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 …