Piece #8: Sonata 2 for Viola, Marimba, Piano

Published September 13, 2013 by stephenpbrown Articles 2 comments

This is a fun little ditty! Another stab at the traditional Sonata Form, this piece is for a trio of performers: viola, marimba and piano. To my thinking, there is not enough marimba included in the standard instrumentation these days, (click it to tweet it) yet like the saxophone or bass clarinet, it has a great […]

New psalm composition #6: Warrior Peace

Published August 9, 2013 by stephenpbrown Articles 4 comments

Well, this was an unexpected mammoth! (If you are not aware of my current composition quest, click here to read the introduction.) I knew that composing for larger ensembles would take time, and was sort of risking things a little when I decided to write for a larger-than-normal ensemble but I didn’t plan for this […]

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