Wildfire Toccata

Disney's "Fantasia 2000" is the sequel to the 1940 animated feature film Fantasia. I vividly recall seeing this in IMAX (and subsequently taking friends and family to see it many many times!). If you love music and have not seen these, I strongly recommend these titles that showcase the power of music and animation combined, offering a unique experience. I often have a mental image of a piece that I perform, and try to convey this through registration and interpretation. I recently had the opportunity to play Aaron Shows' "Wildfire Toccata" at our Pipescreams concert (links below) and with the release of the new sampleset from Grabowski wanted to bring all of this together!

This exciting toccata is part of a new set of works: be sure to follow Aaron's over on YouTube as be continues to bring new and exciting music to the organ repertoire -- and given his passion for film music, we will find organ music in all kinds of places - watch out Hans Zimmer!

Score:
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/wildfire-toccata-22568247.html

Wildfire Toccata @ Pipescreams:
https://youtu.be/J0mP4raKMrY?t=4155&si=ihBf6tx445vpIrO1

Aaron Shows:
https://www.youtube.com/@aaronshows/videos
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4291185/

Aaron Shows (b. 1989) is a composer, organist, and pianist originally from Montgomery, Alabama. He has played some of the finest European pipe organs in Germany, France, and Denmark, and composes often for the instrument. He is currently the organist at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. Former teachers include organists Harald Rohlig, Ann Labounsky, and Steven Cooksey. As a composer, his original works have been performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe, and has composed original scores for both feature and short films as well as web series and commercials. In 2012 he served as an assistant to conductor John Mauceri on a series of film music concerts in Copenhagen with the Danish Radio Orchestra.