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)

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

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

Here is a midi realization of the first movement of my new flute concerto. This movement is called Harbinger

Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano - Harbinger

Here is a midi realization of the third movement of my new flute concerto, REQUIEM FOR A FAVORITE PLACE.

Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano - Requiem for a Favorite Place

A midi realization of the fourth movement and finale of my new flute concerto. This movement is called REBOOT, RESTART, RENEW

Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano - Reboot Restart Renew

Celebratory, virtuosic and over-the-top joyful. This is the second movement of a brand new flute concerto.

Concerto for Flute, String and Piano - New Universe Jig

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.

Popular tracks by Larry Tuttle