I’m pleased to announce TWO World Premieres with the National Chamber Ensemble! 1st my “fierce little viola piece” When The World Disintegrates Before Your Eyes debuts… as a violin piece thanks to virtuoso & NCE Artistic Director Leo Sushansky. Next will be the premiere of a new trio arrangement (clarinet, piano, and percussion) of the popular 2nd movement from … Read More
What do you get if you mix 1 composer (Joel Phillip Friedman) with 1 stellar vocal trio (ModernMedieval Trio Of Voices) with 1 prescient mystic, visionary, and polymath (Hildegard von Bingen) in 1 storied museum (National Museum of Women In the Arts)? 1 very special program – The Living Word – featuring works by Hildegard herself, Caroline Shaw, Caleb … Read More
On April 24th I returned to my old workplace Swarthmore College – where I was Visiting Associate Professor from 2002-2006 – to be a guest lecturer in my dear friend Dr. Barbara Milewski’s 20th Century Seminar. The talk “Revolution in April: The Beatles, April 6, 1966″ was a deep dive into the the landmark session that … Read More
I had a wonderful time doing my annual Beatles’ Intensive at Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program the weekend of April 7-8! Great seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and digging DEEP into tech and how it influenced their songwriting and recordings. What a blast! This was a totally new class WSP 74 Revolution: The Beatles’ Innovative Studio Years … Read More
The week has finally arrived! Come here some of the most gifted young string players in the world during the 2018 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players (JIC). Out of nearly 200 applicants from 16 countries, 30 semi-finalists ranging in age from 14 to 17 were chosen to compete for $67,000 in prize money … Read More
I had a very productive time at the Hermitage Artists Retreat mid-December finishing All Things Are Set Ablaze which was commissioned by Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek for her new ensemble ModernMedieval Trio of Voices (Martha Cluver & Eliza Bagg, sopranos; Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, mezzo-soprano) and is based on the writings of famed German abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, … Read More
Tomorrow night (8 pm) my *very* short, whimsical 2 piano piece “Habits & Collars” will be premiered by Catholic University faculty Ivo L. Kalchev & Francesca T. Hurst on a concert featuring a complete performance of Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op 15 for solo piano, alongside Scenes from Catholic University, a newly-composed set of … Read More
I’m happy that Percy and I grace the latest advert from Acis Productions for my CD Bespoke!
Happy to be joining Maestro Christopher Bell, Artistic Director of the Washington Chorus, Grace Cho, of the New Orchestra of Washington, and Neeta Helms, founder of Classical Movement the Washington Chorus’ new “Music in Our Time” series as a panelist! Come on down, it’ll be a lot of fun!
