2011 CALENDAR

January 29, 2011: The premiere of Sul A–flat is given by violinist Nicholas Baker at a Duo Scordatura concert in Houston, Texas.
February 27, 2011: Ryan Fogg performs Traces at a College Music Society conference at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
April 15–17, 2011: My new work for large ensemble entitled ...Like A Fantastic Ague is premiered and featured on the University of Iowa Center for New Music spring tour, with David Gompper conducting. Venues include the Universities of Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Iowa.
April 16, 2011: The renowned Boston Brass will premiere my new fanfare entitled Dash as part of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra (NISO) concert series. The fanfare was composed for the ensemble's "Fanfares!" Project commemorating their 25th anniversary.
April 22–25, 2011: The inaugural concert series of our newly established Ensemble: Périphérie will include concerts at Coe College, the University of Iowa, and the University of Minnesota at Morris.

NEWS

  • In June of 2010, Penumbrae was named winner of the 2010 the League of Composers/ISCM US Section composers' competition.

  • Traces was selected to be featured at the 2010 Society of Composers, Inc. national conference hosted by the University of South Carolina in November 2010 and will be performed by pianist Joe Rackers. Confessions of Saint Augustine was selected to be featured at the 2010 Society of Composers, Inc. Region V conference hosted by the Augustana College in Rock Island, IL in October 2010.

  • I was recently awarded the Max DiJulio Prize at the N.E.O.N. (Nevada Encounters of New Music) Festival in April 2009. The prize includes a commission to write a new work for trumpet.

  • Pianist Ryan Fogg will premiere and give numerous performances of Traces during the spring of 2010. Ryan’s program also includes new works by American composers Joseph Dangerfield, Karim Al–Zand, Tim Sullivan, and Bruce Christian Bennett. Ryan will also record the works for a forthcoming CD.

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