Hello everyone,
Well I am in disbelief but thanks to you guys I will be able to attend Fresh Inc. this summer. I am extremely excited for this opportunity and I plan to write a lot of great music! I am so thankful that I have so much support, and I am entirely indebted to all those who have helped me along the way. My piece for the festival it coming along great, and should be done in a short amount of time as well!
Other things in my life, since it has been a while since I have updated:
Yesterday the Lincoln Trio performed my piano trio, Surreal Landscape No.3, a big thank you to them for doing a great job with it!
The Composers Concert at Roosevelt is also coming up on April 16 at 7:30 pm where I will be performing my newest piano work, Obsidian Wasteland for solo piano. I will have another performance of this work done soon after as part of the Piano Collaboration concert which will involve pianist Natalie Sherer playing the work! This concert happens on April 21 at 7:30 pm, and should be very exciting as it will involve works by all the Roosevelt composition students!
Over at Ursa Ensemble we have a concert coming up this Sunday at the DePaul Art museum! It is part of our Collaboration in Concert Series, and we will be looking at the subject of theme and variations while working with writer Alexander Helmke. The concert is at 2:30 pm and the location is conveniently off the Fullerton Red/Brown line.
We have another event coming up as well at Harold Washington College where we will be performing animal themed music as part of the college’s “Humanifesto” project. This will be on April 22, at 1 pm! More to come as the date nears.
I am also very excited to announce that we at Ursa have finalized our trip to St. Louis, which will be happening June 5-8 and we have some great concerts planned! Along with these concerts, I will also be working closely this summer with vocalists Joshua Scheid and Michele Kruske, as we plan a series of concerts throughout the summer involving new and exciting works by me as well as many other composers! It should be a weird summer to say the least.
I will post more events as they come! I just wanted to give a little update on my life and whereabouts. Have a good one!