I am looking forward to hearing Mary Jo White and Christina Brier perform my work Beyond the Waves. I am also very excited to perform along side Ayumi Nakamae, soprano for Lori Laitman's Living in the Body. The concert is 6 p.m. Friday, March 8 with a preconcert reception. The concert program is: View Program
International Women's Day is March 8, 2019, and I am celebrating some great music written by women in a concert of works by female composers at Coastal Carolina Community College. An all-woman composers concert program is not without controversy. I did a lot of research and thought a lot about the message I wanted [...]
The 2019 NCCC Fine Arts Conference is this weekend (Feb. 21–23). As the Music (At Large) representative on the North Carolina Community College AFA Association board, I am excited to help organize and lead the poster sessions during the conference. In addition, I am excited to present my research regarding Music Bilateral Articulation Agreements [...]
I am excited to present two sessions at the 2019 North Carolina Community College Fine Arts Conference in Salisbury, NC on February 21–23. I will be presenting my research regarding Music Bilateral Articulation Agreements during Session 6B in the Norvell Theater Upstairs from 10:15–11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Here is the presentation abstract: With the AFA [...]
I am excited to be working on a new song for Lauren McAllister, mezzo-soprano; Yongyun Zhang, percussion; and Kate Alexandra, double bass for the Cincinnati Soundbox Concert Series. The premier will be May 12, 2019, 7 PM at the 21c Museum Hotel in Cincinnati OH.
Mary Jo White and Christina Brier will be premiering Beyond the Waves during a recital of my music 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Beckwith Recital Hall. These great musicians commissioned me to write the flute and harp duo with funding from the UNCW Cahill Foundation. The [...]
The Cochlea Duo with Liz Pearse will be performing my work, The little girl never leaves us. on a program in the Main Gallery at the Bank of the Arts 7PM Sunday, September 30. Ticket information here. The program features newly commissioned works as part of the Little Songbook Project. The concert is presented by [...]
I am excited to work with the Cochlea Duo (Chelsea Czuchra, flutes and Lindsay Buffington, harp) and soprano Liz Pearse as a part of their Little Songbook Project. I just finished the work for them, "The little girl never leaves us." featuring text by Nichole O. Nichols. It has been great to work with [...]
I am excited to be writing a piece for Mary Jo White, flute and Christina Brier, harp. The work will be featured on a CD and will premiere at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on November 8, 2018.
This short lecture recital will highlight the accomplishments of early twentieth-century classical saxophone pioneers Cecil Leeson, Marcel Mule, and Sigurd Rasher. I will perform classical saxophone standards by Paul Creston, Henri Eccles, and Jeanine Rueff, and will be accompanied by Dr. James Schmidt, piano. The recital is 12 noon Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in [...]
