Small Art, Outdoorsy Composers
Writing small things has been a refreshing and fun way to gear up for another big piece on the horizon!
Sleeping On It
Whenever I write words, be it an article for NewMusicBox, a post for my own website, or sometimes even emails, I usually allow a few hours—or preferably a day— to let whatever it is "stew," and then take another pass for editing purposes.
Banyan premiere and recording
In June the intrepid Chicago Composers Orchestra performed Banyan, and they sent a recording!
Spring Flings
Technically, it’s probably safe to say that here on the Mid-Atlantic coast we experienced spring for most of winter, but even so, it was a very nice thing to throw open the windows this week, and putter around the house in shorts and flip-flops—the first sockless days of spring are very exciting! To add to...
Listen Everyone
I attended Quaker school from kindergarten through 12th grade, so I am very, very familiar with the moment of silence. We had lots of moments of silence, and we also had a lot of half hours of silence in the form of Quaker Meeting. Although it wasn’t intentional, these periods of silence turned out to...
Dig Deeper: Two Composers to Hear
One of the great things about my day job is having the opportunity to meet, talk to, and listen to the music of living, breathing composers from all walks of life. Over the past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of writing about the music of two composer heroines of mine. They both entered my...
Welcome!
Come in, come in! There has been a little spring cleaning happening around here. Have a look around, listen to some music (happily, you iPad worshippers out there can listen now too!), read some posts (you could even go crazy and subscribe to the rss feed), and feel free to stay as long as you...
Symphony Orchestra. Prog-Rock. What?!
I am thrilled and honored to be composing a new work for the Seattle Symphony 2012-13 Sonic Evolution program! The mission of Sonic Evolution is to feature orchestral commentary on Seattle’s legacy of inventive and groundbreaking popular music, so my new piece will reflect upon the legacy of the progressive rock group Yes and will...
Meet Longfellow
Introducing a new addition to the composer-cat continuum! Although I had no intention whatsoever of having a pet when I moved to Baltimore (I have enjoyed having cats in the past, but it’s been several years since the last batch) it seems that the universe had other plans. This guy showed up on the front...
