firefall
Instrumentation: Brass Ensemble
Duration: ca. 4 minutes
Premiere: 2023
Dedication: Southern California Brass Consortium
Level: 5-6
WILDFIRES for Orchestra
Instrumentation: Large Orchestra
Version for chamber orchestra is available.
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Year: 2019
Level: 4-5
Wildfires Program Notes for MCO premiere
Destruction and rebirth across the California landscape, Wildfires for orchestra, explores the devastating fires that occur due to the ever-evolving current climate crisis of the state. Emulating the kinetic soundscapes of the environment, the virtuosic work contrasts the moments of blaze by alternating the bombastic brass, percussion, and “bickering” woodwinds with moments of stillness with the use of sustained strings. Wildfires is a selected movement from A California Symphony (2019).
Watch the premiere performance below:
A California Symphony
Instrumentation: Large Orchestra
Version for chamber orchestra is available.
Duration: ca. 30 minutes
Year: 2019
Movements:
I. Steep Trails
II. The Fallen Monarch
III. Wildfires
IV. The Bachelor and the Three Graces
V. Cathedral Spires
Note: Individual movements are also available for purchase. Please contact the publisher here.
ECHO
Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra
Duration: 7 minutes
Year: 2017
Dies irae
Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra
Duration: ca. 2 minutes
Year: 2017
Composer Note: Need a spooky piece for your fall program? Dies irae is a great program opener.
For music directors looking for a piece that creates a spooky atmosphere as well as a way to tune your ensemble without the audience realizing it as a tuning exercise—this piece is for you!