Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

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...

Dimension Intervention is a high-stakes, cinematic work for advanced wind ensemble that thrusts listeners into a world on the brink. Earth is under siege—not by hostile invaders, but by an alien armad...

Dimension Intervention is a high-stakes, cinematic work for advanced wind ensemble that thrusts listeners into a world on the brink. Earth is under siege—not by hostile invaders, but by an alien armad...

In the realm of music, bonds are woven that transcend the ordinary. It's a universal language that fosters deep understanding, nurtures camaraderie, and births friendships that stand the test of time....

In the realm of music, bonds are woven that transcend the ordinary. It's a universal language that fosters deep understanding, nurtures camaraderie, and births friendships that stand the test of time....

The pericón is a folk dance of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile, and is widely considered (along with the tango) to be the national dance of both Uruguay and Argentina. This version, entitled "...

The pericón is a folk dance of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile, and is widely considered (along with the tango) to be the national dance of both Uruguay and Argentina. This version, entitled "...

Dance of the Spider Lilies is dedicated to Iris "June" Evans Poole. Before illness limited her mobility, June was often seen dancing on her porch beside her garden, surrounded by the bright blossoms s...

Dance of the Spider Lilies is dedicated to Iris "June" Evans Poole. Before illness limited her mobility, June was often seen dancing on her porch beside her garden, surrounded by the bright blossoms s...

Ebullience for Trumpet Ensemble is a full-bodied concert piece, ranging from clarion fanfares to soft dynamicism, with a catchy main theme throughout. Campo has successfully expanded the piece into fu...

With a touch of Hitchcockian drama, mystery, and suspense, Pursued evokes a frenzied chase scene. A brief respite is fraught with tension, and then the chase resumes. A dynamic soundscape for advanced...

Attending a workshop in New York City, Lias took an evening excursion to the American Ballet Theatre, where he was exposed to what he terms 'the evocative and inflammatory music of the tarantella. ' T...

Designed to reinforce eighth-note patterns and 3/4 time, this composition is a fun and effective festival-style piece that depicts swashbuckling adventurers!

This macabre work for concert band musically illustrates the time of night when dark forces gather to celebrate and do their mischief. Four connected quarters of the piece are all announced by 'Big Be...

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...

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...

The Author’s Suite is a collection of three pieces that each celebrate a favorite author of mine: L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice), and Mary Shelley (Frankenste...