The pieces below are my side compositions, usually composed for one purpose only. Many are jokes, some are gifts, some are experiments, some are compositional excercises, and some are purely composed for leisure purposes.
As such, many of these compositions are a lot more lighthearted, in contrast to the drama and heavyheartedness of my more recent opuses.
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During a visit with a faraway friend, she suggested that we compose something collaboratively.
A short theme and variations of "Happy Birthday to You" for solo clarinet written for a faraway friend.
This is a short piano waltz I composed for Mother's Day of 2023. The F minor first theme, simple and Chopin-esque in character is gently introduced, and the second theme in the relative major A-flat major adds a layer of humour with its comedic ornaments.
My own written cadenza for the opening movement of Bernhard Henrik Crusell's Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, which I performed with the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra in April 2023, and its performance was also met with 1st place in the Performing Arts BC and Canada West Festivals for Summer 2023.
This is a short fanfare I hurriedly composed the day before my father's 47th birthday. Its motive spells Edwin using music, with "E" and "D", being their respective note letters, "W" meaning a whole step, "I" meaning the first scale degree, and "N" for a Neapolitan chord. I have also buried a few melodies from the television shows/podcasts he enjoys.
This is a short fanfare I hurriedly composed the day before my father's 47th birthday. Its motive spells Edwin using music, with "E" and "D", being their respective note letters, "W" meaning a whole step, "I" meaning the first scale degree, and "N" for a Neapolitan chord. I have also buried a few melodies from the television shows/podcasts he enjoys.
This soundtrack was composed to be a part of a Film Production assignment at Esquimalt High School.
On Father's Day of 2021, I decided to write a last-moment fugue based on the theme music of Formula 1 composed by Brian Tyler, as my father and I enjoy watching the sport on TV together.
A tendency of mine is to leave a task incomplete until it is nearly too late, and this piece is no exception. My mother's birthday on January 17 came quickly, and two days prior I had nothing for her. I decided to hurriedly whip up a quick piano waltz in an hour, whose motif I am sure is derivative of countless romantic piano works.
A short fast-paced duet inspired by, as the title suggests, running for the bus.
Every so often, I find myself hitting metaphorical roadblocks while working on my serious compositions. In an attempt to refresh my mind and recharge my creative stamina, I decided to try absolutely letting go and “free writing” per se on a blank orchestral template, without concern about the complexity, originality, or quality in general.
Every so often, I find myself hitting metaphorical roadblocks while working on my serious compositions. In an attempt to refresh my mind and recharge my creative stamina, I decided to try absolutely letting go and “free writing” per se on a blank orchestral template, without concern about the complexity, originality, or quality in general.
This short fanfare, which blasts in my head during my many past failed efforts to soclialize and make friends, I have composed for the most grand disappointments in life.
After my school's (now former) band director (Jennifer Kelly) announced that she was going to leave my middle school (Rockheights Middle School), A student (Sydney Jackson) approached me and asked me to hastily compose in time for the year-end concert a choral piece in Mrs. Kelly's honour from the lyrics she had jotted down.
Sorrow and despair linger in this piece with the somber drones of the concert plastic lid and straw. This is a short sonata I created using samples of rubbing a straw up and down the lid of a plastic Starbucks cup.
This is the first waltz that I have composed. I was assigned to hand-write a cello duet waltz in G Major during my cello lessons.
The euphonious sounds of the concert kazoo flow harmoniously with the mellow tones of the toy piano in this work of "perfection".
This is my first handwritten piece. I was assigned to write an 8 measure solo cello piece during my lessons.
This is a short and profoundly low piece I created using the lowest and the rarest of instruments.
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