It was an honor and privilege to conduct the 2019 Kansas City Music Teachers Association Multi-Piano Concert. The concert featured works from Broadway musicals and closed with a rousing 4-hand arrangement, performed across 14 pianos, of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Rehearsals took place over two full days, one in December and one the day before […]
Machine Shop was written for Dave Cooper (solo trombone) accompanied by the LSW Concert Band and electronic media (Logic Pro X).
It was a delight to join the Smith-Cotton High School Jazz Band this past week for a performance with them and the beginning band students. Hearing the band play 3 of my tunes was a lot of fun. They worked hard and it showed — they could really swing! The three pieces we performed were […]
The 2015 KC Metro #3 All District Jazz Band was involved in something that’s never been done before. The band was the first (of what we hope will be many more) to participate in a collaboration with the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City’s historic jazz district. Yesterday’s rehearsal and concert took place at the […]
I’ve been fortunate enough to visit the Midwest Clinic in Chicago many times and one of the highlights is seeing the Chicago Symphony Brass perform. In 2013, they performed a selection of piece by Mason Bates called Alternative Energy. Roughly a month after that I heard a small band from Missouri perform a piece by […]
Pleased and honored to have Dr. Scott Lubaroff from UCM take my concert band piece, Syndrome, to be performed by the 2013 Wyoming All-State Band. I look forward to hearing a recording and hope the students (and conductor) had fun!
Join the 2012 Lee’s Summit West Symphonic Band directed by Clif Thurmond at the 74th Annual MMEA In-Service Workshop/Conference at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Missouri on January 27, 2012. The band will be performing two new pieces on the program. One piece composed by LSW orchestra director Kirt Mosier and I wrote called Syndrome.
Come join me at the Missouri Music Educator’s Conference and Workshop Friday January 29th, 2010 at 10:30am. The Lee’s Summit High School Symphonic Band will be premiering a new piece commissioned for this performance. When I set out to write it, I knew there had to be a secret nod to Lee’s Summit High School. […]