Music Composer
audio and video examples of my work
I often write new music for special occations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. In a way I am a Music Composer who will write custom music for all occations. Goto List of Compositions bottom of the page for information about cost. See below some of my compositional Work.
I also teach composition lessons.
Contact me at: levantmusicstudio2020@gmail.com
Syrodesy Flute Trio playing Wright Flight, a piece they commissioned in the Fall of 2023. National Flute Convention 7/8/2025
Left of Spring and Toccata and Fugue in Asia Minor as performed by Gretchen Germann, John Kurosawa and Candi Morris
Aurelian Oprea and Amanda Roberts playing my Violin Sonata September 2024
Jeffrey and Kimbell - one of my 6 note pieces. I was given Bb C# E F# G A and I wrote the piece based on those notes. Brent Eresman, Dr. Franklin Cox and Candi Morris are the performers.
This is just a Little Fun, which one 1st place in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Adult Music Composition Competition in 2023. Enjoy hearing - Brent Eresman, Dr. Franklin Cox, and Richard Begel who performed this on a COCOA Music Concert 2022.
A three part piece which is my Covid Piece called the Pheonix
This is my setting of Fr. Brian Baker's Blessing, which he took with him to his experience of Burning Man. It was his gift. He has since spoken and blogged about the experience.
Below is Father Brian Baker's sermon on his experience at Burning Man in 2015. Start it at the begining. For some reason it starts toward the end.
To read what he has to say about it on his blog:
https://www.deanbaker.org/2019/11/my-burning-man-blessing.html
This is from my Tea Shop CD Central Perc. It is for string quartet and is light music for tea time.
Light music for tea time, another string quartet piece.
This is Rinneadh Aisling Duinn (We Had a Vision)
an Irish language poem by Liam Mac Uistin.
I set his poem to music as part of my studies at the University of Limerick, The performance happened in Ireland in 2004. Alasdair Codona is the vocal soloist with UL students performing the instruments.
The begining of the piece is talking.
Prices for commissions
$40.00 a minute per line of music slow tempo
$70.00 a minute per line of music fast tempo
1 minute solo slow = $40.00
1 minute solo fast = $70.00
1 minute duet slow = $80.00
1 minute duet fast = $140.00
2 minutes trio slow = $160.00
2 minutes trio fast = $280.00
3 minutes quartet slow = $480.00
3 minutes quartet fast = $840.00
Vocal pieces, lyrics must be your own original
or in the public domain