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31 flavors…

’31′ artsy bags…

the last day of the month…

all are good assumptions…

but 31 is a number which, here, signifies that I have collaborated once again with my friends Ron & Shelly Hamilton on their 31st Patch the Pirate adventure, The Legend of Stickyfoot. This is my second adventure in the popular children series (the first being last years, Kung Phooey Kid).

The musical styles in this adventure are broad going from the swashbuckling Great, Big, Beautiful World and You’ll Know That we are Pirates (Cause we ARR) to the more contemplative Holy is the Lord. Being a children’s recording, there are also some moral and fun songs like Tell the T-R-U-T-H and Bitter to Better.

This time around the majority of the songs were arranged by yours truly and it has been fun to hear how the recordings turned out. I also orchestrated a few songs including Holy is the Lord.

Enjoy this sample of this fun, final track from The Legend of Stickyfoot:

You’ll Know That We are Pirates

I’ve been involved with working on another Performance Hall play being put on this Christmas season.

A Christmas Carol, based off the classic Dickens’ novel, is a new musical with original songs by Paul Keew and directed by Laura Spencer. It may be one of the larger productions put on in the hall with nearly 10 musicians being crammed into the backstage area and a full cast of actors and stage crew. Hearing the final product after spending many a long night pouring over them was extremely rewarding. I’m so thrilled to be a part of such an venture.

Ticket’s sold out very quickly and lines were long with people trying to get it but there is also an original cast recording that was quickly put together. It is available to those who were not able to attend, more on that later… I’ll try and get some audio samples up here as well.

It’s been a busy start to the new year. Here are some of the things that I’ve been doing musically over the past month and a half of blog silence:

• Composed musical score for a short animated video
• Wrote out a half dozen choral pieces, more on this to come
• Orchestrating some choral music for a recording project, more on this also to come!
• Working on ideas for two commissions

I recently had the privilege to compose incidental music for an upcoming Graduate speech recital. Sounds really academic, huh? Well don’t take it too seriously. This program is not for the long of face. In short, the extremely talented Allisha Sperr will be performing a series of short, absolutely hysterical comedy routines. I cannot begin to describe how funny this recital is going to be. You just have to see it for yourself to believe it.

This program takes place in Stratton Hall on the campus of BJU this Saturday, December the 5th at 7 o’ clock pm. Here are some audio samples:

Pre-show2: waltz

Pre-show1

Break their hearts, All is ha!