Just a quick update from Pavia before I head for home; I’ll write a more detailed post once I get back. The highSCORE Festival has been absolutely amazing.  The participating composers and I have really enjoyed and benefited from masterclasses and lessons with some of the leading composers alive today.  And they’ve all been great […]

This is a few days late in coming, but I’m pleased to announce that I’m the winner of this year’s Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest in the emerging composer category!  Sicut Cervus, a setting of Psalm 42:1, was the winning entry; Kevin Dewey, Vanguard’s director, wrote a nice paragraph about it here.  The piece will […]