Triove: Siam Mais

Siam Mais was first preformed April 19th, 2008 at Florida Southern College’s Anne MacGregor Jenkins Recital Hall. It was performed for Phi Mu Alpha’s American Composers Recital directed by Brandon Bair. Although the recital itself was one of the most awkward recitals I’ve seen during my career at Florida Southern the performance went well. I was very pleased with both Matthew Habib, tenor and Sara Gibbs, piano performance. They were great to work with for the couple of weeks prior and really gave me an insight into writing for these particular instruments. I started to write Triove simply because Habib asked me to write him a piece. We had shared several classes together in the past and liked each others work. After years and several projects later I finally begun to work on it. I knew I had to get some lyrics from somewhere. It just so happened that I [...]

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Siam Mais
Triove - II. Wants of Some Desires
Triove: Wants of Some Desires
I have officially begun working on the second movement of Triove entitled “Wants of Some Desires”. Each movement represents a different kind of love. The first (Siam Mais) is about an innocent love where the narrator could not contain his heart even if he wanted to. The second movement is about love gone astray...
Classical Guitar Performance by Jason Andrews
If Heaven Were to Know: Prelude
I’d first like to note that details in this post have been summarized to shorten otherwise lengthy explanations. The Story June 30th is a very special day for me. Five years ago my mother had succumb to her cancer. She had been fighting it valiantly for years but eventually it proved to be too much. Although I miss her...

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Musical Couch
Musical Couch
This particular piece has a long history. It first started out as a “spoof” on Green Day’s “Espionage” back when I was 16. I played it at several concerts with my band called Look What I Can Doo (yes there are 2 ‘o’s in doo for a reason). Rather than mimicking the “spy song”...

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