These past few months have been indescribably fulfilling, yet chaotic, as these things usually go, lol. đ I’m nearly through my first semester as a music professor for Cal Poly Pomona; I’ve spent nearly every waking moment setting up and…
New Latin Work for Violin & Piano
Presenting a fun, new work for intermediate violin and piano — “Samba Llena de Vida”! Check out the live demo recording below, and purchase the sheet music for yourself here!
Free Concert: Violin/Viola Duos
Come enjoy 45 minutes of Classical music written for violin and viola! Including music by Mozart, Louis Spohr, Sibelius, and more! Featuring my good friend, Charlotte Van Houten, on viola. We’ll be in the Atrium next to the cafeteria…
Sneak Peek into Recording Prep for “Intrepid”
Coming up soon in these next couple of months, we’ll be recording the epic Fantasy for Oboe/English Horn Soloist and Chamber Orchestra, “Intrepid“! It will be an amazing compliment to the Leviathan E-Violin Concerto on the upcoming album! <3 To…
#NewTuneThursday: Greek Dance
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! “Greek Dance” is one of my earliest pieces; I believe this is one of those tunes I wrote while sitting on the bus during my tour years, like “Face in the Moonlight“… Composed in 2002, this charming…
Come See âI Love You, Youâre Perfect, Now Changeâ
Come out to Cal Poly Pomona this weekend and next to see the Theater Department’s production of “I Love You, Youâre Perfect, Now Changeâ! I’m so thrilled and honored to be the violinist playing the music for each show with…
#NewTuneThursday: Butterfly Lullaby
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! (Parts of this post were published three years ago.) The story behind âButterfly Lullabyâ is an interesting one! While I completed it in its present state in 2012, it actually existed long before that as a simple violin…
#NewTuneThursday: Counterpoint Invariable
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…
#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: 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 âIn the Forest,â evoking a meditative and melancholy sense of wandering and reflection, as if hidden from the outside…