- Jul 22
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...
- Jan 31
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...
- Nov 9, 2021
I'm Just A Squeeze-box in an All-Polka Band
You have probably seen the infamous cartoon: a robber invades a private home, ties up the woman of the house and begins to ransack the...
- May 24, 2018
The Film that Changed My Life
"My God, it's full of stars!......." -Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey 2018 brings the fiftieth anniversary of the release of...
- Sep 17, 2016
The Perfect “Ice Breaker…….”
A good friend and colleague, who was preparing to teach a music theory class for the first time contacted me this morning. She asked a...
- Aug 15, 2016
“DOC”
The picture is larger on the page, to match the man’s outsize personality. This is what Scott Huston looked like during my years of...
- Aug 15, 2016
The Ten “Perfect” Pieces
Grad school: composition seminar. This was a chance to talk shop with your fellow student composers, led by a member of the composition...
- Aug 15, 2016
Living in the ‘Interior World’
"When I compose it's an inner discipline that controls me. No concerts, rehearsals, interviews! It's another way of living and I prefer...
