Performed by Trio Phoenix at the Peabody Conservatory's Cohen-Davison Family Theatre on May 5th, 2016.

This piece, dedicated with gratefulness to Trio Phoenix, follows a meditative journey from billowing chaos to quiet, serene stasis. I’ve noticed that there is a great deal of music which concerns itself with the concept of organic growth but not so much music concerned with organic decay ­- a concept every bit as embedded within the natural world and the human experience, and arguably just as beautiful. To that end, I thought it would be interesting to write a piece which begins "in medias res" at peak ferocity and gradually dwindles down to a calm whisper.

I should learn to look at an empty sky (piano trio)

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What's new:  Work on my violin sonata is proceeding well.  My new symphony, "Symphony for Chamber Orchestra," is posted and waiting for you.  rjb

Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

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My compositional style is rather eclectic, ranging from traditional folk music to neoclassical to deterministic, and several things in between.  I use a variety of free software for creating electronic music, including SunVox, ChucK, IanniX, and Audacity.  I am always interested in learning new techniques and trying different styles.  I studied music composition with Stanley Hollingsworth, and Early Music (including lute) with Lyle Nordstrom.  I regularly perform on various acoustic instruments, including keyboards, bass and acoustic guitars, recorder, and penny whistle - though my first love is piano.

Percussionist. Living composer advocate. Still a fan of the dead ones too.

Tom Morrison (b. 1992) is a composer. His music has been performed in Germany, Thailand, China, Australia, Canada, and across the United States. Morrison is a graduate of the University of Montana (BM) and The Juilliard School (MM), where he studied with Christopher Rouse. He has studied at Freie Universität Berlin and has held residence at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. Among other awards, Morrison was the winner of the 2016 Thailand International Composition Festival Competition judged by Mark Adamo, Aaron Jay Kernis, and John Corigliano. He has written for and worked with an array of groups, including the Aizuri Quartet, Sō Percussion, and the String Orchestra of the Rockies, among others. He currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey and is a Naumberg Ph.D. Fellow at Princeton University.

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I am a Venezuelan composer who tell stories through music, especially choral music. Currently at UofH for a Master in Composition

Kristian Josifoski (b. 1996) is a composer and percussionist based in Boston who's interests include: integrating elements of the musical vernacular into a new music idiom, using music as a metaphor for the philosophical concept of difference and repetition, enjoys working with crossfades, proportionality resonance and composed theatre.  

He earned his B.M. in Music Composition at Valparaiso University, and studied composition and theory with Benjamin Krause and Sky Macklay. Kristian has attended workshops and masterclasses by Stefan Ashbury, Joshua Rifkin, Tonia Ko, Jake Runestad, Gaudete Brass, Oystein Baadsvik, Stefon Harris, and Spektral Quartet. He earned his M.A. in Composition at NEC, and studied with John Mallia and Stratis Minakakis.

I should learn to look at an empty sky (piano trio)

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