I have not written any music since college over 30 years ago. Started using Sibelius software to get some ideas down. This is midi generated piano. All variations on a theme. Phrygian mode. Chords based on fourths instead of thirds. Circle of major thirds vs fifths.  

Fantasies in Phrygian

Dying Lessons

Etudes

Night music. Moody. Dancing. Hiding in shadows. Moving from place to place.

Nocturnes

This is another melody that loops endlessly in my head. Could be stolen, I don't know. I am pulling a page from Charles Ives by mixing in an old hymn (Shall We Gather At The River). This work started as a piano sketch but the melody needed the sustain of a string, so it morphed to a piece for piano, cello and contrabass.

At The River

I envision this as a surreal night dance. A Dali world of neon streaks and elaborate masks. Alleys and empty lots. Things come to life from the patterns in the walls and create new patters. Dancers that drag their feet but always catch up with the beat. Technically I built this bar by bar. Not really a plan in advance, just seeing where my fingers wanted to go next.

Nocturne No.4

Scarlatti Sonata In E Major, K. 380

Started Feb 11, recorded March 19. 1 hour 23 minutes including 55 minutes to record and process.

Beethoven Bagatelle 3.19.23

Started Feb 11, recorded March 19. Total 5 hours including 77 minutes recording and processing (Digital Performer 11)

Purcell Ground 3.19.23

Phillip Glass Etude No 6

Choose Your Battles

Phrygian Fantasy No. 7

Phrygian Fantasy No.8

Phrygian Fantasy No.10

Phrygian Fantasy No.9

Phrygian Fantasy No. 8

Phrygian Fantasy No. 10

I'll fly away

Revised this one a great deal. Tried to make it less boring. It is a two voice fuge that draws melody from No. 2 but twists to make tonality shift every two beats. 

Phrygian Fantasy No. 4

The numbers are just the order these were written in. Not necessarily an order to be played in. 

Phrygian Fantasy No. 1

I have not written any music since college. Started using Sibelius software last month to get some ideas down. This is a work in progress. It is midi generated piano. All variations on a theme.  Phrygian mode. Chords based on fourths instead of thirds. Circle of major thirds vs fifths.  I plan to add a few more thoughts to this set and then move on. 

Phrygian Fantasy No. 3

Phrygian Fantasy No.2

Phrygian Fantasy No. 5

Nocturne No.1

A dialogue between mother and daughter reunited after 23 years of separation in the final months of her life. 

Dying Lessons: Peace and Reconciliation

A reflection written following the service for a teenager. 

Dying Lessons: The Price of Wings

Harkens back more to my training in serial compositions. A three bar riff that gets repeated, transposed and offset against itself two bars later. 

Etude No.1

Tonal but slippery. Slides a half step out of tonic somewhat unnoticed and then resolves back. A bit of tango in the dark at measure 46. Grows and then goes back to where the night began. 

Nocturne No. 2

More night music. Starts with a simple lullaby that evolves into a more complex tale. Dancing, shadows. Written in A flat minor. Apologies for the 7 flats if anyone every tries to read this. Transposed to G minor and A minor and just did not have the same feel. 

Nocturne No 3

This melody has been stuck in my head for some time. No idea where it comes from. If anyone recognizes it let me know. I loop it around endlessly while biking or gardening or anytime my brain is in idle mode. So I sang it into the iphone one day so I could retain it and transcribe it. Then played around with some variations and modulations. 

Lost Waltz

Short musical recap: Piano lessons in 2nd grade. Dropped in a year. Dad bought a Hammond L101 and we started family lessons. Joined first band in junior high. Farfisa min compact. Moved up to M3 and leslie. Mini-moog. Rhodes. Added horn section. Funk. Rock. College: Top 40 and progressive. University of Iowa to study music composition. Discovered classic and modern music. Stopped writing in 1980 started again in 2013. Played mostly Bach, Chopin. Now mostly working on short piano pieces that pulls from all areas. 

Jack Vreeland

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