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May 17, 2009
I have now officially joined the ranks of Eastman School of Music graduates!
March 26, 2009
There are a few worthy news notes. I've scheduled a concert for April 28th in Ciminelli Lounge at the Eastman School (well, in the dorms across the street). The concert will feature solo bass works by many different composers, and some new works that I've written. Almost every piece is under 7 minutes, which is sort of fun -- hopefully not annoying. The second bit of news is that I will be attending UCSD in the coming fall, studying with Mark Dresser. I am very, very excited about pretty much everything this entails: west coast, brand new facilities at UCSD, studying with Mark... the list goes on. Lastly, I am happy that I will return to the Lucerne Festival Academy for another year. This year the focus is on electronic music. IRCAM will be in attendance to help produce Boulez's Repons, Varese's Deserts, Berio's Sinfonia, and some solo works by Boulez. I am so happy to get to return to that wonderful festival again!
December 2, 2008
One more addition to the audio section of the site, but this time in the Bassist catagory (it has been a while since more has been put there!). The premier of Robert Morris Beautiful Beast is now up.
My senior recital is coming up on December 13th: Bach's Sarabande from the 2nd Cello Suite, Brahms' Sonata in E minor for Cello and Piano (Op. 38), Carter's Figment III, and the premier of Juan Trigos' Concerto for Contrabass and Chamber Orchestra. A lot of wonderful musicians will be accompanying me during the recital -- many thanks to them!
November 28, 2008
I've added some new recordings to the audio section. A small portion of my Wind Quintet is now posted, as well as the first and second movements of Abstraction II for piano and electronics and the entirety of Three Notions for alto flute.
unrelated: Happy Thanksgiving!!
August 13, 2008
I'll be heading to the Lucerne Festival Academy in a few days and am very excited. Hopefully some pictures and a few interesting things to say about the music, rehearsals, et cetera will make it to the blog (link to the left).
Some other upcoming events include a premier of a new work for piano and electronics on October 3rd, and a recital of five or six of my pieces on October 17th, both in Rochester. The recital will feature a lot of differnent performers and have a few premiers (Wind Quintet, and some short violin pieces). The schedule section will offer more detailed information.
June 10, 2008
This past week I had the pleasure of performing Matt Barber's Interface Chapel at the June in Buffalo festival. I was able to hear some wonderful music and meet some wonderful people. For a little recap of events you can shimmy over to the blog (link at the left).
In other news I've added three new recordings to the site. One is an excerpt of myself performing Juan Trigos' Ricercare IV from my Bop Shop concert in April. The others are Dieter Hennings performing my piece Four Instances, and Tiffany Ng performing my Abstraction I; both from their respective premier performances.
In the pipeline for me is heading back to CA soon, where I'll most likely teaching a bit and preparing for the Lucerne Festival. In August I'm going to be recording the solo version of Interface Chappel as well as trying to put together recordings of my violin pieces and a studio recording of the guitar piece. I'm also planning a concert of my music for sometime in the fall which should include the a few solo works for various instruments and the premier of my Wind Quintet by the Arabesque Winds, possibly another premier as well. Also the premier of Robert Morris' Beautiful Beast for solo bass will be in November, and my degree recital is scheduled for December 13th.
April 25, 2008
The Eastman school year is beginning to wind down - it has been a wonderful year for me as both a performer and a composer. I have a few more performances coming up very soon that I should briefly mention:
- Saturday the 26th -- I will be performing new works with the UB Contemporary ensemble in Lippes Hall at the University of Buffalo. It's been nice to get out of Rochester to play some music, and this has been a fun ensemble to work with. Should be a great concert of some interesting music.
- Thursday May 1st -- I will be performing in the Musica Nova concert at Eastman in Kilbourn Hall. The entire concert is dedicated to Eliot Carter for his centennial. It includes works by Carter (obviously) and a slew of works by Eastman student and faculty composers dedicated to Carter.
- Friday May 2nd -- Tiffany Ng will premier my piece Abstraction I for carillon and electronics at the Hopeman Memorial Carillon on the University of Rochester River Campus. If you haven't heard any works for carillon and electronics (which I would suppose to be true), it is a fascinating experience. The concert features mostly new works for that instrumentation by many Eastman composers.
It would be really great to see you there! Check the schedule section for more details, or contact me.
March 22, 2008
A quick note: I just found out that the ECMC concert this coming Thursday the 27th is at 7pm. Not 8pm as I had listed before.
ECMC Concert - Thursday March 27th, 7pm. Hope to see you there, sorry for the previous misinformation.
