NEWS & EVENTS
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I'm thrilled to hear that Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has been awarded a $20,000 NEA grant to support a commissioning and performance project featuring a new set of symphonic movements, based upon celestial bodies in our solar system, created by members of the ADJ•ective New Music Composers' Collective (#ADJCC), including Cynthia Van Maanen, Hong-Da Chin, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Anne Neikirk, Alex Temple, Daijana Wallace, Robert McClure, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and me!
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I had a wonderful time at this year's Region V Conference for the Society of Composers, Inc. Shoutout to Rob McClure and all his students at Ohio University School of Music for hosting such a stellar series of lectures and performances. Seven concerts, two lectures, and an installation over a period of three days featuring music created by more than 70 guest composers, guest performers, faculty, and students. Bravi tutti! #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia #SCIRegionV2023 |
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I'll be joining my Fredonia School of Music colleagues (Emily Joy Sullivan, Paul Coleman, and Rob Deemer) along with some familiar friends (Anne Neikirk and Jamie Leigh Sampson) for a wonderful evening of contemporary music, with performances given by Paul Coleman, Nick Weiser...and me! Monday, September 18, 2023 8pm Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall Mason Hall The State University of New York at Fredonia Check it out! #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia #FREDmusic #FREDcomp |
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The 178th Program of Interlochen Arts Camp's 96th Season will feature the music of my dear colleagues (Akshaya Avril Tucker, Elyse Kahler, Phil Roberts, Carrie Magin, Jamie Leigh Sampson, Amanda Harberg, Victor Marquez, and Jenn Jolley), with performances given by Audrey Henry, Jennifer Parker-Harley, Nave Graham, Ziqing Guan, Jill Heyboer, Evelynn Esquivel, Jonathon Nickell, Chadwick Thomas, Emily Reader, Sarah Garretson, Noah Steele, Dawson Coleman, Matthew Roitstein, YaoGuang Zhai, Erin Bennett Hibbard, David Zerkel, Amanda Harberg, Kalina Mrmevska, Sergio Ruiz, Ian Greenlaw, and Johan Botes. Check it out! #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia #interlochen2023 #interlochanartscamp #composinginthewoods |
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If you haven't had a chance to check out Decho Ensemble's new album, now's the opportunity! I am so honored to appear on this release with Robert McClure, Lori Laitman, Marc Mellits, and Ruby Fulton. Thank you Sarah Marchitelli, Marianne Parker, Katherine Petersen, Jacob Swanson. You all sound wonderful! |
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I'm so excited to be joining my Interlochen colleagues (Amanda Harberg, Carrie Magin, Elyse Kahler, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and Phil Roberts) on the first Faculty Composers Recital of the 96th Season at Interlochen Arts Camp. Come check out some wonderful performances of my music given by Robert Satterlee, Jonathon Nickell, and Dawson Coleman! |
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I'm looking forward to reviewing this year's Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival, in it's 26th season at the Fredonia Opera House. I hope to see you there! |
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I'm feeling so fortunate to be in an environment that is receptive to new opera. Come see For Want of a Top at the Fredonia Opera House! (March 2–4, 2023) with Fredonia Student Opera Theatre Association, Ella Monaco, Layla Hollis, Jackson Kelly, Amelia Gleyzer, Eunmi Hwang, Adrian Otero, Ashley Zielezinski, Lizzy Davis, Benjamin Deschner, Angela Dilkey Haas, Dylan Murphy, Erica Rae Austin, Ross Wiley, Fredonia Composition, Rob Deemer, and Jamie Leigh Sampson Toi toi toi! #FREDmusic #FREDopera #FREDcomp #SOTAoperaScenes #ProudTeacher #GratefulColleague #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia 
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I'll be joining my Fredonia School of Music colleagues (Paul Coleman, Caroline Mallonee, and Rob Deemer) along with some familiar friends (Christopher Cresswell and Jamie Leigh Sampson) for a wonderful evening of contemporary music, with performances given by Sean Duggan, Natasha Farny, Angela Haas, Kieran Hanlon, Sandra Leary, Elliot Scozzaro, Andrew Seigel, and Nick Weiser. Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8pm Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall Mason Hall The State University of New York at Fredonia Check it out! |
