I am pretty excited about this opportunity! The grade 3 work I am writing for this project is inspired by North Carolina’s state song, The Old North State. Join the Consortium! HURRAH!
Currently blown away! Four of my works have made the 2021 BANDWORLD Top 100! Two from RWS Music Company's Custom Concert Series: Carol of the Boombuckets Where the Wild Things Dance Two from Claude T. Smith Publications Flexible Ensemble Series: Declaration Overture (Claude T. Smith) Emperata Overture (Claude T. Smith)
Information about the premier of Mustangs Rebel the Knight of Wolves at the 2015 Lincoln All-County Band Concert.
I am pretty excited about this opportunity! The grade 3 work I am writing for this project is inspired by North Carolina’s state song, The Old North State. Join the Consortium! HURRAH!

“Where the Wild Things Dance” was written to celebrate the Sandhill Cranes of Monte Vista, Colorado. The Sandhill Crane puts on an elaborate courtship ritual to attract a mate. As part of this ritual, the cranes bow, flap their wings, leap and twirl in the air like rhythmic gymnasts. This work was written to embody the spirited movements the cranes create.
“Where the Wild Things Dance” was selected as the Winner of the 2018 Thornton Community Band Composition Contest (Thornton, Colorado) in commemoration of their 10th anniversary.
Published by RWS Music Company and distributed by C. L. Barnhouse