Steve Connell – So Much Silence All This Noise Is
We put this piece together with LA-based poet Steve Connell. I’ve loved his work for years, and it was great to get a chance to collaborate creatively with him, and with Zack Mathers over at Frequent Flyer Productions. I built the sound-design piece for the first half, and the music on the back end was...
Pioneer Electronics Ad: MixTrax Global
Got called in last week to do remix audio on a commercial for the new Pioneer Electronics software MixTrax, and found out from the producer this morning that the commercial was picked up for international markets on 3 continents. Check out the commercial. So much fun to work on this one, and excited to see...
Twin Primes Conjecture
I finally received back some audio from the composition I completed for the Robin Cox Ensemble. The piece is built around sets of twin prime number sets. See how many you can find in the score! Twin Primes Conjecture – Score Twin Primes Conjecture
Millionaire Matchmaker
Had a chance to play with some good friends for an on-camera segment on the Bravo Network show, “Millionaire Matchmaker”. Thanks to Rosy Rosenquist, Dana Decker, and Jeff Askew for pulling this one together. The episode aired on August 29th.
O Say Can You See …
I just finished a commission to write an arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner for the National Day of Prayer breakfast this next May. The arrangement will be performed by the 100 men of the APU Men’s Chorale, a fantastic group to write for! The demo is rough – it’s all me with the steroid-like assistance...
Lobe Den Herren (Praise to The Lord)
One of the things I love about leading music at a church is the freedom to bring in great players, then write music specifically for them to perform. This Sunday Joy Song Thomson will be joining me on Cello, so I put together an offertory based on the hymnsong “Lobe Den Herren”, know to most...
Ender’s Game
30dropframe is an ongoing project to take books that have not yet been made into films, and to write cues for the score that might fit the film, if it were ever made. Ender’s Game is the first book in the series. A young boy is separated from his family, and travels through the lonely...
Do You Hear / Sing Ye Christmas Choirs
I was commissioned to write an arrangement to open the 2010 Azusa Pacific University “Celebrate Christmas” concert. The piece was for 3 antiphonal choirs and full orchestra. After spending so long with the piece in my head, it was a thrill to hear 250 people perform it! I apologize for the quality of the video...
Pandora / Pioneer Commerical
Just wrapped up music for a Pioneer Electronics commercial. They’re pushing a media campaign around the integration of their car audio systems with Pandora. Keep an eye out for the ads!
Boudicca
When I first heard the story of Boudicca, I was struck by its epic and cinematic quality. The story has heroes and villains, empires and rebels, a hopeless cause, tragic battles, a warrior queen, and best of all, the chance to use Celtic music. This piece takes the final battle speech and gives it the...
My Hands Are Lifting Up
This piece was commissioned by the Roger Wagner Choral Center at Cal State LA, and was premiered by the Los Angeles High School for the Performing Arts at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new affordable housing development in downtown Los Angeles. The lyrics were taken from different poems, essays, conversations and letters written by people...
Our Father, Vindicate
In May of 2009 Azusa Pacific University funded a multi-discipline project to generate new creative works on the subject of The Lord's Prayer. The project resulted in new commissioned compositions, new works of visual arts, and a series of scholarly lectures.
As part of that project, I was commissioned to write a new choral...
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