Tag: Christmas

The Speed of a Sleigh Ride

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Horse-drawn sleigh rides walk or canter - they struggle at a trot.

Although audiences seem to love it, many performers question why I like to conduct Leroy Anderson’s holiday piece “Sleigh Ride” so darn quickly. Here’s why: Audiences love it. Well, actually, there’s more to it than that. Usually, when I get to select my own holiday music programs, I often use Sleigh Ride as an encore […]

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A sample of the new concerto

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Stephen P Brown composes a Bass Clarinet Concerto

  My next composition isn’t quite ready yet. But I really like it and want to share it with you NOW. So, there’s a sample below! It may seem my 7 year #PsalmQuest has been on hiatus and maybe you even thought I’d given up already. Well, I was ahead of schedule so after all […]

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