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I'm looking forward to presenting a talk about Entrepreneurship in the Arts at Fredonia School of Music (Fredonia) during the first General Body Meeting of the Ethos New Music Society. Feel free to join us! Sunday, February 19, 2023 12:00 EST Mason Hall 2140 Fredonia School of Music State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY |
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For the first time in 15 years there will be an SCI Region 2 Conference, and I cannot thank Natalie Draper and Neil Flory enough for their work in making it all happen. Looking forward to spending some quality time with a plethora of contemporary music and musicians during the first week of November at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music! November 4–6, 2022 Syracuse, NY The conference will feature several calls for scores, as well as panel discussions. Society of Composers, Inc. is partnering with Central New York’s Society for New Music and Symphor!a for this multi-day event. Guest artist, Nilo Alcala, will be the featured composer of the choral concert and will give a pre-concert talk. |
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I'm looking forward to ICA New Music Weekend with Fredonia School of Music friends and colleagues Andrew Seigel, Erin Carpenter, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and I-Fei Chen, as well as the Arizona-based Paradise Winds reed quintet.
ICA New Music Weekend 2022 is a two-day virtual festival featuring new music performances, extended technique clinics, composer/performer collaborative master classes and interactive workshops. |
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It's going to be another exciting Interlochen Online session, teaching Music Theory to eager young minds! There is still time to enroll! |
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Excited to be joining some wonderful colleagues and friends of #FREDComp at Fredonia School of Music for an exciting evening of contemporary music! Faculty Recital: Faculty Composers & Friends Friday, September 23, 2022 20:00 Rosch Recital Hall State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY |
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It's exciting to be back at the Fredonia School of Music during the 2022–2023 academic year, teaching classes in Aural Skills, Written Theory, Choral Arranging, Arts Advocacy, and Music Composition! #FREDMusic #FREDComp #FREDStrong #FREDProud |
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Feeling humbled to have my recent composition for clarinet and piano, Cipher, premiered by two incredible Interlochen friends and colleagues. Come out and here Dr. Douglas Moore-Monroe (clarinet) and Dr. Amanda Harberg (piano) perform on the 175th Program of the 95th Season of Interlochen Arts Camp! Tuesday, August 2, 2022 18:30 Music Center 1010 |
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In spite of having to quarantine due to COVID, I was still able to attend the first Faculty Composers Recital of the 95th season of Interlochen Arts Camp (virtually)! Shout-out to Nicholas Phillips for his beautiful interpretation of Substratum, written for his #45miniatures project in December of 2018. |
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I'm excited to be teaching composition in person at the 2022 Interlochen Arts Camp...and we're back to a six-week program! I'm looking forward to joining my amazing colleagues (Amanda Harberg, Jennifer Jolley, and Carrie Magin) again in the, "land of stately pines." Look out, Northern Michigan! Here we come. @Interlochen Center for the Arts "Dedicated to the promotion of world friendship through the universal language of the arts" |
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I'm thrilled to be joining my colleague (and "partner in crime"), Jamie Leigh Sampson, as a guest of Hillsdale College for tandem premieres given by their Faculty Woodwind Quintet—Jaimie Chester Wagner, Chris Wheeler, Andrew Sprung, Alan Taplin, and Cindy Duda—with faculty artist Kristi Matson!
Monday, April 11, 2022 19:00 EDT Conrad Recital Hall Howard Music Hall Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI |
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Feeling honored to have one of my solo piano compositions, Solace, programmed on Matt Slazik's Senior Piano Recital, which will feature works by Arvo Pärt, Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Evan Williams, and more!
