Jim Puckett
Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator
News & Events
News & Events
Projects, Performances, and New Releases
Please let me know when you are performing my music, I would be glad to add your event to this page.
Projects, Performances, and New Releases
Please let me know when you are performing my music, I would be glad to add your event to this page.
Tuesday
February 21, 2023
Caleb Syler performs SOMETHIN'S GONE WRONG DEEP WITHIN for MVNU Music Department Scholarship Recital
Caleb Syler performs SOMETHIN'S GONE WRONG DEEP WITHIN for MVNU Music Department Scholarship Recital
Caleb Syler, a senior trumpet student at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, will perform Somethin's Gone Wrong Deep Within for the Music Department's spring Music Scholarship Recital on February 21, 2023.
Commissioned by trumpeter Jeffrey Crabtree for his 2011 senior recital at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, this piece has been performed all over the world, receiving the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011 by the National Academy of Music and selected for performance at the 2012 Society of Composers (SCI) Region VI Conference in 2012. The piece depicts the self-struggle of the Apostle Paul depicted in his words from Romans 7:14-20 in the Bible.
Syler also plans to perform this work on his Senior Trumpet Recital at MVNU, scheduled for March 19, 2023.
For more information on the MVNU Recitals, please view their EVENTS page.
Thursday
February 3, 2022
PRAISECHARTS offers Jim's Arrangements and Orchestrations
PRAISECHARTS offers Jim's Arrangements and Orchestrations
One of the joys of my career is to write, arrange, and orchestrate songs for the musicians at my church.
These arrangements and orchestrations of popular worship songs are now becoming available from PraiseCharts.
These charts provide your church the resources to use many configurations of worship teams
from small bands to full choir and orchestra. The first two are Holy (Song of the Ages) by The Belonging Co. with Andrew Holt and I Am They's No Impossible With You .
For more info check out the Praise and Worship/Choral page
Tuesday
Tuesday
January 27, 2022
Your Opera Advisor publishes review of SUSTAIN vol.2:
"The sparkling piano passages (piano - Lucie Koucka) and then the subtly chiselled passages
for saxophone (Pavel Zamal) in Jim Puckett's Nocturne are wonderful."
read full review HERE
Your Opera Advisor publishes review of SUSTAIN vol.2:
"The sparkling piano passages (piano - Lucie Koucka) and then the subtly chiselled passages
for saxophone (Pavel Zamal) in Jim Puckett's Nocturne are wonderful."
read full review HERE
Tuesday
Tuesday
September 21, 2021
SUSTAIN VOL.2 receives the Silver Medal Award
from the Global Music Awards!!
SUSTAIN VOL.2 receives the Silver Medal Award
from the Global Music Awards!!
Tuesday
Tuesday
August 10, 2021
American Record Guide publishes review of SUSTAIN vol.2:
"... Jim Puckett's Nocturne with [Lucie] Kaucka on piano and
Pavel Zlamal on tenor saxophone exuded sensual solace."
read full review HERE
American Record Guide publishes review of SUSTAIN vol.2:
"... Jim Puckett's Nocturne with [Lucie] Kaucka on piano and
Pavel Zlamal on tenor saxophone exuded sensual solace."
read full review HERE
Tuesday
Tuesday
July 30, 2021
An interview with Jim is featured in Parma's The Inside Story Blog featuring Nocturne on Sustain Vol.2
An interview with Jim is featured in Parma's The Inside Story Blog featuring Nocturne on Sustain Vol.2
Tuesday
Tuesday
June 7, 2021
NOCTURNE closes the NOT BRAHMS AND LISZT program with Alley Stoughton on WMBR 88.1/wmbr.org, Cambridge, MA. It was an honor to be featured alongside Eric Ewazen, Ernst Bacon, Laura Kaminsky, Santiago Kodela, Urlsula Opens, Ryan Beach, the Fidelio Trio, Lincoln Trio, and the Cassett String Quartet.
NOCTURNE closes the NOT BRAHMS AND LISZT program with Alley Stoughton on WMBR 88.1/wmbr.org, Cambridge, MA. It was an honor to be featured alongside Eric Ewazen, Ernst Bacon, Laura Kaminsky, Santiago Kodela, Urlsula Opens, Ryan Beach, the Fidelio Trio, Lincoln Trio, and the Cassett String Quartet.
Tuesday
Tuesday
April 27, 2021
NOCTURNE on Tuesday Morning Playlist at WRUV fm 90.1 and WRUV.org in Burlington, Vermont. Thanks WRUV!
NOCTURNE on Tuesday Morning Playlist at WRUV fm 90.1 and WRUV.org in Burlington, Vermont. Thanks WRUV!
