I’m currently wrapping up the engraving process for Midsummer Pavanes, my new piece for symphonic band.  The program notes and a couple of screen grabs are below.
In June 2012 I received sad news that my dear friend George Buckbee had passed away unexpectedly at his home near Helsinki, Finland. Despite living on different continents for [...]

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been commissioned to compose a new work for symphonic band and I’m helping to build the consortium, which is being led by Bill Staub and East Carolina University!  This is a wonderful opportunity for groups that haven’t commissioned before, or for groups with limited budgets, since the costs [...]

It’s hard to believe that our time in Citta di Castello is already coming to an end.  The week has been a whirlwind of composing, rehearsing, presenting, to say nothing of the sightseeing, eating, and drinking!  Tomorrow we head to Rome for a few days off and a day of recording at the University of [...]

I’m at the Summer Arts Institute hosted by the International Arts Educators Forum in Citta di Castello, Italy.  The mix of dancers, musicians and composers is invigorating.  Composers from the states include Charles Nichols, Loretta Notareschi, as well as Carlos Delgado and Orlando Legname.  Thus far we’ve had a number of very interesting  presentations from [...]

My works don’t get reviewed often.  In fact, I can’t recall ever getting any notice from the press before.  The reason is simple: my music isn’t performed by major ensembles in major cities, and with the way newspaper arts coverage is going, that’s about the only place you can get any mention, unless it’s online.  [...]

It’s a sad state of affairs when you can’t update your website more than once every few months (i.e. in October, then again in April!).  Of course, that’s where I’ve found myself of late, as I’ve been so heavily involved with the Glass House Concerto. The project became a bit bigger than I’d intended (in [...]

I’m in Phoenix for the week, having barely avoided the unusual Nor’easter that slammed into the eastern part of the country.  It was gray and cloudy when I left Hartford on Saturday morning, but by the time I boarded my second flight out of Baltimore it was beginning to spit a mix of snow, rain [...]

Alyssa Saint and Liz Ames will give the premiere performance of my Sonatina for Violin and Piano at 7 p.m. on November 3rd, at Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix.  Also on the program: new works by Kevin Ames and Joshua Hill, as well as the Corigliano sonata.  Alyssa reports that the third movement is coming along: [...]

I’ve recently sent off the score and part for the brand-spankin’-new Sonatina for Violin and Piano to Alyssa Saint, who will give the premiere performance sometime this fall.  I’m thrilled with the way it turned out; each movement seems to do exactly what I wanted it to, from the simple elegance of the first movement, [...]

Todd Smith has emailed to tell me that he and Kindall NeSmith will give a repeat performance of Distances Between Us at the Columbia College Saxophone Summer Camp on Monday.  As I said on FB, the way to a composer’s heart is through repeat performances of a commissioned work!  I’m thrilled to know this piece [...]