Michael AllenApr 6Writing better parts - note distributionI recently spent 90 minutes editing a 40 measure section of a score. I did not add a single articulation, or dynamic mark. I did not...
Michael AllenJan 12, 2023When the well is dryI've always have several arranging projects in my "work in progress" folder, but I've hit a dry spell. After some furious activity during...
Michael AllenNov 24, 2020Inspiration and InnovationI just received a request from the New York Philharmonic to perform/record for digital distribution my double quintet arrangement of the...
Michael AllenNov 24, 2020PJBE PicturesClassics for Brass (1972) comprises several great, iconic brass masterpieces (Schuller, Jolivet, Bozza, Strauss, Grieg, Dukas, and...
Michael AllenNov 26, 2019K.I.S.S.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...
Michael AllenAug 29, 2019CompromisesI'm about to publish yet another version of Debussy's Girl with the Flaxen Hair. I've arranged this piece for tuba quartet, brass quintet...