Iโm starting to do more writing and reflecting on the year so far. My goodness, what a year itโs been so far.
The first of a few in the coming weeks is on the Arcadia, which you can check out here!
kenleykristofferson.com/2025/07/21/a...
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Teacher of some pretty great high school musicians. Composer for band, choir, orchestra, and video games.
Iโm starting to do more writing and reflecting on the year so far. My goodness, what a year itโs been so far.
The first of a few in the coming weeks is on the Arcadia, which you can check out here!
kenleykristofferson.com/2025/07/21/a...
I really enjoyed the Earthbound USA documentary. What an amazing time capsule of what it was like to be on the Web 1.0 internet in the mid-90s; of unofficial fan pages and IRC and the communities that sprouted from things that we loved.
18.07.2025 02:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Much love to you, Jets. Thanks for a great season โค๏ธ
18.05.2025 03:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0NEW PIECE! - โGreat Blue Heronโ
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay District Secondary School Senior Concert Band, it follows the tumultuous migration of the Great Blue Heron, including the trepidation of leaving home and the hardship that takes us to our destination!
youtu.be/YnUlmjSTq3s?...
Take care, Nadia! Glad to hear that you got it looked at (and that it needs to come off). Sending good Canadian health care vibes your way ๐
12.05.2025 18:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0An incredible time capsule of a letter from the X-Mail segment of Uncanny X-Men 145: Comparing the very fresh deaths of John Lennon and Jean Grey.
11.05.2025 02:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New promo material from Alfred Music came in today! My Grade 1 work for concert band and optional 16-bit backing track, โTo The Skies!โ is available directly from the publisher or your favourite local music store!
(Link to score and recording in the comments)
www.alfred.com/to-the-skies...
Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura.
20.04.2025 02:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0(Argh, โAlpha!โ Damn spelling!)
14.04.2025 02:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And right after the Appha Flight / Wolverine / Wendigo run is one of the all-time great X-Men stories!
14.04.2025 02:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I really enjoyed this Alpha Flight / Wolverine / Wendigo run in Uncanny X-Men. I also appreciate how they never call the man in green by name, only the โprime minister,โ but we know who he is, hahaha ๐
14.04.2025 02:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh my word, everyone - Arcadia, my work for wind ensemble and retro video game consoles, is finally available for purchase!
Link to the Arizona State University premiere in the comments!
kenleykristofferson.com/product/arca...
From the town where I grew up! In fact, this was my summer job from 2005-2008. I might think that the Viking Statue might be a bit more iconic, but Iโll take the lighthouse ๐
(Photo from the Icelandic Festival website)
The premiere performance of โArcadia,โ my work for wind ensemble and retro video game consoles is up! The ASU Wind Ensemble absolutely knocked it out of the park ๐ Check it out! youtu.be/QwUpERa_O3k?...
17.02.2025 22:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0(Not available yet, apparently! But soon! ๐)
12.02.2025 22:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0TO THE SKIES!
My new Level 1 piece for concert band with MakeMusic/Alfred is out now! It has optional 16-bit backing track and the ensemble used it with all its SNES airship music inspired wonder.
Purchase link in the comments!
youtu.be/3SR5MNM1EZ4?...
My heart is so full after an incredible evening of music last night. Dr. Jason Caslor and the ASU Wind Ensemble knocked โArcadiaโ out of the park last night and gave it a premiere full of life, energy, and joy. Iโll share more as the day goes on, but hereโs a taste of the show last night ๐
07.02.2025 16:58 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The incredible Dr. Nora Wilson and I got to talk retro games, music composition, and โArcadia Trombonicaโ with Brandon University!
youtu.be/YNXq0AiTCsM?...
Thursday night! The Arizona State University Wind Ensemble is premiering ARCADIA, my work for wind ensemble and retro video game consoles! See you at ASU Gammage in less than 48 hours!
05.02.2025 02:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks! It is being both recorded and live streamed. Iโll make sure to post the link when I get it!
04.02.2025 04:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Slowly working my way through the Chris Claremont run of X-Men. Look out, Alberta, here they come.
28.01.2025 03:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today I made the connection that Vindicator of Alpha Flightโs name is James Hudson, like the Hudson Bay and James Bay between Manitoba and Ontario ๐
28.01.2025 03:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Does Phonogram qualify as a big Image comic? Itโs old and had a short run, but I enjoyed it (though you would absolutely know more about their British music references than I ever could).
27.01.2025 04:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Okay gang, I put Metroid Fusion down today and I loved it - clocked in at 4 hours 15 minutes, which is fast for games for slow for Metroid. Next options are the Thousand Year Door remake for Switch, Octopath Traveler, or Fire Emblem: Awakening. Do we have thoughts?
24.01.2025 03:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My new work for wind ensemble and retro video game consoles premieres on February 6th, 2025! Itโs called โArcadiaโ and itโs being performed by the Arizona State University Wind Ensemble! See you there! ๐ฎ๐บ
24.01.2025 02:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Super excited to check out this podcast ๐
23.01.2025 03:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Congratulations, Stuart!
28.12.2024 14:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You know your band piece is intense when the 2nd Bassoon part is seven pages ๐ณ
08.12.2024 23:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0