Erika Svanoe

Winter's Revel imagines a snowy winter celebration in a small town, with a festival taking place in the town square. Picture chilly sleigh rides, hot chocolate, and friendly snow ball fights between r...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

This interactive musical adventure includes a narrative PowerPoint presentation that is coordinated with the music. The audience votes on which direction the story and music take in this live-action m...

Winner of the 2014 National Band Association Young Band Composition Contest, 'The Haunted Carousel' was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often...

Winner of the 2014 National Band Association Young Band Composition Contest, 'The Haunted Carousel' was conceived as a piece for band utilizing the sound of a theremin, an electronic instrument often...

Like the Wind was commissioned by the Wisconsin Arts Board to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The piece was inspired by the poem of the same title (also commissioned by the WAB) by Wisconsin poet laur...

Slow Burn uses a 12-bar blues form to explore various 16th note rhythms in a funky groove that grows from soft to strong. Written for a Grade 9-12 band with a variety of experience levels, this piece...

Like the Wind was commissioned by the Wisconsin Arts Board to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The piece was inspired by the poem of the same title (also commissioned by the WAB) by Wisconsin poet laur...

Like the Wind was commissioned by the Wisconsin Arts Board to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The piece was inspired by the poem of the same title (also commissioned by the WAB) by Wisconsin poet laur...

This four-movement suite features a series of vignettes from a speculative-fictional Victorian era.

This four-movement suite features a series of vignettes from a speculative-fictional Victorian era.

Imagine a scenario where the young author meets her own creation, the monster brought to life whom we colloquially refer to as "Frankenstein." They meet, circling each other in a dance reflective of a...

Symphony in Blue & Gold was commissioned to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Bands at my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. As a starting point, I researched and studied two signifi...

Like the Wind was commissioned by the Wisconsin Arts Board to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The piece was inspired by the poem of the same title (also commissioned by the WAB) by Wisconsin poet laur...

Baskerville is inspired by imagined scenes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, specifically the setting of the moors. During much of the story, Holmes is...

Baskerville is inspired by imagined scenes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, specifically the setting of the moors. During much of the story, Holmes is...

Baskerville is inspired by imagined scenes from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, specifically the setting of the moors. During much of the story, Holmes is...

The title "Category 4" refers to Hurricane Harvey, classified as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This piece for Concert Band with iPad utilizes a large percussion se...

Clocktower Fanfare utilizes the familiar chimes of the Westminster Quarters heard on many college campuses. This academic fanfare works well as a concert opener, as well as at graduation and commencem...

Fairest of the Renaissance Faire takes melodic themes and motives from John Philip Sousa's march Fairest of the Fair. These melodic materials are transformed into a Renaissance context, with inspirati...

Florence and Alice Leduc were sisters who founded and ran Hastings Needle Work out of their home in Hastings, MN from 1888-1922. The story of these two young women who used their creativity and needle...

This four-movement suite features a series of vignettes from a speculative-fictional Victorian era.

The idea behind Springtime Ride is a group of young people riding bikes through their neighborhood when the weather finally warms up enough to do so. I wanted to capture the freedom and optimism that...