Among the Stars

MSBA Class AA Second Place and MSBA Class AA Best Percussion

For the Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2022 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.

Sons of Kronos

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2021 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.

MVT 1- Poseidon; MVT 2- Hades; MVT 3- Zeus

MVT 1 and 3 not shown for copyright.

3.6.5

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2019 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.

Based on the idea of a calendar year, this show hits a variety of genres and styles while traveling from one New Years to the next, hitting all the seasons in between. Music consists of: Auld Lang Syne, Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Summertime by Gershwin, Autumn Leaves, and Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Uprising

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2018. Winds by Jacob Walker.

This show uses “The Wall” by Pink Floyd, “Symphony No. 7” by Shostakovich, and “Do You Hear the People Sing” from Les Misérables.

The Tribe

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2017 season.. Winds by Jacob Walker.

This show uses “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky, Bulgarian Folk Song “Kaval Sviri,” “Baba Yetu” by Christopher Tin, and Original Music by Jacob Walker and James Vilseck.

The Hero’s Journey

Commissioned by the Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2016 season. Based on the storytelling cycle of the same name, the show explores all the steps from the hero’s awakening to the end of the story. Music includes Beethoven’s Third Symphony, “Ein Heldenleben” by Struass, and original music by James Vilseck.

Le Critique

2023 TCGC Scholastic Percussion AA Silver Medalist

Written for Hudson High School Indoor Drumline (TX) for the 2023 season. The show follows the narrative of a group of chefs as they attempt to impress a critic who shows up to their kitchen. The source material includes Musetta's Waltz and La Vie en Rose.

The first movement explores kitchen related ideas and soundscapes. The second movement marks the arrival of the critic and a “romantic dinner” like setting to impress the critic. The final movement has the chefs scrambling to finish the meal and impress the critic one last time.

Copyright permissions for La Vie en Rose will need to be obtained.

Glow

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2022 Season.

Consisting of all original music, this show is about letting your inner light shine.

Dimensional

Written for Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2021 season. Moving from the first, to the second, and third dimensions musically and visually.

Montague

Written for Russell High School (KY) for Winter 2021. A one-movement, non-competitive work based on Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Written for a limited number of players, there is currently no tenor line part.

Character Building

2019- WGI World Championships Percussion Scholastic A Semifinalist

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2019 season.

Character Building explores the foundation of what makes us all human. Playing off the phrase “Character Building,” the performers portray construction workers building a structure made of bricks with personality traits listed on them. The show explores a wide range of human emotions while demonstrating that every person has good and bad within them. The show features “Tornado” by Jonsi along with original music.

“You’re firing on all three cylinders, of intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic effect right now.” - WGI Championships PSA Prelims Music Effect Judge

Runaway

WGI Scholastic A Class; Commissioned by Murhpysboro High School Indoor Drumline (IL) for the 2019 season. Based on Kanye West’s song of the same name, this show attempts to escape the monotonous, “cookie cuter” world we live in and allow the members to “find themselves.”

Performance Video: Murphysboro HS

Flipped

WGI Scholastic A Class; Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline 2018 (OH). If you can flip it, it’s in this show: Sticks, coins, mallet instruments, bass drums… Consisting of all original music, the effects of this visual show will be sure to entertain your audience and judges.

“Other than doing cartwheels with drums on, I don’t think there is anything else you could have done with that concept.” -WGI Championship PSA Visual Effect Judge

Performance Link: Fairborn HS

The Final Lap

Commissioned by Murphysboro High School Indoor Drumline (IL) for the 2018 season. This show explores an exciting race from the start, through a tragic crash, and all the way to the finish. We’ve got all your racing flags covered here. The commissioning group also incorporated a guitar solo in the opening moments!

The Turing Test

Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2017 season. It is based on the thoughts of Alan Turing, this show explores the jagged line of artificial intelligence and humans.

How I Wonder What You Are

Commissioned by Fairborn High School (OH) for the 2016 season. Using “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” along side Holst’s classic, “The Planets,” this show explores the wonders and terrors of space.