Say Yes
“Say Yes is a short yet highly virtuosic violin solo written for Tim Fain in winter 2020. It’s an energetic, quirky, and exciting piece that is inspired by an unadulterated joy of life and a …
“Say Yes is a short yet highly virtuosic violin solo written for Tim Fain in winter 2020. It’s an energetic, quirky, and exciting piece that is inspired by an unadulterated joy of life and a …
“in Blue is a marimba solo written for Tristan Swihart, completed in early 2021. Inspired by the marimba writing of Paul Smadbeck, the piece cycles in permutations around a stepwise-descending melodic line. The title …
“Chukka Low doesn’t have a storyline or non-musical inspiration, but the title comes from an experience I had while working on this piece. A great friend of mine took me to a Vans store, where …
“Interim is a percussion quintet written in 2018 for the University of North Florida Percussion Ensemble. The title has both literal and metaphorical significance. In a literal sense, this piece was written in the summer between my …
“The Feeling of Coming Home is a percussion octet (also written as a sextet) written in the summer of 2017. The piece can be described as the harmonic equivalent of dipping one’s fingers into cans …
“Hocket Sandbox started as a summer project based off a progression of sixteenth-note block chords for solo marimba. Upon the near immediate realization that seven minutes of sixteenth-note block chords would be physically and aurally …