I sat in on a rehearsal of Bygone today. Matthew Manwarren – piano, and Matthew Darsey – viola really nailed the spirit and groove of the piece. It’s going to be a fantastic performance next week. Look for photos and an upcoming recording soon.
My latest composition, “Bygone” for viola and piano, is set for premiere at the South Carolina Music Teachers Association state conference on Friday, November 6, 2026. The SCMTA state conference will be held at Newberry College. It features Matthew Darsey – viola, and Matthew Manwarren – piano. The performance will be accompanied by a video …
My next scheduled release on Runaway Table Productions, “Questionable Standards,” is nearing completion. It will be my first EP of my jazz-fusion compositions. It has taken much longer to bring this project to fruition than anticipated. I decided to play all bass parts on the recording, which meant getting my playing back up to an …
I am honored to have been named the 2026 South Carolina Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer. The premiere of “Bygone” will take place at the 2026 SCMTA conference at Newberry College. “Bygone will feature piano (TBD), viola (Matthew Darsey), video, and live interactive audio processing. This is my third commission from SCMTA, the first two …
My electroacoustic composition …over 2000 pulsars… has been accepted for performance at the 2026 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) to be held in various venues in New York City in June 2026. NYCEMF is one of the largest and most prestigious international festivals of electronic music worldwide. Electronic music compositions, papers, and installations …
…over 2000 pulsars… was selected for inclusion in the 2026 Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) annual national conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Much thanks to the conference hosts at the University of Texas, San Antonio, for their hard work in planning and running the conference. Hosting a national SEAMUS conference …
My piano piece …drift… was selected via peer review for performance at the 2026 Society of Composers Inc. Region IV Conference. Pianist Tomoko Deguchi performed …drift… The performance was well-received. I will post the recording on my Listening Room page soon. The conference was hosted by Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and was one …
Five Test Pieces for Viola is set for world premiere by violist Matthew Darsey. The performance will take place as part of the Providence Chamber Music Series at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, February 22 at 6:30 p.m. The Providence Chamber Music Series is free and open to the public. The …
My latest composition project is Test Pieces for Viola. It will be a collection of short pieces for solo viola in which each piece tests one or two composition techniques. Like Test Pieces for Piano, Test Pieces for Viola will culminate in a book of test pieces that all “test” a compositional technique in a …
The latest addition to Shadow Dog Studio is a Fender Squire fretless Jazz Bass. I have never owned a fretless or played one very often, but several of the tracks on my upcoming album “Questionable Standards” were crying out for the expressive nuance only possible with a fretless bass. I am very much enjoying getting …
I have released an EP of my Test Pieces for Piano: Book One on Run Away Table Productions label. It is distributed by DISTROKID and is available on all the digital platforms including Spotify et al. This EP features renderings realized in Shadow Dog Studio sequenced, mixed, and mastered by me. You can hear the …
Greetings, I have updated the “studio rendering” files on the Select Solo Instrumental Compositions section of my Listening Room. The audio quality and musicality are, I believe, greatly improved. I am using East West sample library and paying closer attention to the details of these DAW based realizations. Thanks for listening.
I have posted a studio rendering of EvansEssence for Flute and Piano to my Listening Room. This is an extended version of EvansEssence originally a lead sheet written for LH Dickert. I realized the lead sheet for piano and added a solo for the occasion of my sister-in-law’s wedding re-titled Inscription. After hearing a performance …
My composition for piano “…drift…” has been selected for inclusion in the Thirteenth International Conference on Music Since 1900 to be hosted by the Department of Musicology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven Belgium. The conference will take place September 13 ~ 15, 2024. I will do a presentation on the compositional techniques used in “…drift…”, …
Evans Essence was originally a jazz lead sheet I composed for guitarist LH Dickert. I later realized the lead sheet for solo piano for my sister-in-law, Masako Deguchi and her new husband Akihiko on the occasion of their wedding. It was performed by Tomoko Deguchi, sister of the bride, as part of the wedding ceremony. …
My piano piece …drift… will be performed by pianist Tomoko Deguchi as part of the Providence Chamber Music Series in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. For my friends in the Charlotte region the concert will take place at Providence United Methodist Church, 2810 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC. Admission is free. …
Happy New Year to all! With the new year comes the latest upgrade to my composition studio! I have had a personal composition studio for many years and upgrade it as time and budget permits. The current studio includes a MacBook Pro M1, two extra video monitors (one primarily for scores/DAW and one for video …
Many thanks to Tanja Bechtler and the Bechtler Ensemble for their outstanding performance of my latest composition for string quarter “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing # 995”. The performance, which featured Lenora Leggatt, violin, Kari Giles, violin, Ben Geller, viola, and Tanja Bechtler, cello was excellent and well received. The concert was the final concert …
I have posted The Bechtler Ensemble’s live performance of my string quartet After Sol LeWitt: Wall Painting #995 to my LISTENING ROOM. The concert took place at the Dupp & Swat Event Space in Camp North End in Charlotte, NC as part of the Boom! festival. The performance is a bit noisy as the venue …
For my friends in the Charlotte NC area… My latest string quartet “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing # 995” will be performed by the Bechtler Ensemble at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC. The performance will take place on June 11, 2023 at 6:00 pm. More info and tickets. All pieces on …