Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! This has always been such a fun medley to play! Based on a set of traditional Scottish tunes, this 5.5 minute long work is a sweeping journey of melody, color, and heart. Beginning somberly with a single…
#NewTuneThursday: Dance the Dream
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! “Dance the Dream” merges an electronic ostinato with looped parts for electric and acoustic violins, accompanied by electric bass, creating a rich tapestry of dreamy color. This little piece was meant to be a “spiritual sibling” to…
#NewTuneThursday: Butterfly Lullaby
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! (Parts of this post were published three years ago.) The story behind “Butterfly Lullaby” is an interesting one! While I completed it in its present state in 2012, it actually existed long before that as a simple violin…
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: 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— Anima Mechanicae: Soul of the Machine
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Today’s tune is another really special piece to me, with lots of good memories attached to it. ^_^ “Anima Mechanicae: Soul of the Machine” is a string quartet that I wrote in 2007, during my grad school…
#NewTuneThursday: Phillipy is Fragmented
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Today’s tune is our next track from “Music for The Book of I” — Phillipy is Fragmented. Phillipy refers to himself in the third person, as if existing as a separate entity from his very self. I…
#NewTuneThursday: Aradia, La Bella Pellegrina
Welcome to #NewTuneThursday! Today’s tune was composed in 2017 for my friend, violinist Payman Eliahoo, and his son, who (at the time) was a beginning clarinet student. As I was putting it together I built the entire work off of…
Watch the Live Debut of “Fever Pitch”
Last night violist Charlotte Van Houten debuted the unaccompanied solo I wrote for her — and it was just amaaaaaaazing!!! Enjoy this video I grabbed from the performance…and look forward to an official studio recording of it, with Charlotte again…