Sweet Stillness is a seven minute plea for peace, kindness, and grace through humility. The music creates a neutral space to contemplate, center, feel, and extend grace to one another in a world currently full of darkness and strife. The work is dedicated to Dr. K. M (Kay) Knittel “who still lights the world around us.” … Read More
This Saturday night, April 26th I’m giving a Fairfax Symphony Orchestra preconcert talk introducing Mahler 5. 70 minutes of intense, extraordinary, and meticulously crafted music. It’ll be a blast and I can’t wait to hear what Chris Zimmerman does with the orchestra!
I have been asked to host and help create a new series of informal post-concert conversations “And In Closing…” with the Fairfax Symphony’s Music Director Chris Zimmerman and added guests from different artistic disciplines. Instead of doing the usual concert/repertoire-specific talks, we aim to create a sense of community with the orchestra’s thriving audience and to … Read More
As you know my website motto is: Constructing thought, one note at a time. I came up with this it seemed to comprise the many things I do: composing, speaking, teaching, writing, and thinking about music. I love being in the thick of things. So, it’s been a bit since I’ve constructed thought one WORD at a time, … Read More