2022 Composition Goals

In January of 2022 i was coming off of a big slump in my writing. From September of 2020 to December of 2021 I had only written a 2 minute percussion duo (which was published so yay!). That period of my life was very draining on me and I made a vow to make the time to create more music in 2022. So, I made a goal of writing twelve pieces of music, one a month, for the new year. Today I have achieved that goal I am happy to say. Not only has this been the most productive year for me as a composer, but interest in my music is the highest it has ever been. This has led to several commissions and performances of my newly composed works. I hope to continue this pace and complete some long overdue pet projects of mine, which include:

• Expanding He Cried Out into a 8 movement work.
• Writing my first work for orchestra
• Writing more music for woodwinds. I really enjoyed writing for woodwinds this year and would like to do more in the future. I am thinking of writing a sonata for either saxophone of clarinet. 

Two Dragons published by Tapspace

Two Dragons is now available for purchase from Tapspace Publications.

Tapspace · Two Dragons (Wes Stephens)

He Cried Out Premiere

He Cried Out for string trio and three voices was premiered today. I had the pleasure of rehearsing and conducting the ensemble and even got to conduct Arvo Part's Stabat Mater which was quite a thrill. Hope you enjoy the music

Wesley W. Stephens · He Cried Out

Tales From Dimension X

Tales from Dimension X, my grade 2 work for band, can now be purchased from JW Pepper. They have also  selected it for an Editor´s Choice award! Fun times. 

Blóm

I just received the premiere recordingof Blóm from Duo Harpverk. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did.

Wesley W. Stephens · Blóm for Harp and Percussion