I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded the Iron Composer Prize at the Iron Composer composition contest at Baldwin-Wallace College.. As one of five composers who were invited to compete in person, I was also assigned in the morning of the event an instrumentation and a secret ingredient for a to-be-composed [...]

Music for cello and piano inspired by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Cello: Sophie Webber (Lake Forest College, Chicago)
Piano: Zvonimir Nagy (Dusquesne University, Pittsburgh)
Concert will open with a brief discussion of the three music types, their commonalities and differences.
September 23, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel, Lake Forest College
(just off) N. Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest, [...]

A 3-manual and pedal mechanical action instrument by Orgelbau Klais from Bonn, Germany, sits comfortably and commandingly at the Simón Bolívar Concert Hall in Caracas, