“Onyx Waltz” is a dark and carnival-like piece for solo piano that brings to mind imagery of being trapped in a funhouse mirror maze of sorts. The piece heavily explores the tritone relationship through modulation and melodic expression, while also exploring the use of chromatic mediants and the whole-tone scale, and elements of waltz. The music plays with expectation in that conclusions of phrases and the use of melody and meter usually never quite sound like what your ear would normally expect. Through the occasional use of irregular meter in varying forms of 5, 7, and 11, the “waltz” frequently sounds broken and fragmented, taking away the usual waltz pattern of straight threes, creating pervasive twists and turns and unpredictability. The piece has numerous exchanges between sections of eerie calmness and frenetic chaos, as you never quite know what will happen when you’re trapped and lost inside of a mirror maze. Let your imagination run free… and welcome to the funhouse!

Onyx Waltz

Organ Fugue in G Minor
Original Composition by Johanna Sebastian Bach
Arrangement by Reginald R. Winters (2015)

Arrangement of this woodwind quintet using a transcribed organ score of "Organ Fugue in G Minor".  Arranged for a traditional woodwind quintet including a Flute, Oboe,  Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn. Enjoy.

Organ Fugue in G Minor Woodwind Quintet

To The Summit
Original Composition by Alex J. Thode (Including additional works by Jared Beu)
Arrangement by Reginald R. Winters (2015)

Arrangement of this piano duet using the music from multiple wind instruments and piano scores from the composition of the McNeil Band's 2014 Marching Show "To The Summit". Enjoy.

To The Summit Piano Duo

This track is a contest submission, so if you like it, please vote for it here: http://remix-contest.berliner-philharmoniker.de/tracks/54

For this piece I applied heavy surgery to the initial song stems utilizing fragments from most, if not all, of them for the remix. I then sequenced and composed more orchestral instrumentation, beats, vocals, and other original sonic elements, thus building an original framework for the remix above. 

When remixing I like to deconstruct the song completely and then reassemble. I like to re-envision, recreate, and redirect the listener down an unexpected path that contrasts with the original version of the song with which they were once familiar. I like to have some control over the samples versus the samples fully controlling what I create.

Original Samples from Symphony No.1 by Gustav Mahler performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker
All additional production, composition, sequencing, vocals and beats by Pivotal Movement.



Symphony No.1 Remix - Mahler - Berliner Philharmoniker (Pivotal Movement)

Yiruma - River flows in you

Hello! I am Reggie, currently a french horn player in the Wind Ensemble at my High School. I plan on perusing a career in musical education as well as musical composition work. Here you can find a few of my original works and other arrangements. Enjoy!

To The Summit Piano Duo

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