Second Verse, Same As The First*
*with apologies to Herman's Hermits The dark days of Pandy Time took my perception of the passage of weeks/months/years to a whole [...]
“Everything Already Lost” takes first prize at NATS
Everything Already Lost, my song cycle for baritone and piano, has won first prize at the 2021 Art Song Composition Award from the National [...]
Making “Scar Tissue”: The Test Run
We left off last time with the delivery of the score and parts for the workshop. It was always part of the plan that [...]
Making “Scar Tissue”: The Grunt Work
With the glorious sound of Nordic Voices ringing in my ears, now it was all up to me. Whenever I'm dealing with words, [...]
Making “Scar Tissue”: Sing It!
At the last pause in our story, I had just received Michael Redhill's gorgeous and inspiring poetry—the "words" half of our collaboration. At the [...]
Making “Scar Tissue”: What’s It All About?
As the previous post ended, I knew who I was writing for, but not what I was writing about. It wasn't Scar Tissue yet. [...]