Alias Press

Lias pays homage to Bernard Hermann, whose film scores have given us all chills for many years (Psycho, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, North by Northwest, Cape Fear, Marnie, etc. ). Pursued immediately sets th...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

Ain’t Worth the Squeeze is a toe tapping, hard swinging romp built on a classic C blues form. It leans into the big band tradition of humor, swagger, and surprise, where every riff and shout chorus br...

A lyrical showcase for your ensemble, "Danny Boy" combines emotional depth with musical flexibility. A perfect choice for teaching expressive playing and spotlighting your low brass.

A lyrical showcase for your ensemble, "Danny Boy" combines emotional depth with musical flexibility. A perfect choice for teaching expressive playing and spotlighting your low brass.

Dedicated to American violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, the Violin Concerto is a challenging three-movement virtuosic showpiece. Presented in traditional concerto design, this work employs a flexible to...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

Dust Storm is an energetic up-tempo swing piece for big band, composed for the 2025 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop under the direction of Alan Ferber and Andy Farber. It has a strong Western-inflected fl...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

I wrote this at the behest of my students as I would make fun of them when they were playing stiff by saying, Well, we’re swingin’ now. The kids badgered me into writing a swing tune for them by that...

This work for any low flute and fixed media captures the mystery, longing, and fragility of our planet's largest mammals. The flute interacts with the soulful calls of a humpback whale and the evocati...

Written for Transient Canvas at the Alba Music Festival, 2023. Inspired by Pointed Sphere, 2005, limestone and glass, by Damian Priour (1949-2011) "The fossilized local limestone and colored glass are...

Land of the Free speaks of a tenuous state of American freedom in which our delicate equilibrium of checks and balances struggles to endure. In this modern era of social media, perception supersedes r...

An evocative and varied set of ten miniatures for string quartet. Over ten minutes, it explores moods ranging from contemplative to agitated.

Lias was fortunate to live for a week within the wilderness of Denali, a guest of the Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance. How humbling, how joyful an experience to explore this inspiring Alaskan land...

An evocative and meditative work for solo violin and optional fixed media.  Engage your audience in the magical and peaceful morning sounds of Isle Royale National Park.

A "knuckle-buster" for an adventurous saxophone quartet, this piece brings vibrant life to a variety of data-sorting techniques pioneered by the pioneering American computer scientist, Betty Holberton...

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) was one of the most popular, widely read and honored American poets of the 20th century; the two of his poems arguably most popular in the mainstream are "Stopping By Woods...

Voyager’s Passage takes listeners on an emotional voyage—one that reflects both the joy of memory and the courage of moving forward. Fragments of My Wild Irish Rose are woven throughout, serving as a...

Voyager’s Passage takes listeners on an emotional voyage—one that reflects both the joy of memory and the courage of moving forward. Fragments of My Wild Irish Rose are woven throughout, serving as a...

Elegy for the Alaskan Tundra is a sonic tribute to one of the planet’s most fragile and extraordinary landscapes. Inspired by the tundra’s surreal floor of mosses and lichens—and by its rapid decline...

Elegy for the Alaskan Tundra is a sonic tribute to one of the planet’s most fragile and extraordinary landscapes. Inspired by the tundra’s surreal floor of mosses and lichens—and by its rapid decline...