Random Stuff

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• [September 2015] "Waltz for Bill" (for solo piano) accepted for inclusion on pianist, Robert Giracello's, upcoming CD 

• [August 2015] Sabbatical officially started!

• [June 2015] Just finished recording my piece for cello and fixed media, Rafah Crossing. Audio files coming soon...

• [June 2015] Just found out that I will be the featured composer for the FAME festival in Wabash, IN next spring!  I'll be doing several workshops with young composers (4th graders) and collaborating with them on a new piece for chamber ensemble to be premiered during the festival.

• [October 2014] Guest on the Patch In podcast.

Performances

SORRY - HAVEN'T UPDATED HERE FOR A WHILE - UPDATED LIST OF RECENT PERFORMANCES COMING SOON!


April 2016

• F.A.M.E Suite, a chamber work composed in collaboration with a group of 22 4th graders from Wabash County Schools, performed at the F.A.M.E Festival in Wabash, IN.

March 2016

• premiere of Vanishing Point (chamber work) at Manchester Symphony Orchestra Chamber Works Gala (Manchester University Campus)

 

• "...the irresistible will of heaven..." performed at UNK New Music Festival (University of Nebraska at Kearney)

 

• premiere of "Red Forest Suite" (chamber work) at the North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference

 

• "...the irresistible will of heaven..." performed at Ball State University New Music Festival

February 2016

• "...the irresistible will of heaven..." performed at SEAMUS National Conference (Georgia Southern University)

January 2016

• Waltz for Bill included on Con Brio - solo piano CD by pianist, Robert Giracello

November 2015

• "Nocturne" performed by oboist Cassandra Negron at the University of Oklahoma

October 2015

• "Nocturne" will be performed on the inner sOUndscapes|Oboe concert at the University of Oklahoma

July 2015

• "Rocking" for sopranino saxophone and piano performed at National University of Arts, Argentina

April 2015

• "Rafah Crossing" for cello and electronics performed in faculty recital at Manchester University

March 2015

• "Rocking" for saxophone and piano performed at Warsaw First United Methodist Church (Warsaw, IN)

January 2015

• "Perpetual Travelers" (chamber work) performed at NASA regional conference
• "Perpetual Travelers" performed at Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne

October 2014

• "Nocturne" for sopranino saxophone and electronics performed at the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival

May 2014

• Choral and piano adaptation of “Reflections on Peace” performed at the Ford Theatre by the Vocal Impact Youth Chorus.

  April 2014

• Orchestral composition, “Reflections on Peace,” premiered at the Honeywell Center by the Manchester Symphony Orchestra, the Vocal Impact Youth Chorus and Manchester University Chamber Singers.

March 2014

•         Electroacoustic composition, Roberto, at SCI National Conference - Ball State University
•          Electroacoustic composition, Nocturne, at SCI Region V Conference - Western Michigan University
•          Perpetual Travelers (chamber work) at North American Saxophone Alliance Conference

November 2013

•         Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, at Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival

  October 2013

•  Four Miniatures for violin and cello duo at Indiana State University Festival of Contemporary Music

  August 2013

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, featured on Composers’ Circle

  June 2013

•  The Dark Companion (film score), Waterfront Film Festival - South Haven, MI

•   The Dark Companion (film score), Portage Theater - Chicago, IL

April 2013

• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, at South Carolina State University
• The Dark Companion (film score), Friars Club Comedy Film Festival - New York, NY

  March 2013

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, at Ball State Festival of New Music
  
  

  February 2013

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, at SCI National Conference
• The Dark Companion (film score), Oxford Film Festival - Oxford, MS
  
  

  November 2012

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling,  at San Jose State University

October 2012       

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, at Soundcrawl 2012 - Nashville, TN

• Electroacoustic compositoin, Nocturne on Foldover radio program

September 2012

• The Dark Companion (film score), TriMedia Film Festival - Fort Collins, CO          

• The Dark Companion (film score), Arizona Underground Film Festival

August 2012

• The Dark Companion (film score), Oriental Theater - Denver, CO
• Electroacoustic composition, Nocturne, featured on the All the Cool Parts Podcast (Episode 30)

July 2012

• The Dark Companion (film score), Indianapolis International Film Festival - Indianapolis, IN
• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, presented at the Hilltown New Music Festival, Hilltown, Ireland       

June 2012

• The Dark Companion (film score), Lighthouse International Film Festival - Long Beach Island, NJ 
• Electroacoustic composition, Nocturne, featured on the Composers Circle site

May 2012     

• The Dark Companion (film score), High Museum of Art - Atlanta, GA
• The Dark Companion, LA Comedy Short Film Festival
• The Dark Companion, Tupelo Film Festival
• Electroacoustic compositions, The Point and None is Traveling broadcast on Kinetics Radio (www.kineticsradio.com)

April 2012

• Perpetual Travelers, IPFW - Fort Wayne, IN
• The Windup Boy (film score), 92YTribeca - NY

March 2012

• Four Miniatures for Violin and Cello, performed at Manchester College
• The Dark Companion (film score), Atlanta Film Festival
• The Windup Boy (film score), Plaza Theater - Atlanta, GA

February  2012     

• Five Misappropriations for Solo Piano, performed at Manchester College

November 2011

• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, presented at the Aries Composers‘ Festival at Colorado State University    

October 2011     

• Several electroacoustic works featured on the Silakka Radio Show (Finland)
• Two works for sopranino saxophone released on Farrell Vernon’s new CD, High Notes: More New Music for the Sopranino Saxophone - Centaur Records

• Electroacoustic composition, All Things Modest, an official selection of Soundcrawl 2011
• Electroacoustic composition, All Things Modest, to be presented at the Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival

September 2011

• “Unknown, Unknowns” performed by A Very Small Consortium at the University of Wisconson - Green Bay
• Electroacoustic compositions, All Things Modest and None is Traveling, presented on the the Foldover radio program.

