String Quartet No. 9, Samson & Delilah

The recording is quiet so you may need to turn up your volume all the way. I'm on the tenor sax. This was my freshman year of high school back in 2005 for solo & ensemble. There are a few minor errors, both individual as well as articulation inconsistencies across the ensemble. Overall, I think this is a great performance for being a freshman in high school. Our rating was a 1 at S&E.

2005 Solo & Ensemble

'Scherzo' for Saxophone Quartet by Rimsky Korsakoff

This is my first composition. I composed it while I was at AIT at the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia Beach, VA in the summer of 2010. Fall is my favourite time of the year, so I composed this piece for the autumnal season. One thing I hate about Finale is that it re-articulates notes that you have slurred or tied into each other.

String Quartet No. 1, "Eerie Autumn"

This is the music to a poem I wrote called "Living Water," which is based on Psalm 1:1-3.  FYI: this is straight from the MIDI, which doesn't re-articulate notes very well or actually slur notes together. Here are the lyrics:
Bless me, O Lord, not to walk with the wicked,
and to always confess my sins.
Your Word captivates my soul;
day and night my spirit reflects on it.

Plant me like a tree in Christ the Living Water,
that I may yield His fruit.
Allow me not to labour in vain,
that I may prosper for the Gospel's sake.

Ricky Beckett