Category: UncategorizedJune 8, 2010 Some thoughtful words from Lawrence DillonLawrence Dillon recently put up this post on Sequenza 21. It’s a short, but powerful assessment of the state of the orchestra today. I am in the beginning stages of a new work for orchestra, and Dillon’s piece definitely … May 16, 2010 upcoming performances with MantraI am very excited to be working on a new piece with the percussion group Mantra. The piece is for 3 drumsets and gesture-controlled electronics (my fancy way of saying that one of the “sticks” at each … February 10, 2010 Study no. 1 for amplified acoustic guitar[ Note: It has been a very busy couple of months, between finishing grad school apps, applying for residencies, festivals, and the like, and I have been beyond remiss in updating the old blog. Apologies to my huge swaths of ... August 11, 2009 a great post from Kyle GannThe following was written by Kyle Gann, on his blog. I liked it so much I decided to post the entire thing. Here’s the original link: http://bit.ly/PQxhX Words from a great composer:… August 4, 2009 June 25, 2009 LoopsI live in Windsor Terrace, a neighborhood in Brooklyn southwest of Prospect Park. My neighborhood is lovely – nice, well-kept buildings, lot of families who have lived here a long time (some, including my next door neighbor, for several generations), … June 5, 2009 this is my site – my only sitedear all, it has come to my attention that the URL of an old site of mine, which i canceled the registration for, came to be purchased by a purveyor of some pretty sickening filth. what’s worse, the URL is a … March 19, 2009 On Moonlight, Abstraction, and CavemenA good friend of mine (not a musician but an avid music lover and one of the more careful listeners I know) recently wrote me the following e-mail as he was listening to Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata (I’ve edited it slightly … |
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