Wed
Wed
April 14, 2021
Thanks to Dustin Butler of C & S Media for the interview and the write up in The Wylie News!
Thanks to Dustin Butler of C & S Media for the interview and the write up in The Wylie News!
Tuesday
Tuesday
March 23, 2021
Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review publishes reaction to SUSTAIN vol.2:
"The more disparate and numerous the musical items an anthology contains,
the harder it is to write about it in some ways.
Yet if the music speaks one must cast some light on it all."
" ...here is one that has gotten my attention.
It is Sustain, Vol. 2: Solo Piano and Chamber Works (Navona NV6345)."
" Jim Puckett's "Nocturne" for tenor sax and piano gives is a reflective lyricism
that stands up and demands to be heard."
read full review HERE
Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review publishes reaction to SUSTAIN vol.2:
"The more disparate and numerous the musical items an anthology contains,
the harder it is to write about it in some ways.
Yet if the music speaks one must cast some light on it all."
" ...here is one that has gotten my attention.
It is Sustain, Vol. 2: Solo Piano and Chamber Works (Navona NV6345)."
" Jim Puckett's "Nocturne" for tenor sax and piano gives is a reflective lyricism
that stands up and demands to be heard."
read full review HERE
Tuesday
Tuesday
January 23, 2021
ALBUM UPDATE: The artwork is finished and work has begun on promotion and release planning. NOCTURNE will appear on this album of piano solos, duets, and trios.
Looking forward to the release on APRIL 23
ALBUM UPDATE: The artwork is finished and work has begun on promotion and release planning. NOCTURNE will appear on this album of piano solos, duets, and trios.
Looking forward to the release on APRIL 23
Tuesday
Tuesday
June 16, 2020
Thanks to Parma Recordings for the mention in their June Newsletter! Looking forward to the release!
Thanks to Parma Recordings for the mention in their June Newsletter! Looking forward to the release!
Tuesday
Tuesday
June 9. 2020
I received the edited recording of Nocturne from the Parma post-production team. It sounds great! On to mastering and preparing for the release. Stay tuned for more info!
I received the edited recording of Nocturne from the Parma post-production team. It sounds great! On to mastering and preparing for the release. Stay tuned for more info!
Wed
Wed
May 27, 2020
Lucie Kaucká and Pavel Zlámal give a fine performance of NOCTURNE on the Parma Recordings LiveStage Recital "Music Across the Centuries" May 27, 2020. Their studio recording will appear soon on a Parma release of Solo and Chamber music by various composers.
Lucie Kaucká and Pavel Zlámal give a fine performance of NOCTURNE on the Parma Recordings LiveStage Recital "Music Across the Centuries" May 27, 2020. Their studio recording will appear soon on a Parma release of Solo and Chamber music by various composers.
Reduta Concert Hall (Horní nam. 424/23, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Mon
Mon
May 25, 2020
We had a fabulous morning working with musicians, engineers and producers in the Czech Republic. A wonderful team recording in the beautiful Reduta Concert Hall in Olomouc.
A recording session of NOCTURNE with Pavel Zlámal (saxophone) and Lucie Kaucká (Piano) will be on an upcoming album release of solo and chamber works by various composers.
We had a fabulous morning working with musicians, engineers and producers in the Czech Republic. A wonderful team recording in the beautiful Reduta Concert Hall in Olomouc.
A recording session of NOCTURNE with Pavel Zlámal (saxophone) and Lucie Kaucká (Piano) will be on an upcoming album release of solo and chamber works by various composers.
Reduta Concert Hall (Horní nam. 424/23, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Wed
Wed
May 20, 2020
I am honored to be a judge for the Society Of Composers International (SCI) 2020 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition. This week I am hearing works for the Graduate Student division. I am looking forward to hearing some great pieces over the new few days!
I am honored to be a judge for the Society Of Composers International (SCI) 2020 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition. This week I am hearing works for the Graduate Student division. I am looking forward to hearing some great pieces over the new few days!
Dallas, TX
Thu
Thu
April 2, 2020
Setting lyrics in the choral arrangement and orchestration for “He Has It All” by Mark Condon and Infinite Music.
Setting lyrics in the choral arrangement and orchestration for “He Has It All” by Mark Condon and Infinite Music.
Dallas, TX
Wed
Wed
March 11, 2020
Early morning progress at the home office! Scoring orchestration for an upcoming choir piece at RCN! #LayItAllDown #CustomArranging
Early morning progress at the home office! Scoring orchestration for an upcoming choir piece at RCN! #LayItAllDown #CustomArranging
Dallas, TX
