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  • Triad sings my new choral piece "Sing Child"
  • 01.11.2016 Новости
  • A new piece that I wrote for Triad: Boston's Choral Collective will premiere on November 19 and 20. "Sing Child" will be the opening work in this concert, titled 'Music for a Lifetime'.  The text is made up of single words or short phrases that evoke a sensation or activity in the life of a child, and the music evokes the hazy, suspended quality that I remember about my own childhood. I think the effect is a bit like Terry Riley's "In C" or perhaps some of the music of Ligeti that involves tone ...
  • A performance by Musica Sacra of Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 10.12.2014 Новости
  • My choral piece 'Nowell' will be performed on Saturday, December 13 by Musica Sacra, Mary Beekman, director. This is their second performance of the piece, and last time (a few years ago) it was wonderful - the choir is full of young, energetic singers, and their enthusiasm was great to see and hear. For more information on the concert, follow this link:  Musica Sacra Dec 13 concert info .
  • The 9th Ear performances, with premieres of my work
  • 09.06.2014 Новости
  • My composer's group, The 9th Ear , had its second concert as part of the Nave Concert Series in Somerville, Massachusetts on June 6, and at Holy Trinity United Methodist Church in Danvers, Massachusetts on June 7. Several of my pieces received their premieres:  Flute Dances , for flute and drum; Tala Pieces , for solo clarinet; The Extraterrestrial Duets , for viola and alto saxophone; Four Emily Dickinson Songs , for voice and piano; The White Pilgrim , a ballad for voice and piano.
  • Goblin Market with my incidental music at Connecticut Repertory Theater
  • 17.03.2014 Новости
  • A new play, "Goblin Market" premieres on March 28, 2014 with music that I wrote specifically for the production, in collaboration with the playwright, Penny Benson, and the director, Margarita Blush.  Loosely based on the Christina Rossetti poem by the same name, t he production features puppets designed by Ms Benson, and lots of spooky atmosphere.       See the  Goblin Market web page
  • The 9th Ear has its first concert
  • 17.03.2014 Новости
  • I am a composer-member of a new composer-performer group called 'The 9th Ear,' which is made up of composers Karl Henning, Jim Dalton, Nancy Rexford and myself.  We presented our initial concert on January 30 in Danvers, MA and on February 1 at the Nave Gallery in Somerville, MA. Pieces of mine on the program included "The Unarmed Man," for flute, clarinet and doublebass, "Sweet Gazelle" for shakuhachi and guitar, "Spinning" for clarinet and guitar, "Two Angel Duets" for clarinet and doublebass, ...
  • July performances of my opera 'Paper or Plastic' in Boston and Cambridge
  • 13.07.2013 Новости
  • My one-act opera 'Paper or Plastic' takes place in the checkout line of a food coop. Among the customers is a man who recently lost his wife, and suddenly the choice of paper or plastic bags seems impossible to him. The cashier and a nerdy scientific-type customer help him to work through his impasse. The opera is in one act, lasts about 30 minutes and is scored for four singers and six instruments. Poet/playwright Monica Raymond created the concept and libretto. The premiere will be part of the ...
  • Katelyn Clark performs my harpsichord music
  • 12.01.2013 Новости
  • Katelyn Clark played some of my toy piano music at the Mobius Toy Piano Festival last year, and I was impressed by her playing, so I wrote a 20 minute piece for her major instrument, harpsichord. She is a resident musician at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and on January 24 will perform parts of my piece, "Persephone Dreams of Day". The piece is intended to be danced (one or two dancers), or may be performed as a concert piece. Here is a link to  Kate's web site , worth seeing just for ...
  • Aaron Larget-Caplan performs my guitar piece
  • 11.01.2013 Новости
  • I made an arrangement of my musical theater song, "White Potatoes" for Aaron Larget-Caplan's  New Lullaby Project , and it will be premiered tonight at a Boston House Concert. Aaron is a wonderful performer, and he has received about fifty lullaby submissions from composers all over the world.
  • A brief opera and a wedding song
  • 03.08.2012 Новости
  • I was asked to sing at my niece's wedding last weekend, and discovered that I don't really like many of the standard songs for weddings.  So, in collaboration with my wife (also a composer), I wrote a new wedding song, "You Will Feel No Rain", to an anonymous Native American text. We performed it at the wedding (I sang, my wife played). I think it suited the occasion nicely. I also completed the score of a short (ca. 11 minutes) opera for soprano, baritone, and piano. Called "Catechism", it is a ...
  • A new work for harpsichord
  • 02.07.2012 Новости
  • I recently completed a 20-minute work for harpsichord for Katelyn Clark of Montreal, Canada.  Titled 'Persephone Dreams of Day', it is also a ballet or dance piece for one or two dancers.  Inspired by Couperin's harpsichord suites and Stravinsky's 'Apollo', it is neoclassical in style.  I am working towards a performance with dancers, possibly in Boston.