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currently writing:

  • Songs of Innocence for chorus, flute, oboe, and percussion (poetry: William Blake)
  • a demo CD of the childrens/family/educational operas HOW THE TRUMPET GOT ITS TOOT and SANTAS TALE was recorded and can be heard on this website.
  • a chamber music piece for trumpeter Matthias Höfs, with percussion and piano, to be recorded in the future
  • Spirits, a major opera on a Holocaust theme (story and libretto by the composer)
  • A series of transcriptions for wind ensemble and symphonic band of earlier music: Scherzo, Mini-Variations on Amazing Grace,  Double Concerto (two trumpets), Trumpet Concerto #1, Triple Concerto, Tuba Concert

recently published:

  • Nocturne for Tuba and Strings (Editions BIM)
  • Santas Tale (childrens/family opera) (AP Publications)
  • How the Trumpet got its Toot (childrens/family opera) (AP Publications)
  • Aesops Fables (childrens/educational opera) (AP Publications)
  • Double Concerto for Two Trumpets and Chamber Orchestra (AP Publications)
  • 3 Miniatures for Flute and Piano (Editions BIM)
  • Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (Editions BIM)
  • Method for Tumpet (the Plog Program): Book 1 - Warm ups and Etudes, Books 2 + 3 - Fingering Exercises and Etudes, Book 4 - Tonguing Exercises and Etudes, Book 5 - Flexibility Éxercises and Etudes, Book 6 - Low/High - Power/Strength Exercises and Etudes (Balquhidder Music)

recently recorded:

  • The Concerto #2 for Trumpet and Orchestra has been recorded and released on Crystal Records (Trumpet Concertos, John Holt, Trumpet, Crystal Records CD 765)
  • The Double Concerto for Two Trumpets and Chamber Orchestra was recorded in Jan. 2006 by the two solo trumpeters of the Berlin Philharmonic, Tamas Valenczei and Gabor Tarkovi, with the composer conducting This recording has not yet been released.

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