Written for the Music Weeklies Challenge, this tiny piece about rain features a celesta, telling the story of the little drops of rain that hold on and continue dripping daintily after the sun returns.

Tiny Celestial Melody

Here is number 2 of 7 daily chord progressions set forth by the Music Weeklies challenge. Written for piano.

Progression 2

This is the 3rd of 7 chord progressions, a challenge set forth by Music Weeklies.
Written for piano.

Progression 3

This is the 4th of 7 progressions for the Music Weeklies Chord Progression a Day challenge.

Progression 4

Here is progression 5 of 7 for the Daily Chord Progression Challenge for Music Weeklies. Written for piano.

Progression 5

Here is number 6 of 7 progressions for the Music Weeklies Chord Progression Challenge. Written for piano.

Progression 6

This is the final of 7 daily chord progressions for the music weeklies challenge. Written for piano.

To see the full video of the progressions, go to my YouTube channel here: Youtube.com/coycompositions

Progression 7

This is an arrangement of an 8-bit tune provided by Music Weeklies.
Written for a double string quartet.

Jumping Strings #8BitArrange

This is a solo piano piece written for the Music Weeklies challenge about peace. Peace isn't always quiet, and we each play a part in preserving it.

Preserving Peace

For the Music Weeklies challenge involving #TwoOpposingEmotions, I chose Curiosity and Confusion, written for solo piano. This is a journey about finding a resolution.

According to the research done by Brene Brown in her book "Atlas of the Heart":
"Curiosity is recognizing a gap in our knowledge about something that interests us, and becoming emotionally and cognitively invested in closing that gap through exploration and learning." "Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty. We have to ask questions, admit to not knowing, risk being told that we shouldn't be asking, and sometimes, make discoveries that lead to discomfort."

"The concept of optimal confusion is key to understanding why confusion is good for us and why it's categorized as an epistemic emotion - an emotion critical to knowledge acquisition and learning." "...too much confusion can lead to frustration, giving up, disengagement, or even boredom. Learning strategies most often used to help resolve confusion were seeking help, finding the most important information, monitoring progress, and planning a strategy."

Curious Confusions

This is for the Music Weeklies Ominous Challenge.

Written for solo piano, The Keys Call will lead you down a path. Will you follow?

The Keys Call

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This is the sonic branding piece I wrote for the podcast "It Feels Good". Written for brass quartet and piano.

Sonic Branding - It Feels Good Podcast

This week's Music Weeklies challenge was to take one of our favorite video game soundtracks and write 2 new songs that could have been a part of it. My choice is Darksider's 3.

Fury' Awakening is written for oboe, French horn, tuba, violin, viola, cello, chimes, and impact drums.

Fury Awakening

This track was for the Music Weeklies Challenge theme "Exorcism". Written for organ and violin, it is a song that encompasses the grief and relief after the suspenseful events are over.

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