Day 4 of the UMKC Composition Workshop began with a listening session with Dr. Jim Mobberley. Afterwards, he shared some of his own music with us. During the listening session…
Day 3 of the UMKC Composition Workshop was focused mostly on the one and only Dr. Paul Rudy. First off, he led us in a listening exercise in which he…
Day 2 of the UMKC Composition Workshop started out with Dr. Mara Gibson sharing some of her past and recent projects with us. Her musical focus is on collaboration. She…
The past two nights have been close to sleepless in preparation for the UMKC Composition Workshop. Today is day one of the workshop, and so far it has been an…
Summer break is finally upon us college folks! I have several exciting projects in the works right now. My last project before the summer was to finish editing some recordings…
This past Monday I was a guest at Eastern Michigan University. In December, EMU saxophone student AJ Pratt commissioned me to compose a piece for alto sax and fixed media.…
My good friends, Kelly Vander Molen, Bryce Craig, and I formed a trio dedicated to commissioning , writing, and performing new music called Trio Insurgent. We had our very first…
2014 has been a busy and productive year. FIRST very important order of business- my web designer has added a plugin to my site that enables me to finally sell…
I did not blog last week due to a composition masterclass and concert featuring Brent Miller. This guy is doing amazing things for the new music community. Check out his…
A biased look at Grand Valley State University's New Music Ensemble- Seriously though, I am very biased. I attended Grand Valley State University (GVSU) from 2011-2013 so take my gushing…