Cicada Consort

In Metal was chosen for the Cicada Consort Marathon: “Music of the Living, by the Living, for the Living” This will occur on March 26th, 2016 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. It’s a charity event to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation (Parkinson’s Research). For more information, please visit http://www.cicadaconsort.org/index.html

SEAMUS 2016

I had a great time at Georgia Southern University for the SEAMUS conference. That stands for Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States. My piece In Metal was played in glorious 8-channel surround* in a local black-box theater. (*In this discipline, the setup is actually called an 8-channel Ring.) The image you see is …

West Fork New Music Festival

I am pleased to be a part of the second annual West Fork New Music Festival, September 25 and 26, 2015 at Fairmont State University. Daniel Eichenbaum, composer at Fairmont State, has put together a great line-up of composers from West Virginia, Ohio, and Virginia. Being performed are “Drum Corpse” for four snare drums (performed …

Fragile Space performed at Illinois Wesleyan

The performance of Fragile Space at Illinois Wesleyan University was fantastic! I thank Dr. David Vayo and the faculty and administration at IWU for their hospitality and for the opportunity. It was wonderful to visit the alma mater and meet other alums and new faculty. Listen to an excerpt of Fragile Space on the Audio …

New York City ElectroAcoustic Music Festival

I am pleased to announce that my piece “In Metal” was selected for performance at the 2015 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival in June! The piece will be played over a 16 channel(!) audio system designed for extreme spatialization. Eight speakers will surround the audience and eight more will be suspended high above. I’m …