Fanfare No. 1 (Long)

Performed by the Zen Duo at Pitman Recital Hall on the campus of The University of Oklahoma.

Zen Duo:
Parker Fritz, soprano saxophone
Ben MacDonald, alo saxophone

truths: self-evident/alternative - Duo Version

For my wife on our wedding day (10/22/2021).

Recorded by Benjamin Portzen.

Music for Tayler (2021)

Commissioned by the Capitol Hill Middle School Band, directed by Jeff Fulton

Dangerous Game

Performed in the Lawrence University Memorial Chapel

Five Images for Solo Piano (2015)

Evie Werger, piano

Ataraxis 2.3 (2015)

Jacob Fernandez, bassoon
Jason Koth, electronics

Cerebral Gestures (2016)

Dean Chen, trumpet
Emma Jensen, horn
Laura Van Asten, trombone
Sean Goldman, vibraphone

Flicker (2014)

Garrett Evans, saxophone
Sean Goldman, marimba
Koby Brown, marimba

On the Nature of Self (2016)

Derrick Hahn, piano

Ataraxis 2.3, Mvt. IV - Looping

Five Images For Solo Piano

Premiered February 4, 2017 at the Lawrence Memorial Chapel in Appleton, Wisconsin.

for 2-channel fixed media

(original version for 4-channel fixed media)

Spaces

Recorded on June 2, 2017 in Harper Hall at Lawrence University

Wendell Leafstedt, violin
Gawain Usher, viola
Sarah Ogden, cello

Lament Variations

Composed for the Zenith Saxophone Quartet.

Premiered by the Zenith Saxophone Quartet on October 14, 2018 at Chamichian Recital Hall in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

The Zenith Saxophone Quartet consists of:
Parker Fritz, soprano saxophone
Diego Kieliszewski, alto saxophone
Ben MacDonald, tenor saxophone
Taylor Huitema, baritone saxophone

Burning Away

Premiered by Front Porch on December 11, 2019 at the McIntosh Theatre on the campus of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan).

I - "There were red-bellied woodpeckers near my home in Robbinsdale in the 1960s."
II - "Sorry chicken little, the sky really isn't falling."
III - "Sounds GREAT! Love it! Burning more styrofoam!"

Front Porch:
Ben Jackson, violin
Maddy Wildman, bassoon
Karalyn Schubring, piano
Jacob Rogers, percussion

Elegy For Uncommon Ground

[DEMO] truths: self-evident/alternative

From the album "why can't the world be poetic."

This project was made possible by the generous contributions of the following people:

Tayler Johnson
Michelle Judd
Jeanette Lamothe
Annette Lee
Hannah Mayhew
Paul & Peggy Mayhew
Carolyn Ragusett
Mike & Betty Van Asten
Dean Yi-Tse Chen

Recorded February 9, 2019, at Wild Sound Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Album art and sleeve design by Willa Johnson.
Photography by Eric Snoza and Nina Sultan.

why can't the world be poetic

Fanfare No. 1 (Short)

Hello everyone! I am a composer and trumpet player based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I hope you enjoy my music, and please check out the links below for more information!

Isaac Mayhew Composition

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