In 2006, I was commissioned by Major League Baseball to create an Olympian, symphonic theme for their new quadrennial, international tournament, the “World Baseball Classic.” That theme not only was played during tournament broadcasts but, for each of the three World Baseball Classic championships since the event’s inception, it has been performed by symphony orchestra’s live in stadium as part of the pre-game ceremony for those events. Most recently, in March, 2013, preceding the championship game between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic at ATT Park, San Francisco. This photo shows me with the Oakland Symphony at the Championship of the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Here is my symphonic arrangement of the American National Anthem which was performed at the 2009 World Baseball Classic championship at Dodger Stadium, LA: