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 [...]

It seems as if most of the composers who maintain blogs seem to post an awful lot about things hardly related to music, but I’ve noticed a few recurring trends: food, politics, and culture. So in an effort to fit in, here we go: Food. Well, John Mackey has said everything there is to say [...]