From Kindergarten onward, we’ve been programmed to picked: To be chosen for the playground kickball team. To get the SAT scores that’ll lead to a good college. To receive the grades that will get us into our major. To win the interview that’ll land a job. For almost the first three decades of our lives, […]
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Field Guide Premieres in Utah
Less than a week after the successful premiere of my Clarinet Sonata (Kudos to Jaren Hinckley and Jed Moss! It was an electrifying performance!), A Field Guide to Natural History just received its Utah premiere this past week as part of BYU’s Group for New Music concerts. For those who weren’t there or who want […]
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I received word just yesterday that my proposal to write a piece for Eric Hansen, Skyler Murray, and Scott Holden—all fabulous musicians—was accepted by the Barlow Endowment, who awarded me a grant to write a 15–20 minute piece for bass, saxophone, and piano. Seeing how the endowment has given grants to a couple dozen Pulitzer […]
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