"Mostly, I write the music I want to
write. It is my sincere hope that
people will buy my scores, love them, and
play them. If I'm lucky, my music
will live beyond my own
imagination."
While I
don't pursue commissions,
occasionally those stars
will align. My
commission fee is $25
per voice per
minute. Piano
counts as 2 voices. News: 2026
FLUTES4KIDS Commission: All
Aboard for 2 flutes with
extended techniques &
theatrics.
www.flutes4kids.com
2025 Release: Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
arranged for 6 flutes (picc, 3 C fl, alto,
bass). Sheet Music 2025 Release: Flute Ensembles I
Collection of 5 pieces for 4-6 Flutes in
different combinations. Sheet Music
Fledgling (piccolo & flute)
performed at FFA Convention Jan 2025 by
Jacksonville Flute Duo. Video Storybook Fanfare
(various arrangements) >>>
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of Works - Download Printable
Catalog
(pdf)
Instrumental
Chamber Music
(including solos)
* All Aboard (3:30)
- 2 Flutes (with Introductory Extended
Techniques and Theatrics)
Commissioned by FLUTES4KIDS -
Inspired by the zoo train - Not
available until Spring 2027
* Carnival Walk
(9:00) - Trio or Quartet in 4 mvts (3rd
Edition 2020) - (Videos Below) - Sheet Music
1. Trio: Fl-Cl-Bsn
(original) 2.
Trio: Ob-Cl-Bsn 3.
Trio: Picc-Fl-Alto Fl
4. Trio: Fl-Cl (Bb/Bass)-Sax
(Alto/Bari) 5.
Quartet: Fl-Ob-Cl-Bsn
Fl/Cl/Sax for Triage Woodwind
Trio; Quartet for 9B Woodwind Quartet
* Desert Song
(7-7:30) - Trumpet and Piano in 2
movements - (Video Below) - SheetMusic
Commissioned by Triston
Hanson
* Elegy (5:00) -
Flute* and Piano (*or ob, cl, a sax, horn,
violin) - Sheet Music
For Jeanne Huebner
* Eviction (1:00) -
Live Timpani and Fixed Media - (Demo
& Media Below) *FREE*
* Flamingo! (5:45)
- Quartet: 3 C Flutes, 1 Alto Flute - Sheet Music
Commissioned
by Dr. Elizabeth Robinson &
featured on album Aviary
* Fledgling (3:00)
- Duet: Piccolo and Flute (Theodore
Presser) - (Video Below) - Sheet Music
For a family of Carolina
Wrens that made a nest above my door
* Flute Ensembles I
(15:00 total) - Music for 4-6 flutes
(collection) - (Video Below) - Sheet Music
The Clock - Carnival Walk 4th
mvt - Nutcracker: Mirlitons - Storybook
Fanfare - Papillon: The Butterfly Story
Carnival Walk 4th mvt quintet
for the First Coast Flute Choir
* Hard Place (3:45)
- Duet: 2 Flutes (Theodore Presser) - (Video
Below) - Sheet Music
* McKennon's March
(2:15) - 2 Fifes/Piccolos with optional
Snare - (Video Below) - Sheet Music
* New Perspective
(4:00) - Duet: Flute (or Sop Sax) and
Percussion - (Video Below) - Sheet Music
Percussion: Marimba, 5 Wood
Blocks, Shaker
* Ollie the Alligator
(7:45) - Quartet + Narrator: Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Bassoon, Narrator - Sheet Music
Quartet version for 9B Woodwind
Quartet (Also available as large
ensemble)
* Papillon: The
Butterfly Story (4:15-6:45) - Quintet:
Piccolo, 3 Flutes, Alto Flute, opt.
Narrator - Sheet Music
(Arrangement of
Papillon/Kohler with optional traditional
story)
Chamber
Playlist:
Carnival Walk (4)
Desert Song
Eviction (2)
Fairy Tales (score)
Fledgling
Hard Place
Flute Ensembles I
McKennon's March
N Perspective (score)
Rival
Storybook (Perc.)
