Welcome to the CMP Blog
Each week, I will publish a new blog post covering topics ranging from thoughts on 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!
Blog Post Six
Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to my blog!
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!
Blog Post Three
Here are some thoughts about my new five-movement suite for clarinet choir from Georges Bizet’s dynamic and fiery opera Carmen. Today, we start with the “Aragonaise, “or “Entr’Acte” from Act IV.
Blog Post Two
Here are some thoughts on my arrangement of Alexander Borodin’s masterwork in orchestration, the “Polovtsian Dances Overture,” transcribed here for a woodwind quintet with optional percussion.
Blog Post One
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.