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SELECTED ORIGINAL WORKS

JAZZ ORCHESTRA

APOLLO 11 2019

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington FHSS Grant

1. Apollo 11

2. Before This Decade Is Out

3. No Strife, No Prejudice

4. Columbia and the LM

5. The Eagle Has Wings

6. Sixty Six

7. Tranquility Base

8. Magnificent Desolation

9. Rendezvous

10. Ignition

11. Epilogue

BIRDLIKE (arrangement) 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Luis Bonilla, Gary Valente, Howard Lamb, and Max Seigel

BLUE MOON (arrangement) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Rick Culver

BOXING DAY (arrangement) 2015

Commissioned by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Sydney Australia

CHRISTOPH WALTZ 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Bill Mays

THE CLOWN (arrangement) 2001

Commissioned by River East Collegiate Jazz Ensemble

COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER - THE BOLDEN LEGEND (69 min.) 2010

Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition (Open Category: Composition)

1. ComingThrough Slaughter

2. Cricket Noises and Cricket Music

3. The Drawings of Audubon

4. Whistling in the Way of Bolden

5. Auditorium of Enemies

6. The Horror of Noise

7. Suicide of the Hands

8. In Exile

9. The Parade - Part 1

10. The Parade - Part 2

11. Epilogue: Bleach Out to Grey

DEADPOOL'S BLUES 2023

Commissioned by the University of Regina Jazz Orchestra (Canada)

GROVER WORKED AND UNDERPAID (arrangement) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum

HILLARY STEP 2021

Commissioned by the Endeavour Jazz Orchestra New Zealand

ISAB-JIOOT-QUÉ JUBILEE (Eee-sob Jee-oot Kay)

Commissioned by the University of Mary Jazz Ensemble

for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival

METROPOLIS 2021

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

MC SHOOTING JACKET 1998 (rev. 2023)

MORE MUSIC, LESS CIRCUS 2013

Commissioned by Anthony Williams and Cedar Rapids Washington High School Jazz Band

MY BROTHA (arrangement) 2004

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen

NOT TENNESSEE WALTZ (8 min.) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra

ORIGIN OF SPECIES 2023

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

1. Origin of Species

2. Effects of Habit

3. Individual Differences

4. Struggle for Existence

5. Natural Selection

6. Of Flight and of Vision

7. Instinct

8. Hybridism

9. The Lapse of Time

PUCELETE - JE LANGUIS - DOMINO 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Paul Hanson

RAFF RIFF (arrangement, 7 min.) 2015

Commissioned by the Rodger Fox Big Band and Michael Houstoun

RECORDAME (arrangement) 2003

For Luis Bonilla and the University of Memphis Jazz Band II

RITUAL DANCE (arrangement) 2004

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen

SKADOOSH! 2023

SONG FOR BARRY (arrangement) 1997

SOON (arrangement) 2010

Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition (Open Category: Arrangement)

SPEAK LOW (arrangement) 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Marvin Stamm and Bill Mays

STATLER AND WALDORF (8 min.) 2010

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances at the Jazz Education Network Conference

TY'S FIRST JORDANS 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum

WALKABOUT - A PLACE FOR VISIONS

Commissioned, recorded, and premiered by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra,

Sydney Australia

1. Walkabout - "A Place for Visions"

2. The Children - "Tomorrow was also a day"

3. Random Fireflies - "Their nightlights flickering like sparklets"

4. Worumgala, Worum Mwa - "Where do you come from? Where are you going?"

5. Intro to Ebony and Moonlight

6. Ebony and Moonlight - "Hour after hour he stood there, a shadow carved"

7. Walking Alone - "The proving of manhood in his tribal timetable"

8. The Medicine Man - " Those whom the spirit wants, he takes"

9. Intro to Ritual Dance

10. Ritual Dance - "Harness the elements, the fire was made"

THE WALL (At 300 North 12th Street)

