My Decision to Leave the Hartford Jazz Orchestra
After a yearlong association with the Hartford Jazz Orchestra – composing, arranging and performing – leaving was a tough decision, fraught with mixed emotions.
Category: Big Band
Hartford Jazz Orchestra at Elicit Brewing Co.
Three years ago I wrote down the goal of either starting or finding a regularly performing big band that would play my music. I’m so pleased to be given this opportunity with the Hartford Jazz Orchestra. And succeeding the great Don Trenner is an honor I don’t take lightly. We…
Writing Drum Parts
As a big band arranger, writing drum parts is one of the harder tasks you will encounter. So, watch this instructional video to see: what to include in a big band drum part, and how to enter it into Finale music notation software. This video was made for my jazz…
Saxophone Soli Line
Part 5 in a series chronicling my process and progress in writing a commissioned big band chart.
Wrestling With Art, Self Doubt, and the Creative Process
Let’s be honest folks — too few of us openly share how we wrestle with our art and ourselves as we work/create.
Hartford Jazz Orchestra at Elicit Brewing Co.
Three years ago I wrote down the goal of either starting or finding a regularly performing big band that would play my music. I’m so pleased to be given this opportunity with the Hartford Jazz Orchestra. And succeeding the great Don Trenner is an honor I don’t take lightly. We…
Writing Drum Parts
As a big band arranger, writing drum parts is one of the harder tasks you will encounter. So, watch this instructional video to see: what to include in a big band drum part, and how to enter it into Finale music notation software. This video was made for my jazz…
Saxophone Soli Line
Part 5 in a series chronicling my process and progress in writing a commissioned big band chart.
Wrestling With Art, Self Doubt, and the Creative Process
Let’s be honest folks — too few of us openly share how we wrestle with our art and ourselves as we work/create.