John Preston Dennis

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Life

John Preston Dennis is a composer from Tennessee. He is currently serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Portland, Oregon area. He started composing music in 2003 and has become more and more interested in it. He has entered several competitions and has been awarded the following honors:

1) Accepted and attended the 2006 Brevard Music Center music festival and institute. (Brevard, NC)

2) Finalist for the 2006 Young Composers Challenge put on by the Orlando Philharmonic Symphony Youth Orchestra.

3) 1st place award for the performance of one of his piano compositions at the 2006 RSCC Academic Festival. (Harriman, TN)

4) 2nd place award for the performance of one of his piano compositions at the 2005 RSCC Academic Festival. (Harriman, TN)

5) 1st place for his Christmas piece in a Young Composers Forum competition.

Works

Here is a list of works as of September 28, 2007:

Orchestral:

1) Tears of the Phoenix

2) Variations on Hedwig's Theme (arrangement)

3) The Knight's Revenge (incomplete)

4) Out of the Darkness

5) The War of Fantasia

Concert Band:

1) The Knight - Alto Saxophone Concerto (incomplete)

2)The War of Fantasia

3) O Holy Night (arrangement)

4) Angels We Have Heard on High (arrangement)

Small Ensemble:

1) Mother Nature's New Dance - Wind ensemble (incomplete)

2) Race to the Finish - Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano

3) Prophet of the Restoration - Saxophone and Piano (arrangement)

Piano:

1) Suite from The Chronicles of Zustrexia - Movements I, II, III, and IV (The Knight Revenge).

2) Majestuoso

3) The War of Fantasia - Movements I & II

Hymns:

1) Put on the Whole Armor of God