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 …