The Mute Quire (Musical Score for Original Theater Piece)

June 2012
Original music for theater production written by Jim Manganello and Paul Manganello

Instrumentation: piano, percussion, electronics

Produced by Fratellanza

Debuted at the New Theater Project, Ypsilanti MI, June 2012

Remounted in at the Galway Fringe Festival, Galway, Ireland 2014

Winner of “Best International Production” at the Galway Fringe Festival 2014

Ask the Sun Rays (for large jazz ensemble)

Purchase the score here, and the score and parts here.

May 2011
For Jazz Ensemble

I wrote this piece at the very end of my undergrad. It’s for a large jazz ensemble. It’s never been performed, and I would love to have it performed one day! If you’re interested in having your ensemble play it, please let me know.

This piece takes its title from a lyric by the rapper Dudley Perkins: “There’s a message in my music / these is the last days / do I need to prove it? / just ask the sun rays” from the Georgia Anne Muldrow track “To the Stage” from her album King’s Ballad.