NEWS and EVENTS

Even in a pandemic, the show must go on! A huge thank you and shout-out to Jacob Swanson and Sarah Marchitelli (of the Decho Ensemble) for their musicianship and dedication during these uncertain times. It's greatly appreciated!

Check out their performance of Five Miniatures for two saxophones, written specifically for Jacob and Sarah on the occasion of their wedding!

Decho - Stay Home Mini Concert #1
​4/16/2020 | 3pm ET | Fredonia, NY

​
So very grateful to have had my new choral work, Drop Down, O Heavens, premiered by the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (Clifton Park, NY) Senior Choir under the direction of Jonathan Fuller. It was such a delight to create this work for this wondrous season!
So very honored to be a part of this wonderful celebration of life! Don't miss Andrea Houde (viola)—with assistance by Sun Jung Lee (piano) and Albert Houde (horn)—in performance at West Virginia University's Bloch Hall. The concert will feature the works of Rebecca Clarke, Jennifer Merkowitz, and William White, composers with whom I'm utterly delighted to share a program!
​https://www.facebook.com/events/426126638283737/
Looking forward to spending time with the Cleveland Orchestra of Tennessee, under the direction of Sarah Pearson, as we prep Gravitation for its world premiere!
Happy to share a new composition for solo clarinet entitled in fits and starts, which was premiere in Rosch Recital Hall at the State University of New York at Fredonia on September 17, 2019!
I'm humbled to have had violist Andrea Priester Houde perform My Garden...My World at the University of Alabama's Viola Day!
So very honored to have officially received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching today during the 2019–2020 Academic Year All Campus Meeting. Looking forward to a great year at Fredonia School of Music!
NEW MUSIC AVAILABLE!
Check out Nicholas Phillips's #45Miniatures project (https://www.45miniatures.com/) and this reference recording of Substratum, my newest piano miniature available through ADJ•ective New Music!
I'm thrilled to be joining my wonderful faculty colleagues (Jennifer Jolley, Carrie Magin, Amanda Harberg, and Elyse Kahler) at Interlochen Center for the Arts on the 211th Program of the 92nd Season of the Interlochen Arts Camp.
If you're in the area, be sure to check it out…Douglas Moore-Monroe, Henry Skolnick, and Phillip Roberts are very generously bringing my music to life!
I'm thrilled to be joining my wonderful faculty colleagues (Jennifer Jolley, Carrie Magin, Amanda Harberg, Garrett Schumann, and Phillip Roberts) at Interlochen Center for the Arts on the 52nd Program of the 92nd Season of the Interlochen Arts Camp.
If you're in the area, be sure to check it out…Jennifer Parker-Harley, Scott Donald, and Andrea Priester Houde sound absolutely fabulous bringing my music to life!
Excited to be back at Interlochen Arts Camp this summer, teaching courses in Music Composition, Music Literature, and Orchestration for middle and high school students!
NEW RECORDING!
Check out Kathleen O'Mara (flute) and Bailey Marshall (piano) performing Array Music in Rosch Recital Hall (4/7/19) at Fredonia School of Music.
NEW RECORDING!
Check out Eliran Avni performing Microsonata No. 1 on the Faculty Recital: Faculty Composers concert (3/7/19) at Fredonia School of Music.
Looking forward to the Ohio University New Music Ensemble concert, with colleagues Jamie Leigh Sampson, Kala Pierson, Robert McClure, Ryne Siesky, and Russell Pinkston!
Excited to be joining my colleagues at Fredonia School of Music for an exciting evening of contemporary music!
NEW RECORDING!
Check out Dane Philipsen, Douglas Moore-Monroe, and Douglas Spaniol performing November 5, 2012 on the 173rd Program of the 91st Season at Interlochen Arts Camp.
Looking forward to joining my Interlochen Arts Camp colleagues on our final Faculty Composers Recital of the 91st Season, with a performance of November 5, 2012, given by Dane Philipsen, Douglas Moore-Monroe, and Douglas Spaniol!
NEW RECORDING!
Check out Joshua Espinoza's premiere of Microsonata No. 1 on the 51st Program of the 91st Season at Interlochen Arts Camp.
Looking forward to joining my Interlochen Arts Camp colleagues on our first Faculty Composers Recital of the 91st Season, with a performance of Five Miniatures (given by Liam Dilenschneider and Ryan Cabildo) and a premiere of my first Microsonata (written for Joshua Espinoza)!
Excited to be back at Interlochen Arts Camp this summer, teaching courses in Music Composition, Music Literature, and Orchestration for middle and high school students!
So very thrilled to have been a part of the Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project! Check out David Bohn's recording of my new clavichord miniature, Length/Time2!