Fragment No. 3 features the last two lines of the poem "Dog Star Sale" by Douglas Crase (b. 1944).
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Fragment No. 3
Fragment No. 2
This is the second video in a series I am working on titled Fragments, which combines brief pieces of original music I have written with short poems or fragments of poetry. Fragment No. 2 (like No. 1) features a haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828).
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First Light
I was really honored to recently write a new quartet* for St. Francis High School, titled "First Light," which the music performance ensemble premiered last week. The piece is for clarinet, sax, cello and piano, a unique combination that produced some really interesting tone colors. When researching for this piece, I didn't come across many... Continue Reading →
Fragment No. 1
This is the first video in a new series I am working on titled Fragments, which combines brief pieces of original music I have written with short poems or fragments of poetry. Fragment No. 1 features a haiku by Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828).
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New Project: “Fragments”
My latest project, Fragments, is a series combining brief pieces of original music with with short poems or fragments of poetry, for a fleeting moment of refection. I'll be posting a new fragment each week.
New Sheet Music: leaf by leaf, stone by stone
The sheet music for leaf by leaf, stone by stone from my most recent album Invisible Cities is available now for purchase here via Sheet Music Plus.
Apropos (Daniel Gilliam)
This is my recording of Apropos, composer Daniel Gilliam. He describes this piece as an “imagined conversation between Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.”
Nocturne No. 1 (Jeremy Beck)
This is my recording of Jeremy Beck's Nocturne No. 1, from his suite Six Nocturnes (2000).
New Album: Invisible Cities
I am excited to announce the release of my latest album, Invisible Cities, a reflective, enigmatic collection of solo piano pieces inspired by the novel "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino.
