Written as a submission to Composer Quest's 11th quest.  Halloween-themed music for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon.  My first concert-style composition.  Please be frank and constructive.

All Hallow's Dance

My entry for SpinTunes #10, round 1, "Heart Beatz".  Not the Barry-White-esque slow jam they are probably looking for, but that's not my style of love song anyway.

The Story of Us

You told me the story
Of the girl you used to be,

Looking for adventure,
But finding only wisdom instead.

You told me of love and loss,
And joy and pain.

And what you learned,
And what you gained.

And how you found me, 
And how you felt complete, 
And now you’re story’s done.

But stories don’t end like that.
They go on and on and on.
If the story of you is done, well,
Now it’s the story of us.

You told me the story
Of the girl you used to be,

Believing in fairy tales,
With heroes and knights and quests.

And as you grew older
You started to see

How the world really works,
And who you were supposed to be.

And then you found me,
And felt you had one more chance
To find a fairytale end.

But stories don’t end like that.
They go on and on and on.
If the story of you is done, well,
Now it’s the story of us.
Now it’s the story of us.

Happy endings happen every day,
When people like you and I
Live and love and fight and play.
Stories go on and on and on and on…
The next one starts when the last one’s done.

‘Cause stories don’t end like that.
They go on and on and on.
If the story of you is done, well,
Now it’s the story of us.

Our story doesn’t end like that.
It goes on and on and on.
When the story of you is done,
And the story of me is done;
When the story of you is done,
Let’s write the story of us.
Let’s write the story of us!

The Story of Us

My shadow for SpinTunes #10, round 3: "Non-Stop Hits".  The prompt was "run-on sentences".

How Was Your Day?

An aria I wrote.  It is here sung by Christina Christensen and accompanied by Emily Urban of Opera on Tap Twin Cities on February 8, 2015.  The lyrics are from the poem "A Little While" by early-20th-century American poet Sara Teasdale.

A Little While

There's still a lot I can fix in this, but I already missed the competition deadline, so this is what I have for now.  This song is for my father, John Taggart, and my grandfather, Calvert Whitehead.

Building Me

My entry for round 1 of SpinTunes #11, "My First! Song", a song about the first time something happens.  It should be fairly obvious what happened.

Like the First Time

SpinTunes #11: Champions vs. Shadows, round 1: Unstable
Write a song about losing control.  It can mean losing your temper, losing control over something physical, etc...etc…  This is not just a topical challenge, meaning the music itself should give the impression that someone is losing control. 

Master Of My Destiny

SpinTunes 11, Champions v. Shadows, round 2.  This entry is unfortunately late and therefore disqualified, which is a shame, and really all my own fault. 

Ballad of the Mushroom Kingdom

This is an arrangement of the German National Anthem I made for a composition challenge on http://composerquest.com.  I chose Germany because it is the land of my birth.  Original melody by Joseph Haydn.

bentaggart

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