April 2012
1 post
Doing some conducting with the Windham Orchestra over the next few weeks. Beating them into shape to play the Stravinsky Concerto in D and the 1919 Firebird suite. Very exciting, very fun, brilliant music, and wonderful people to work with.
March 2012
3 posts
Front Page News
I, along with the Windham Orchestra and our bench-makers (The Harmonic Forge), am the front page of the Brattleboro Reformer today, pushing the VY protesters to the side slightly on their big day. My big days with Music for Windham are tomorrow (Thursday, 3/22/2012) for the children’s concert and Sunday (3/25/2012, 3:00PM) at the Latchis Theatre in downtown Brattleboro, VT.
Music for Windham
The Windham Orchestra is about to perform a work I’ve very recently created for them involving the whole of the community around them, from school children to new musical park benches. This is my first composition that uses a gestural system like Soundpainting, and it’s very appropriate for the situation at hand. I hope everything comes out wonderfully.
March 2009
1 post
Masters Recital
30 March, 2009
7:30 PM
Marsh Chapel at Boston University
Including:
6d8 Jacob Mashak, recorders Sonata for Solo Violin Emily Chao, violin Indetermezzo Molly Wood, piano Cant Elizabeth Goodman, oboe Chansons de l’amour I. Et l’unique cordeau (Guillaume Appoloniare) II. Ces pommes et la blancheur (Paul Derme) III. Je joue au le paume (G. A.) Rebekah Alexander, soprano Molly Wood,...
September 2008
1 post
Beatus Vir performance
A date and venue have finally been confirmed for the premiere performance of my nearly 11 hour work for 2 pianos, Beatus Vir. Molly Wood, Luke Berryman and myself will be playing.
Halloween, Friday 31 October 2008, begining at 9:00 AM, in the gallery of the College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
Progress is also under way for a possible performance in Great...
August 2008
3 posts
Lilt a Bolero
A new edition of Lilt a Bolero is off the presses, signed and numbered, and available to you, the consumer, for a tiny sum of 10 (ten) dollars, plus whatever it may cost to get the book to you.
Antarctic Artists and Writers Program →
Discovered this today, and am piecing together proposal ideas for next year. Maybe something for the JACK Quartet, or another huge piano piece, much like Rzewski’s The Road, but The Ice Shelf.
July 2008
6 posts
The Violin Sonata is coming along very nicely, despite massive setbacks. The first two movements are done, minus editing, and the remainder of the piece is in contemplation.
Finished Beatus Vir, the 10-hour epic for two pianos, and am now seeking out a venue in the Boston area that has two pianos and will let me have it for long enough to play the entire piece.
Hybrid Groove Project is an incredibly hip new music ensemble, based outta Baltimore. Their “Anthem,” the first track that comes up on their front page, is a great run through the new music scene.
“Call him Judas if you want
but he did it for reasons
much older than silver.”
– Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
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