THE TIME TRAVELER is a large-scale four-movement suite for advanced wind ensemble. The movements are EVERYWHEN (Overture), REMEMBRANCE (portraying the Past), ACCELERATION (the Present) and HERE AMONG THE STARS (the Future).  This performance is by the Cal State Fullerton Wind Symphony, under their director, Dustin Barr.

The Time Traveler

This is an excerpt from a performance by the Pittsburgh Symphony under conductor Fawzi Haimor.  The piece is CHORALE AND FIDDLE TUNE by Larry Tuttle, and its the winner of the 2014 H.J. Heinz Company Audience of the Future Composition Competition.

Chorale And Fiddle Tune (Pittsburgh Symphony)

Dynamo is a work for wind ensemble, commissioned by Jason Fettig and the University of Michigan Symphony Band to commemorate the 90th birthday of their Director Emeritus, H. Robert Reynolds.  This performance is the world premiere.

Dynamo

Redemption Ride is a forward-leaning, soundtrack-style gallop of a wind ensemble piece.  It started out as the fourth movement of my orchestral work THOUSAND MILE SUITE.  It was crying out for adaptation to the world of winds, so here it is.  This recording is by Michael Butler and the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Wind Ensemble

Redemption Ride

Here is a midi version of my wind ensemble piece LIGHT THE NIGHT SKY.  Stay tuned - live performance audio and video will be coming up in May of 2025.

Light the Night Sky

TALES OF SCIENCE AND MAGIC is a four-movement suite for Wind Ensemble.  The first live performances are scheduled for next year (school year 2025/2026), so while we wait, I've posted the midi mockup here.  The four movements are 1) Sense of Wonder 2) City of Light 3) The Sorcerer 4) Next.  TOSAM is a tribute to the literature of the imagination, fantasy and science fiction.

Tales of Science and Magic midi

ACCELERATION is the third movement of THE TIME TRAVELER (4-movement suite for Wind Ensemble). The four movements are an overture, and then one movement each for The Past, The Present and The Future.  ACCELERATION is the movement for The Present - an audio portrait of the fast-paced, ever-changing world that we live in.  It features a whole lot of hyperactive riffs flying around, and has some especially crazed work by the percussion section.  This performance is from a concert by the Cal State Fullerton Wind Symphony under their director Dustin Barr.

Acceleration

MORNING CHORALE is a simple and evocative four-voice chorale for string quartet.


Morning Chorale

This is a preliminary mockup of the third movement of my upcoming flute concerto. It all started out with me looking for something for the flute to do that was slightly different, maybe even a little bit out of character for the instrument.  The next question was - how come fanfares are always played by brass and percussion?? What  if I tried to do one on the flute??  As usual, one thing led to another, and the what came out was what you hear now.  I've come to think of it as a mini-symphony, or something like a tone poem - a journey through different landscapes, telling a story as we go.

Fanfare mockup in progress

A short collage of some electric bass session tracks

Electric bass sampler

A short sampler collage of some upright bass tracks

Abass Collage mix

Stick Collage mix new

BIG WORLD is an up-tempo march for Wind Ensemble or Concert Band.  This version is a live recording by the University of Baylor Wind Ensemble under Eric Wilson.  It starts off in the style of a tradition march, but takes some fun twists and turns along the way, moving through some second line, pop, gumbo, New Orleans and other crazy sounds.

Big World

ACROSS THE DIVIDE is a work for wind ensemble.  Commissioned by H. Robert Reynolds and a 24-university consortium, it is based on the orchestral work CHORALE AND FIDDLE TUNE, which won the 2014 Pittsburgh Symphony Audience of the Future Composition Competition.  This performance is by the Baylor University Wind Ensemble from the 2018 ABA Convention.

Across the Divide

Symphonic fantasy for wind ensemble.  Grade level 5 or 5+.  Ambitious, cinematic and fun, with an epic and challenging flying/battle scection in the middle.  For score samples and full program notes, visit www.larrytuttle.com

DRAGON'S EGG is a 10-minute opus, telling the life story of a great mythical beast in seven inter-connected mini-movements.  The movements are DRAGON'S EGG, BOTH A SERPENT AND A BIRD, LEARNING TO FLY, FLAME-FIGHT, ANCIENT MAGIC, AWAKEN and THE DRAGON KING.  This is a midi realization, as this piece has not been premiered yet.

Dragons Egg (wind ensemble)

TO A LOST WORLD is a musical prayer, a proactive spiritual response to hard times. It is scored for wind ensemble, and this recording is by Scott Teeple and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble. 
From my program notes:  When circumstances are dark without, it’s good to find light within.  Again and again, I find myself writing music as a way to comfort myself, to make myself feel better.  And it works.  Every time.  Music is redemptive and healing.  It speaks in a mysterious language that somehow communicates with the deepest parts of ourselves.

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