Welcome to the end of another year! It’s been a great one for me. Let me share the highlights below. tl;dr Just listen — Pieces Written or Premiered Motion Lines (2016). Premiered by PRISM Quartet Blossom Music (2017). Premiered at the fresh inc festival Granite and Sage (2017). Premiere forthcoming An Integrity of Clouds (2016-17). […]
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I originally wrote “The Integrity of Clouds” for clarinet quintet, but now that I’ve created a new version for mixed sextet, it feels like it needs a new title. Listen below and vote on what you think that title should be! Loading…
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“I don’t know how you could possibly write music!” It’s a refrain I hear often, even from talented musicians. And I can understand why they say that. Writing music might seem like organizing thousands of isolated pitches and rhythms. For example, my latest arrangement included 2320 notes, 1273 rhythms, and 281 rests. That’s daunting. But there is another way, and […]
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