Taking Chances

The pieces in Taking Chances are about danger and uncertainty. But every challenge is also an opportunity. I hope you experience music and life more fully as you approach these short, but adventurous pieces. I dare you to play with possibility and boldness! Late intermediate to early advanced. 20 pages. If you plan to make… Read more »

Industrial Revolutions Per Minute

Scored for one piano, six hands, this piece has a great groove and uses a lot of extra-piano sounds such as slaps, knocks, and voice effects. Intermediate. Level 5-7. If you plan to make multiple copies of this music, please respect copyright and purchase a studio license.

The Birthday of a King

A contemporary twist makes these arrangements of classic Christmas carols an exciting addition to any recital. With a bit of flare, they are sure to be crowd pleasers! Intermediate to early advanced piano duets. One piano, four hands. 36 pages. If you plan to make multiple copies of this music, please respect copyright and purchase… Read more »

Best of Sundae Soup

The music in Sundae Soup, Volumes 1 and 2 was composed over a decade ago to expose my elementary to intermediate piano students to a variety of styles. Because many people have enjoyed these pieces, I decided to combine some of the favourites into one volume, Best of Sundae Soup. My hope is that students… Read more »

Rayan’s Duet Book

Rayan’s Duet book is a teacher and pupil book designed for sight reading practice, with easy primo parts in five finger position.  The inspiration for this book came from Kathenka’s Muziekboek by Jurriaan Andriessen, which is beautifully constructed so that each simple five finger primo part skilfully complements a much more rhythmically and harmonically sophisticated… Read more »

Ireland’s Most Beautiful Ancient Airs

It has been an immense pleasure creating these arrangements of some of the most beautiful and enduring melodies ever to come from Ireland.  I have treated each melody in a completely different style, but without disturbing the traditional essence of the music.  Whilst I have listened to many interpretations and investigated various sources, I have… Read more »

Causeway Coast Fantasy

The five pieces of Causeway Coast Fantasy are Red Sails at Sunset, Mussenden Temple at Sunrise, Rathlin Island, The Pipes of Finn and Bendhu.  They describe various scenes from along the north coast of Ireland.  The music is at times Celtic, atmospheric, experimental and descriptive.

Strangford Sketchbook

The Ards Peninsula and Strangford Lough have always been one of my favourite parts of Ireland.  These eight pieces explore the expressive and atmospheric ranges of the piano, and also seek to evoke the beauty of the landscape through resonances of Irish music.  The pieces are of moderate difficulty, around grades 7-8 standard.   Each one… Read more »

The Girona Suite

The music of The Girona Suite is a rich mixture of period dances of the day, Spanish resonance and emotional intensity.  The whole suite is interconnected, both by key and thematic material.  The work begins and ends in E flat minor.  The pieces are designed to introduce familiarity and dexterity in keys containing more than… Read more »

Dreams and Dragons

Welcome to the world of Dreams and Dragons – where not everything is as it seems.  The premise for this collection was to take a single musical idea and create from it both a dream and a dragon, presented as a pair of pieces.  But which is the dream and which is the dragon?  Many… Read more »