I’m hopping a flight early tomorrow morning and heading west to teach WSP 64 — Revolution: The Songwriting of The Beatles for Stanford University’s Continuing Studies program It’s sold out, so we’ve added a 2nd class Sunday! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Patrick McCoy of Washington Life Magazine reviewed New Orchestra of Washington’s performance of Elastic Band at Georgetown’s Gonda Theatre in his Perfect Pitch column! Thanks for the kind words Patrick. Those are some of my Georgetown University students towering over me. Read it here.
How’s this for a weekend’s work: scoring the launch video for the hot internet startup Wine Ring! Wine Ring has major math under the hood that makes choosing wines easy. It’s all based on what you like, not ratings, but your preferences. I had a blast working with co-founders Pam Dillon and Andrew Sussman. Oh, … Read More
My fantastic trip back to the Bay Area for the premiere of Movable Home with Barbara Day Turner and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra ended on a high note: a chance to work with some terrific young composers in Maestro Anthony Quartuccio’s AP Music Theory class at the Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto. KEHILLAH WELCOMES CLASSICAL COMPOSER, JOEL … Read More
On October 11 my new string orchestra piece Movable Home received a fantastic premiere by Artistic Director Barbara Day Turner and the San José Chamber Orchestra to kick off their 25th season. This was the 1st of the 3 performances from the commissioning consortium of San José Chamber Orchestra, Takoma Ensemble (Victoria Gau, Artistic Director) and SONYC (String Orchestra of New York, Monica Bauchwitz, Artistic Director). Next … Read More
Friday, October 9th after the SCJO rehearsal of Movable Home the trio of me, Maestra Barbara Day Turner, and virtuoso violinist Stephanie Chase headed to KKUP to sit down and talk with head of classical music Gaylord Fischer about our upcoming 25th season opening concert including Stephanie’s performance of both Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 Violins and her … Read More
Sunday night, fresh off a terrific pair of performances of Elastic Band at Georgetown’s Gonda Theatre and AMP/Strathmore, the New Orchestra of Washington, conducted by Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, hit Omega Studios with producer Geoffrey Silver of Acis Productions at the helm. Great session, can’t wait to hear the final product! (photo: Christian Amonson)
On October 11, my new string orchestra work, Movable Home will have its World Premiere by Artistic Director Barbara Day Turner and the San José Chamber Orchestra to kick off their 25th season on a program also featuring the stellar violin virtuoso Stephanie Chase. This is the 1st of the 3 performances from the commissioning consortium of San José … Read More
New Orchestra of Washington (NoW) and Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez will open their 4th season with Fusion, featuring the world premiere of Elastic Band for chamber orchestra (commissioned by NoW). Two performances and an open rehearsal: Friday October 2, 7:30 PM at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center/Gonda Theatre Saturday October 3, 8 PM at the new, hip AMP Strathmore space … Read More
Derek Smith, principal violist of the New Orchestra of Washington, will give the East Coast premiere of my fierce viola piece When the World Disintegrates Before Your Eyes on Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series this coming September 25th at 1:15 pm McNeir Hall, New North Building. Free! The program also includes John B. Hedges’ Clarinet Sonatina … Read More