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The discovery of the yellow metal at Sutter's Mill in California's Sacramento Valley in 1849 was only the beginning of subsequent gold-rushes to occur in the state. 'Gold-Rush Rag' was written to comm...

The discovery of the yellow metal at Sutter's Mill in California's Sacramento Valley in 1849 was only the beginning of subsequent gold-rushes to occur in the state. 'Gold-Rush Rag' was written to comm...

In my setting of 'Shenandoah' I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the words, especially the image of a river. I was less concerned with the...

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...

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...

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...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...

Festival Prelude ('C Major Prelude, BWV 933, 'from J.S. Bach's 'Six Little Preludes for Beginners') by J.S. Bach, arranged for concert band by Bob Margolis

Festival Prelude ('C Major Prelude, BWV 933, 'from J.S. Bach's 'Six Little Preludes for Beginners') by J.S. Bach, arranged for concert band by Bob Margolis

Royal Coronation Dances' is the first sequel to the 'Fanfare Ode & Festival,' both being settings of dance music originally arranged by Gervaise in the mid 16th-century. (The next sequel is The Renais...

Royal Coronation Dances' is the first sequel to the 'Fanfare Ode & Festival,' both being settings of dance music originally arranged by Gervaise in the mid 16th-century. (The next sequel is The Renais...

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...