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Something for violin I wrote in a short amount of time. It isn't much, but I think it's something. I know there aren't any dynamic markings so where exactly the melody is going may be vague. At any rate I like it and I'd like to know what people think. Thanks! Atrum Caelum.MUS Atrum Caelum.pdf

Something I wrote. It's pretty much just experimenting, just getting back into writing for the first time in months. Feedback would be nice. I do realize that there are no dynamics, articulation markings, and that overall it is rather poor due to the angular melody, difficult clustering of tones, poor melodic phrasing in inner parts, lack of structure/form/devlopment, etc. But I felt like posting it for fun. suicide's note.MUS Suicide's Note.pdf

Hello David. Let me say upon first just looking at the score I thought this piece would be impossible to perform. In ways you murder the tenor by constantly forcing him to sing in such high ranges and the high A seems virtually impossible to sing without falsetto, which is prohibited in solo singing. That being said, I then listend to the recording. Is that you singing/playing? The tenor is fantastic, a true tenor indeed and the only note I question being in falsetto is again the high A. All of modulatory strayings that exist develop the text and the entire piece, and it fascinated me the entire time I heard it. Though it often leaps around and sounds difficult to sing, I enjoyed it. Is this piece considered in the jazz genre? It sounds like it to me, but as I know nothing about jazz I figured I would ask.

Firstly I want to state I think this piece is fantastic. Truly, in its entirey it represents a piece of music that should always be given a listen. You effectively create the mood of the piece, it sounds melancholy to me. The homophonic nature of the relationship between the rest of the ensemble and the 2nd B-flat trumpet soloist is superb. Also what I really like is that you were able to use the same basic musical idea and cleverly develop through slight modulatory phrases. Any ensemble should be more than happy to play this piece!

This is pretty much the same version. Please take the time to look at it and give me some feedback. All though it may seem like I didn't spend any time on it or there isn't any melody I argue that I did and there is. This piece was written for a violinst friend, but I haven't shown it to her yet and need to know if it's complete crap or not. Basically this piece came about after my friend and I were improvising at the piano for awhile. Thanks. Obscurus.MUS Finale PrintMusic 2008 - [Obscurus].pdf

A revision of my violin piece. I think it makes quite a difference. I suppose it's still lacking in form. Also, it is rather anti-climactic but I wanted an abrupt ending. Obscurus.MUS Obscurus.pdf

A piece for solo violin I wrote. I know it's repetive and may remind you of 'Jaws' but that was not the inspiration. Feedback will be appreciated. Obscurus.MUS

Hello James. Where to begin? Well, the piano part I added orginally yes as for rehearsal, however I must be stupid because Finale has seemed unyielding to let two independent rythmns exist in the same staff. It's there because I'm lazy. You are right in the consistant melismatic phrasing of words like "roses"...I know its akward but I wrote this a long time ago and at the time it seemed right since it was such an important word in the text and because 'eh' is an open, resonant vowel in singing. I don't remember why I have so much usage of an Eminor chord, I think because I forced myself to remain as diatonic as possible otherwise every chord would be a cluster of ninths and suspended fourths. To be honest I don't plan on re-editing/changing this now. I wrote awhile ago and posted it for the hell of it, since it was one of the first pieces I wrote that actually accomplished something. I'll post more of my stuff later. Thanks!

This is an a cappella piece I wrote several months ago. It's not fantastic, but it does exhibit a purpose. I stole Vaughn Williams' idea of using Robert Louis Stevenson as the poet of the text. Take the time to read the text, as it is quite beautiful. Constructive critcism is more than welcome. I respond vitrually only to criticism. Finale is needed to open the file, I don't know how to make a PDF. To you, let snow and roses And golden locks belong These are the world's enslavers, Let these delight the throng For here of duskier lustre Whose favor still I wear The snow be in her kertle, The rose be in here hair! The hue of highland rivers, Careering full and cool From rapid on to pool The hue of heather-honey The hue of honey-bees Shall gild her golden shoulder Shall gild her tawny knees Snow and Roses.MUS