Mittelschwere Noten von Manhattan Beach Music

Bei meiner Vertonung von "Shenandoah" ließ ich mich von der Freiheit und Schönheit der Volksmelodie und von den Naturbildern inspirieren, die der Text heraufbeschwört, insbesondere von dem Bild eines...

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND At the time in Scottish history when 'Loch Lomond' was a new song, the United Kingdom (which united Scotland, England, and Wales) had already been formed. But the Highland Scots...

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...

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...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

I wanted my setting of AMAZING GRACE to reflect the powerful simplicity of the words and melody - to be sincere, to be direct, to be honest - and not through the use of novel harmonies and clever tric...

THE SHAKERS The Shakers were a religious sect who splintered from a Quaker community in the mid-1700's in Manchester, England. Known then derisively as 'Shaking Quakers' because of the passionate shak...

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Canzon Primi Toni a8, from Gabrieli's 'Sacrae Symphoniae 'of 1597

Canzon Primi Toni a8, from Gabrieli's 'Sacrae Symphoniae 'of 1597

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

The Renaissance Fair 'was commissioned to be a sequel to the composers' band work, 'Fanfare Ode & Festival.' Meant for the top middle school band that commissioned it, 'The Renaissance Fair 'is approp...

The Renaissance Fair 'was commissioned to be a sequel to the composers' band work, 'Fanfare Ode & Festival.' Meant for the top middle school band that commissioned it, 'The Renaissance Fair 'is approp...

Sleepers, Awake!' is one of J.S. Bach's most exquisite works, both in its cantata and chorale-prelude versions, and although some may not recognize it by name (or have heard the originals), many are n...

Sleepers, Awake!' is one of J.S. Bach's most exquisite works, both in its cantata and chorale-prelude versions, and although some may not recognize it by name (or have heard the originals), many are n...