On September 25th at 1:15 pm Derek Smith, principal violist of the New Orchestra of Washington (NoW), will give the East Coast premiere of my solo viola/Klein International String Competition commissioned piece When the World Disintegrates Before Your Eyes at Georgetown University’s MCNEIR HALL. NoW’s chamber program also includes John B. Hedges’ Clarinet Sonatina “Gumbo” (2008) and Mozart’s Kegelstatt” … Read More
On October 2nd and 3rd, 2015 the New Orchestra of Washington, under the direction of Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, will premiere my newly commissioned chamber orchestra version of Elastic Band. The program “Fusion” also includes works by Mackey, Bermel, McAllister, and Hernandez-Valdez. 10/2: Georgetown University and 10/3: AMP Strathmore
My most recent preconcert talk with the Baltimore Symphony/Levine Music at Strathmore this past Saturday: an all-Russian program! Seemed really appropriate with all the recent snow, and yet today’s spring-like weather? Not so much!
Wow! What a whirlwind, action-packed long weekend with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra and the amazing Maestra Barbara Day Turner. I had a great time meeting and giving a presentation to Maestro Anthony Quartuccio’s talented young composers at the Kehillah Jewish High School, giving a preconcert talk for SCJO, hearing rehearsals, meeting the musicians, hanging … Read More
I’m thrilled that my next Baltimore Symphony/Levine Music pre-concert talk at Strathmore will be… Mahler’s 3rd Symphony! One of my all-time favorites, going back to the days I worked for Leonard Bernstein. Info here
My latest newsletter is full of updates on activities! More exciting things to report in the upcoming months. Constructing Thought, One Note at a Time…
This Saturday, January 3rd, I’m giving my next preconcert talk for the Baltimore Symphony and Levine Music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Nicholas McGegan conducting. 7 pm at the Strathmore Music Center. http://bsomusic.org/calendar/events/2014-2015-events/beethovens-9th.aspx
Saturday night my season of pre-concert lectures at the Strathmore Center for the Baltimore Symphony and Levine music began with a bang: Marin Alsop conducted Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”) and the Chichester Psalms, plus Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Two of my “Four B’s” (the others being The Beatles and Bird)! It also brought up some … Read More
I loved working with the fabulously talented Maestro Angel Gil-Ordóñez and the students in the Georgetown University Orchestra in a performance of my “The First Step Of the Journey” (an excerpt from my new orchestral piece) in conjunction with the Benoy Behl exhibition opening at the Spagnuolo Gallery on October 23, 2014. Expressly written for … Read More
I just scored this short social media video for a new incredible startup company Wine Ring (http://www.winering.com) co-founded by Pam Dillon and Andrew Sussman. “Discover what you love. Love what you discover.™ Launches this fall! Wine Taste Perception