New Appointment at UNCP
I am excited to announce that I will start a new position Fall 2022 as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Pembroke, where I will teach Music Theory and Applied Saxophone.
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Jul
16
May
Woodwind and Brass Workshop June 4
I am excited to organize and be on the faculty for the Woodwind and Brass Workshop at Coastal Carolina Community College, Saturday, June 4, 2022 from 8AM until 3PM. The workshop is for rising freshmen through graduating seniors. Students will learn fundamental approaches to woodwind and brass performance through topics such as proper body [...]
30
Mar
Music and Children Music Faculty Concert at Coastal Carolina Community College
Looking forward to performing Rick Hirsch's Václav's Dream. My colleagues are performing some really interesting works too. Come on out! https://www.coastalcarolina.edu/news/music-and-children-music-faculty-concert/
09
Mar
Visited Jacksonville High School Band Program
It was great to work with the Jacksonville High School Band Program the last couple of days. Thank you Mr. Zachary Cummings for inviting me and congratulations on your hard work. Good Luck at MPA!
10
Nov
Judging Final Round of Darkwater Composition Competition
Wow. Just, wow! Congratulations to the finalists of the Darkwater Composition Competition: Hannah Rice, Dawn Sonntag and Jennifer Stevenson. Your works were wonderful, and it was a pleasure to adjudicate. Congrats Whistling Hens for such wonderful performances. I wish we could meet in person but will enjoy our virtual event (Composition Competition Finals) Friday, [...]
01
Mar
“The Little Girl Never Leaves Us” Performance Today, 3/1/2020
The Damselfly Trio will be performing my work The little girl never leaves us. on a concert of contemporary chamber music. The concert will be held at 3PM in Bodenhamer Fine Arts Auditorium Sunday, March 1, 2020. The event is free and open to the public.
20
Feb
Damselfly Trio to perform “The little girl never leaves us.”
Damselfly Trio (Liz Pearse, soprano; Chelsea Czuchra, flutes; and Lindsay Buffington, harp) are touring North Carolina performing contemporary chamber music, including my work, The little girl never leaves us. I composed the work for the group in 2018 for The Little Songbook Project. The work features text from Nichole O. Nichols's work Fast Girls [...]
17
Feb
Presenting at NCCC AFA Conference
I am looking forward to presenting with Phil Singleton at the North Carolina Community College AFA Conference, hosted at Cape Fear Community College. Our Music Transfer Panel will discuss a few transferability issues for the AFA in Music degree and as always, music theory and aural skills. The presentation starts at 10:45AM Friday, February [...]
17
May
Love Each Other for saxophone and fixed format audio
I've begun work on a project for saxophone and fixed format audio that features and processes a voice recording of my grandmother, Ollie Mae Horn. This work is part of a collection of other works featuring my grandmother's voice, including Oh, I love to hear that organ music for organ and fixed format audio [...]
14
May
Cincinnati Soundbox Concert
My work, Sit Still for mezzo-soprano, vibraphone, and double bass, will be premiered by Lauren McAllister, Jacob Dike, and Kate Alexandra for the Cincinnati Soundbox Concert Series 7p.m. on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at the 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati, OH. The suggested donation is $10 per ticket. For this song, I used text [...]