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Instrumental Music

Band / Orchestra / Chamber Ensemble / Solo

Band/Wind Ensembles

Snow and Fire

Grade 3.5 Wind Symphony
A 14-minute work exploring themes of grief experienced alone and healing through love and friendship.

Inclina Aurem Tuam

Grade 4 Concert Band
A 10-minute fantasia on the ancient chant "Incline your ear, make haste to rescue us"

Christmas Vespers

Grade 3 Concert Band
A 6-minute celebration featuring two hymns typically sung in the Christmast season.

Antiphonies

Brass Choir - Grade VI

A 4'15" fanfare for 13 instruments, spatially separated into 3 distinct groups

Orchestra

In memoriam

for string orchestra (grade 3)

Written in early 2025 in remembrance of past innocence and lost dreams.

Inclina aurem tuam

arrangement for orchestra

A 10-minute fantasia on the ancient chant "Incline your ear, make haste to rescue us"

Suite from City Girl

for chamber orchestra

Selections from the composer's score to FW Murnau's classic silent film City Girl

A Composer's Tale

for the Histoire ensemble

An homage to the music of Stravinsky, depicting the all-too-brief career of a fledgling composer.

Chamber Ensembles

Athena Suite

For Clarinet in A, Violin, Viola, Cello

Selections from the composer's score to FW Murnau's classic silent film City Girl

Aurora Colony

for string quartet

A 13' minute work inspired by the utopian community in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Chara

for string trio

An exuberant 9-minute piece that celebrates the joy of chamber music

Serpent

for woodwind quartet

A short virtuosic piece for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon

Violin and Piano

A Simple Gift

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A reflective presentation of the Shaker hymn.

Be thou my vision

A four minute work suitable

for the recital hall or worship venue, both reflective and vigorous.

Solo Instruments

Intarsia I

for solo violin

A short 4-minute virtuosic piece for solo violin. "Intarsia" refers to its mosaic-like tile construction

Jesus alone

for solo piano

a reflective moment  from the song cycle Songs of Up and Down

Sojourn

for solo piano

A major work for piano that explores a spiritual journey through the lens of rhythm and meter.

John F Paul Music

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