Upcoming Performances
POSTPONED: February 13 & 16: Piano Trio in Michigan and Cleveland
Cleveland performance RESCHEDULED: June 1
1-21-2025: Baldwin Wallace faculty Sungeun Kim, piano; Barton Samuel Rotberg, violin; and Khari Joyner, cello will give the first public performances of my 2009 Piano Trio.
On Friday, February 13, the trio will give a masterclass and recital at the Flint Institute of Performing Arts in Flint, Michigan, including my piece.
Then, on Sunday, February 16, they will perform as part of a Cleveland Composers Guild program at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River, Ohio. Admission is free.
Update 2-13-2025: The Flint, Michigan performance has been postponed due to weather.
UPDATE: 2-16-2025: The Cleveland performance has been postponed due to weather. Watch here for updates!
UPDATE: 3-18-2-25: The Cleveland performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 1 at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian: same location and personnel!
On Friday, February 13, the trio will give a masterclass and recital at the Flint Institute of Performing Arts in Flint, Michigan, including my piece.
Then, on Sunday, February 16, they will perform as part of a Cleveland Composers Guild program at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River, Ohio. Admission is free.
Update 2-13-2025: The Flint, Michigan performance has been postponed due to weather.
UPDATE: 2-16-2025: The Cleveland performance has been postponed due to weather. Watch here for updates!
UPDATE: 3-18-2-25: The Cleveland performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 1 at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian: same location and personnel!
POSTPONED: February 16: World Premiere of Cara Haxo's Verbs of Perception
RESCHEDULED: June 1
1-21-2025: Fellow Cleveland Composers Guild member Cara Haxo fullfilled my commission for a piece for trombone and piano, with a fantastic work entitled Verbs of Perception. I will be giving the premiere with pianist Megan Denman on a Guild program at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River, Ohio. Admission is free.
UPDATE: 2-16-2025: This performance has been postponed due to inclement weather. Watch here for updates!
UPDATE: 3-18-2025: This performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 1 at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian: same location and personnel!
UPDATE: 2-16-2025: This performance has been postponed due to inclement weather. Watch here for updates!
UPDATE: 3-18-2025: This performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 1 at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian: same location and personnel!
May 18: Premiere of End Title in University Circle, Cleveland
3-18-2025: My latest contribution to the Cleveland Composers Guild's Creativity: Learning Through Experience program is End Title for unaccompanied alto saxophone, composed for Eric Goyzman, a student of Drew Hosler. The premiere will take place Sunday, May 18 at 3pm at the Music Settlement in Cleveland's University Circle, along with ten other newly-commissioned works for young performers.
May 17 & 18: Voyage dans la Lune in Texas
3-18-2025: The SMART Orchestra of San Marcos, Texas will give two performances of my score for Georges Melies' landmark film Voyage dans la Lune, with the film, on May 17 and 18 at the Wimberley Valley Winery and as part of their gala, under the baton of David Cole, a longtime champion of the work. More information here. Watch the film with the Lakeland Civic Orchestra here.
April 27: Duo Capriccio in Cleveland
1-28-2025: After a last-minute cancellation due to illness last year, the Greater Cleveland Flute Society will feature Martha Somach and Sara Lambert in the premiere of the all-flute version for my Duo Capriccio on their Cleveland Composer Connections Concert on Sunday, April 27 at 7pm at the Cleveland Unitarian Universalist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Admission is free.
April 4: Swihart to Premiere Meditation II in Texas
3-18-2025: Dr. Matthew Swihart will give the world premiere of Meditation II for Trumpeter and Piano on Friday, April 4 at 7:00pm at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. This 9-minute work for trumpet doubling 4-valve flugelhorn with piano is inspired by a quote from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, "Watch and see the courses of the stars as if you ran with them..." More information here.
March 22 and 23: Price Adoration in Minnesota
3-22-2025: Late notice, but the Heartland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Ryan Webber will bring my arrangement of Florence Price's Adoration to two venues in Minnesota this weekend on their #Homegrown concerts, Saturday, March 22 at 7:30pm at Charles D. Martin Auditorium at Little Falls High School in LIttle Falls, and Sunday, March 23 at 2:30pm Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts at Brainerd High School in Brainerd. More information here.
Click here for livestream of the March 23 concert.
Click here for livestream of the March 23 concert.
Updates
8-15-2024: I'm giving some thought to possibly taking in composition and arranging consulting work. This could mean editing, digital typesetting, or arranging, or potentially other services. If you have any interest in hiring someone for this kind of work, reach out via my contact form, and we'll talk. This is a very new idea for me, but I believe that my services in this area have real value. If you're interested in the kinds of conversations we might have about your work, check out this video.
8-15-2024: Another project I've been working on is a series of videos or podcast episodes that roughly fall under the heading "Should I Major in Music?" These will be aimed at prospective college music majors, especially those who maybe haven't followed the traditional private lessons-school ensemble-music camp route during their pre-college years. The script I have so far is long: at least an hour-long video if I put it all in one go (of course, if you watch YouTube on 1.5x speed like I do, it will be much shorter). Watch my YouTube channel to see if this project comes to fruition! Both this project and my consulting idea above are ways that I'm looking to use my specific experience and expertise to give back to the music community, which has done so much for me over the course of my life so far.
8-15-2024: Another project I've been working on is a series of videos or podcast episodes that roughly fall under the heading "Should I Major in Music?" These will be aimed at prospective college music majors, especially those who maybe haven't followed the traditional private lessons-school ensemble-music camp route during their pre-college years. The script I have so far is long: at least an hour-long video if I put it all in one go (of course, if you watch YouTube on 1.5x speed like I do, it will be much shorter). Watch my YouTube channel to see if this project comes to fruition! Both this project and my consulting idea above are ways that I'm looking to use my specific experience and expertise to give back to the music community, which has done so much for me over the course of my life so far.
New Works
3-18-2025: I spent the first part of 2025 on some string arrangements for two clients, as well as End Title, my new work for unaccompanied alto saxophone. Next up, if I can catch my breath between my Lakeland obligations and parenting two amazing kids, is the last movement of the symphony.
On the horizon...
6-29-2024: In 2019, I wrote half a symphony, and I'm tired of having written only half a symphony. Still thinking about making it into a whole symphony. Somebody make me!
Update 10-23-2024: Someone is making me: me! Watch this space!
Update 3-18-2025: I'm hoping to make a final push on this piece this spring with a possible premiere next fall! Send happy thoughts and prayers my way!
3-18-2025: After the symphony... I don't know yet! Any ideas for summer or fall projects?
Update 10-23-2024: Someone is making me: me! Watch this space!
Update 3-18-2025: I'm hoping to make a final push on this piece this spring with a possible premiere next fall! Send happy thoughts and prayers my way!
3-18-2025: After the symphony... I don't know yet! Any ideas for summer or fall projects?
