What’s Next…
So, the question that everyone keeps asking me is, "What are you going to do next?".For those of you who don't know, I am in the final stages of finishing my Doctorate in music at [...]
April 2006
March 2006
a week-and-a-half in the life of…
A Week-and-a-Half in the Life of … Friday, February 24th I made a trip out to Urbana, Illinois because the Uni. Of Illinois Orchestra was performing my alto flute concerto Three Lamentations on the Death [...]
December 2005
Where do I belong?
For a long time I’ve been trying to figure out where I (I meaning my music) fit within today’s cultural society? I’m not even talking about some broad topic, like where does classical music fit [...]
October 2005
GFA
I just got back from the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition, where I saw Duo 46 perform my piece Sonata 46 in concert. Of course, they ripped the hell out of it, like [...]
Hommage a Mandy Morris
I'm sitting here, in the middle of working on my newest Hommage for Piano, the "Hommage a Mandy Morris". I started the piece 2 days ago, and I'll likely finish it tonight, or tomorrow. It's [...]
September 2005
Stranger’s Blog
I've been a little stressed lately because of school and the recital, but I found something today that picked me up a little. I happened upon a strangers blog (from doing a search of my [...]
Down…
I've been in the initial stages of finding performers for my Nov. 15th DM recital, and I have to say it has not been going well. First, the pianist that recorded the Hommages for Piano [...]
Letter to a conductor
I've just started contacting performers and conductors for my DM recital here at Indiana University, scheduled (now officially) for Tuesday, November 15th @ 5PM in Auer Hall. In doing so, the most difficult piece to [...]
Interview
Here is a transcript of an interview I did on the Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar last year.INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTYou can also hear the interview here.
August 2005
"Is John Adams still alive?"
Dude - was the last time I really updated this blog May 17th? Jesus man - what's up with you?!Well, the summer has been a sort of fruitful one - I guess I could have [...]