Lady Glides on the Moon: Two Performances in Illinois
12-2-19: Percussionist Adam Cowger and clarinetist Rich Moore, both on the faculty of Joliet Junior College, will be presenting Lady Glides on the Moon on recitals this spring: first on March 22, 2020 as part of Adam's faculty recital, and then on April 5, 2020 as part of Rich's faculty recital. Great to have my music returning to Greater Chicago!
UPDATE 4-4-20: As all events at Joliet Junior College through April 30 are cancelled due to COVID-19, I am assuming that these recitals will be rescheduled. Look here for more information.
UPDATE 4-4-20: As all events at Joliet Junior College through April 30 are cancelled due to COVID-19, I am assuming that these recitals will be rescheduled. Look here for more information.
New Version of Martian Dances to Premiere by Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Verb Ballets
2-3-20: Rich Reinhardt and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony will join Verb Ballets for the premiere of a new version for chamber orchestra of Martian Dances, my 2004 signature piece and namesake of this website. This will be a part of the NEOSonicFest 2020, and will happen at Baldwin Wallace University's Gamble Auditorium on April 4. I'm very excited to have one of my personal favorite pieces make it to Cleveland for the first time, and even more thrilled that it will be performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, who performed the music of my mentor and friend, the late Donald Harris, among so many others. Even better, even though I didn't compose Martian Dances as a ballet, I've always thought it would be great with choreography, and I'm exxcited to see what Verb Ballets will do with it!
UPDATE 4-4-20: This concert has been postposed, along with the rest of NEOSonicFest 2020, until a date TBD in the fall due to COVID-19.
UPDATE 4-4-20: This concert has been postposed, along with the rest of NEOSonicFest 2020, until a date TBD in the fall due to COVID-19.
Sonatina for Flute and Piano by the Greater Cleveland Flute Society
2-3-20: April is shaping up to be a month of blasts from the past! I just received word that flutist Rae Yeager and pianist Adam Whiting will give the Cleveland premiere of my Sonatina for Flute and Piano, a piece I wrote in 2005. This will be a part of the Greater Cleveland Flute Society's annual Composers Connection concert on April 26 at 7:30pm at Judson Park in Cleveland. I'm looking forward to hearing this piece live for the first time in a long time! (It will be a busy day, since there is a Lakeland Civic Orchestra concert earlier in the day!
UPDATE 4-4-20: This concert has been postponed due to COVID-19. Check back for more information.
UPDATE 4-4-20: This concert has been postponed due to COVID-19. Check back for more information.
New Works
10-30-19: My big project for the next two years is writing a symphony that will be premiered in November 2021 by the Lakeland Civic Orchestra, and hopefully by other ensembles. I'll be blogging my progress, as this has been a career-long dream of mine, so watch for more details there. I'll be writing other music during that time, but it will be smaller projects so that I can focus on this big one.
2-3-20: For elsewhere in Ohio, I'm composing a fanfare for the Ohio Valley Majestic Brass, a brass music ministry in Cincinnati. Looking forward to writing some fun music for full orchestral brass!
2-3-20: For elsewhere in Ohio, I'm composing a fanfare for the Ohio Valley Majestic Brass, a brass music ministry in Cincinnati. Looking forward to writing some fun music for full orchestral brass!
On the horizon...
I've completed my solo piano piece Sisters in Stone, inspired by the statuary collection at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, which I visited on my trip there in February 2017. More details on my blog here. Dianna Anderson, who gave the premiers of my Starry Wanderers and my piano sonata has signed on for the premiere! More details to follow!
