The River Race - Work In Progres

A short fanfare for any concert settings.


The Prestige - A Fanfare

What comes to mind when we hear someone say, “Winter is coming”?
Is it the chill in the air? Perhaps it’s the first sign of snow or rain. 
Winter to some evokes memories of joy, family gatherings, holiday festivities, cozy and warm fireplaces and the fun of skiing and snowball fights.
To others, it brings feelings of sadness, loneliness, and want. 
It is my hope that this piece captures all of those moments as you listen to t Winter Memoirs.


Winter Memoirs

The final two weeks of my mother's life was filled with love, friendships and reunion. But most of all PEACE. My mother was able to see and hear how much she was loved and adored by many.  Formers students from as far as 30 years ago, childhood friends and grandnieces showered my mother with love and fond memories.  Tears and laughter filled the air as many shared my mothers' last few moment with her.

On September 8, 2015, I asked my mother one last question: "Who loves you?" Barely audible, she tells me..."You do, but I love you more."

Agnus Dei - In Memoriam

Altered Perceptions - Piano And Flute

Movement 1 of my Symphony for Winds and Percussion entitle "Prologue"
This movement contains all the themes for the the remaining three movements of the symphony.

Catharsis  - Symphony for Winds and Percussion - Mvt1 "Prologue"

Movement 2 of my Symphony for Winds and Percussion entitled "Conflict"

Catharsis - Symphony for Winds and Percussion - Mvt2 "Conflict"

Movement 3 of my Symphony for Winds and Percussion entitled "Scherzo"

Catharsis - Symphony for Winds and Percussion - Mvt3 "Scherzo"

Movement 4 of my Symphony for Winds and Percussion entitled "Recurring Dreams"

Catharsis - Symphony for Winds and Percussion - Mvt4 "Recurring Dreams"

Journey To Ellis Island - composed and conducted by Melvin Brito Special thanks to Solano Winds Community Concert Band - Bill Doherty, Director Imagine being a teenager from another country taking a sea voyage to the new world, AMERICA. What would that have been like? Thoughts of leaving behind friends and relatives as well as the fear of the uncertainty of being in a new country with all of its modern amenities must have been very overwhelming, let alone watching over two younger brothers during the Journey to Ellis Island. On January 1892, New York State opened a Federally-operated immigration station on Ellis Island, a small island in the New York Harbor. Among the 148 steerage passengers landed from the Guion steamship Nevada was Annie Moore, a teenaged Irish girl, and her two brothers. They would be transported from the pier by the immigrant transfer boat John E. Moore to Ellis Island where she and her brothers would undergo a medical and legal inspection. “When the little voyager had been registered Col. Weber presented her with a ten-dollar gold piece and made a short address of congratulation and welcome. It was the first United States coin she had ever seen and the largest sum of money she had ever possessed. She says she will never part with it, but will always keep it as a pleasant memento of the occasion. She was accompanied by her two younger brothers. The trio came to join their parents, who live at 32 Monroe Street, this city.” (New York Times, January 2, 1892) Over the next 62 years, over 12 million immigrants entered the U.S through the port of Ellis Island. Some of those immigrants became scientists, physicists, musicians, artists and most of all, a great integral part of what is now, AMERICA.

Journey To Ellis Island  - World Premiere 12.8.17

Agnus Dei - In Memoriam (to my mother Jo Ann Naiman)

The final two weeks of my mother's life was filled with love, friendships and reunion, but most of all, PEACE.  She was able to see and hear how much she was loved and adored by many.  Formers students from as far as 30 years past, childhood friends and grandnieces showered her with love and fond memories.  Tears and laughter filled the air as many shared my mothers' last few moment with her.  On September 8, 2015, I asked my mother one last question: "Who loves you?" Barely audible, she tells me..."You do, but I love you more."

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