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A'bracadabra' was composed in the summer of 2004, and was orchestrated the following November during a residency at the MacDowell Colony. The piece is dedicated to my son, and is at once playful and s...

Cajuns are descendants of the Acadians, a group of early French colonists who began settling in Acadia (now Nova Scotia) around 1604. In 1755 they were driven out by the British, eventually resettling...

Winner of the 2007 CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition

Winner of the 2007 CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition

Alien Visitors' has a science fiction theme: What would it be like to be visited by aliens? The movement titles - 'Arrival, Aliens, Attack' - are descriptive of the action: In Arrival, we hear the sta...

Alien Visitors' has a science fiction theme: What would it be like to be visited by aliens? The movement titles - 'Arrival, Aliens, Attack' - are descriptive of the action: In Arrival, we hear the sta...

Our American Heroes' celebrates the heroic spirit that thrives within the soul of our great nation. Throughout our history, men and women of incredible courage and compassion have set aside their per...

Our American Heroes' celebrates the heroic spirit that thrives within the soul of our great nation. Throughout our history, men and women of incredible courage and compassion have set aside their per...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Fortress was composed in 1988 and received its premiere performance by the Batawagama Youth Camp Band in Iron County, Michigan, Donald Schleicher, conductor, on June 25, 1988. Special thanks to Donald...

Fortress was composed in 1988 and received its premiere performance by the Batawagama Youth Camp Band in Iron County, Michigan, Donald Schleicher, conductor, on June 25, 1988. Special thanks to Donald...

Joy Revisited was commissioned by the Longmont High School Band, David Merrill and Darryl Abrahamson, directors. This commission was made possible by the diligent fundraising efforts of our students,...

Joy Revisited was commissioned by the Longmont High School Band, David Merrill and Darryl Abrahamson, directors. This commission was made possible by the diligent fundraising efforts of our students,...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

I wrote 'Lyric Music 'in 1963 at the suggestion of a friend who said that band music does not have to be noisy and bombastic. It is an essentially gentle piece, although it does rise to a somewhat imp...