 August 2011

• Paper Presentation “Planes of Discourse in Electroacoustic Music: A Comparative Exploration of Analytical Approaches” presented at the Aspen Composers’ Conference in Aspen, CO
• Rocking, a composition for sopranino saxophone and piano,  published by Dorn Publications

July 2011

• Electroacoustic composition, A Nonfunctional Teapot, featured on the  Blue Distortion podcast
• Electroacoustic composition, A Nonfunctional Teapot, presented on the “Endless Possibilities” radio program
• Electroacoustic compositions, A Nonfunctional Teapot and All Things Modest featured on Elektramusic web radio for Summer 2011
• Electroacoustic composition, None is Traveling, featured on the Green Demon Sessions blog

June 2011

• Electroacoustic composition, All Things Modest presented on the No Pigeonholes radio show in San Francisco, CA

May 2011

• The Wind up Boy premiered at the XPT convention in Atlanta, GA

March 2011
               

• Composition, Five Miniatures for Violin and Cello Duo, performed in Warsaw, IN

November 2010

• Composition, Five Miniatures for Violin and Cello Duo, performed at Huntington University.

October 2010

• Two compositions for sopranino saxophone, Rocking and Nocturne performed at Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne

July 2010

• Electroacoustic composition, Struck by the Beauty, selected for inclusion in the 2010 60x60 International Mix and performed in the 60x60 Dance Concert in Stratford Circus in London (also scheduled for performance at the American Arts Experience in St. Louis in October 2010)

June 2010

• Electroacoustic composition, Struck by the Beauty, performed at the  International Computer Music Conference (60x60 Concert) at New York University

April 2010

• Electroacoustic composition, Tracings, performed at the 2010 Society for Elecroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) Conference at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota

March 2010

• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at the Ball State New Music Festival

January 2010

• Several electroacoustic compositions featured on the internet radio program, the Bovine Music Show (http://sallymae_hogsby.podomatic.com/)

December 2009

• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at the 12 Nights: Silence, Beauty Horror Festival in the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, Florida

November 2009

• Electroacoustic composition, The Cosmic Joke, presented on the No Pigeonholes radio program on KKUP in San Francisco (also webcast on the The Luver – www.luver.com)

• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at San Jose State University
• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at the FEAST Festival at Florida International University
• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at the Electroacoustic Juke Joint Festival at Delta State University
• Electroacoustic composition, The Point, performed at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival in Kansas City

April 2009

• Electroacoustic Composition, A Nonfunctional Teapot, performed at the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Electroacoustic Composition, The Point, performed at the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico

March 2009

• Electroacoustic composition, He Changed Into His Brown Trousers, performed as part of the 60x60 International Mix Video Collaboration project in Gävle, Sweden
• Composition, Five Misappropriations for Solo Piano, was performed at the University of Alabama at Huntsville Festival of New Music

February 2009

• Several electroacoustic compositions broadcast on the radio program, Present Edge on KGNU (a public radio station broadcast in Denver and Boulder, Colorado)
• Two electroacoustic compositions, Roberto and The Point, programmed on the ITDE radio program (WDBX FM) in southern Illinois

January 2009

• Electroacoustic composition, A Nonfunctional Teapot, performed at the Ball State University Festival of New Music
• Electroacoustic composition, He Changed Into His Brown Trousers, performed as part of the 60x60 International Mix Video Collaboration project at the University of Central Missouri

December 2008

• Electroacoustic composition, He Changed Into His Brown Trousers, performed as part of the 60x60 International Mix Video Collaboration project during the Alternative Film & Video Festival 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia

November 2008

• Electroacoustic composition, Roberto, performed at Electroacoustic Music Macomb Concert at Western Illinois University
• Presented electroacoustic composition, A Nonfunctional Teapot, at the Electroacoustic Juke Joint Conference at Delta State University in Mississippi

October 2008

• Electroacoustic Composition, He Changed Into His Brown Trousers, accepted for inclusion in the FrammentAzioni Project during the Contemporanea Festival in Udine (Italy) and broadcasted on Taukay Web radio

April 2008

• In Event of Moon Disaster performed at First United Methodist Church - Gainesville, FL

March 2008

• Five Misappropriations for Solo Piano performed at SCI Guest Artist Recital - University of Florida
• Water-Torture Hoe-Down II performed by the University of Florida New Music Ensemble
• Roberto performed at CHASM - Florida State University

February 2008

• Tracings performed at FEASt - Florida International University