Nope sorry. No Dr. Jones here. Even a little far yet from being Dr. Weller. But my search is beginning to intensify, and I am starting to see some light in an area of instrumental music that I am deeply concerned about. I promise there will be no fire at the high school or the middle school, but I do […]
So the artists work is now starting to roll in – between final rehearsals for our “Fright Night” Concert and (surprise!) getting a touch with the flu, we had a couple week hiatus from our composition work. I sat down today with a number of the students to listen to their 2nd assignment: an 8 measure duet with percussion accompaniment. […]
Where would I be without Joe Pisano? Still kicking around wondering if my stuff was good enough to be out there – that’s where. Joe has been in my corner from day 1 on this journey. He is my friend, my colleague, and my brother, and I really appreciate all he has done – which included calling me the other […]
What a couple of weeks!!! It has been absolutely humbling to have so many performances of “American Visions” over the past few weeks – my sincere thanks to many friends and colleagues who made the piece a part of their spring concert. My thanks to Drew Fennell and the River City Youth Brass Band for their world debut performance of […]
On the horizon – Pirates! (a 2009 J.W.Pepper’s Editor’s Choice) and Irish Jig for Young Feet will be available this summer from FJH Music. Irish Jig for Young Feet is a delightful little 6/8 jig with some call and response between the percussionists and the winds players (and their feet!). My thanks goes out to Tad Greig who was the […]
