Original Compositions
String Orchestra
Pax
A moving and expressive work of both joy and sorrow.
Length: 3 minutes and 20 seconds
Difficulty: Grade 3
Recording: Sampled mockup by Matthew Jackfert
Buy it here: Pax – JW Pepper
Full Orchestra
(pieces in “Full Orchestra” are not yet published or available for sale, but I wanted to include them because I like them)
Helena
3:30 minutes
Orchestration: 3 2 3 3 | 4, 3, 2, 1 | timp., 2 perc., harp, piano | strings
Intermediate
Three Bad Men
5 minutes
Orchestration: 2 2 2 2 | 4 2 3 1 | timp., 3 perc., piano | strings
Intermediate
Arrangements
Si ch’io vorrei morire – Claudio Monteverdi (1603)
An Italian madrigal set to strings, capturing the excitement and torment of love in the Renaissance.
Duration: 3 minutes
Difficulty: Grade 2
Recording: MIDI mockup
Buy it here: Si ch’io vorrei morire – JW Pepper
Venetian Boat Song – Felix Mendelssohn (1830)
A dark and brooding lyric song of the Romantic era, depicting the gondoliers of Venice.
Duration: 2 minutes
Difficulty: Grade 2.5
Recording: MIDI mockup
Buy it here: Venetian Boat Song – JW Pepper
Prelude in B minor – Frédéric Chopin (1839)
A dark and plodding largo, originally for piano solo, arranged for the depth of a string orchestra.
Length: 2 minutes
Difficulty: Grade 2
Recording: MIDI mockup
Buy it here: Prelude in B minor – JW Pepper