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Composition and Arranging

Services:

Mike composes original music and arrangements for live performance ensembles, visual media, solo artists, and institutions. His compositions and arrangements have received awards from ASCAP, DownBeat Magazine, and other national entities. For music composition and arranging questions, or to inquire about the material listed on this page, please use the contact form on this site.

Original and Custom Music for performing ensembles:

  • Jazz Ensembles (including Big Bands, Small Jazz Combos, Octets, Nonets, Dectets, other mid-size ensembles, expanded Jazz Orchestra, and mixed Jazz Ensemble)
  • Concert Bands, Wind Ensembles, and other Symphonic Bands
  • Instrumental Chamber Ensembles (including Saxophone Quartets, Brass Quintets, Woodwind Choirs, Trios, etc.)
  • Solos and Duos
  • Custom/Ensemble-specific orchestrations (all instrumentations)

 

A selection of original sheet music for various ensemble types is available for sale on the Mike Caudill Music Shop page.

 

Arranging services:

  • Custom arrangements for bands and solo artists
  • Adaptations (re-orchestrating a piece for different instrumentations, including reductions and expansions of existing works)
  • Clean Music Copyist services (creation of legible, easy to read sheet music scores and individual instrument parts from manuscripts)
  • Clean Music Transcription services (creation of legible, easy to read sheet music scores and individual parts from audio source material)

 

Check out the links below for some of Mike’s saxophone quartet and ensemble arrangements available online.

 

Scoring for visual media and live performance:

  • Orchestral Mockups and Demos (including virtual instrumentation and hybrid live/virtual demos)
  • Theme Music and Underscore
  • Custom music for Video Games
 
Big Band Samples:
"Stripes and Solids" - 5,4,4,4

"Are You Serious?" - expanded

Jazz Combo Samples:

"Scalene Scene" - ts, pno, b, d

"Uncomfortable Homes" - ss, tpt, b, d

Saxophone Quartet Sample:

"Unequivocally" - SATB - Buy PDF

Orchestral Scoring and Mockups Samples:

"Admiration" - sequenced orchestra, live flute

"Hero's Theme" - sequenced orchestra
Arrangement Samples:
Product Cover look inside You Don’t Know What Love Is By Carol Bruce. By Don Raye and Gene De Paul. Arranged by Mike Caudill. Jazz, Standards. 51 pages. Mike Caudill #971279. Published by Mike Caudill (A0.1388286).
Product Cover look inside Dexterity for Saxophone Quartet By Charlie Parker. Arranged by Mike Caudill. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published by Mike Caudill (H0.1016449-SC001213240).
Product Cover look inside Laura for Saxophone Quartet Arranged by Mike Caudill. 18 pages. Published by Mike Caudill (H0.1183087-SC001285324).
Product Cover look inside Triste Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Arranged by Mike Caudill. Jazz, Latin, Standards. 25 pages. Mike Caudill #782079. Published by Mike Caudill (A0.1182337).
Product Cover look inside Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas for Saxophone Sextet By Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin. Arranged by Mike Caudill. Score, Set of Parts. 18 pages. Published by Mike Caudill (H0.1025809-SC000012143).