Very Punny Rochberg

This has to be unintentional. (From the essay The New Image of Music on pg. 22 of Rochberg’s The Aesthetics of Survival):

“Finally, in the work of Varèse we discern the essential characteristics of a music which is fully and consciously spatial in its structure and imagery. Varèse’s first major works, composed in the 1920′s, [...]

Revision tyme.

I finished composing this work back in December, but made revisions and engraving changes later. As you may remember, it was originally called “For Viola” but now it’s called “Closer” as in a closing pitcher on a baseball team. So click here for an updated copy of the work. If you want a violin version [...]

Circles and Lines at Vaudeville Park in Brooklyn

Come see Circles and Lines at Vaudeville Park on April 8th at 7:00 PM. My piece for flute and piano, Little Respite and solo Viola work, Closer will be performed! A little blurb about Circles and Lines below:

Circles and Lines is a new composers consortium dedicated to providing an eclectic and accessible sample of [...]

AMPED/ELECTRIFIED, The Nouveau Classical Project Curating for the MATA Interval Series

From left, Jonathan Cohen, Trevor Gureckis, Jay Wadley, Sugar Vendil, Ryan Manchester, Izzi Ramkissoon, Danielle Eva Schwob.

On Thursday I went to see a shmorgasborg of new works by young composers brought together by the curating of Sugar Vendil at The Nouveau Classical Project and the MATA Interval Series. The Nouveau Classical Project’s mission [...]

Slow-No Posting is Over!

Just finished taking auditions and composition interviews. I hope to be back to some more regular posting in the near future! In the mean time: