Let There Be Not Darkness, But Light
New quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, & piano Recorded August 2012 @ Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, Colorado Presented by the Aspen Music Festival
Foundation Music (for orchestra)
This past summer I had a month-long residency at the Creative Kids Education Foundation in Bel Air, California, and one of the projects I worked on there was an overture to a short operatic film for the Portland 48-Hour Film Festival. I subsequently expanded that into a new piece for large orchestra, which was recorded … Read more
New recording: Piano Quartet
A new recording is available of my piano quartet “slowburn/fastburn” (2011). It was premiered by a quartet from the Curtis Institute, presented by the Penn Composers Guild. (mp3 download) Amalia Hall, Zoë Martin-Doike, Eric Han, Vivian Cheng
Festival Mass recordings, first installment: Gloria
Below is a recording of the Gloria from my Festival Mass that I conducted last month in Philadelphia. The whole thing ran about 75 minutes, so I think I’ll post excerpts over the next few weeks. For the enthusiasts, a score is available here. The Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Church and the Choral Scholars … Read more
NYC recording session: Viola Sonata
I had a wonderful recording session this weekend with Jess Meyer and Steve Beck from counter)induction at Oktaven Audio in NYC. I’ve thrown together a short video with clips and stills from the session as well as a bit of rough-edit audio. I can’t say enough what a thrill it is to be able to … Read more
Missa Brevis preview…
Here’s a sample clip taken from a dress rehearsal yesterday. Also, great write-up from Penn Communications here. Choir of St Mary’s with musicians from the Curtis Institute:
Berlin premiere: Introduction & Toccata
Just got this recording from a Berlin premiere last month. Kristjan Hallik (violin) and Natalia Volochenko (piano) performing at the Neue Synagogue in Oranienburgerstraße. It’s a short piece, virtuosic and rather insistent once it gets going. Introduction & Toccata for violin and piano (2010):
Curtis Symphony Orchestra/symphony no. 2
I had a wonderful reading & recording session yesterday with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, lead by Vinay Parameswaran. This new recording of the third movement of my Symphony No. 2 is available for download here, or streaming below.
this is the month of dreams
New recording available of the Juventas New Music Ensemble & Lorelei Ensemble’s joint premiere of this is the month of dreams for women’s choir and ensemble. Click here for text & program note.
viola sonata.
Recording of my new viola sonata/fond postcard to the west coast, the dreams we dream for the city of roses. Played expertly here by Jessica Meyer and Steve Beck.
