A marimba solo, She Dances was completed in 2003.  Songs for Soldiers, an arrangement for brass quintet and military field percussion instruments contains four historic songs associated with military history: Handel’s See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes, van Hagen’s Funeral Dirge on the Death of General Washington, the anonymous Celtic folk song Pretty Girl Milking the Cow and Daniel Emmett’s Dixie’s Land. The Canadian Brass and Nexus premiered Songs for Soldiers in the Glenn Gould Theatre. Songs for Soldiers was featured on the C.B.C. Television show Opening Night broadcast in February 2003.

N.B.  The compositions listed above are available from the composer.

All music, scores and parts, are printed on sturdy paper, scores bound with wire spine, card stock front and back with clear plastic covers. Score and parts are shipped in music folders.

* Not available for purchase.

A rudimental snare drum solo titled Clean it up… Please! was composed for A Nexus Portfolio of Drum Solos and is available from the publisher, HoneyRock Publishing Co. Clean it up… Please! is in the “Ancient” or open rudimental style.

Left to live on…(1999), a twenty five minute work for percussion and large choir, was commissioned by the Amadeus Choir of Toronto, and written in collaboration with its director Lydia Adams. Left to Live on… was premiered by Nexus and the Amadeus Choir in the George Weston Recital Hall in North York, Toronto. The subject of Left to live on… is the internment of Japanese – Canadians during the 2nd World War and the texts are from Japanese journals, Haiku, and the requiem mass.

Military Drumming:

During the early 1970′s, I became interested in the large rope tensioned field drums in use by armies and navies from the 16th through the 19th centuries. I began collecting historic fife tunes and fife and drum tutors associated with armies of that period. I also began to read and collect books on the history of military camp duties, campaigns and tactics so as to better understand the development of the drum and the lives of drummers prior to the 20th century.

I have arranged dozens of historic tunes for various instrumental combinations and am preparing a book tracing in rhythm, melody and song the history of Field drumming from Renaissance England to the end of the Civil War in the United States.

I was the artistic director of a critically acclaimed concert for the November 2002 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Columbus, Ohio called The Drummer’s Heritage Concert. The concert was a survey of drumming styles and music from the War for Independence in the U.S. to the present and featured field drum artists from Scotland, Switzerland, Canada and the United States, along with university, college and elementary school marching units. Funds from the concert DVD sales are being used to underwrite annual Drummer’s Heritage Events, presentations of music and scholarship relevant to the drumming heritage common to percussionists.

Interlocking rhythms on metal bells-open & muffled- metal & wooden blocks, accompany Darabuks, Lion’s Roar cadenza and New Orleans blues. A raucous finale with field drum, Taxi horn and piccolo trumpet obligato over “Battle Hymn of the Republic”.

PERCUSSION. I:  Taxi horn – small Ch’ang Chiki – 2 piccolo wd. blks, 1 large wd. blk.

PERCUSSION II:  medium Ch’ang chiki – 2 bells – Waterphone, bowed.

PERCUSSION III: large Ch’ang chiki – 2 bells

PERCUSSION IV: 2 Almglocken – Lion’s roar – Military drum – Metal sound sculpture (Cideo Ihos).

PERCUSSION V:  Large Darabuka.

Price: $50.00, plus postage for Score and Parts.

A quiet choale introduces a sprightly syncopated main theme. This is followed by a Tango inspired central section which sets up the return of the main material. Though the musical intention is always clear, many expressive decisions are left to the performer, when and how to roll, tempi, rubato and dynamics.

Price: $25.00, plus postage,for Score and Parts,.

(Parts on sturdy paper, score bound with wire spine. Score and parts in labeled folder.)

Commissioned by ArpaTambora, Sanya Eng,, harpist & Ryan Scott,, percussionist, who premiered the work at the 2000 American Harp Society International Harp Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Harp, (edited by Sanya Eng) – 5 octave Marimba, Tam-tam and two bowed crotales (B & F#).

CD recording “Sacred and Profane” available from ArpaTambora:. www.arpatambora.com3]

Price: $50.00, plus postage for Score and Parts.

Four historic songs associated with soldiers: See the Conquering Hero Comes, Funeral Dirge on the Death of General Washington, Pretty Girl Milking a Cow & Dixie Land.

There is a demanding high trumpet obligato in the Funeral Dirge on the Death of General Washington , as well as  an extended Horn solo in Pretty Girl Milking a Cow, but otherwise the brass writing is playable and effective.

Percussion is scored for rope tensioned field drums, Tenor drum, Based drum and cymbals.

Price: $65.00, plus postage for Score and Parts.

1. ALL THAT THE MAN LEFT BEHIND WHEN HE DIED  4’50
Two marimbas -,Bass drum w/cymbals attached, Glockenspiel – snare drum

2. A SONG of O’s (Circles) and ^’s (Triangles)  3’36
Two marimbas and Vibraphone

3. SAKURA (Cherry Blossoms)  4’00
Two Marimbas – Glockenspiel, Triangle. Finger cymbal pitched ‘E’ – Crotales, two octaves

4. I  WONDER, WILL TOMORROW BE CLOUDY, OR CLEAR?  3’25
Two Marimbas, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel and Snare drum w/brushes & small ‘splash’ cymbal.

Price:US  $38.00 per arrangement, plus postage for Score and Parts.