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November 19, 2009
The first quarter at UCSD is almost finished. I'm playing in a concert tomorrow night featuring works by Alvin Lucier. In the beginning of December I get to go back to something like "home turf" to hear Sean Connors premiere my Frozen Landscapes which is written for him as well as play some of Crumb's Madrigals with him! It should be a very fun trip. 2010 should prove to be interesting.
July 22, 2009
In the past few months I've moved back home to California and then down to San Diego in preparation to attend UCSD in the Fall. I got to visit the new music building and talk with Mark Dresser (my new teacher) at the beginning of June which was really great! Currently I'm working on the music for the upcoming LFA trip, slowly working on some new solo rep, slowly designing some software to improivse with, and quickly trying to finish up a piece for loadbang.
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 premiere 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 premiere 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 premiere 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 premieres (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 premiere 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 premiere of my Wind Quintet by the Arabesque Winds, possibly another premiere as well. Also the premiere of Robert Morris' Beautiful Beast for solo bass will be in November, and my degree recital is scheduled for December 13th.