Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! I am fascinated by the lessons the study of counterpoint can teach us! Combining this love for the rules of counterpoint with my nature to set up systems of patterns and let them run (to see what…
Listen to Advance Clips & Get BTS News
Backstage members got to hear the newly mixed opening from our recent “DodecaFunky” recording session! Join the Backstage Team to support local music and indie artists, and get all the behind-the-scenes news and perks — Be the first to get…
#NewTuneThursday: The Oracle
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Today’s tune for flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano is “An Experiment in Aleatorism & Formula” from 2016. Using 50 tarot cards to create the framework, there is both an element of chance (in that the process…
#NewTuneThursday: “I Am Water” from Music for The Book of I
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! “I Am Water” represents the final scene in the novel, the moment when Teaston finally accesses peace by joining the prior Faces in Foam in the Water… Throughout the movement you’ll hear passing snippets of previous themes,…
#NewTuneThursday: Gleann Na Aes Sídhe (Glen of the Faeries)
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, enjoy this brand new, all-original, Irish fiddle set for solo violin, with optional parts for band, harp or piano, and string orchestra. I wrote it last year specifically for my dear…
Video: “Greek Dance” Live Premiere
Enjoy this video from last Saturday’s debut performance of “Greek Dance” (String Orchestra Edition) by the Neue World Orchestra Project!
“Greek Dance” for String Orchestra–World Premiere on Saturday!
Come join me THIS Saturday afternoon in Pasadena for, not only the debut concert of an exciting new orchestra, but the world premiere of my short, spunky work for string orchestra, “Greek Dance“! Originally written for string quartet back in…
#NewTuneThursday: Leviathan of the Ancient Deep
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Leviathan of the Ancient Deep holds such a dear place in my heart! <3 Written in 2008 as my graduate thesis, this work is a three-movement, 25-minute concerto for solo 6-string electric violin, backed up by orchestra,…
#NewTuneThursday: In the Forest (Amazing Grace)
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! This original work…creatively weaves the beloved Amazing Grace melody in and out of a second original tune titled “In the Forest,” evoking a meditative and melancholy sense of wandering and reflection, as if hidden from the outside…
#NewTuneThursday: Faces in Foam
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Today’s tune is our next track from “Music for The Book of I” — Faces in Foam, which is actually the opening track for the whole “Book of I” experience. The woman sits at the edge of…