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New performance
The incomparable pianist Max Lifchitz will perform my Jade Dance for piano solo on Monday, May 24 at 4:00 pm. It will be a virtual performance–details to be announced as soon as I know more.
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I’m still here
It’s been 7 years since I last posted. The reason for this is that on March 31, 2014, I suffered a cardiac arrest–my heart simply (and suddenly) stopped beating. I was in Pittsburg, PA for a performance of Three Fantasies when it all happened. I was resuscitated by two strangers (who I have never found,…
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A Good Problem to Have
Last Friday, Feb. 21, I had the enviable problem of needing to miss the performance of my newest work, 3 Phantasies for Cello and Piano, here in New York City in order to attend a performance of the same work on the same evening in Indiana. Both performances went splendidly–a beautiful performance in NYC by Kate…
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Wabash College Faculty-Alumni Symposium: Back Home Again in Indiana
This February 21st, 2014, I’ll be back home again in Indiana as a guest of my alma mater, Wabash College. Wabash will be presenting a Symposium on Music in the Liberal Arts, and they asked me to speak about my work as a composer. I countered with the offer to write a piece for performance,…
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Thanks to Parthenia and Random Access Music
My work Aspects Of A Singlularity for Viol Consort was premiered last weekend, Nov. 8/9 here in NYC. The performing ensemble was the nationally-acclaimed Parthenia Viol Consort. It was a great treat to work with these amazing musicians and to hear them play my work. I hope I get the chance to write for them…
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Parthenia performs my new work “Aspects Of A Singularity”
I first met Bev, Lisa, Larry, and Ros of the Parthenia viol consort when they performed at the very first Queens New Music Festival, which RAM–the composers’ collective that I founded–produces. RAM and Parthenia will be collaborating on a concert this November that will include my newest work, Aspects…
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Fall, 2013
I’ve got lots on my plate for this upcoming concert season. First up, on October 6, the Astoria Symphony Orchestra will premiere my new work Walamboltz. This work was commissioned by maestro Silas Huff and the ASO. The commission includes use of the work at a conductor’s workshop taking place here in NYC in the week preceding the premiere performance.…
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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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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…