A History of Dirt received its full premier at the Greensboro Fringe Festival in Greensboro, NC on Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 2019. Sarah Council’s choreography was fantastic and the dancers executed with precision and passion. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Sarah Council Dance Project. It was a fantastic …
The duet from A History of Dirt, my most recent collaboration with choreographer Sarah Council was premiered tonight at the 2019 Ladyfest dance event in Charlotte, NC. I look forward to the premiere of the entire work in Greensboro, NC in February 2019. The performance was first rate. Sarah Council’s choreography was executed beautifully by …
For my friends in the Charlotte region… I will present a recital of my music on January 29, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barnes Recital Hall on the campus of Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. The recital is free and open to the public. The concert will include three of my compositions; Silence in …
I am delighted to be once again working with choreographer Sarah Council on a new work for dance titled A History of Dirt. A History of Dirt is an approximately thirty-minute work for recorded audio (electroacoustic) and movement. Sarah is the choreographer and I am composing and producing music for the introduction, duet (partial), and …
My latest collaboration with Brand Spells and Eight13 productions is near completion. The result is a short experimental film titled Decay. I composed and rendered the music and sound design. Decay was directed by Chris O’Neill of Shakespeare Carolina and the Director of Photography was Jeff Williams of Brand Spells and Sabrina Habib was our …
My new string quartet, Getting Down to Business, was premiered by the Beo String Quartet on Saturday, June 23. The performance took place at Snug Harbor in Charlotte, NC. Getting Down to Business was written for the Beo String Quartet and the concert was part of their residency at the Charlotte New Music Festival. The piece …
My latest chamber music composition, Building Walls, is complete and the score has been added to my SCORES page under the chamber music category. It was written for the Out of Bounds Ensemble and is scheduled for premiere in the spring of 2019 as part of my faculty recital. It is scored for alto saxophone, …
My latest electroacoustic composition …over 2000 pulsars… was successfully premiered at the Unbalanced Connection concert series at the University of Florida on Feb. 16, 2018. Many thanks to Dr. James Paul Sain and the crew for making the Florida New Music Festival a success. …over 2000 pulsars… is now available on my AUDIO page under …
My most recent electroacoustic composition …over 2000 pulsars… is set for premier on February 16 as part of the Unbalanced Connection concert series in Gainesville FL. Unbalance Connection is part of the Florida Contemporary Music Festival that runs that weekend at the University of Florida. Special thanks to Dr. James Paul Sain and all of the …
My composition for two pianos, Fantasy for Two Pianos, will be performed twice in February by the Deguchi – Fried piano duo. The first performance will take place on February 6 at 4:00 p.m. in Barnes Recital Hall on the Campus of Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. The second will take place one week later, …
Several of my recent collaborative works will be performed or screened in February. The Space Between, for piano (Mark Lewis), live computer processing (me), and two dancers (Emily Morgan and Kelly Ozust), choreographed by Sarah Council, will be performed in Greensboro, NC on the weekend of February 2-4. 2018. It will be performed again in …
My most recent collaboration The Space Between for two dancers, piano, and computer processing will be presented as part of Sarah Council Dance Projects “Ladyfest 2018′. The choreography is by Sarah Council, the dancers are Emily Morgan and Kelly Ozust, Mark Lewis composed and performed the piano part, and I composed and produced the piano computer …
The second movement of my string quartet Getting Down to Business, is near completion. The second movement is titled Diminishing Returns and is based on the law of diminishing returns. Simply put, the law of diminishing returns refers to a point at which the profits or benefits gained is less than the amount of energy (or …
My composition Reflections and Lore is included on a recent CD released by Albany Records titled Reflections on the Firebird (TROY1675). The recording features the Bechtler Ensemble with guest pianist Tomoko Deguchi (pianist and artistic director of the Out of Bounds Ensemble). The recording session was conducted by Alan Yamamoto. It was recorded at Concentrix …
I have posted a new recording of Afterimage 4 for piano and computer processing (Max) to my Audio page. This recording features pianist Tomoko Deguchi and the latest (and final) revision of the computer processing part of Afterimage 4. I was always been happy with the piano part of Afterimage 4, however, the computer processing …
I have posted the studio rendered audio for the 2017 revision of Fantasy for Two Pianos on my Audio site. I look forward to the live performance by Will Fried and Tomoko Deguchi in spring 2018. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this studio rendered version of Fantasy for Two Pianos.
My latest collaborative work, The Space Between, is now complete and awaiting premiere in Charlotte in January (details to follow soon). The Space Between was a collaboration with choreographer Sarah Council, Mark Lewis (music), and I supplied live computer processing. It was an unusual work flow as Sarah created the dance first, then Mark composed …
I have revised my Fantasy for Two pianos and added slightly more material to the closing section and touched up a few octave doublings. The revised version will be performed in the spring of 2018 by pianists Tomoko Deguchi and Will Fried. Look for details soon and take a look at the revised score under …
I have posted the score for my latest composition Nothing Left to Lose… for string quartet to my Scores page. It is the first movement of a two movement string quartet in progress called Getting Down to Business. The second movement, Diminishing Returns, is in progress (more on that as it develops). Nothing Left to Lose was …
My latest chamber music composition Successions was premiered on May 21, 2017 at the Getty’s Center in Rock Hill, SC USA by the Bechtler Ensemble. There was a second performance at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC on the same day. The concert at the Bechtler Museum featured dance choreographed by the remarkable Kim …