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New Soundtrack – Homecoming – Short Film by Josiah Signor

Posted in Film Music, New Compositions, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently finished scoring a short film by Josiah Signor – Homecoming. I attempted to illustrate the emotions of this intimate and moving film with the simple instrumentation of clarinet, viola, cello, piano, harp, and percussion.

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New Soundtrack – Original Music Score to Freaks

Posted in Film Music, New Compositions, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The enclosed is a scene from the 1932 film “Freaks” I scored recently. Those of you who follow my whereabouts might know that I am currently studying scoring for film and multimedia at the New York University. Expect more projects to be posted here soon.

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Three Laments of Heloise – New Music for Chamber Orchestra

Posted in Life, New Compositions, Orchestration, Spirituality, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Queens Envied Me My Joys
If Not With You, My Heart is Nowhere
My Most Wretched Soul
I am very excited to introduce my new composition for chamber orchestra entitled Three Laments of Heloise. The Laments were inspired by the Letters of Abelard and Heloise I read this spring. I was deeply [...]

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Hail the Emperor – New Music for Orchestra

Posted in Counterpoint, New Compositions, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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I am happy to unveil my latest composition for orchestra: “Hail the Emperor”. It is about 9 minutes long and is scored for woodwinds in pairs, brass, timpani, 4 percussionists, harp, and strings.
If you think the title is a little on the grandiose side, [...]

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New Music – Flute Concerto “The Espionage”

Posted in Life, Music Composers, Music Performance, New Compositions, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , , , on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I am happy to announce the completion of my latest composition for flute – the long-awaited Flute Concerto. If you are a faithful reader of my blog, you might remember my references to writing a flute sonata. I originally thought I would write a respectable sonata for flute and piano, but as [...]

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Jubilance and Lament – New Compositions

Posted in Counterpoint, Music Composers, Music Performance, New Compositions, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I am enclosing links to my latest compositions: The Jubilance and the Lament. Both works were composed to satisfy the final requirement of a counterpoint course in my undergraduate studies and both draw inspiration from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier.
In their initial version, the Jubilance and the Lament were written for [...]

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Orchestration / Scoring Demos

Posted in Music Composers, Music Performance, Orchestration, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A good composer has to be able to wear many hats; that of an orchestrator, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, and, of course a creator / inventor.
I finally had some time to pull my orchestration projects I prepared last year. It’s so much fun to play with the orchestral colors. I am enclosing a couple of [...]

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