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Lugubrious Legatos (Goddard) - Keyboard Percussion

This on field warm-up was written to loosen up the muscles right before the marching band competition on the football field.  It is a conglomeration of several types of drumline exercises all combined into one to re-warm up the muscles.  It is fun to play because of the grooves, splits, and solos, featuring each section of the drumline.  This composition will sound great on the field right before the big show!

Pluto's Morning Stretches (Goddard) - Ensemble

Arrangement for Western High School in Anaheim, CA.  Intermediate high school level music.  Movement 1.

Coronado Island (Goddard) - Marching Percussion

Arrangement for Western High School in Anaheim, CA.  Intermediate high school level music.  Movement 2.

Grensenada (Goddard) - Marching Percussion

This is a collection of warm-up exercises for the Drumline or Battery.  These short etudes are intended to stretch out the muscles, while focusing on particular rudiments.

Drumline Warm - Ups 2017 (Goddard) - Ensemble

These warm-up exercises have been meticulously created to allow the marching percussionist to play with other performers and listen to each other's parts.  This collection of etudes was composed to help the performer to listen to one another for tempo, dynamics, expression, phrasing, listening points, feel, articulation, and overall cohesiveness.

JFK 2017 Marching Percussion (Goddard) - Ensemble

These warm-ups have been created to properly stretch the muscles that are used in playing keyboard instruments, timpani, and the drum set.  Setting a drum set groove behind each of these etudes gives tempo, style, and consistency of rhythm, however, playing along with a metronome is extremely important.  These exercises cover:

Music Theory, including, but not limited to: major scales, major arpeggios, various chords, minor dissonance, and simple harmony

Technique, including, but not limited to: legato strokes, double vertical strokes, paradiddles, and rolls

Front Ensemble Warm - Ups (Goddard) - Ensemble

Paul Rendon and I composed and arranged this show for John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA, using the songs "Spain" by Chick Corea, "Fuego Cubano" by Stan Kenton, and "Armando's Rhumba" by Chick Corea.  Advanced high school level music.  Entire show.

JFK 2017 Marching Show

JFK 2017 - Spain/Fuego Cubano/Armando's Rhumba

Marching band arrangement of Adele's "Million Years Ago" by Peter Connell and Tommy Goddard

Million Years Ago (Adele)

Peter Connell and I composed and arranged this show for Sibley-Ocheyedan High School in Sibley, IA, using the selections from "Carmen" by Georges Bizet, "Million Years Ago" by Adele Adkins/Greg Kurstin, and "Malaguena" by Ernesto Lecuona. Advanced high school level music. Entire show.

KarmeN 2018 - Marching Band

In The Twilight is a glockenspiel solo, utilizing two glockenspiels, where the right glock is placed in front of and to the right of the left glock.  This is positioning makes it easier to play this piece with its dissonant harmonies, melodic juxtaposition, and muffling technique.  This solo is a great piece for a solo competition, will stand out from other compositions, and will be a fun challenge, both rhythmically and melodically.

In The Twilight (Goddard) - Glockenspiel Solo

Pursual For Asylum is a 10 piece percussion ensemble composition that includes the instrumentation of: Glockenspiel, Chimes, Vibraphone (2), Marimba (2), Timpani,  Snare Drum, Concert Bass Drum, and Percussion.  The mood of this piece makes you wonder if and when you might find safety and solace, amidst a dark and dangerous night.  Will you prevail and beat evil?  This composition was written about the exploration of good and evil, to see who might win.  Listen to find out!

Pursual For Asylum (Goddard) - Ensemble

"Dare You To Move" is a song written by Switchfoot's leader, Jon Foreman.  Released on radio on March 2, 2004, this song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Switchfoot's second top twenty single.  

Becoming one of Goddard's favorite rock songs, he arranged this tune for percussion ensemble which includes the instrumentation of: Chimes, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Marimba, Timpani, Synthesizer, Electric Bass, Snareline, Tenorline, and Bassline.  This arrangement includes: 2 & 4 mallet technique, lateral rotations, double vertical strokes, paradiddles, several types of rolls, 16th timing rhythms, various listening points, etc.

