Check out the newly-updated ‘Grad Recital’ tab to read program notes for each of the four works on my upcoming grad recital.
Update: still working on the trumpet/bassoon duet for Jolene Masone, picking out out a text for Carolyn Holland’s song commission, and starting work on Courtney Popow’s piano solo commission.

It’s a well-known fact that composers dread first rehearsals of their works. John Adams wrote a few months ago about his recent work for the LA Phil, ‘City Noir’, and told of his experiences with even such a great orchestra. He recounted the first rehearsal, along with all of the difficulties the players experienced with […]