Books & CDs

My soon-to-be-released second album, Monkey to the Sky features 5 world premiere recordings. It was recorded at the University of Nebraska at Kearney from 2017-2019, and features my relationships with some of my favorite musicians: Duane Bierman and Ilya Blinov.

Here’s the Track Listing:

1. Unshaken – Ricardo Lorenz (4:22) Ilya Blinov, piano

Euphonium Concerto #2 – Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen 
Ilya Blinov, piano, Duane Bierman, percussion
2. I. air (5:12)
3. II. blue (10:07)
4. II. ice (5:16)

5. Nana – Manuel de Falla (2:50) Ilya Blinov, piano

Monkey to the Sky – Ricardo Lorenz, Duane Bierman, Conductor
6. I. Los Santos Solo de Ayudan en Bahad (3:22)
7. II. ‘Monos pal Cielo (10:19)

Bestiarium of the Lost Dark Matter – Jesus Santandreu Ilya Blinov, piano
8. I. Mutabis Graviton (2:47)
9. II. Sphaericus Wimp (3:57)
10. III. Crotalus Tachyon (1:56)
11. IV. Foramen Biomassive (4:59)
12. V. Matrioskus Supersymmetrical (2:43)

13. Night Flight – Peter Meechan (3:31) Jayoung Hong, piano

My debut album, Mirrors was released in 2012, and featured David Gilliland on piano. The piece has several world premiere recordings and commissions. Hummingbrrd in particular has gone on to be a worldwide performance phenomenon.

The track listing is below:

1. Fandango – Antonio Soler arr. Yamada

2. Infinite Morning – Joel Puckett (world premiere recording)

3. Introduction, Theme and Variations – Gioachino Rossini arr. (world premiere recording)

4. JET A – Pter Meechan (world premiere recording)

5. Simple Song – Leonard Bernstein, featuring Amy Porter, Flute

Milori Blue – Jonathan Newman (world premiere recording)
6. I. – Moderate, Bouncy
7. II. – Simply
8. III. Presto

9. Spiegel im Spiegel – Arvo Part

10. Hummingbrrd – Steven Bryant (world premiere recording)

Artifacts was recorded during my time with the University of Michigan Symphony Band. It features several pieces that were commissioned by the band and that we performed on our 2011 tour to China. Here’s a track listing

1. Shanghai Overture – Bright Sheng

The Shadow of Sirius – Joel Puckett
2. The Nomad Flute
3. Eye of the Shadow
4. Into the Cloud

Lost Vegas – Michael Daugherty
5. Viva
6. Mirage
7. Fever

8. Two Jades – Kristen Kuster

9. Graceful Ghost Rag – William Bolcom

Concerto Grosso – William Bolcom
10. Lively
11. Song Without Words
12. Valse
13. Badinerie

1. Gabriel Fauré
2. P.L. Hillemacher
3. Georges Hüe
4. Charles Koechlin
5. Charles Lefebvre
6. Henri Maréchal
7. J. Guy Ropartz
8. Florent Schmitt
9. Louis Vierne
10. Emile Vuillermoz

11. Pierre de Breville
12. Henri Busser
13. Auguste Chapuis
14. Paul Dukas
15. Henry Février
16. Reynaldo Hahn
17. Charles Hess
18. Vincent d’Indy
19. Raoul Laparra
20. Maurice Ravel

21. Alfred Bruneau
22. Georges Caussade
23. Louis Dumas
24. André Gedalge
25. Charles Levade
26. Max d’Ollone
27. Henri Rabaud
28. Marcel Samuel-Rousseau
29. Gustave Samazeuilh
30. Dèodat de Sévérac

“Webern’s ‘Two Pieces’ for cello and piano, transcribed for euphonium and piano, are literally the earliest pieces we have by this composer, written when he was just 16 years old (the other nine works we have from this period are all songs with piano). Kathryn Bailey, the author of the New Grove’s article on Webern, calls the harmonic language in these pieces awkward, but I find them surprising and refreshing. The chromaticism and concision of these pieces remind us of the mature Webern, while the melodic contours are extremely lyric.”