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Organ Performances
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I have composed music since I was around ten years old. Luckily for everyone out there, I have not included any of these early compositions on this page! All of the wind ensemble pieces were composed for the Caltech Occidental Wind Orchestra (now called the Caltech WInd Orchestra since we have since parted ways with Occidental College) , Directed by Glenn Price since 2016 and by Bill Bing before that. I am conducting most of these. "The Grand Tour" was composed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of JPL's Voyager Mission. Each movement corresponds to one of Voyager's desitantions. I am the organ solist for my "Concerto for Organ and Concert Band" which I composed for our concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall (though this recording was made at Caltech.) I am also the soloist on "Theme and Perturbations" in which I play all the solo parts. Bill asked me to write this so I could show off a bit. It was originally written with piano accompaniment and I later scored the band parts. "Star Life" is a collaboration with John Brugman (who wrote the narration) and Mike Werner (who developed a slide show of images from the Spitzer Space Telescope to be shown along with the piece). Bill asked me to arrange George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" for the concert band to perform during our 2011 trip to China. The result was "Rhythm Fantasy", which is original enough that I classify it as a composition rather than an arrangement. The recording here is from a live concert at Occidental College a few weeks before the trip.

"Fifth Time's the Charm" comes from a small group tune I wrote for a jam band that meets at my home. It went so well that by the following week I had created this big band setting. This recording was made live at Caltech by John Dundas, who is playing bass. "Forty Two" is a jazz band piece I composed in honor of my retirement from the Jet Propulsion Laborary (after 42 years). I play the piccolo solo on this version. It was recorded at Caltech in concert on Saturday, May 13, 2023. John Dundas III (who also plays bass on the recording) recorded the concert and has allowed me to post this. The "Prelude and Fugue" is the oldest composition on this page. I wrote during the summer between high school and Caltech - back in 1971! "Suite 343" is a grand jazz suite in three movements, each featuring a different soloist. On this recording, I play all the solos - alto sax, trumpet, and jazz organ. The "Psalm 23" was a commission from Moshe Rothblum, the rabbi at Adat Ariel Synagogue. He is also a composer and asked me to arrange this tune for soloist and choir.

"After the Storm: a Tone Poem for Organ" was inspired by Hurricane Hilary, the first major storm to hit my home in Los Angeles in 84 years (which includes all of my lifetime plus...) Even though Hilary had been downgraded to a tropical storm before it got here, it rained hard for more than 24 hours with most things having closed down everywhere in town. The following morning, I composed a short ballad for jazz combo called "After the Storm". I have a summertime jazz combo jamming at my home each week and I have composed several new pieces for them. I liked the result enough that I converted it to a piece for concert organ. The "gimmick" here is that I composed this as a baroque four-part choral prelude using all the standard composition methods - with the exception that the chords here are real jazz chords. The result is something I think makes an excellent tone poem. The recording here is made my customized samples from First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.