Sunday, April 3, 2022 14:00 EDT Rosch Recital Hall State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY Live Stream Link |
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I'm looking forward to joining my colleague (and "partner in crime"), Jamie Leigh Sampson, as a featured guest composer/performer at Praecepta's New Music Mini-fest! It's going to be a blast hearing performances by The _____ Experiment and the many talented composers & performers studying at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts. CONCERT 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 20:00 EDT, BRYAN RECITAL HALL MOORE MUSICAL ARTS CENTER 24 x 24 WORKSHOP FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022 14:30 EDT, CONRAD ROOM WOLFE CENTER FOR THE ARTS CONCERT 2 SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022 14:00 EDT, BRYAN RECITAL HALL MOORE MUSICAL ARTS CENTER |
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Excited to be joining some wonderful colleagues and friends of #FREDComp at Fredonia School of Music for an exciting evening of contemporary music! Faculty Recital: Faculty Composers & Friends Friday, February 18, 2022 20:00 Rosch Recital Hall State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY |
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I'm looking forward to presenting at the 85th NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, NY, in addition to being a part of this year's Composition Coaching Workshops. If you're in town on Friday, December 3, 2021, then please feel free to join me during my 19:00 EST session, "Teaching Creativity with Confidence."
Also, be sure to check out the 26th Annual Student Electronic Showcase (Thursday, December 2 at 16:15 EST in CC Cascade ABC), the 23rd Annual Young Composer Showcase (Friday, December 3 at 13:15 EST in CC Lilac Ballroom), and the Premiere Young Songwriters Showcase (Saturday, December 4 at 08:15 EST in CC Riverside Court). |
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I'm excited to be sharing the stage with my incredible colleagues and friends at the Fredonia School of Music during a concert featuring the music of Elyse Kahler, Rob Deemer, Cynthia Van Maanen, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and Robert McClure, with performances by Jessica Tong, Decho Ensemble, and Andrew Seigel. Join us in person at Rosch Recital Hall, or stream this event live! #FREDMusic #FREDComp #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia |
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I'm looking forward to teaching a course on Music Theory during the fall session of Interlochen Online 2021! Registration deadline is October 21, 2021. |
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It's exciting to be back at the Fredonia School of Music during the 2021–2022 academic year, teaching classes in Aural Skills and Music Composition! #FREDMusic #FREDComp #FREDStrong #FREDProud |
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I'm thrilled to be sharing the stage tonight with such incredibly talented (and thoughtful) composer colleagues at Interlochen Arts Camp. (Phil Roberts, Elyse Kahler, Victor Márquez-Barrios, Amanda Harberg, Carrie Magin, and Jamie Leigh Sampson) If you happen to be around Interlochen, MI, then feel free to come check out the Faculty Composers Forum! Robert Satterlee will be performing Reflections, Echoes, and Resonances, a contemplative work for amplified piano that I wrote last year in honor of my maternal grandfather's 92nd birthday. I'll also be performing various clarinet antics in Elyse Kahler's delightfully quirky Four Miniatures for "Beginner" Clarinet and Live Electronics; you won't want to miss it! |
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After such a turbulent year, I'm thrilled to be teaching composition at the 2021 Interlochen Arts Camp...in person! I will be joining my colleagues (Amanda Harberg, Jennifer Jolley, and Carrie Magin) for an exciting, fast-paced summer of musical creativity and exploration in the, "land of stately pines." |
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It's shaping up to be a lovely day, as I look forward to Heather Marsico's performance of My Garden...My World at WVU School of Music. The full recital program can be accessed here; check it out! Many thanks to my friend and IAC colleague Andrea Priester Houde for giving this piece life and encouraging violists everywhere to explore their individual musicianship through this highly personal, meditative composition. "A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world." — Leo Buscaglia |
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I'm so excited to be joining my wonderful colleagues at Interlochen Online for the Spring 2021 Session (April 5, 2021 to May 1, 2021). Registration closes March 31, 2021. (Discounts available until March 5, 2021 for most programs.) If you know any middle or high school students interested in exploring music composition and learning about counterpoint, let me know! The course I'm teaching is intended for students (Grades 6–12) who demonstrate an aptitude for, and show interested in, creating music! |
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Well...it looks like it will be an exciting spring at Fredonia:
53-hour work week. (not counting grading or lesson planning) #AdjunctLife #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia #IDidThisToMyself #GigEconomy :-) |
