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Twice a month, I will publish a new blog post covering topics ranging from inspiration for my latest arrangement for winds, to sharing more background information about Craig Music Publishers and how we got started, to challenges arrangers face, and of course, more anecdotes, memories, and passions for music. See you in the next blog post!

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Blog Post 15: Sheet Music Collections for winds

Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to my blog! I hope you had a great week. In this blog post, we are discussing both current and future CMP Collections of digital download sheet music for winds. These days, with the so many cost of living increases, we could all use some savings. Therefore, CMP offers various collections of our digital sheet music offerings at 40% off the individual price. Read this CMP blog post to learn more.

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Blog Post 14: Black History Month

Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to my blog! I hope you had a great week. In this blog post, we are celebrating Black History Month. In particular, we will focus on Tony winner, Grammy winner, and Oscar nominee, Cynthia Erivo, the Nigerian-British actress, singer, and songwriter, and one of the two stars of the recent fan-favorite Wicked movies. We are also featuring three of my “pop” arrangements from Wicked for woodwind quintet. Read my blog post to learn more.

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Blog Post 13: Mendelssohn’s Adagio-Allegro

Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to my blog. I hope you had a great week. In this week’s blog post, I will be discussing my inspiration for writing a clarinet quartet arrangement of the first movement “Adagio-Allegro” from Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 8. Although Mendelssohn wrote this piece at only age 13, it already demonstrates his unique compositional style, blending Baroque and Classical influences.

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Blog Post 6: Happy Thanksgiving!

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I am taking off a few weeks for the Thanksgiving holidays to be with my family. Plus, my mother is recovering from pneumonia, and I need to be at home right now to help care for her. I’ll be back on December 5th with more anecdotes, memories, and passions for music. See you in the next blog, and Happy Thanksgiving!

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Blog Post 5: Mozart Rondo

This edition of my blog post is all about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I will focus on the “Rondo” from his Serenade No. 10 KV 361 “Gran Partita.” In this blog, I will share stories about how this arrangement came to life, where it was first performed, and the honors it has received.

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Blog Post 3: Carmen

Here are some thoughts about my new arrangement for clarinet choir, a selection of five movements from Georges Bizet’s dynamic and fiery opera Carmen. Today, we start with the “Aragonaise, “or “Entr’Acte” from Act IV.

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Blog Post 1: Patapan Fantasy

Here are some thoughts on my newest arrangement for Craig Music Publishers: a clarinet quartet medley that transforms the traditional French carol “Patapan” into an imaginative “Patapan Fantasy,” incorporating five additional Christmas favorites.

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