The piece is a celebratory fanfare representing cresting waves, warm ocean breezes, and the flourish of sails along the coastline of Long Beach, California....
(with apologies to Mussorgsky)
By adding thumping drums, bass, and synthesizer, Kiefer infuses Mussorgsky’s classic work from his “Pictures at an Exhibition”...
A Dream of Coming Home was created and written for middle school through professional ensembles. Heavily cross-cued, it can be successfully performed with full...
The inspiration behind Drops came from observing a rainstorm come and go one evening. As the storm started, the drops were falling sporadically, and every so...
Epoch was conceived in the final quarter of 2020 during the infamous Covid-19 pandemic. It is composed in a three-act structure of denial, desperation,...
Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater...
The eight movements of Mementos for solo glockenspiel are the composer's aural realization of a subconscious full of the disturbing, hilarious, darkened, and...
Merge began as an exercise in percussive hocket, where each player is given a part of the whole. This is done so in both the rhythms played in the drums and...
An Anthology of 10 Traditional Mexican Tunes
Written for one 4-octave marimba, the arrangements in The Mexican Marimba attempt to recreate the traditional...
A Moment of stillness; of mourning; of joy; of sadness; of reflection; of celebration; of meditation; of inspiration. Moments surround our lives. Some are long...