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O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God...

God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with the light from above. From the mountains to...

"As long as within our hearts The Jewish soul sings, As long as forward to the East To Zion, looks the eye – Our hope is not yet lost, It...

I just completed the first proof of a full score for an arranger/customer who is having his arrangement of a song performed by the San...

Two Scenes from the Lodz Ghetto - 1. At the Clothing Department (3:00); 2. To Get a Ration (9:00) - vocal soloists & piano or chamber...

My composition, A DREAM (ca. 5:00), has much in its favor. Links to the two scrolling scores appear at the end of this blog posting....

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel to see and hear my latest and older compositions and arrangements. There are currently 233 music...

THE SNEAK depicts a big old sneaky guy lurking around in the dark. Spying what he wants to purloin, he makes a go for it and, successful,...

Inspired by Argentinian tangos, Quick Tango in Five combines dance rhythms, melodic contours, and harmonies often associated with them in...

Written in 2024, Romance for String Orchestra is an unabashedly tonal piece based on music from my compositions Romance for...

I just happened to notice that the music video for my BAGATELLE for Bassoon (or Bass Trombone) solo has more YouTube views than any other...

I am happy to be engraving and editing Conrad Susa's arrangement of Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs) by Johannes Brahms for TTBB...

I am seeking editorial work from composers or performing ensembles in need of copyists, with music publishing companies, and with sheet...

A DREAM (SATB Chorus [divisi] and Piano or Orchestra) - Scrolling Score Video of the Piano/Choral Score https://youtu.be/HJj1w5_SqeY A...

Composed for Drew Joseph Hosler in 2023, MARKING TIME is a fun, “athletic” piece for tenor saxophone solo. Loosely speaking, this work...

I believe every classical composer should consider writing their own "Adagio for Strings" (think Samuel Barber) for themselves and for...

I just completed what might be the most beautiful piece of music I will ever compose: Pasacalle Triste (Sad Passacaglia) for String...

WIND ENSEMBLE DIRECTORS: just a reminder about this piece. It's not often that you get to perform with vocalists. Please consider it for...

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Here is link to a YouTube video of my complete published harp music compositions as of 2023 Album Leaf Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (Harp Solo) Three...