Concert and Contest Woodwind Music

These unaccompanied arrangements of the famous Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov classic strive to maintain the integrity of the original, with an eye towards phrasing that is achievable for the Grade 5 musician.

Here is a refreshingly original piece for unaccompanied saxophone. Vaclav's Dream is a joyous romp through an imagined Bulgarian-Romani-Klezmer musical world that is rewarding to perform and a delight to

Colored Stones tells the story of three stones: smoky quartz, lapis lazuli, and tiger's eye. Some cultures and spiritual practices believe these stones have powerful qualities such as the ability

Commissioned in memory of renowned oboist/pedagogue John Mack, the title hints at how influential teachers shape their students' internal dialogues. Cast in two movements, the first (Ricercare doloroso)

Wood Song for solo oboe (2019) was inspired by the Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) poem of the same name.  It tells of the wood thrush bird as well as the poet's honesty of kissing life "scars and

Kui is a polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology named for the legendary musician "Kui" who invented music and dancing and for the one-legged mountain demon or rain-god variously said to resemble a

A soliloquy is essentially a conversation with oneself. The most famous soliloquy might be that of Shakespeare's Hamlet: "To be, or not to be" may be one of the most quoted lines of Shakespeare. In this

The Native American ghost dance is part of a religious ceremony for the regeneration of the earth and the restoration of the earth's caretakers to their former life. The religion experienced its fullest and