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Stay tuned for upcoming performances. I just finished an orchestra piece, and will be finishing a sax quartet soon, both of which I hope to have performed within the next year.

Alia Musica Fall Concert Series

The next Alia Musica season is taking shape, and among other things, it will include (at least) two performances of my Pierrot ensemble piece, Aqua Regia. Read more

End of the Summer News

Hi everyone! It's been a slow summer, but a lot is on the plate for the coming year. More on that later. But at the end of this month, Alia Musica will begin the season with a chamber music concert. Amy Galbraith and I will be performing my duo for oboe and bassoon, Five Miniatures. Check it out!

New Recordings!

The recording of the performance of Seven Reeds for Seven Players is now up, as well as the new recording of Lethe, River of Oblivion from the Alia Musica concert in March. And if you haven't yet checked it out, the recording of Aqua Regia is up too!

Summer Begins

The first year of my Ph.D. degree program is finally over, which ended in a fury of concerts and recitals. Now I have the time to work on all the pieces I want to, though I'm sure I'll be crazy busy again before I know it. Read more

Reed Frenzy!

On Friday, May 2 at 5:30pm my group, The Möbius Saxophone Quartet with special guests The Ebonita Clarinet Quartet will give a recital in Kresge Hall on Carnegie Mellon's campus. The recital will feature two pieces by Nathan Hall and one by me, among others! Read more

Pygmalion

Please join The Undercroft Opera and Alia Musica for the world premiere of Erica Kudisch's opera Pygmalion. April 18-20 at the Waldorf School in the Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Check it out!

Three Pieces in a Row

The end of March is incredibly busy! Check out the "upcoming performances" section. All three should be great concerts. Read more

Orchestration

I just found a great resource for orchestration: The Vienna Symphonic Library. It has info on instrument histories, timbre, range, playing techniques, samples, and (what I found most useful) instrument combination guidelines. Enjoy!

Alia Musica Spring Season

The Alia Musica Spring Season is almost here! Again there will be two concerts: Thursday, March 27 and Tuesday, April 1 at 8pm in Synod Hall (St. Paul's Cathedral in Oakland). Read more

PCMS Commissions Project

I'd like to thank the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society for choosing me as one of the four recipients of their Pittsburgh Commissions Project! Read more

Alia Musica Winter Chamber Concert

Alia Musica's third concert is Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, 7pm-9pm, at the James Laughlin Music Hall, Chatham University. The concert features new chamber works, many of them premieres. Come check it out!

New Recording!

A new recording of Chorale and Hyper-Dance from Alia Musica's first recording session is now available.

New Blog!

My blog is now up and running! I'm quite busy these days, so hopefully sometime soon I'll get to update it with something more substantial. Read more