Music Engraving Portfolio

I’ve 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 I’ve 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

God’s Chosen by Bernard Gilmore

Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
(Sibelius example score)

The Haunted Plateau by Mack Socca-Ho
(for the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program)

Individual Parts

Violin Concerto No. 2 by Ted Wiprud

Passion of Scrooge by Jon Deak

God’s 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

God’s 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. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier
arranged for flexible ensembles

🎼 Score Sample

🎺 Part Sample

πŸ”— Available from Carl Fischer at welltemperedconsort.com


Battle Hymn of the Republic

Peter J. Wilhousky, arr. Justin P. Tokke

🎼 Score Sample

🎺 Part Sample

πŸ”— Available from Carl Fischer

πŸ”Š Listen: Iowa All-State Music Festival 2023 (starts at 1:35:30)


Canzona

Peter Mennin

🎼 Score Sample

🎺 Part Sample

πŸ”— Available from Carl Fischer


Pageant

Vincent Persichetti

🎼 Score Sample

🎺 Part Sample

πŸ”— Available from Carl Fischer


Bandology

Eric Osterling

🎼 Score Sample

🎺 Part Sample

πŸ”— Available from Carl Fischer

πŸ”Š Listen Here