This is the piano solo version of the theme I composed as incidental music for a theatrical performance of Romeo and Juliet my senior year at Millikin University. This lovely melody was inspired by the words “Romeo, oh, Romeo! Wherefore art thou “Romeo?” On this one, I intentionally used the major 6th opening interval from a number of John Williams’ love themes, and used chord progressions inspired by Stephen Foster.
After getting a surprise pair of tickets to the Oregon Symphony yesterday, I was inspired to create a quick "thank you" composition. It's very rewarding when I can take a whole sentence and create a functional melody from it!
My in-progress narrated work for strings & fixed media (and maybe percussion?), "Amber the Spider" is shaping up nicely. Doing my best to create a timeless story that all ages can enjoy... and still having it be about a spider!
