This is my arrangement of Percy Grainger's Children's March for Clarinet Choir. This is the performance by the Schwob School of Music 2014-2015 Clarinet Studio.

Children's March by Percy Grainger arr. by Francisco Javier de Alba

Splintering Wood is a piece for solo clarinet and is inspired by the clarinet works of Eric P. Mandat. It can be divided into three sections (fast-slow-fast). It uses several extended techniques, such as quarter-tones, glissandi, and flutter tonguing. In addition, the piece contains several alternate fingerings and timbral trills. This piece attempts to explore the capabilities of the clarinet, and the title Splintering Wood represents the breaking down of conventional clarinet techniques and the desire to push the limits of its sound.

Splintering Wood by Francisco Javier de Alba

Original composition for cello and piano. Performed by Esther Holiday (cello)and Ksenia Kurenysheva (piano)in 2014


Cello Sonata

This is my first orchestral work. It is based on the French folk tune Alouette. This is the reading of my piece by the Columbus State University Philharmonic conducted by Dr. Fred Cohen on January 27, 2014.

Alouette Orchestra Reading 1.27.14

Francisco Javier Dudley de Alba was born in Long Beach, California. He moved to Kennesaw, Georgia in 2005 and graduated from the Kennesaw Mountain High School Academy of Mathematics, Science & Technology Magnet in 2012. He is currently enrolled at the Columbus State University (CSU) Schwob School of Music as an undergraduate clarinet performance major and studies under Dr. Lisa Oberlander. In 2014, he attended and performed at the Belgium Clarinet Academy in Ostend, Belgium. He began composing in 2011 and is currently studying with Dr. Mathew McCabe. He previously studied composition with Dr. Fred Cohen, the Director of the San José State University School of Music and Dance. He has had several pieces premiered during his time at the Schwob School of Music and is also the current Vice President of the CSU Society of Composers.