I just received a request from the New York Philharmonic to perform/record for digital distribution my double quintet arrangement of the...

Classics for Brass (1972) comprises several great, iconic brass masterpieces (Schuller, Jolivet, Bozza, Strauss, Grieg, Dukas, and...

It's snowing to beat hell here (thanks for the euphemism, dad) and I'm on a week away from my day gig, chipping away at some BIG...

I'm about to publish a (yet another) version of Debussy's Girl with the Flaxen Hair. I've arranged this piece for tuba quartet, brass...

A great brass ensemble can make any arrangement sound good to great. A great arrangement can make any brass ensemble sound good to great....

I'll admit that I'm a movie music nerd and a fan of the usual suspects (Williams, Horner, Howard, Zimmer, etc.). Some others on the less...

In early 1914, Holst heard a performance of Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra. This seminal experience along with a suggestion from...

I retired from a 30+ year professional playing career 10 months ago to the day. Retire is a funny word because I hardly feel retired....

I'm working on a large brass ensemble transcription (gasp) of highlights from a Puccini opera. I always immensely enjoyed playing...

I might have tried to transcribe something as awesome as the first movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony decades ago - I might have even...