Currently, I'm in various stages with two new commissions for band. I've completed the first of three movements of a work for Triton High School. The first movement will receive its premiere on March 14th, 2013. Also, I'm finishing up a new work for Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School, which will be premiered on May 17th, 2013. Check back for more details!

Here is an excerpt of Beneath a Canvas of Green, which received a wonderful premiere on April 10th by the University of Iowa Symphony Band, directed by Dr. Richard Mark Heidel.

Pale Blue on Deep was recently named as an "honorable mention" in the 2011 CBDNA Young Band Composition Contest.

Joel Vanderheyden and St. Louis Symphony cellist, Catherine Lehr-Ramos will be performing Bridge Suite at the NASA Bienniel Conference in Tempe, Arizona, on Friday, March 16, at 10 AM.

I had a great time working on In This Moment with the Linn-Mar High School Concert Band and the U of Iowa's University Band!

I recently wrote a piece for the Missouri Saxophone Quartet which was premiered this past summer in Scotland at the World Saxophone Congress XVI. Here is a link to the video of the performance.

April was featured in Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 7, published by GIA Publications. It was also chosen as a JW Pepper "Editors' Choice."

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