Today I present my original composition, COUNTRY DANCE #3.  I completed this piece in 2005 and scored it for guitar.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:

This little piece is the third of three country dances I wrote for the guitar.  They are meditations on the bucolic joy to be found in our natural world. 

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COUNTRY DANCE #3, Copyright©2005 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, CRY OF THE MORNING LOON.  I completed this piece in 2021 and scored it for English horn.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the printed score: 

Composed for my father on our birthday (we were both born on March 10), this music continues a noticeable trend in my work toward a rather eclectic ethnicism.  Due, in part, to the fabulous world instruments sample library I am fortunate to possess, I am free to explore the many exotic musical techniques and scale patterns that so fascinate me.  Note, however, that I composed this music for the English horn—a well established western instrument!

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CRY OF THE MORNING LOON, Copyright©2021 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, SAVANNAH.  I completed this piece in 1994 and scored it for African instruments.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the printed score:

 In 1994 I was hired to compose a theme for a college telecourse titled, THE AFRICANS.  This is a remix of the low fidelity original, using samples of genuine African instruments!

Drums:

ashiko
kpanlogos
bourarabou
djembe
dondo

Winds:

mijwiz
arghul

Strings:

kora
ngoni

Other Percussion:

balafon
gyil
kalimbas
mbira
sistrum

Synthesizer

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SAVANNAH, Copyright©1994 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, ARABESQUE.  I completed this piece in 2003 and scored it for piano.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:

This is another of my compositions for piano.

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ARABESQUE, Copyright©2003 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, THE RINGS OF SATURN.  I completed this piece in 2018 and scored it for synthesizers.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:

I composed this music as a Christmas gift for my family.  Given its unearthly sound, I felt a title such as that on which I settled was fitting.

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THE RINGS OF SATURN, Copyright©2018 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, MOTHER AND CHILD.  I completed this piece in 2020 and scored it for soprano (mother), soprano (child), and piano.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:

As one who lost Mother early in life, the subject of this most special relationship has always been of heightened importance for me.  While my own memories of Mother are precious and few, I hope that those who listen while reading my father’s inspired words will find renewed appreciation for she who bore thee.

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MOTHER AND CHILD, Copyright©2020 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde. All rights reserved

Today I present my original composition, A KISS FROM BROTHER.  I completed this piece in 1989 and scored it for violin, celesta, and synthesizer.  Below is a screenshot of the title page from the autograph score:

This is a lullaby I wrote for my beloved sister.

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A KISS FROM BROTHER, Copyright©1989 DamonMusic by Sean Damon Rohde.  All rights reserved