Amber Waves was born from the composers love for our great country. Full and sonorous scoring brings to life the brilliant landscapes around this land....
Awake is a groove-oriented piece about coming alive, existing, and finding oneself. It explores texture and meter amongst a mostly consistent pulse and simple...
Baroque Celebration is based on what might have happened if a baroque composer would have had access to the incredible forces of the modern wind ensemble. The...
Dawn Refrains at Arlington is brilliantly scored and is full of depth and emotion. In tribute to the American Heroes who have sacrificed to preserve and...
for Percussion Quartet
ImPULSE is a rhythmically driving percussion quartet based around a quarter note pulse. This pulse grows in intensity until the very...
Both of these two lovely marimba solos express a sense of nostalgia. The Prelude is a chorale that leaves nearly every aspect of musical interpretation up to...
Using very simple melodic ideas and solely diatonic pitches, Hirt has created a quietly majestic work in Reflection that tugs at the heart strings and...
Sea of Tranquility is a soft and touching piece for developing band that explores the lunar phenomenon of the same name. Hirt's use of flowing lines and...
Trance is a marimba solo filled with rhythmic drive and groove that explores the full dynamic range of the instrument while still maintaining a sense of...
