The Helios Trio takes on While I Run This Race
The Helios Trio: John Fidial, violin, Beth Vanderborgh, cello, and Chi-Chen Wu, piano, after a very successful Heidelberg recital....
Taking a Chance with the "Scottish Play"
Macbeth is coming your way in November, 2025, with incidental music by Doug McConnell.
" I Can't Breathe........"
You know the story if you live in this country. On May 25, 2020, a Minneapolis police officer ended the life of George Floyd during an...
The Teasdale Project
For many years, I have read and enjoyed the poetry of Sara Teasdale. Her overall style is most lyric, one that lends itself to musical...
Opening the Lockless Door......
Heidelberg graduate Ben Lupo wanted to commission a choral work for his a cappella choir at Bryan High School in Bryan, Ohio. Ben was one...
An Evening of Greek Theater
One play explores the depths of darkness and tragedy. The other playfully undermines our expectations of love and war. To create music...
Music to honor Bob.......
When Joan and I first arrived in Tiffin in the summer of 2000, Bob and Donna Overholt became two of our newest friends. They welcomed us...
A New Evening with Langston Hughes
Almost 20 years after Langston’s Lot, my first song cycle on the poetry of Langston Hughes, my dear friends and colleagues Gail Levinsky...
Meeting old friends at Fisk University
With Organist Tony Williams, after the concert My association with the Southeastern Composers Forum goes back to 1990, when I was a new...
A Curious Collaboration!
I have always enjoyed my time in theatre, either as a music director or as a composer. During my years at Heidelberg. I have worked with...
