The title refers to the Wynwood Art District in Miami, Florida home to galleries and graffiti murals of artists from all over the world. The piece is a collection of short musical impressions of five graffiti murals.
Originally The Wynwood Project Suite No.1 was composed for wind quintet. It was commissioned and premiered by the Solstice Quintet, a faculty ensemble from Washington State University. The 2026 orchestral version for the most part, follows the original composition, but has been expanded in some areas of the movements. The title refers to the Wynwood Art District, a northern suburb of Miami, Florida that is home to over 70 galleries, museums and art collections, including the Wynwood Walls, an outdoor permanent exhibit featuring hundreds of graffiti murals from some of the world’s most renowned street artists. This first suite is a collection of short musical impressions of five of these graffiti murals entitled: 1) “Aliens are Coming” / 2) “Lizard” / 3) “Hamburger Man and the Tree People” / 4) “Angel of Harmony and Child” / 5) “Blue Man”.
Scored for: 2 Fl./2 Ob./2 Cl./B.Cl./2 Bsn./4 Hn./3 Trpt./2 Trb./B.Trb./Tba./Timp./3 Perc./Strings
The "Wynwood Project No. 2" is the second composition in an ongoing endeavor of musical caricatures inspired by street art found in the Wynwood district, a northern suburb of Miami, Florida. The concert band work is in four movements: 1) Diagonals / 2) Robot Man / 3) Walker's Women / 4) Kenny's Colorful Characters
The Wynwood Project No. 2 is the second composition in an ongoing endeavor of musical caricatures inspired by street art found in the Wynwood district, a northern suburb of Miami, Florida. The piece begins with a movement entitled Diagonals, which refers to the description of the main Wynwood office building located on 2750 NW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL. The building spans an entire city block and is painted entirely in black and white diagonal lines. The music represents this with constant melodic scale lines moving up and down through the entire movement. The second movement entitled Robot Man is scored for only orchestral winds and percussion. Two murals of robots, one functioning and one breaking down inspire the music. Both pictures are found on the side of buildings within the district and have a stunning 3D effect to them. Movement three entitled Walker’s Women (“For Gabrielle”) refers to London-based artist David Walker. His work is not only found in the Wynwood area but in many other cities around the world that feature street art. Most of his works focus on the portraits women’s faces, which are layered with color, motion, and emotion that are both beautiful and haunting. The last movement entitled Kenny’s Colorful Characters pays tribute to the art of Kenny Sharf, an American painter who lives in Los Angeles. His lively cartoon characters are humorous and quite animated. The music is an inspirational blend of Dmitri Shostakovich and Carl Stalling, the composer of many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon soundtracks of over 50 years ago. The Wynwood Project No.2 was commissioned by Dr. Danh Pham for the Washington State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Scored for: Picc/2Fl./2Ob./3Cl./B.Cl./2A.Sax/T.Sax/B.Sax/2Bsn./4Hrn./3Trpt./3 Trb./Euph./Tba./Timp./4 Perc./Piano
A shuffle blues in F major written for young intermediate jazz bands. Lots of open space for the players to solo!
2:34A.M. Shuffle is a blues shuffle that was written for younger bands in mind…Junior High/High School at an intermediate level. Solo section is open for anyone and everyone wanting to play F major blues. There’s also a sax soli and a shout chorus to challenge your group. A perfect piece for jazz festivals. And oh, by the way…why is it called 2:34 A.M. Shuffle?? That's what time it was when I came up with the title for the tune! Just a fun piece to play!
A driving mixed meter prog-rock chart for advanced bands. A great closer for any concert!
