tonsehen Records for many great recordings at: www.tonsehen.com Here’s the 1st movement of […]
This PDF contains all 26 original works for band and wind ensemble in one easy-to-view E-Catalog. Listed by grade level and including hyperlinks to recordings and video performances of all works. Please download it and share. CLICK HERE for the E-Catalog
In November 2025, my wife (pianist & teacher Elizabeth Gutierrez) and I started publishing piano music through our new online business called PIANO PASSPORT. Traditional individual piano sheet music has been a mainstay as amendments to method books and one way to introduce classic repertoire. Many music stores have closed in recent years, especially those […]
With more than 60 years of combined music publishing experience, we have launched a new collective enterprise serving pianists and piano teachers of all levels. The publishing world is going through major changes and we see this new venture as part of a new model for a bright future. The goal? To help piano teachers, […]
Three premieres in one weekend is a luxury. SYMPHONY NO. 2 was performed at the recent North, Southern, and Southwestern CBDNA conferences. Many thanks to these conductors and their ensembles. Southern CBDNA – Florida Atlantic University, Kyle Prescott Southwestern CBDNA – Stephen F. Austin State University, David Campo North CBDNA – University of Connecticut, Vu […]