Pull Myself Together

I was digging through my files and I found this that I had forgotten about.

Gift

As I wrote this piece I intended it to be a representation of my state as I was writing the piece itself but as I continued on I began reflecting on the Creator who made beings that create - even furthermore a Creator who created beings who create pieces that are molded and formed by the state in which they leave their creator while undergoing the creative process as it comes into existence.   

The Craftsman and the Craft

A taste of the score for Neptune, Have Mercy!
From our recently released teaser trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUznINHu8wc

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Kickstart!

Neptune, Have Mercy - Teaser Trailer Score (Kickstart this game!)

I Need You

Spilled Orange for Orchestra

Well is a serene, yet challenging, composition for alto saxophone and piano. It features interplay between the instruments, interesting modulations, and beautiful melodies.

Well is an arrangement of the hymn tune It Is Well, commissioned by Vanessa Woolsey. Vanessa is a senior Saxophone Performance Major at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. The piece begins with a simple texture of melody in the saxophone and block chord accompaniment in the piano, creating a serene atmosphere. After growing turmoil that is intensified by chromaticism and dialogue between the instruments, the piece eventually finds contentment again with a call and response between the piano and the saxophone declaring It Is Well With My Soul.

Learn more and purchase sheet music at: http://garretthope.com/well/.

Well was commissioned by Vanessa Woolsey and premiered in Lincoln, NE on April 29, 2018.

Well for Alto Saxophone and Piano

The theme for the Healthy Under Pressure Podcast. Learn more at: http://healthyunderpressure.com/.

Healthy Under Pressure Podcast Theme

Produced for and presented at the PricewaterhouseCoopers 1999 Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles, CA. Music composed and arranged by Arthur Breur, heard here in the digital preview for the concert band arrangement by the composer, created July 2018. (Associated video by Arthur Breur.)

Reunion

Brushstrokes  Conversations between Picasso and Matisse

Once In Royal David's City -  Brass Quintet (Noteperformer)

Composer of instrumental and vocal music. Husband and father. Professor of music. Conductor.

 Long-suffering Bears fan.

Once In Royal David's City - Brass Quintet (Noteperformer)

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