July 25, 2024
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July 25, 2024
SHORT VERSION:
I'm arranging The Automatic Earth for full symphony orchestra and electronics! The
Durham Medical Orchestra is leading a consortium for this new version.
Premiere: December 15th, 2024.
Buy-in cost: $500
Commissioners get score and parts in perpetuity.
Exclusivity for commissioner performance is 1 year from premiere (until December, 2025).
Instrumentation:...
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April 25, 2024
The
original version of Dusk, commissioned by the Langley High School Wind Symphony, Andrew Gekoskie, conductor, was premiered by that group at the MENC National Convention in Minneapolis, MN, in April, 2004. It was a commission I almost didn't take: this was my sixth work for full band in 14 months, while I was working full-time in the IT Department at Juilliard, and I just couldn't see how I...
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December 7, 2023
It's FINALLY here: a PRINTED version of my photo/piano book "
Dusk - Seven Works for Solo Piano." These are all easy-to-intermediate level piano works, paired with my own photography. A limited run is printing now, and should start shipping next week (Dec. 11, 2023). The PDF version of the book is also included in your purchase as an immediate download! Use Promo Code "
photobook5" to take $5 off...
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September 6, 2023
Delighted to learn that the Texas PML (Prescribed Music List) has added both
Ecstatic Fanfare and
In This Broad Earth. Any band in Texas (or any other state that also use Texas' list) that wants to perform these works at their contest is welcome to acquire the works here at my website, and I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. Free recordings and downloadable PDF scores...
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December 16, 2021
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July 23, 2021
For those of you at today's TBA clinic (July 23rd, 2021), thank you for attending, and for letting Jennifer, Omar, John, and I talk to you about your profession and what we hope to see and help you create in the future. Here are some of the resources we talked about, and some of my music I'd like to share with you.
Composers:
And We Were Heard
Composer Diversity Database
The
Creative...
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March 28, 2021
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February 26, 2021
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January 30, 2021
UPDATE: 30 January 2021:
MetaMarch (arr. Robert Ambrose) and
The Low Arc of the Sun are now available in flexible versions. Details are on their respective pages.
UPDATE: 4 September 2020:
The Machine Awakes is now available in a FIVE-PART version (all strings, woodwinds, brass), with optional Piano and percussion parts. BONUS: the electronics tracks (stems) are newly available for you and...
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April 16, 2020
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The
Durham Medical Orchestra, conducted by
Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant, made a virtual orchestra recording of my work
The Machine Awakes, and we'd love to share it with you! This is particularly special since many of these musicians are directly on the forefront of combating this pandemic. Verena did the extraordinary job of organizing the...
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March 29, 2020
I often make things on the side while composing - usually "electronica-ish tracks" - just for fun. It's a great way to keep the creativity going with absolutely no pressure. I've decided to share an assortment of these various experiments, side-projects, and (mostly) electronic creations. When I speak to composers, especially at universities, I usually remind them to still "play" and not get...
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