Commissioned by the University of Mary Alumni Jazz Ensemble

for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival

SMALLER JAZZ ENSEMBLES

BONNIE AND CLYDE (61 min.) 2016

Trumpet and Piano

1. Kourke and Spock

2. Henson and Oz

3. Porgy and Bess

4. Arwen and Aragorn

5. Bonnie and Clyde

6. Antony and Cleopatra

7. Samneric

8. Fred and Ginger

9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

10. Holmes and Watson

BONO IN THE TEMPLE (61 min.) 2007

Trumpet, Saxophones, Piano, Bass, Drums

1. Q School

2. Norman Park

3. Au chien qui fume

4. Dinner at Phil's

5. Toronto Transit Commission

6. Georgia on My Mind (reharmonization)

7. Table 51

8. Dr. Pepper Belt Buckle

9. Bono in the Temple

HITCH / SLAP (66 min.) 2020

Tenor Saxophones, Trombone, Bass, Drums

1. Infinity War Depression

6. Priest Strangler's Cousin

7. Chieftain Weapons Inspector

8. J.P.L. Tourguide

9. L. Ron Hubbard's Cupboard

HURRICANE OPHELIA (65 min.) 2009

Trumpet, Saxophones, Electric Piano, Bass, Drums

1. Wolf My Blitzer

2. Brass and Shapes

3. Trio Improvisation One

4. Graceland (arrangement)

5. Trio Improvisation Two

6. Coup D'Etat

7. Self-Imposed Exile

8. Trio Improvisation Three

9. I Left My Shiv at Home

10. Hurricane Ophelia

JOUST (60 min.) 2020

Trumpet and Piano

1. Christoph Waltz

2. Table 51

3. Neil and Buzz

4. Poking the Bear

5. Interlude 1

6. Mingus Men in London

7. Hashtag Post Hatie Post

8. Interlude 2

9. Joust

10. Interlude 3

11. Mingus Men in London 2

12. Fanfare

13. Kinda Like a Car Salesman

MACHAUT MAN AND A SUPERMAN HAT (69 min.) 2014

Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums

1. Steal Bryan's Laptop

2. Machaut Man and a Superman Hat

3. Au chien qui fume

4. (You Can't Always Get a) Wet Chihuahua

5. Hooptie on the 405

6. Georgia on my Mind (reharmonization)

7. The Disgruntled Plagiarist

8. Katafuzees

NEMESIS (60 min.) 2022

Trumpet and Piano

1. Nemesis

2. Deadpool's Blues

3. Turing

4. Brass and Shapes

5. Martyrology

6. Mingus Men in Manhattan

7. Out Cho

8. Apocalotimist

9. Drink Light

10. WenDELL

RELATIVITY (67 min.) 2017

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums, Vocals

1. Relativity

2. Propagation of Light

3. Space and Time

4. Simultaneity

5. Clocks in Motion

6. Addition of Velocity

7. Difficult Cosmos

8. Spacetime

9. Unbounded

WATCH (60 min.) 2022

Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

CHAMBER MUSIC

FANFARE/PROCESSIONAL, SCENE, AND RECESSIONAL 1997*

Brass Quintet

QUARTET I 1995*

Saxophone Quartet

QUINTET I 1997*

Brass Quintet

QUINTET II 2005

Brass Quintet

QUINTET III 2020

Brass Quintet

JANUS 1994

Alto Saxophone, Piano 1997*

(Second Alto Saxophone in Movement II)

KAUA E MATE WHEKE MATE URUROA 2018

Solo Clarinet

MARQUE 1993*

Solo Piano

ONUS 1996*

Solo Flute

PRÉVOYANCE 1996*

Trumpet, Piano

ROTTERDAM EVENING 2004

Solo Trumpet

SONATA 2021

Trumpet, Piano

SONATA 2021

Violin, Piano

WEDDING MUSIC FOR A PENDER ISLAND CEREMONY 2023

Woodwing Quintet, Brass Quintet, String Quintet, Piano, Harp, Percussion

ZAGREB 1994*

Solo Piano

*revised

WIND ENSEMBLE

DE PROFUNDIS 2002