Upcoming Performances & Broadcasts:

Sunday, 13 October 2024, 1:00 pm PDT: Performance of Der Heroszupfer by trombonist John Neurohr for the Central Washington University New Music Festival; CWU Concert Hall (Ellensburg, WA).
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 8:00 pm CDT: Premiere performance of Die Mannsprächtige by harpist Jaymee Haefner, University of North Texas Voertman Concert Hall (Denton, TX).
Friday, 11 April 2025, 7:30 pm EDT: Premiere performance of Pathways IV: Rhymes & Spirals for solo piano and chamber ensemble featuring pianist Redi Llupa and Ensemble Ibis, conducted by Shawn Crouch; University of Miami Gusman Concert Hall (1314 Miller Dr., Coral Gables, FL).

Recent News:

2024:
Guest composer, Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), October 2024.
Selected work: Der Heroszupfer, for the Central Washington University New Music Festival (Ellensburg, WA), October 2024.
Selected work: Verklärte Einblicke for Echofluxx 24 Festival of New Media, Music, and Art (Prague, CZ), September 2024.
Accepted for presentation: "The Microtonal Harpsichord: Two Recent Works Exploring Just Tuning Systems," including performance of Die Geruchschmale for "The Microtonal Village" Conference at the Village Trip Festival 2024 (New York, NY), September 2024.
Released: Der Saus und Braus on "Transition & Apotheosis": Society for Composers Inc., Vol. 35 (Navona Records, NV6612), April 2024.
Selected work: An Unaware Cosmos for the Contemporary Art Music Project CAMPGround24 (Tampa, FL), March 2024.
Selected work: Der Saus und Braus for the 21st Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), February 2024.
2023:
Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for the 6th edition of the International Symposium of New Music (SiMN 2023), sponsored by Núcleo Música Nova of the State University of Paraná (Brazil), November 2023.
Finalist, 46th Annual Festival of New American Music Call for Scores, Sacramento State University (Recombinant), August 2023.
Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for the 7th annual Research on Contemporary Composition conference at the University of North Georgia, October 2023.
Guest composer, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), October 2023.
Guest composer, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), October 2023.
Accepted for presentation: "New Approaches to Pitch in Three Recent Works for Historical Keyboards" at the 63rd Annual Organ Conference at the University of Michigan, October 2023.
Accepted for presentation: "A Comprehensive-Immersive Approach to Beginning Composition Instruction: a 25th-Year Report from the University of North Texas" for Teaching Composition: A Symposium on Composition Pedagogy at the University of Utah, September 2023.
Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for the Society of Composers, Inc. Online National Conference, June 2023.
Guest composer: 80th Annual Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America; Cohasset, MA, June 2023.
Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, June 2023.
Finalist, ICEBERG New Music 2022-23 Call for Scores (Verklárte Einblicke).
Selected work, Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) 2023 Conference, April 2023.
Composer residency: Northern Illinois University, March 2023.
2022:
Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for Empirica by MID SIDE Aps Call for Works, December 2022.
Selected composer: Boston New Music Initiative Prismatic Congruency Series, December 2022 (Der Ohrenzeuge).
Featured work: Chain of Circumstances, on 2022 Fulbright Reunion Art Exhibition; Richard Shuster, pianist.
Prizewinner: Franco Proposal Contest, sponsored by the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America​​​; ​​commission for a new work for solo carillon in 2023 (Der Maestroso — character study after Elias Canetti).
Selected for CD release: Der Saus und Braus, Society of Composers, Inc. CD Series, Volume 35 (PARMA Recordings, 2023).
Selected composer: Tempo Reale Lampi di Rete—online audiovisual marathon, sponsored by the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music—CIME/ICME, March 2022 (Chain of Circumstances — screendance version).
Selected composer: 2022 Festival of Contemporary Art Music at Washington State University, March 2022 (Chain of Circumstances — screendance version).
Finalist: NYC Contemporary Music Symposium at Columbia University 2022 ("Unweaving a Rainbow" from An Unaware Cosmos).
Selected composer: Boston New Music Initiative Prismatic Congruency Series, March 2022 (Der Tückenfänger).
Accepted for presentation: "Modular, Recombinant, and Concurrent Approaches to Musical Form: Two Recent Works with Guitar" and performance of An Unaware Cosmos at The 21st Century Guitar conference, Ball State University, March 2022.
2021:
Official Selection: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version) for FilmFest by Rogue Dancer: Dance NOIR Edition, November 2021.
Selected composer: Audiovisual Frontiers Virtual Exhibition, November 2021 (Chain of Circumstances screendance version).
Selected for publication: Die Schadhafte, in the SCI Journal of Music Scores, Vols. 62/63, Fall 2022.