Tear of Fire/Ghost Cat

Year: 2025

Duration: 3 minutes

Instrumentation: symphonic band

Tear of Fire/Ghost Cat was commissioned by Kids Compose, a local competition in Bloomington, Indiana in which local children write melodies that are chosen to be arranged for a large ensemble, performed at the Jacobs School of Music. My selections for this project were “Tear of Fire” by second-grader Maxwell Fang Usher and “Ghost Cat” by third-grader MarElise Colón.

Premiered April 22, 2025

IU Symphonic Band
Eric Smedley, conductor