I managed to get nothing up here in the month of April, but it has been a busy time.
In the past two months, I have completed one piece, A Clarion Voice is Ringing and it has been premiered at the installation of the president of the University of Dayton. I’m very close to wrapping up Sisters in Stone, although I’m not sure that this is the final title.
Happily, new opportunities have also presented themselves, and I have three projects that will take me into next fall.
I will be writing a piece for violin and piano for Galo Arboleda, a violinist recently graduated from Kent State University who was our substitute concertmaster in the Lakeland Civic Orchestra earlier this year. I approached Galo, and I will submit the resulting piece to a planned Cleveland Composers Guild concert at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in the fall that is looking for works inspired by science and nature.
Last month, Alan Wenger, trumpet professor at the University of Central Missouri, approached me about writing for his ensemble Troika Melange. I will be composing a piece for trumpet, violin, and piano, which they will take on tour overseas, and record in 2018-2019.
Finally, a first for me, Ed Michaels has asked if I would write a piece for Lakeland Jazz Impact, the all-star high school jazz band. I’ve never written for big band, although I’ve always wanted to, and I’m looking forward to trying out that language. The premiere of that piece would take place in Spring of 2018.
It’s good to have work!