Looking back at 2016
As a freelance composer (and therefore a small business owner), the first task of the new year is emptying all my receipt folders into [...]
Let Me Entertain You (at 35,000 feet)
For someone whose job is largely sitting in front of manuscript paper, pencil in hand, I seem to spend a lot of time on [...]
Bridging Cultures and Centuries
Most of my projects over the last few years have been collaborations, which opens up my world and allows me to work creatively with [...]
On Being There
When composers are first learning to a compose, it’s a given that we’ll be at most (if not all) the rehearsals, plus the concert(s). [...]
2015 In Pictures
Okay, in practice my year works on the “concert season” year which starts in the fall, so I’m really partway through 15/16, but it’s [...]
Six Days, Six Rehearsals, Two Pieces (part 2)
That busy week of rehearsals I mentioned in my last post wasn’t just about Jubilant Red. It was also the week that all the [...]