Duo 46 concert online
I just found a concert of the guitar/violin duo Duo 46 online. It's a concert they played in Calgary at St. Stephen's Anglican Church on April 5th, 2008, and is presented on the Canadian Broadcasting [...]
February 2009
Composers: Carlos Rafael Rivera
I thought I would start a new series of blogs about composers that I respect, and whos music I think is shaping the classical music of the 21st century. I’ll be doing this [...]
Sur Incises
I came across this You Tube video of Pierre Boulez doing a kind of presentation of parts of his piece Sur Incises. It reminded me how much I love this piece. The audio quality of [...]
Surfin with the Plagiarist
I just heard today about the controversy surrounding the band Coldplay and the guitarist Joe Satriani. A friend of mine posted a status update on Facebook congratulating Satriani on winning the Grammy for Song of [...]
A few things that never got posted here…
The first thing was an announcement of an article that I appeared in: There’s a new feature in the classical guitar magazine Soundboard this month (Volume 33, 2007). The magazine is published by the Guitar [...]
Juventas
Juventas, a young new music ensemble based in Boston, is once again performing one of my pieces. This group of talented performers and composers have been very good to me and my music, having performed [...]
Blizzard in Trouble?
Many of you who know me well well know that I am a huge nerd. One of the nerdy things I love, and have always loved is video games. Even as a kid, I would [...]
Star Trek II: The Opera
This is genius...I would totally go see this. Why is it that the one scene where Khan puts the slug things in their ears made the biggest impact on everyone who saw it?