What started as a fabricated one-man rock band in primary school to get the attention of girls, has developed into multiple awards, premieres and commissions in the state of Texas and across the country, including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, the UNT Green Brigade and the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps. He currently studies at the University of North Texas with Kirsten Broberg. Maahs aims to meld in his music the tonal and atonal in a way that's both academically satisfactory and enjoyable to the common listener. Lockjaw: a prolonged tonic spasm of the muscles of the jaw.