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As of December 15, 2020 I have accepted the position of General Manager for the Society of Composers, Inc. I certainly could never replace our beloved Gerald Warfield, who tirelessly served as General Manager (more-or-less continuously) since 1977, but I am looking forward to contributing to the continued development of this vibrant organization as we move into the third decade of the 21st century. As with all organizations dedicated to contemporary artistry, I believe that our advocacy in the here and now should reflect on our history, while opening a world of possibilities for composers creating the music of today; this is important work, and I am grateful to be a part of it! |
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I'm so excited to be joining my wonderful colleagues at Interlochen Online for the Winter 2021 Session (January 11, 2021 to February 6, 2021). Registration closes January 4, 2021. (Discounts available until December 20, 2020 for most programs.) If you know any middle or high school students interested in exploring music composition, let me know! The course I'm teaching is intended for students (Grades 6–12) who demonstrate an aptitude for, and show interested in, creating music! |
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I'm looking forward to participating in a virtual event at the Fredonia School of Music, featuring creative compositions from my #ADJCC colleagues Rob Deemer and Jamie Leigh Sampson, with performances given by Sarah Hamilton, David Rose, Jamie Leigh Sampson, Nick Weiser, members of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and yours truly.
Join us! 11/12/2020 at 20:00 ET. |
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I am excited to announce that my dear friend and IAC colleague Andrea Priester Houde will be discussing and performing My Garden...My World on West Virginia Public Broadcasting during a live recital on 10/29/2020 at 13:00 ET. It has been a while since music of mine has been played on the radio...let alone broadcast to an entire state! Tune in for a very special performance of this highly contemplative, personal work for solo viola. https://www.wvpublic.org/listen-live |
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I'm so thankful to be hearing My Garden...My World (written for my dear friend Andrea Priester Houde) performed on my "home stage" (i.e., Rosch Recital Hall at Fredonia School of Music) by my Fredonia friend and colleague David Rose...during a pandemic no less! I'm honored to join David Finko, Rob Deemer, Paul Coleman, and Ann Rose on this lovely (socially-distanced) Faculty Recital. |
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NEW RECORDING! (8/13/2020)
Check out Jacob Swanson and Sarah Marchitelli, in a new video from their Decho @ Home series, as they perform Five Miniatures, a piece that was written for them on the occasion of their wedding! |
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It's official. I've signed my contract to teach this summer at Interlochen Online. Looking forward to this exciting endeavor as one of the oldest international arts camps continues to push boundaries and strive for excellence during these uncertain times. #PandemicTeaching #PandemicPedagogy #InterlochenOnline |
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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 |
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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! |
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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/ |
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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! |
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NEW RECORDING! (9/17/2019)
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! |
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I'm humbled to have had violist Andrea Priester Houde perform My Garden...My World at the University of Alabama's Viola Day! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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Looking forward to the Ohio University New Music Ensemble concert, with colleagues Jamie Leigh Sampson, Kala Pierson, Robert McClure, Ryne Siesky, and Russell Pinkston! |
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Excited to be joining my colleagues at Fredonia School of Music for an exciting evening of contemporary music! |
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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. |
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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! |
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NEW RECORDING!
Check out Joshua Espinoza's premiere of Microsonata No. 1 on the 51st Program of the 91st Season at Interlochen Arts Camp. |
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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)! |
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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! |
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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! |
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