Dare You To Move (Foreman/Goddard) - Percussion Ensemble Arrangement

Paul Rendon and I composed and arranged this show for John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA, using the selections from the hymn "It Is Well" by Philip Bliss, "Vesuvius" by Frank Tichelli, and "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova. It pays homage to fire victims from the devastating California wildfires.  It begins a beautiful day in sunny Cali, the fire starts, destruction everywhere, properties obliterated, and concludes with triumph as communities band together to rebuild their lives. 
Advanced high school level music. Entire show.

JFK 2018 Marching Show

It Is Well 2018 - Marching Band

"Exigencies Of Survival" is an indoor percussion show is about an urgent need to survive. Students face trials and tribulations every day, but adults seem to forget what it was like as a young person. This show exemplifies that ongoing struggle, ending with hope as they conquer their need to survive.

Exigencies Of Survival - Indoor Percussion Show

Marimba and Vibraphone Duet.  Jeremy Schroeder and I performed this piece on our Junior Recital in 2008.  I played the marimba part.

One Notch Higher (Molenhof) - Marimba & Vibraphone Duet

In 2010, I performed this Vibraphone solo on my Senior recital.  It was written by David Friedman.

Midnight Star (Friedman) - Vibraphone Solo

Peter Connell and I composed and arranged this show for Sibley-Ocheyedan High School in Sibley, IA, using the selections from Harold Arnold’s "Over the Rainbow" and Paul Simon’s "Bridge Over Troubled Waters."  The show narrative is about “The Great Flood” and the “Noah’s Ark” story as told in the Bible.  Advanced high school level music. Entire show.

Flood 2019 - Marching Band

"(The Symphony of) Blasé" is a song written by Anberlin's lead singer, Stephen Christian, and Anberlin's lead guitarist, Joseph Milligan.  Being released on Anberlin's second album ("Never Take Friendship Personal") on February 1st, 2005, this album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

Becoming one of Goddard's favorite alternative rock songs, he arranged this tune for percussion ensemble which includes the instrumentation of: Chimes, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Marimba, Timpani, Synthesizer, Keys, Electric Bass, Drumset, Snareline, Tenorline, and Bassline. This arrangement includes: 2 & 4 mallet technique, lateral rotations, double vertical strokes, paradiddles, various types of rolls, 16th timing rhythms, various listening points, over-the-barline playing, etc.

(The Symphony of) Blasé (Christian/Goddard) - Percussion Ensemble Arrangement

Vince Stewart and I composed and arranged this show for John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA, using the selections from the hymn "Be Thou My Vision," "Three Celtic Dances," "Carrickfergus," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and "America The Beautiful." It emphasizes the yearning to come to America, told from the Irish perspective.  It follows a family relocating to America to start a better life for their future.
Advanced high school level music. Entire show.

Coming To America 2019 - Marching Band

Nationally known performer, composer, and educator, Tommy Goddard has been working in the music industry since 2002. As winner of many drumset, marimba, and marching percussion awards, Goddard has worked in schools, football stadiums, and music venues all across North America. He made his Kennedy Center debut as a snare drummer in the Crossmen Drum Corps in Washington, D.C. in 2008. In 2011, he performed at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, IN as champion of the Drumline Live! national solo competition. Goddard has worked with recording artists Shania Twain, Arturo Sandoval, John Clayton, Steve Houghton, Rick Baptist, Sal Lozano, Pop Price, Meloney Collins, Jay Leach, Jennifer Barnes, Jonelle Allen, Douglas Roegiers, Maureen Davis, Robbie Seay, Evans Blue, Kutless, Stellar Kart, Superchick, Stockton Helbing, Lincoln Brewster, and many others.

Goddard earned a BS double major in Music Business and Music Performance from Southern Nazarene University, 2010, and a MM in Music Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma, 2011. Because of his desire to gain more knowledge in the recording arts, Goddard received his Avid Pro Tools Certification from The Recording Arts Center at Studio West, 2015.

Tommy Goddard loves making music for audiences of all ages, as he is currently a full-time percussionist in the Disneyland Band, drummer in the Five and Dime jazz sextet at Disney’s California Adventure and drummer in Mickey’s Soundsational Parade at Disneyland. He is also a freelance drummer and percussionist in the greater Los Angeles metro, Adjunct Professor of Music at California Baptist University (Riverside, CA), Director of Percussion at John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, CA), and CEO of Goddard Music Studios, located in Orange County, CA.

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