String Quartet No. 1
Thunderpaws
Variations
W Journey (score)
Baby Elephant Walk
Planxty Mary Ellen
Large Ensemble
Music (Instrumental)
* Backyard Polka &
Segue Jig (4:45) - Medley for Full
Orchestra - Instrumentation Community Orchestra
friendly - (Score Video Below)
- Sheet Music
Dedicated to the First Coast
Pops Orchestra
* Brian Boru's March
(5:30) - Full Orchestra - Instrumentation
Irish Traditional arranged
for Orchestra - (Score Video Below
) - Sheet Music
For the Civic Orchestra of
Jacksonville
* Emergence (8:30)
- Full Orchestra - Instrumentation
Original piece for Orchestra
- (Video Below)- Sheet Music
For the Jacksonville
University Orchestra
* Ollie the Alligator
3rd Ed. (7:45) - Narrator and Orchestra OR
Concert Band Instrumentation
Original narrated musical
story - - (Score Videos Below) - Sheet Music
* Storybook Fanfare
(0:45 - 1:00) - Full Orchestra - Instrumentation Community Orchestra
friendly - (Score Video Below)
- Download free Sheet Music
Premiered by A Summer
Orchestra Clinics
* We Wish You A Merry
Christmas (1:15-1:30 Encores) - Full
Orchestra - Instrumentation Community Orchestra
Edition -and- College
Orchestra Edition (Score Video
Below) - Sheet Music
Both community & college
editions sold together
For the First Coast Pops
Orchestra (Community) and the
Jacksonville University Orchestra (College)
Voice
Playlist:
3 Songs Voice/Timp
Arrow & the Song
May
Sherwood Lullaby
Upside Down
The album Aviary
by Elizabeth Robinson features Flamingo!
(flute quartet) by McKennon.
Review: "McKennon's 'Flamingo' is
one of my favorite tracks-it's easy
to imagine the elegant, ridiculous
birds engaging in a slightly
unbalanced mating dance, which
follows a more martial section."
-Jessica Dunnavant, The Flutist
Quarterly (Summer '23)
Review: "...McKennon's Flamingo!
paints a ground-based ballet of
flamingoes with great wit, again for
flute ensemble. Another
expert, light touch at work from the
composer here, and the influence of
ballet (Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker to
the fore, it seems) is clear.
This disc presents music that is
clever, delightful, and sometimes
thought-provoking, all in excellent
performances. Not just for
flutists." -Colin Clarke,
Fanfare Magazine issue 49:3 (Jan/Feb
2026)
Order
your copy in digital format or
physical CD: Aviary
Ongoing
Projects:
Let the Darkness Speak Suite
for Flute (or Piccolo) and Piano
Includes: Aftermath, Dead Trees
& Tangled Roots, October Moon
(picc/piano, 4:30), Elegy
(fl/piano, 5:00)
Darkness
comes in many forms. It may be
the time of day, a haunting,
disappointment, or grief and
loss. When those shadows move
in, the only way through is
through. Let's explore.
Original
Songs in a Folk Style
Collection of original songs for Voice
and Piano
May include: Solitary Journey,
Sherwood Lullaby, Lesson Learned,
Upside Down, Shelter from the Storm,
Unanswered Questions, Fleeting
Glimpse, Brother's Keeper*, and
Promise*.
Mostly written for performance in an
acoustic duo I was part of, I am
re-imagining and notating these songs
for voice and piano. I don't
want the songs to die just because my
duo ended. Lead sheet chords
will be included. *Jeff Parker,
co-writer (and former duo partner in
Road Less Traveled)
Fanfare in the
Weeds (est 7-9 minutes) for Narrator
(optional) and Full Orchestra (or
subset thereof) - Instrumentation
Dedicated to
Dr. June Hammond whose
conversations helped inspire this
idea.
A narrated stroll through weeds
commonly found in southern lawns
(Clover, Crabgrass, Dandelion,
Dollarweed, Frogfruit) and their
nemesis, the HOA. (We can't
forget the HOA, can we?)
Each weed is introduced and
depicted in a short fanfare.
The fanfares may also be performed
individually without narration to
introduce a concert. Suggestion:
Start each concert of the season
with a single un-narrated
fanfare. At the final
concert, play the entire series
with narration. Estimated
completion: TBD This
project is an evolving process -
details are subject to change.
Other Ideas ...
Peasants Rejoice (flute, guitar)
transcribed for flute, cello, piano trio (in
process)
Pieces designed for Community Orchestras
Metallurgy - Brass 5tet (in process)
Zoo Album - Flute Duets/Ensemble (ideas dancing in
my head)
Suite 108 (relates to a movie score I did)
More narrated musical stories
More arrangements of Ollie the Alligator
Tin Whistle duet book (in process on the back
burner)
Complete/revise pieces written in school
(Frankenstein)
