Music Engraving Portfolio
Iβve been a music engraver for 20 years.
Music Engraving is a meticulous and specialized artform. Each type of ensemble requires different considerations: how large or small the staff size, paper size, idiomatic conventions, lyrics for vocal works, and individual parts considerations like page turns. Each score requires thousands of decisions, big and small. Not simply graphical choices, but to anticipate the psychology of the musician. Good engraving allows them to read the music efficiently and clearly leading to a better performance.
Below are examples of various music engraving projects Iβve done over the years. Several scores are included as example scores for Sibelius, added when I worked there as Senior Product Designer. There is also a list highlighting my published works as editor, arranger, and engraver.
Orchestral/Band Scores
Vieille prière bouddhique by Lili Boulanger
(Sibelius example score)
Culloden III by Julie Giroux
(Sibelius example score)
Violin Concerto No. 2 by Ted Wiprud
Passion of Scrooge by Jon Deak
Godβs Chosen by Bernard Gilmore
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
(Sibelius example score)
The Haunted Plateau by Mack Socca-Ho
(for the New York Philharmonicβs Very Young Composers program)
Individual Parts
Violin Concerto No. 2 by Ted Wiprud
Passion of Scrooge by Jon Deak
Godβs Chosen by Bernard Gilmore
The Haunted Plateau by Mack Socca-Ho
A Shoreline Willow by Jessica Mays
Chamber
A Shoreline Willow for String Quartet by Jessica Mays
Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
(Sibelius example score)
Trio No. 2 pour piano, violon et violoncelle en mi mineur
by Camille Saint-SaΓ«ns
(Sibelius example score)
Excerpts from Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Justin Tokke for String Quartet and Harp
(for the New York Philharmonic)
Choral
Righteous Faith by Justin Tokke
Easter Anthem by William Billings, ed. Justin Tokke
Godβs Chosen by Bernard Gilmore (Choir and Piano Reduction)
Piano
Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 by Alexander Scriabin
(Sibelius example score)
Published Works
Well-Tempered Consort
J.S. Bachβs Well-Tempered Clavier
arranged for flexible ensembles
πΌ Score Sample
πΊ Part Sample
π Available from Carl Fischer at welltemperedconsort.com
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Peter J. Wilhousky, arr. Justin P. Tokke
πΌ Score Sample
πΊ Part Sample
π Available from Carl Fischer
π Listen: Iowa All-State Music Festival 2023 (starts at 1:35:30)
Bandology
Eric Osterling
πΌ Score Sample
πΊ Part Sample
π Available from Carl Fischer
π Listen Here