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I've only been writing since my junior year in high school (2012), and I'd say that in total I've written or started around 25 compositions. I'm not sure exactly because I tend to write a lot of things that I either don't finish or don't like and then I forget them for a long time or forever (so far, I think?). Very little of what I've written is something I would consider 'final' beyond revision. With that in mind, a list of my finished works would include: 12 piano pieces (two of which are based on the first and fourth YC theme challenges using luderart's and mk390's themes respectively) 2 soliloquies alla luderart for violin and cello respectively 1 piece for harp from the second YC theme challenge based on Dan's theme 1 iffy church hymn All told, 16 compositions in roughly four years. I mean there's also my two failed and unfinished symphonies, my failed fandango for string quartet, my ongoing string sextet for the third YC theme challenge, and a few other chamber and solo piano works that are still in progress. Everyone seems to go at a pace that suits their abilities and composition habits. I don't think you should worry about trying to churn out music at a tightly regulated pace like a factory (that's what we have the music industry for) when you've got an entire lifetime to keep working and perfecting your music.

My catalog (or works list) is comprised of music that is ready for performance and not every piece I have ever wrote. I have written about 200 pieces of music since 2004 when I started composing seriously. However majority of them are either embarrassingly bad, don't represent me anymore, or are not in any condition to be performed. My works list looks like this and you can see it is much smaller than what I have actually written. But if I needed music for a recital, they would come from this list. In my work list I also include what was performed as that is typical for CVs that are sent off to potential jobs. List of Compositions Orchestra Interpretations on Folk Melodies · Reading Session with Texas Tech Symphony Orchestra December 2011 Symphony No. 1 · Unperformed Symphony No. 2 Ocean Symphony · Unperformed Choir Angus Dei – SSAA choir · Premiered April 2011, Senior Recital Next to of course God, America I love thee – SATB choir · Unperformed O Gracious Light – SSAATTBB choir · Premiered May 2015 Composers Choral Concert Spring Rain – SSAA choir and piano · Premiered March 2009, National Association of Composers USA Texas Chapter Conference · Performed April 2011, Senior Recital Wind Ensemble and Band From Home to the Festival and Back Again – Concert Band (Grade III) · Unperformed Motif – Wind Ensemble (College Level Ensemble) · Unperformed The Luminaries – Concert Band (Grade V) · Unperformed Larger Chamber Music Hurried and Off Balance – Violin, Cello, and Piano or Tenor Saxophone, Trombone, and Piano · Unperformed Thoreau Teasdale Cycle – SATB choir, Soprano and Bass Soloist, String Quartet, and Percussion: Four Movements · Premiered March 28th 2013 Instrumental Solo and Chamber Music Agilitas – French Horn and Piano · Unperformed Bad Night Out Suit – Flute and Piano; Three Movements · Premiered April 2011, Senior Recital Entre Les Trous De La Memoire – Piano · Premiered March 2011, National Association of Composers USA Texas Chapter Conference · Performed April 2011, Senior Recital Interpretations on Folk Melodies (Saxophone Concerto) – Alto Saxophone and Piano; Three Movements · Movement I premiered April 2011, Senior Recital · Movement II premiered April 2013, TTU Composers’ Forum Concert · Movement III premiered November 2013, TTU Composers’ Forum Concert Patency – Flute and Piano · Premiered April 2012, Society of Composers Inc. Raider Chapter Concert Quietude – Violin and Piano · Premiered April 2015, TTU Composers’ Forum Concert Sonata No. 1 – Piano · Performed November 4th 2015 String Quartet No. 1 · Unperformed Trombone in Grave – Bass Trombone · Premiered April 2015, Society of Composers Inc. Raider Chapter Concert Vocal Solo I Wake and Feel the Fell of Day, Not Death – Soprano and Piano · Premiered April 2011, Society of Composers Inc. Raider Chapter Concert I’ve heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Baritone and Piano or Tenor and Piano · Recorded November 2014 Lenten Reminder and Prayer – Tenor and Organ · Premiered March 2014, Sunday Service St. Johns United Methodist Church, Lubbock Texas Render Cycle – Soprano and Piano; Ten Movements · Partial premier April 2014 (two movements), TTU Composers’ Forum Concert · Full premier February 2015, Render: A Recital The Edward Thomas Cycle – Soprano and Piano or Mezzo-Soprano and Piano; Five Movements · Premier April 2011 (first three movements), Senior Recital · Performed February 2015 (four movements), Render: A Recital Electronic and Electro-Acoustic From 95 Poems – Tenor and Pre-recorded Electronics; Three movements · Premiered February 2010, National Association of Composers USA Texas Chapter Conference · Performed April 2011, Senior Recital · Performed April 2011, New Music Exchange with Stephen F. Austin State University and Sam Houston State University Telephone – French Horn and Pre-recorded Electronics · Premiered April 2011, Senior Recital · Performed April 2011, Student Convocation at Stephen F. Austin State University Arrangements Honor, Honor Unto the Dying Lamb – Baritone and Piano · Premiered Frebruary 2014, Sunday Service at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Lubbock Texas I’ve Been Buked – Baritone and Piano · Premiered October 2013, Sunday Service at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Lubbock Texas La Fille aux Cheveux de lin – Full Orchestra · Reading Session with Texas Tech Symphony Orchestra December 2011 Let all Mortal Flesh be Silent – Baritone and Organ · Premiered December 2013, Sunday Service at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Lubbock Texas