
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