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I have a strong passion for arranging, as I am very interested in orchestration, timbre, groove, style, and serving the music and the musicians in different creative ways. I have arranged both by notation, and by ear and strive to be adaptable to what each different situation needs. As well as commission work, I can also for example work with songwriters or co-arrange with other musicians for different scenarios. Areas of expertise include choral music, musical theatre/vaudeville, chamber ensembles, brass ensembles, jazz, and singer-songwriter.
Feel free to also reach out if you need help making clear parts and scores, I can advise you or you can hire me as a copyist!
Selected Experience
Choral Arranging
Sibelius's Finlandia with English text "This Is My Song" arranged for SATB choir, piano and two trumpets for Kristina Berney's funeral service at First Lutheran Church in Astoria, OR Jan 2024
traditional Ukrainian folk song "Chornobryvtsi" co-arranged with Gvantsa Japaridze in 2022 for Sibelius Academy's Global Choir, and it was performed in Spring 2022. listen to the demo here: on.soundcloud.com/gkdF1q1S8FBgQE4b9
I adapted an arrangement of 'Minä Suojelen Sinua Kaikelta' by Ultra Bra for Symbioosi Kuoro, premiere Spring 2023
Porcellos
Since 2020 I have been an arranger for "Porcellos", (Portland, Oregon), arranging popular songs from different genres for 2 cellos, 3 cellos, or 2 cellos/bass.
arrangements: Gavotte - David Popper Hedwig's Theme - John Williams from 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police Message In a Bottle - The Police Spirits In a Material World - The Police Farandole - George Bizet from 'Carmen' Dream On - Aerosmith Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
adaptations: Aragonaise - (adapted for 3 cellos from arr. by Steven Rocky) - George Bizet from 'Carmen' If I Fell - (adapted from arr. by James Blanche) - John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Ease on Down the Road" from "The Wiz" soundtrack arranged for musical theatre ensemble in 2019, under teaching of Jeri Sykes's Musical Theatre Arranging 1 course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCp7fEWqD0
Additionally, I arranged 3 musical theatre pieces for "Curtain Up" Spring 2020 Berklee Musical Theatre review, but the show was cancelled due to Covid-19
Singer-Songwriter Co-arranging/lauluntekija yhteis-sovittaaminen "Scar Eyes" written by Aidan Donnelly, arranged and recorded with Aidan for "Patchwork" collaborative album in May 2020
Studies Arranging for mixed styles, groove writing and popular harmony with Rick Mclaughlin, Nicholas Urie, Joe Mulholland, Jeri Sykes, and Timo Alakotila Orchestration with Panogiotis Liaropoulos and Andrew List Additional composition courses taken include studying under Alla Cohen (Fugue Writing and Counterpoint), Mischa Salkind-Pearl (Italian Composers of the Late 19th Century), Rick Maclaughlin (Music of Stevie Wonder), and Marti Epstein (Takemitsu, John Cage, Morton Feldman) Music History courses taken include Western Classical Music History 1-2 (Dennis LeClaire) and Music of the African Diaspora.