Bridal Processionals Completed!!

I am so excited!! Tonight I finished the third and final processional. Now I have a complete set of 3 processionals for my friend to chose from!!! If anyone is interested in listening to these pieces or ANY of my current works, here is the link:

http://www.youngcomposers.com/pg/Music/jawoodruff

Just click music above where it say's my name! Let me know if you like any!

A student!

I was talking to a friend in the Philippines the other day. He is a very charitable person - he has set up a program to assist the local youths in his village. The program provides musical instruction and vocal training to impoverished youths. He uses the opportunity to create music to be performed by the choir. Well, he has been struggling with some of the intricacies of music composition. Halfway through the conversation he asked humbly if I could take him under my wing and teach him! I accepted. So the result is now that I have my first student!!! Given the fact that he does charity to the youths there I've decided to give him the lessons free of charge. Hopefully it will give me the experience teaching and I can acquire more students.

Pestis Eram

Well, I completed work on the A Capella piece: Pestis eram! The form is ternary, a sectional form comprised of 2 parts - the first part being repeated. I'm lukewarm to this piece - though, I feel that my contrapuntal writing has improved - I feel the work could be much better.

New Work Started

With the first submission submitted and 3 others to go. I set down last night and began working on my a capella vocal piece. The text for this work is one that I have been wanting to set for quite some time. At the beginning of Poe's Metzengerstein is a quote by Martin Luther: Living I was your plague, dying I shall be your death. This text is powerful to me in both meaning and power. When I first seen it, I knew that it deserved musical setting! So, onward I compose!