Marching Band
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Composition Shows
Vertigo 
Ropes
Risk
Stages of Romance
Winter Fanfares
Invention
Maillot Jaune
Prelude (On-Line Warm-up for Blue Knights)
Steam (Individual Piece)
Arrangements
Here are just a few examples of shows I have done in the past.
The Rock Project
Chaos Theory
Tribal Dances
The Last Gangster
Awakenings
What it Takes (Music of Aerosmith)
Revolution (Music of Pat Metheny)
Speed
Danny Elfman Show
Stevie Wonder Show
Tragedy & Triumph
Views from the Eiffel Tower
Miss Saigon
Longitudes
H2O
George Gershwin Show
Recess
Art Show
More or Less
Modern Imagination
Millennium Celebration
Bernstein Show
The Divine Comedy
Jesus Christ Superstar
Shifted Images (Phantom of the Opera)
Rebirth of New Orleans
Latin Explosion
Portraits in Red
A Modern Outlook
Dvorak Symphony #9
Halloween Show
American Music
Who You Are
Circles
Elevations
Heroes
American Portraits
To the Summit!
There are many aspects of my marching band arrangements that will make
them the right choice for your marching band.
Talent Level Appropriateness
Even if you have the best sounding arrangements it is all for nothing
if your band can not play them. All factors including pitch ranges,
dynamic spectrums, tempo ranges, voicings, textures, harmonic language, density,
and other factors must be appropriate for your band. These can be
a deciding factor on the success of your season. Before I start to write
a single note for your band I will make sure I know as much about them as
I can. Communication is essential between myself and the band director and
the forms that I have for the band director to fill out help save a lot of
time, and backtracking. These forms allow
me to get to know the ranges and technique of every section in your band.
What
has been especially helpful in my communications, with many of the
band directors whom do not live in the same area as myself, has been the
addition of a personalized (password-protected as well) page on my
website for each band. This enhances the development process in that
it allows myself to be able to post mp3s on the webpage for the director
to hear. If I have a piece that I think would make a great closer, for
instance, I can post it on the page and within minutes the director can
take a listen (as opposed to waiting for a cd in the mail).
Creative and Captivating Show Designs
I not only take into account the wind arrangements when arranging
but also the percussion and visual design, turning each show into a
unique and integrated process. My aim is to keep the feel of the original
as it transfers to the field but there are many things that sometimes
need to be changed due to the added visual portrayal and musical form/time
considerations, among other things. I also keep in mind the pacing of the
show so the overall experience for the audience is always at an optimum level.
Professional Looking Scores and Parts
The look of the scores and parts are important to me as well as it helps
eliminates any questions of notation thus saving time in rehearsal and
practice. Rehearsal letters help with the pace of rehearsal as well. With
all scores and parts, there is an attention to detail with the dynamic,
tempo, articulation, rehearsal letters, cautionary accidentals, and style
markings. Click on the files below to see examples of a score and part.
On-time Delivery
Staying on schedule during band camp is extremely important. That is why
you will always get your marching band arrangements on time when you specify
to receive them by. By having your wind arrangements on time your color
guard, percussion, and drill designers can stay on schedule with the rest
of the creative process (allowing more time for them to think creatively
and give the students a much better product).
Percussion and Drill Considerations
While this will not be a total design of these important elements these
considerations will help out the design of both. Suggestions are given
off of what I have done with the wind arrangements. Also, I am available
to discuss with the percussion arranger and drill writer anything that
they would like to see and/or hear in the show. Count structure and special
sectional features will be taken into consideration when designing the
wind parts.
Your marching band music purchase includes: 1 set of scores, 1 set of
parts (scores and parts given to you on CD-R as PDFs), MIDI version
of show, Articulation Description Sheet.
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