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Quintet of the Americas
I’m beginning to think that my idea to produce the Queens New Music Festival was totally self-motivated. My original idea for the festival was that I wanted to promote Queens in the new music world by having lots of groups come out to Queens to play some of their tunes. That happened (and will happen…
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Obsidian Brass Quintet
On January 17 and 18, 2013, the Obsidian Brass Quintet will perform my brass quintet, Indefinite Bellows and Certain Murmurs. Also on the program will be 3 other world premieres by RAM composers and the winning score from RAM’s 2012 call for scores, Balsamic Reduction, by PoChun Wang. Obsidian Brass is a young, emerging group of performers who…
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Old instruments, new music
So, one of the great things about producing the Queens New Music Festival last May was that I got to meet lots and lots of musicians doing amazing things. My favorite new friends were the musicians of Parthenia. They’re a “consort of Viols.” And what’s that, you may ask. It’s a quartet of ancient instruments…
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Recent Publications
I’m happy to report that my work for Clarinet and Piano, as big as alone, is finally off the presses and available for purchase. Check it out if you can!
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Queens New Music Festival
On May 10-13, I was the leading organizer of the Queens New Music Festival. The weekend was filled with new concert hall music of almost every stripe. The only kinds of groups we were missing were large ensembles like wind bands and orchestras. I’d like to thank all of my fellow Random Access Music composers…
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Toast and Jam
My newest work, Toast and Jam, will be performed by the Cadillac Moon Ensemble. This emerging quartet is dedicated to creating and expanding the repetoire for their unique instrumentation: Flute, Violin, Violoncello, and Percussion. Cadillac Moon will be performing 6 works, including 4 world premieres by me and my fellow composers of Random Access Music. The program…
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Throttle: new work for Vn., Vc., and Piano
Please join me and my fellow Random Access Music composers to hear the world premiere of my new work for Violin, Cello, and Piano: Throttle. The work will be presented on a concert of 6 premieres entitled “Southwest Inversionâ€. The music will be performed by the Southwest Trio: Jessica Mathaes, Violin; Elisabeth Lee, Cello; and…
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Thank you Tom Piercy and Claudine Hickman
 I’d like to thank Tom Piercy (Clarinet) and Claudine Hickman (Piano) for a beautiful performance of my work as big as alone last Friday and Saturday nights here in New York City. Tom, as usual, played with great expression and lyricism. Thank you Tom for all your hard work. This was the first time that…
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as big as alone
Please join me and my fellow composers of Random Access Music for a concert of our works performed by Tom Piercy and the Gotham Ensemble. Gotham will perform 6 world premieres, including my work as big as alone for Clarinet and Piano, at The Tank 354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave.) New York,…
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Poeticisms
My recent work, Poeticisms: 7 Images from a Poem by Donald Baker, will be performed at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 3110 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens @ 8pm on Friday, February 25, 2011. The work was written especially for ThingNY‘s 2011 call for SPAM 2.0. Please join me for the performance by one…