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
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.
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...
At the start of this summer, did a recording session for Word Choral Music that ended up being one of the fastest, bestest, just all-around amazing sessions ever. The final tracks are done, and the project is up online. You can hear clips by clicking here.
I’ve been commissioned to write an arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner for the National Day of Prayer, to be performed by an a capella men’s chorus of about 100 guys. It’s challenging to arrange a piece that’s so well know, to find something new and interesting to do with it, but still maintain the power...
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...
Had a GREAT recording session today for Word Publishing. They’re publishing a book of choral arrangements for modern rock worship tunes, and releasing stems (submixes) of each instrument for choirs to perform along with. The producer, Dan Semsen, talked them into bringing the session out to Los Angeles, their first time recording out here in...
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...
Last Friday was a fun day – I was asked to write some original cues for the show Millionaire Matchmaker, and to pull together a jazz quartet to play them live on camera. The episode featured a ballroom dance instructor as the millionaire, and he spent the first part of the evening teaching his date...
Update: you can hear the completed project that this sketch comes from by clicking here. Most of what I write starts out at the piano, and I love finishing a project, then going back to listen to the original idea that sparked it. I’m working on a new series of projects (more details to come)...
Pioneer is continuing their ad campaign to promote integration with Pandora. No music on this one, but I did get to provide the voice-over for the ad series. The music here is from the most excellent band The Dailies, available on iTunes as a single.
A friend’s mom is fighting breast cancer for the second time, and made the decision to shave her head prior to undergoing chemotherapy. He documented the experience to give hope and inspiration to others who are facing the same struggle. The music was written by Chad Reisser of The Dailies, and I was privileged to...
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