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!
Premiere of Mysterious Marvels at Lakeland Community College
10-30-19: I'm very excited about the premiere of my first work for band in several years: a fanfare called Mysterious Marvels, composed as a commission from Daniel Crain and the Lakeland Civic Band. The premiere will be Sunday, December 8 at 4pm at the Rodehorst Performing Arts Center at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio.
UPDATE--11-1-19: Of course as soon as I made the first post on this plans changed, but for the better! The Lakeland Civic Band and Dan Crain will give not one but two performances of Mysterious Marvels. The first on March 1, 2020 at Lakeland Community College at 4pm. The second will be Sunday, March 8 at Cleveland State University's Waetjen Auditorium as part of the community band festival hosted there. Check back for more information!
UPDATE--11-1-19: Of course as soon as I made the first post on this plans changed, but for the better! The Lakeland Civic Band and Dan Crain will give not one but two performances of Mysterious Marvels. The first on March 1, 2020 at Lakeland Community College at 4pm. The second will be Sunday, March 8 at Cleveland State University's Waetjen Auditorium as part of the community band festival hosted there. Check back for more information!
Recording of Lady Glides on the Moon in Progress
5-3-19: Aaron Durst, director of bands and saxophone professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, has been in the studio recording the saxophone version of Lady Glides on the Moon. Look for more news about this project soon!
UPDATE: 10-30-19: The audio for this project is sounding great, and I recently signed a royalty agreement, so this is happening in the near future!
UPDATE: 12-2-19: I've received the CD, Duo Eigentone by Aaron Durst and David Kile. It sounds fantastic, and they are working on making it available to the public. Check here for more information!
UPDATE: 10-30-19: The audio for this project is sounding great, and I recently signed a royalty agreement, so this is happening in the near future!
UPDATE: 12-2-19: I've received the CD, Duo Eigentone by Aaron Durst and David Kile. It sounds fantastic, and they are working on making it available to the public. Check here 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.
On the horizon...
I'm also hoping to organize a local premiere for Place of the Sea Mountains, and to that end, I've recruited trumpeter Brian DePoy and violinist Natalia DePoy. This piece is about Willowick resident Robert Manry's solo crossing of the Atlantic in his 13.5-foot boat Tinkerbelle, so it's important that it have a local presence.
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!
