Press

"...superbly concise music..." (Fanfare, July/August 2009)
"...terrific...awfully good." (Sequenza 21, December 2008)
"...blessed with a vigorous rhythmic sense." (Fanfare, May/June 2009)
"...enticing." (American Music Guide, July/August 2009)

Writings, Analyses & Projects

  • For M is Musick, my blog site
  • Bach Chorale Topical Index: a music theory pedagogic resource (project in progress)
  • Bach Chorale Source Index: gives the source of each of the 371 chorales and for each chorale lists other harmonizations among the 371 of the same tune.
  • An analysis of Bach’s Chorale #29: "Mein Gott, öffne mir die Pforten"
  • An analysis entitled, "Motional Devices in William Bolcom’s Non–Tonal Piano Works," looking at two etudes from the Twelve New Etudes (1977-86)
  • A chart of the "O King" movement from Berio’s monumental Sinfonia (1968-69)
  • An essay on music and the emotions (project in progress)
  • A summary and reflection on Victor Zuckerkandl’s Sound and Symbol (1956)

    • Composition Projects

    Piano Variations Project page.

    Other

    Photo Journal

    Links

    Teachers
    David Gompper
    C. Curtis–Smith
    Ann K. Gebuhr
    Schools
    Northwestern College (IA)
    The University of Iowa
    Western Michigan University
    Houston Baptist University
    Friends
    Joseph Dangerfield composer/conductor/pianist
    Larry Fritts composer
    Wolfgang David violinist
    Scott Blasco composer/percussionist
    John C. Griffin composer/pianist
    Eduardo Caballero composer/guitarist
    Paolo Cavallone composer/pianist
    Eun Young Lee composer
    Andrew McPherson composer
    Yiwen Shen composer/pianist
    Scott Shoemaker composer
    Society of Composers, Inc.
    Composers, Inc.
    NODUS Ensemble