Collegiate Repertoire

How do you describe music combining elements of bluegrass, jazz, funk, blues, and just about everything else in between? "Blu-bop!" To further diversify this veritable hodgepodge of styles, it is 

A rollicking, funky concert opener! Blind Tiger is another name for a speakeasy, the gangster-run nightclubs of the Prohibition Era which featured the growing genre of jazz music and were

Written as a companion piece to Stranger at My Door, this work celebrates Peg Bowden, a resident of southern Arizona, and her incredible life rendering aid to migrants. Memorable melodies float

Electrons Dancing is an exciting new work from up-and-coming composer Anthony O'Toole. This exciting work depicts the microscopic world of the atom and the entrancing movement of its

This short, energetic, and jazzy piece is a lot of fun to play and listen to. The title refers to repeated patterns and phrases that provide support for the melodies and intertwined syncopated lines. A

This multi-movement work depicts three military and veterans' cemeteries in the United States. Veteran and Wilshire sketches the environs of a cemetery in the middle of a busy Los Angeles

Imagine, if you will... has no specific story to tell. The title functions to invite the listener to either supply the characters, the setting and the drama, or simply to let the music stand on its

Playing on the words of Tim Mahr's name inspired the composer to write a rollicking "Ma(h)rch" alternating between 4/4 and 6/8 "Tim(e)."  Embedded within the trio section are references to several of

In these times, we are thinking increasingly about honor and forgiveness and what these qualities truly mean. This work was composed with the intent of giving listeners an opportunity to reflect on the

Six variations on an original theme inspired by the colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. A colorful finale of triumphant brass chords brings the piece to a rousing

Resolutions has a double meaning embedded in its title: musical resolutions (dissonance resolving to consonance), and political resolutions as found in the words written by American patriot George Mason.

A rifacimento is a remake of a literary work or musical composition to reflect a change in the circumstances of the time or an interpretation from a new perpective. In this work, the "rifacimento" occurs

Due to the instrumental forces required, a performance of The Rite of Spring can be a massive undertaking. This transcription makes it possible for a modern wind band to present this work using