So, some good news: I will preface this by saying that I have extremely little to do with this but it is noteworthy. The Texas UIL Concert and Sightreading evaluations are starting to wind down and all the groups that I wrote drill for have gone. The goal for most high school bands in the…
The 2nd show completed for 2025 is for Brackett High School from Brackettville, Texas. Brackettville is about 130 miles west of San Antonio and about 40 miles east of Del Rio. Their director is Marvin Willis. This is the 2nd time I have done their show and the first time in quite a while. And…
The first show completed for 2025 is for Kathleen High School from Lakeland, Florida. Lakeland is roughly halfway between Orlando and Tampa. Their director is Anithio Miller. This is the 1st time I have done their show. This is very early to complete a show. Last year, the first show was not completed unitl June…
Here is the fourth and final Just for Fun show for 2025. When I first started doing adaptation work for Marching Show Concepts, the music of this show was given to me several times and around 2009, I wrote a show to it as practice. In recent days, I have looked back at some things…
So, we are getting ready for 2025. At the moment, I can confirm 30 shows that I will be writing drill for, which I am very excited about. There are another 5 schools that I am awaiting an answer from for confirmation. These are subject to change as directors do change schools and so this…
For those who saw me at TMEA and wondered what I was working on, this was it. I completed the first two movements in San Antonio and finished the closer at home. This is Time After Time and is arranged by Luke McMillan. The movements in this show are Clocks by Coldplay, Time After Time…
This was a show that I originally did at the TMEA Convention in San Antonio in February, 2024. This is Chess, The Art of Revolution and it is arranged by Luke McMillan. The three movements are the Ballet Suite No. 4 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Everybody Wants to Rule the World sung by Tears for Fears,…
The 2nd Just for Fun show for 2025 is entitled Full Circle. It features two Latin themed pieces that can be interpreted as a circle. The opener is Corona by Jay Bocook which is the round gaseous ring around the sun which you see during a eclipse. The next two movements come from Casals Suite…
This was one I did many year’s ago. Merry Christmas!
Here is a just for fun video using three unrelated songs from the Arrangers Publishing catalog entitled Jubilation. It features Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson arranged by Jay Dawson, Land of Make Believe (the old version) by Chuck Mangione arranged by Larry Kerchner and Joy by Joseph Curiale arranged by Tom Wallace. The band…