I had a great time in West Virginia, where I recently attended the West Fork New Music Festival. Organized by composer and Fairmont State University Professor, Daniel Eichenbaum, West Fork New Music Festival featured performances by Great Noise Ensemble and Keith Jackson. My piece, Thirty-three Years, was selected to be performed by Great Noise Ensemble.
Read MoreAs part of my Composer-in-Residence with Elevate, I’ve just completed my second, and final work for them. My piece, Sinfonietta, was written for yet another challenging, but fun, instrumentation set by Elevate. This time I was writing for the same exact instrumentation as Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony.
Read MoreI’m pleased to announce that our collective will be working with wonderful Liaison Ensemble as our second collaboration! We are now starting preparations for a concert with Liaison this fall.
Read MoreI was quite surprised to learn that Elevate had chosen to program my solo cello piece, Media Luna, for their “Old Girls Club” concert, a concert that featured music all by women composers. Media Luna had been written nearly 13 years prior, and was a bit of a forgotten piece for me.
Read MoreI’m pleased to announce that I will be Composer-in-Residence with Elevate Ensemble for their 2017/18 season. I’ve long attended their concerts, and have admired their selection of repertoire: a blend of brand new works, many commissioned by Elevate, as well as unfamiliar pieces that should be classics.
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