Category: Blog

• PURCHASE: Veil

  Jun 22

  VEIL (2017), for mezzo soprano and fixed media (with optional percussion). Published by Jay Derderian Music Publishing. full score (5 pages, 8.5″ x 11″) – print-on-demand $10 – more ›

• New Composition – Begin, Again

  Aug 31

  Just finished my latest string quartet – Begin, again – which was commissioned by the Polish Festival of Portland in celebration of the 100th year of Poland’s independence. The piece… more ›

• On Rehearsal Time

  Nov 18

  I’ve always admired how some composers can command rehearsals. I don’t mean in a kind of dominant or commandeering way, but rather like the way a conductor can micro-manage every… more ›

• Music Meets Prosody

  Oct 28

  I wrote a blog entry for Third Angle’s upcoming Hearing Voices 4.0 concert! Read it here Come hear the premier of my latest piece, Frozen Smolder, featuring text by Portland author… more ›

• The Measured And Unmeasured

  Jun 11

  Prosody is a term used by linguists to talk about the function of intonation, tone, stress, and rhythm in speech. It’s something we’re all very familiar with; a particular inflection… more ›