ORIGINAL WORKS

● BY THE BROOK
-2011-

The lyrics of this Chinese hymn were written by Titus Chu and the music by Yu Jin. There is yet no good English translation of this hymn, yet the story and the thought behind this beautiful song is touching and inspiring. Titus's wife struggled for many years with cancer, and several years ago, came very close to passing. As Titus was in the hospital, praying earnestly and yearning his wife's condition to improve, his thoughts turned to the Lord. He realized how much the Lord yearns for us, and is pained for our salvation. Even in the midst of deep anguish, the Lord's sufferings seem to overshadow his own troubles and convicted him of how little he gave to God, to aid in his suffering for mankind's salvation. This hymn reflects those thoughts.

- Ian Konopinski – Guitar
- Gideon Whitehead – Penny Whistle
- James Reinarz – Viola
- Julian Taylor – Violin
- Robert Nicholson – Cello

● WHEN I SURVEY
-2011-

This song is one of the pieces performed by the VIOS ensemble. It is an adaptation of "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross". The power and effect of the cross are often beyond our understanding, that the Son of the living God would come and be tortured and endure a horrible death for our sins.

- Julian Taylor – Piano
- James Reinarz – Viola
- Peter Elhardt – Cello

● BELIEF
-2011-

This was my first serious looping project, which I prepared for the Wooster Jam Session in April, 2011. I use Voodoo® Ground Control midi foot controller to control Ableton® Live as my main DAW, looping controller, and mixer. The piece uses violin, keyboard, and some snapping and hand-rubbing for percussive effects. The keyboard is split into two, a piano on the upper half and a bass synth on the lower half. Each half of the keyboard and almost every clip is routed to a seperate track so that, during performance, each clip can be added or subtracted individually from the whole mix. This was a big step in my artistic development, a successful experiment (at least in my mind) as to the possibilities of an entirely solo performance, but one that could have the effects and sound of a whole band.

● HORIZONS
-2009-

I wrote this song while doing an electronic music understudy at school. It started as an improvisation using solely a KORG MS2000R analog modeling synthesizing module. I then added other tracks using various software synths, such as Spectrasonics' Omnisphere and Absynth. The sounds that I was able to get out of the KORG inspired me to write something full of hope, like being on the fringe of a new life, a new beginning. I believe there is always hope, no matter how desperate life seems to have become. Something which I have discovered about life, is that, life seems to work in cycles. If the times are awful and full of darkness, before long, things will always begin looking up eventually. A new day always comes, the sun coming up over the horizon.

● 2-PART INVENTION     (bach) -2009-

This song also came out of the same electronic music understudy as "Horizons." My first assignment in the class was to rearrange a classical piece in an electronic medium. This was not the first time I had done this same thing (see the next two pieces, Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 by Bach and Gershwin's, It Ain't Necessarily So).

● PRELUDE in C Maj, BWV 846   (bach)-2009-

This was a personal project, originally spurred on by my brother who had recently learned this piece on the piano. He played it over and over again while I was visiting my family on Christmas break. I had the thought of transcribing onto the computer and then rearranging it so that there was at least one other version to listen to... !

● AMAZING GRACE-2008-

This was my first experimental piece combining both acoustic and electronic elements. My goal was to try and create something both spiritual meaningful, but also something that was attractive to the modern pop culture. This is also one of my most favorite hymns. God's sacrifice and saving grace have impacted my life beyond imagining.

● IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO   (gershwin)-2008-

This is one of Gershwin's most rearranged pieces, and I decided to try my hand at it. This was for another electronic music class which I took during the Junior year of my undergrad. This was also one of my first arrangements which I completed in an electronic form.

CLASSICAL RECORDINGS

DEMOS

● GENERAL DEMO

This demo features varying styles of music, from classical to jazz to latin. Designed to appeal to many different venues.

● STROLLING ITALIAN VIOLINIST
   DEMO

This is designed towards restaurants, featuring the style of playing that I would be performing in a fine-dining atmosphere. Repertoire is comprised classical, movie, and pop songs, Italian folk tunes, Sinatra, Bennett, and other classic tunes from the 50's and 60's, and more.

● ERIDANUS STRING QUARTET
   DEMO

This demo features the classical music of the Eridanus String Quartet. This music is most appealing for weddings, funerals, religious ceremonies, receptions, and more.