On to Birmingham: Langston’s Lot is ready for a recording date!
From left: Roderick George, tenor; Jackie Edwards Henry, piano; Gail Levinsky, alto saxophone Stage two of my upcoming CD release took...
Back to Wyoming: Recording Session, Part One
After months of planning, my CD recording project is off and running! In early July, I travelled to Laramie, Wyoming with Mark Bunce, my...
A World Premiere Performance in Minnesota
June brought the first event of what promises to be a very busy summer for my composition work. On June 21-23, I attended a music...
Songs of Celebration: Making an Old Work New Again
Songs of Celebration, Mvt. 3 Listen to Movement 3, Song to the Holy Spirit in the Choral section of the Recordings page. What does a...
Songs of Celebration Comes to Cincinnati
Songs of Celebration, a three-movement work that commemorates the Easter and Pentecost seasons, will have its Cincinnati premiere on...
Music at Kenwood: Joan McConnell, Organ Recital
For those of you who are in the greater Cincinnati area: Joan and I would like to invite you to Joan’s solo recital, the first one she...
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Some background on my latest organ work, The Light of Light Descending, a theme and variations composition, based on the French carol,...
Professor Emeritus Honor
Hey, I made the cut! Heidelberg University has provided me with a new title: Professor Emeritus of Composition and Music. The honor was...
Writing for Choirs
Choral music has always been a very natural and personal mode of expression for me. I love to write for choral forces; when we sing, we...
Putting it Together: An Update on Eurydice
Last fall, I had the pleasure or reading James Lapine’s new book, Putting it Together. In it, Lapine chronicles the day-to-day experience...
