Music

Works in Progress

 

  • North Down South

Piece for orchestra

  • Concerto for Horn

Piece for horn and orchestra

Completed Works

2019

  • Tube Up – Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble

2018

  • For Fanfare’s Sake – Brass Quintet

2017

  •  After First –  Clarinet, Piano

Co-commisioned by David Deiter, Mary Fortino, Rachel McFarland, and Timothy Hanley for Acoustic Frontier

More information can be found here

  • Players – Original Film Score

Composed for filmmaker Kelsey Bruce in conjunction with the University of Alabama’s Telecommunication and Film department

  • Ambient Domain – Electronic
  • Phasetone – Music for dance

In collaboration with Yonder Dance Company

  • Bounding Quake – Clarinet, Cello, Piano

Commissioned by the 2017 Zodiac Music Academy & Festival

  • Disport Coy – Brass Ensemble
  • With Woman – Original Film Score

Composed for filmmakers Kristen Faulkner and Tiana Raimist-Carter in conjunction with the University of Alabama New College

2016

  • Caper Fair – Solo Violin

Written for Davis Brooks, featured on the album Early Musings: New Music for Violin

  • Cascata Passione – Solo Piano

2015

  • Colloquy – Violin, Cello, Piano

SELECTED LISTENING

J. R.’s music can also be found on Spotify and iTunes.

Bounding Quake

Bounding Quake, composed for B♭ Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, was commissioned by the 2017 Zodiac Music Academy & Festival. The piece balances itself between technical and lyrical sections.

caper fair

Caper Fair is a virtuosic composition for solo violin. The work was recorded in the Spring of 2016 and was released in November 2016 by PARMA Recordings on the album Early Musings: New Music for Violin through the Navona label with international distribution by Naxos. It was written for and performed by violinist Dr. Davis Brooks.

phasetone

In collaboration with The Yonder Dance Company, Phasetone is a social commentary on the effects of technology on our everyday life; particularly, how disconnected we can become In Real Life. The piece is derived from an original ringtone and alert sounds that could be found on a cellphone. The ringtone is phased to symbolize how we can become out of sync due to the distractions of technology.
selected listening

Players

Players is an original film score composed for filmmaker Kelsey Bruce in conjunction with the University of Alabama’s Telecommunication and Film department.

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