The Arching Path out now!
Dear Friends, A quick note to say my new album, The Arching Path, is now available everywhere from In a Circle Records. Featuring close collaborators Timo Andres, Lindsay Kesselman, Ian Rosenbaum, and Mingzhe Wang, and produced by Mike Tierney, it’s an electro-acoustic, piano-driven record that features some of my favorite recent chamber pieces. You can buy or stream the record from your favorite outlet here, or…
Read More“A Body, Moving,” digital premiere
Dear Friends, Hope you’re doing well! My new concerto for brass and orchestra, A Body, Moving, will premiere tonight, digitally, via the Cincinnati Symphony website. The piece was performed live a few weeks ago for a small, appreciative audience and featured the amazing talents of trumpeter Robert Sullivan, tubist Chris Olka, and conductor Louis Langrée. It will…
Read MoreNew Album, The Arching Path; and new Brass Concerto
Dear Friends, I’m thrilled to announce two big projects. First, my new album, The Arching Path, is available for pre-order. It will be released on May 21, 2021 by In a Circle Records, and you can preview and pre-order it now via Bandcamp. It features my ongoing collaborators Timo Andres, Ian Rosenbaum, Lindsay Kesselman, and Mingzhe Wang; it has art by Timo,…
Read MoreNew Addresses, New Year
Dear Friends, Hope your year is off to a good start, considering the continued insanity surrounding us. As Brecht wrote: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing? / Yes, there will also be singing / About the dark times.” It is in that spirit that I bring tidings of my life: First, this coming January…
Read MoreNYT “Best of 2020” and “Beaufort Scales” streaming
A few things! I’m so honored that the New York Times has singled the performance of my piece Don’t Look Down as one of the best classical events of 2020. You can view that performance here. And! You can listen to the first movement of a forthcoming collaboration with Lorelei Ensemble and projection artist Hannah…
Read More“Unrelenting” at the Italian Consulate of NY
Over the summer I collaborated with my old friend Francesco Simeti on a animation project called “Unrelenting” that was commissioned by Magazzino Art in Cold Spring, NY. It features three of my pieces, The Insects Became Magnetic, High Windows, and A Natural History of Vacant Lots stitched together. Now it’ll be projected on the side…
Read More“Beaufort Scales” Video Preview on November 18th.
I’d love if it you joined me, artistic director Beth Willer, and members of Lorelei Ensemble for the video premiere of ‘Sea Like a Mirror’ from Beaufort Scales. This one-hour program is a sneak-peak of my composition scheduled to premiere in 2022. The music is written by me, with text adapted from Sir Francis Beaufort’s Wind Scale and video by the…
Read MoreDon’t Look Down Video Premiere
Check out the premiere performance of my Don’t Look Down, written for Sandbox Percussion and Conor Hanick “at” Caramoor’s summer virtual festival. I give a short introduction about the work and then piece starts about 3 minutes in.
Read MoreThe Branch Will Not Break and Socially-Distanced Music
Hello! A small update from me here. The Northwestern University School of Music has posted an incredibly beautiful live performance of my piece The Branch Will Not Break, conducted by the essential Donald Nally, from February 2020 (what feels like an eternity ago). The piece was originally conceived for eighth amplified voices but this acoustic…
Read MorePhiladelphia Inquirer, Liminal Highway Documentary
Hello friends! Just a quick note that our film for Liminal Highway was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in a piece that talks about the amazing filming location, the SS United States. And if you haven’t had enough of this project, we also have released a “behind-the-scenes” documentary, sponsored by 21CM. Here’s the documentary, feautring…
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