The existence of fairy godmothers implies the existence of fairy godfathers. Imagine Marlon Brando with little cute wings.

New piece! Valkyrie, grade 1 Concert Band, available now from Randall Standridge Music!

Listen and purchase here:
randallstandridge.com/music-catalo...

The best quote I’ve heard in a while:

“The only stupidity is the decision to stop learning”.

New piece! I was so happy to be in Guelph this week to premiere a commission for them! Three movements, grade 3.5, I wish I could share more on Bluesky, but, character limit!

I hope you enjoy Coat of Arms!

www.mattneufeldmusic.com/coat-of-arms

Three fish are in a tank.

One of them looks at the others and says, “does anybody know how to drive this thing?”

I wrote a piece for Ukraine last year. It’s based on a Ukrainian folk song that essentially says “the spirit of Ukraine will go on”.

youtu.be/X1UdSPjiP7I

TO THE SKIES!

My new Level 1 piece for concert band with MakeMusic/Alfred is out now! It has optional 16-bit backing track and the ensemble used it with all its SNES airship music inspired wonder.

Purchase link in the comments!

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Another #blackhistorymonth jazz post: if you don’t know who Jon Batiste is, you’re missing out.

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I’m not great at posting often, but today in jazz band we talked about Oscar Peterson as one of Canada’s greatest jazz musicians to celebrate #blackhistorymonth. I’ve got lots, but what black Canadian musicians would you share? Jazz or classical adjacent please!

Why couldn’t Anakin Skywalker buy groceries?

His Mastercard was declined.

(I’ll show myself out now)

So Bluesky, huh? I never really got into Twitter but I’m gonna give this a shot. #composersofbluesky