This piece is supposed to imitate the movement that birds make

Birds

This piece won Honorable Mention in the Junior Division of the ASTA Composition Competition in 2010. It was performed by the Piney Woods Youth Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Evgeni Raychev in the spring of 2011.

The Locomotive

Ocean Depths (Live Performance)

The piece is intended to paint a picture of the jollity and beauty of spring.

The first half of the piece focuses on the liveliness of spring, it is a time of carefree fun. The Clarinet brings in the melody at a lively tempo, passing it around to all the wind instruments, which is a characteristic of this playful section of the piece.       

 

The second half of the piece is the beauty of spring, it starts off with the French Horns recapping the original theme, and the Strings carry on the melody. This theme slowly grows into a grand, climactic chord, which represents the full beauty of spring.

Spring

An Evening Storm was written for the Austin Symphony Orchestra Young Composers Competition. It was performed at their Young Composers Concert  in April of 2013. It is a piece about a storm that approaches in the silence of the night. It is divided into three sections: the night's song, the rainstorm, and the stillness after the storm.

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