Marching Percussion Solutions and Arrangements
If you are interested in pricing, score samples, or in consulting on an original show, feel free to contact me using the “Contact” tab above.
All of the shows below are available for purchase and are available to be customize for differences in instrumentation and difficulty. Programs who perform these shows will experience easy lines of communication throughout the season to guarantee the best final product. Additionally, I am glad to offer advising throughout a season.
I am also available for custom written shows. I can help with overall show design as well as battery and front ensemble arranging and basic sound design.
All shows will come with pdf parts and scores, and mp3s. More recent shows will also come with a MainStage file and samples. You may request the creation of a MainStage file for older shows if it currently does not exist.
I hope you enjoy the music I have written for various ensembles and skill levels.
If you are interested in pricing, score samples, or in consulting on an original show, feel free to contact me using the “Contact” tab above.
Marching Band
Designed Shows
I was a member of the design team for the following shows.
Among the Stars
MSBA Class AA Second Place and MSBA Class AA Best Percussion
For the Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2022 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.
Sons of Kronos
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2021 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.
MVT 1- Poseidon; MVT 2- Hades; MVT 3- Zeus
MVT 1 and 3 not shown for copyright.
3.6.5
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2019 season. Winds by Jacob Walker.
Based on the idea of a calendar year, this show hits a variety of genres and styles while traveling from one New Years to the next, hitting all the seasons in between. Music consists of: Auld Lang Syne, Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Summertime by Gershwin, Autumn Leaves, and Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Uprising
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2018. Winds by Jacob Walker.
This show uses “The Wall” by Pink Floyd, “Symphony No. 7” by Shostakovich, and “Do You Hear the People Sing” from Les Misérables.
The Tribe
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2017 season.. Winds by Jacob Walker.
This show uses “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky, Bulgarian Folk Song “Kaval Sviri,” “Baba Yetu” by Christopher Tin, and Original Music by Jacob Walker and James Vilseck.
The Hero’s Journey
Commissioned by the Fairborn High School Marching Band (OH) for the 2016 season. Based on the storytelling cycle of the same name, the show explores all the steps from the hero’s awakening to the end of the story. Music includes Beethoven’s Third Symphony, “Ein Heldenleben” by Struass, and original music by James Vilseck.
Arranged Shows Excerpts
I was the percussion arranger or battery arranger for the following shows.
Indoor Drumline
Le Critique
2023 TCGC Scholastic Percussion AA Silver Medalist
Written for Hudson High School Indoor Drumline (TX) for the 2023 season. The show follows the narrative of a group of chefs as they attempt to impress a critic who shows up to their kitchen. The source material includes Musetta's Waltz and La Vie en Rose.
The first movement explores kitchen related ideas and soundscapes. The second movement marks the arrival of the critic and a “romantic dinner” like setting to impress the critic. The final movement has the chefs scrambling to finish the meal and impress the critic one last time.
Copyright permissions for La Vie en Rose will need to be obtained.
Glow
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2022 Season.
Consisting of all original music, this show is about letting your inner light shine.
Dimensional
Written for Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2021 season. Moving from the first, to the second, and third dimensions musically and visually.
Montague
Written for Russell High School (KY) for Winter 2021. A one-movement, non-competitive work based on Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. Written for a limited number of players, there is currently no tenor line part.
Character Building
2019- WGI World Championships Percussion Scholastic A Semifinalist
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2019 season.
Character Building explores the foundation of what makes us all human. Playing off the phrase “Character Building,” the performers portray construction workers building a structure made of bricks with personality traits listed on them. The show explores a wide range of human emotions while demonstrating that every person has good and bad within them. The show features “Tornado” by Jonsi along with original music.
“You’re firing on all three cylinders, of intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic effect right now.” - WGI Championships PSA Prelims Music Effect Judge
Runaway
WGI Scholastic A Class; Commissioned by Murhpysboro High School Indoor Drumline (IL) for the 2019 season. Based on Kanye West’s song of the same name, this show attempts to escape the monotonous, “cookie cuter” world we live in and allow the members to “find themselves.”
Performance Video: Murphysboro HS
Flipped
WGI Scholastic A Class; Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline 2018 (OH). If you can flip it, it’s in this show: Sticks, coins, mallet instruments, bass drums… Consisting of all original music, the effects of this visual show will be sure to entertain your audience and judges.
“Other than doing cartwheels with drums on, I don’t think there is anything else you could have done with that concept.” -WGI Championship PSA Visual Effect Judge
Performance Link: Fairborn HS
The Final Lap
Commissioned by Murphysboro High School Indoor Drumline (IL) for the 2018 season. This show explores an exciting race from the start, through a tragic crash, and all the way to the finish. We’ve got all your racing flags covered here. The commissioning group also incorporated a guitar solo in the opening moments!
The Turing Test
Commissioned by Fairborn High School Indoor Drumline (OH) for the 2017 season. It is based on the thoughts of Alan Turing, this show explores the jagged line of artificial intelligence and humans.
How I Wonder What You Are
Commissioned by Fairborn High School (OH) for the 2016 season. Using “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” along side Holst’s classic, “The Planets,” this show explores the wonders and terrors of space.
College and Cadences
Fury
An advanced drum cadence written for the University of Kentucky Drumline. This was written specifically for the members I had, and this was quite a capable group. This video is from the KMEA State Championship Finals retreat. We are missing a few members who were playing at an away game, so the drumline was a bit smaller for this performance.
University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band
For the 2017-2019 football seasons, I was a percussion arranger for the UK Wildcat Marching Band. I wrote the battery parts for most of the halftime shows in this period. You can check those shows at https://www.youtube.com/user/WildcatMarchingBand. This particular show was a favorite of mine from 2019 where we played various TV show themes. Enjoy!
Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack Marching Band (TX)
Percussion Arranger for both Battery and Front Ensemble
Halftime Charts
A small selection of some of the halftime charts I arranged for the University of Kentucky Drumline. Each year, the charts were catered to the specific students in the line. Wind parts for these charts were arranged by Doug Dee.
Cadences
Cadences from various ensembles written for specific situations.