March 16, 2008
I've been doing an overhaul of the site lately, trying to switch over from using a program to writing the html myself. I think things are a little cleaner, and a bit more direct. Photo section will return sometime, I just need to figure out exactly how to use the same code as before.
Please bear with me during this transitional period. If you notice any broken links and anything of that sort please feel free to contact me.
February 21, 2008
The premier of Barber's Interface Chapel went amazingly. The ensemble, the piece, the performance and the audience were all wonderful. I can't wait to perform the solo version of the piece in March and April.
A few updates about things I've been up to. I'm currently working on a circa 18 minute piece for Woodwind Quintet, as well as starting a revision of my piece based on The Hollow Men. Most (all?) of the revisions will happen in the tape part, I have some new ideas that I think will work much better than the old tape.
January 30, 2008
I will be playing a solo recital at the Bop Shop in Rochester, NY on April 7th. The program will feature new works by Andrew Allen, Matt Barber, Paul Coleman, Scott Petersen, Steven Rice, and myself, all of which will be world premiers except for Matt's piece.
The Bop Shop is a wonderful record store in Rochester owned by Tom Kohn. Even more wonderful is the concert series that Tom puts on every year. I'm very excited to be performing in the atrium, it's a space with a great acoustics and a great vibe. It would be wonderful to see you all there!
In other news, Tiffany Ng will be premiering my piece Abstraction I on May 2nd at the Hopeman Memorial Carillon.
Schedule section has more info.
January 16, 2008
I have some very exciting (at least to me!) events coming up in the near future.
February holds a premier of my solo guitar piece on the 9th, by Dieter Hennings; a performance of Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings; a concert of Michael Gordon and Lukas Ligeti with Musica Nova; and the premier of Matt Barber's Interface Chapel with Ossia.
Two other things I'm looking forward to:
- March 27th will be the premier of the solo version of Barber's Interface Chapel, and
- April 11th will be the (2nd) premier of Andrew Allen’s Ruins of an Athenian Factory - Concerto for Bass and Electronics.
As always... more details in the schedule section.
December 10, 2007
2007 is coming to a close and most of the concerts are over for me. But there are some exciting things to look forward to in 2008!
I’m currently working out the details for a performance of my work The Vigilante. I'm hoping for it to be a bit of an event with a presentation on Burroughs, a reading of the text, and two performances of the work itself. Look for updates as February/March approach.
There is also a solo recital in the works, hopefully in late April - again, details still being worked out. I'm fairly confident it will feature 5 new works for solo bass and electronics, depending on the length and aesthetics of those works I may add one of my own, but no matter what it will be an hour or more of new music!
Somewhat old news, but definitely worth mentioning: The world premier of Matt Barber's Interface Chapel, for solo bass, ensemble, and electronics, will be on the 19th of February in Kilbourn Hall. This is an extremely exciting premier and you will not want to miss it.
As always, more info is in the schedule section and please feel free to contact me for anything.
November 6, 2007
Upcoming performance: Helena Piccazio will be performing my piece else for solo violin at Lynn University, FL at 7:30 pm on the 29th of November. Details in the schedule section.
October 30, 2007
Another small change has been made in the scheduling for the next Ossia concert. It will now be on the 27th of November at 8pm in Kilbourn Hall. Please visit the schedule page for more specific info.
Sorry for any inconveniences.
October 20, 2007
A date has been set for the premier of Matt Barber's piece Interface Chapel. I will be performing the "bass concerto" with Ossia on February 19th, 2008 at 8pm. There will definitely be more notice as this approaches, but if you care to, mark your calendars now!
I updated the news (this) page a bit. No more blog. It was getting a bit messy too deal with on my end. Sorry if you were subscribed. Please join my mailing list to keep updated, or check back here as often as you like!
October 5, 2007
Two concerts have been a little altered recently (sorry for the late notice on one of them):
- The Musica Nova concert from the 28th of September was postponed to Wednesday, the 7th of November. That concert will include all three pieces programed for the September concert, as well as works by Boulez and Zorn.
- The second Ossia Kilbourn Hall concert has also been altered. The repertoire has changed, somewhat drastically. We are still working this out, but Matt Barber's piece Interface Chapel (for solo bass, ensemble, and electronics) has been moved to our February concert date. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused anyone.
The short list of upcoming performances is as follows:
October 11th -- with Ossia
November 7th -- with Musica Nova
November 28th -- with Ossia
November 30th -- with Musica Nova
Hope to see you at them all!