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. …