Upcoming Performances
April 21: Short Psalms and Minute for Seconds to premiere in Cleveland
2-14-24: The world premiere of my Short Psalms, a set of five settings for contralto and piano, will take place on a Cleveland Composers Guild concert on Sunday, April 21 at 3pm at West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River, Ohio. The performers are the commissioning singer, Heidi Skok, and pianist Randall Fusco. The texts are, well, short psalms: five of the shortest in the King James Version of The Bible.
4-10-2024: On the same concert, Factory Seconds Brass Trio will give the world premiere of a short fanfare written for them, Minute for Seconds.
4-10-2024: On the same concert, Factory Seconds Brass Trio will give the world premiere of a short fanfare written for them, Minute for Seconds.
April 26: Mysterious Marvels repeated in Williamsburg, Virginia
4-10-2024: I enjoyed a fantastic performance of Mysterious Marvels at the College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Conference at the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dr. Richard Marcus informed me that he is programming the piece again on the Wind Ensemble's final concert of the year on Friday, April 26 at 7:30pm. Find details here: https://events.wm.edu/event/view/music/356406. The concert will also be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/@williamandmarymusic8582
April 27: Short Psalms repeated in Cleveland
4-10-2024: Heidi Skok, contralto and pianist Randall Fusco will include Short Psalms for a second performance on Heidi's recital on April 27 at 7:30pm at Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights, along with songs by Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. Admission is free, but a freewill donation is accepted. The recital will also be livestreamed.
April 27: And I Live With the Fiction That I Never Get Mad in Kearney, Nebraska
1-10-2024: Baritone Andrew White and pianist Nathan Buckner will present my 2018 song And I Live With the Fiction That I Never Get Mad as part of the University of Nebraska-Kearney New Music Festival on Saturday, April 27 (time TBD). If memory serves, this is the first performance of my music in the state of Nebraska, completing the Texas-North Dakota tier!
April 28: Greater Cleveland Flute Society Premieres Duo Capriccio
4-18-2024: The Greater Cleveland Flute Society's annual Cleveland Composers Connections concert on Sunday, April 28 will include the first performance of the flute and alto flute version of Duo Capriccio, my take on *that* melody by Paganini, in a performance by Martha Somach and Sara Lambert. Concert is at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Shaker Heights.
April 30: One like a hundred in Wake Forest, North Carolina
1-26-2024: I've completed my work One like a hundred for LaSaundra Booth and the Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra The premiere performance is slated for Tuesday, April 30. More info to come!
May 19: New Work for Composers Guild Junior Concert
1-26-2024: I'm working with Pearl Zhu, a young pianist here in Cleveland on a solo piano work as my latest contribution to the Cleveland Composers Guild Creativity: Learning Through Experience program. The premiere will take place at the Music Settlement in Cleveland's University Circle on Sunday, May 19 at 3pm. Watch this spot for more details!
4-10-2024: I delivered the new piece in early March, a short fantasia entitled Here There Be Dragons.
4-10-2024: I delivered the new piece in early March, a short fantasia entitled Here There Be Dragons.
Updates
Also in the South, Tamara Dworetz will be programming my large-orchestra version of Florence Price's Adoration on concerts of the Georgia State University Orchestras in Spring 2024.
New Works
8-16-2023: I've just completed a new version of Child's Play, from 2020. The original was for bass clarinet duo, and this new version is for woodwind quintet. I'm also now in the process of finishing up Short Psalms, a song cycle for contralto and piano for Heidi Skok.
1-26-2024: My first 2024 composition is Minute for Seconds, a quick piece for brass trio (trumpet, horn, and trombone). Details to follow!
1-26-2024: My first 2024 composition is Minute for Seconds, a quick piece for brass trio (trumpet, horn, and trombone). Details to follow!
On the horizon...
8-16-2023: Dr. Matthew Swihart, a classmate from my CCM days, has commissioned a sonata-length piece for trumpet (with possible doubling instruments) and piano. Matt is on the music faculty of Austin Community College in Texas, and has a great YouTube channel. He has been working on mastering a four-valve flugelhorn that may make an appearance in the piece I write for him.
4-10-2024: I'm also getting set to rework my 2021 choral piece Christmas Day for flute choir for the Lakeland Civic Flute Choir's 2024 holiday concerts.
4-10-2024: I'm also getting set to rework my 2021 choral piece Christmas Day for flute choir for the Lakeland Civic Flute Choir's 2024 holiday concerts.