Symphony No. 1

Project (M.M., Music (Composition))--California State University, Sacramento, 2012.Symphony No. 1 is a culmination of all of the ???tools??? of composition which I have acquired through my studies with Leo Eylar at Sacramento State. It is also intended as an improvement in both writing technique and orchestration on the first orchestral composition I wrote, entitled Bride of the Wind, from 2007. This symphony is a multi-movement piece for full orchestra, with the first two and last two movements combined into one flowing movement each, essentially dissecting the work into two halves. The music is inspired by many sources, but most notably by 20th century orchestral works. The first movement is inspired at its core by ???The Canyon??? by Phillip Glass; the second movement inspired by the Andante tranquilo of Samuel Barber???s Symphony No. 1. The third movement is a scherzo/waltz, and the fourth is based and inspired by a previously unperformed and unfinished work of my own (originally for string orchestra).Music (Composition