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 …
After a looooooong COVID-19 pause, The Shift Project was finally premiered on April 29, 2023 with a second performance on April 30. The Sarah Council Dance Project put on a stellar performance and Sarah’s choreography was amazing. The integration of two poets readings on the subject of SHIFT was wonderful. I look forward to more …
My latest string quartet “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #995” was successfully premiered by the Bechtler Ensemble at Camp North End, Dupp &. Swatt Event Space in Charlotte NC, April 22, 2023. The performance by the Bechtler Ensemble was first rate and I will post the live recording to my Listening Room soon. There will …
My latest string quartet “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #995” will be premiered by the Bechtler Ensemble on April 22, 2023 as part of the Boom! Fringe festival in Charlotte, NC. “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #995” was commissioned by the Bechtler Ensemble as a reaction to a wall drawing by the same name by …
I have posted the score to my latest string quartet “After Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #995” on my SCORES page. It is a single movement piece inspired by and modeled after Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #995. It was commissioned by and written for the Bechtler Ensemble which is the ensemble in residence for the Bechtler …
Greetings, I have posted the video of the premiere performance of my latest composition Motion for piano trio to my Videos page on my web site. Motion was written for pianist Tomoko Deguchi, violinist Tatiana Karpova, and cellist Oksana McCarthy. The premiere took place on January 15, 2023 at the Providence Chamber Music Series in …
My third piano trio “Motion”( for piano, violin, cello) was premiered today by Out of Bounds Ensemble members Tomoko Deguchi – piano, Tatiana Karpova – violin, and Oksana McCarthy – cello, as part of the Providence Chamber Music Series at the Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC. The performance was sublime, raising the effectiveness …
I posted two videos of my recent dance collaborations with the Sarah Council Dance Project on my Videos page. The Space Between is the complete performance with choreography by Sarah Council and music by Leonard Mark Lewis – piano and composition, and me composition/sound design/signal processing. Threads and Shadows is a video of work sample …
I have posted the audio only of dum spiro, spero to my Listening Room. It is the audio from the video I recently posted of Tomoko Deguchi’s premiere performance at Anderson University. You can find it under Select Solo Instrumental Compositions.
I have added the video of the live premiere performance of my latest piano piece dum spiro, spero to my Videos page. It features pianist Tomoko Deguchi performing the premiere at the South Carolina Music Teachers Association state conference at Anderson University, in Anderson, South Carolina on November 4, 2022. dum spiro, spero was commissioned …
My new piano trio (violin, cello, piano) is completed and the premiere is set for January 15, 2023 at 7:30 pm as part of the Providence Chamber Music Series in Charlotte, NC. The performance will feature the Out of Bounds Ensemble with Tatiana Karpova – violin, Oksana McCarthy – cello, and Tomoko Deguchi – piano. …
My latest composition for piano, dum spiro, spero, received its premiere performance on November 4, 2022 at Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina, USA. It was interrupted and performed brilliantly by pianist Tomoko Deguchi as part of the annual state conference of the South Carolina Music Teachers Association (SCMTA). dum spiro, spero was commissioned by …