My Musical Sketches
(works-in-progress)


ALL MUSICAL SCORES & RECORDINGS CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE ARE WRITTEN & COPYRIGHTED BY
MICHAEL W. BYRUM
 
Please drop me an email with your thoughts.  Criticism welcome, if constructive.
If you have any problems accessing the pieces, check out the tips section at the bottom of this page or send me an note and I will be glad to help out. 
 
If you are interested in listening to my completed pieces, check out the My Music website.
 
I am not afraid.
 

Latest Works
(as of October 2003)

Modulation Practice
(WORK IN PROGRESS: December 2003 - practice) 

Unnamed Cello Piece
(WORK IN PROGRESS: November 2003 - solo) 

Sordid
(WORK IN PROGRESS: August 2003 - duet) 

Yugure
(WORK IN PROGRESS: August 2003 - piano piece) 

Mesh
(WORK IN PROGRESS: July 2003 - orchestral piece) 

Barry Tone Poems
(WORK IN PROGRESS: March 2003 - piano piece) 


 


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Modulation Practice

Modulation #1   (midi file)
work in progress from 12/2003)

Modulation #2   (midi file)
work in progress from 1/2004)

Modulation #4   (midi file)
Tone Row Legend  
work in progress from 2/2004)


 


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Duets

Sordid (duet for flute & piano)  (midi file)
work in progress from 03/2003)
 

Diazengobu (duet for marimba & piano)  (midi file)
(work in progress from 09/2002)


 


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Solo Pieces

Unnamed Cello piece (for unaccompanied Cello)  (midi file)
work in progress from 11/2003)


 


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Piano Pieces


 

Yugure  (midi file)
(new sketch from 07/2003)


 


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Longer Works

Celtic Sonata for Piano
(work in progress from 7/1997)


Mvmt. #4 - The Wake  (midi file)
 

 


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Orchestral Works


 

Tadanskaya (for small orchestra) (midi file)
(work in progress from 04/1996)
 

Dreareal (for string orchestra) (midi file)
(work in progress from 6/2002)
 

Mesh (for full orchestra) (midi file)
(work in progress from 5/2003)


 


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String Ensembles

String Quartet #2 in Gm  (midi file)
(work in progress from 1993)
 

String Quartet #3 in C(ereal)  (midi file)
(work in progress from 1993)
 

String Quartet #4 in Fm
(work in progress from 12/1996)

Mvmt. #1  (midi file)
Mvmt. #2  (midi file)

 

Delirium (for string quintet) (midi file)
(work in progress from 5/2001)


 


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Choral Pieces

Alleluia Chorus (w/orchestra)  (midi file)
(work in progress from 1996)
 

Gloria Choral (orchestral piece)  (midi file)
(work in progress from 1996)
 

Gloria Chorus (for SATB)  (midi file)
(completed work from 11/2000)


 


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Tone Poems


 Barry Tone Poems
(work in progress from 1/2003)
BTP #1: Mom  (midi file)
BTP #2: Dad  (midi file)
BTP #3: Michael  (midi file)
BTP #4: Ashleigh  (midi file)
BTP #5: Ryan  (midi file)
BTP #6: Kyle  (midi file)


 


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Graduation Composition Portfolio Pieces


 FUGUE: Fugue #2 in C Major
 VOICE: Gloria Chorus for SATB
 SMALLER FORM: Duderanch Serenade for Guitar
 SMALLER FORM: Flute Solo for Sara
 SMALLER FORM: zPiano March for Matt
 SMALLER FORM: Violet
 SONATA: Celtic Sonata for Piano
 ORCHESTRAL: Tsuneko Overture

 


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TIPS -

* SCORES: To view the sheet music/scores of my music, click on the title of the piece.  If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, it should have also installed a plug-in into your browser.  When you click on a piece's title, it should just open inside your browser.

* MIDI FILES: To listen to my pieces on a MAC, click on "(midi file)" next to the title of the piece.  It should open the Quicktime Player Plug-In and play automatically in your browser.

* MIDI FILES: To listen to my pieces on a PC, click on "(midi file)" next to the title of the piece.  It will either open in the default Media Player (like Windows Media Player, RealOne Player, or Quicktime) you have set on the PC and play automatically in that application (possibly in the browser window).

* QUALITY TIP: If you are on a PC, use Quicktime to listen to the midi files. If you have to download them & open them in Quicktime, it will ask you to convert the midi files to a .MOV file. Do that and then you can listen to it. The quality is much better (similar to how it sounds on a MAC).

* NOT WORKING: If you still cannot see or hear my music, send me an email and I will gladly help you out.

Once again, I am not afraid.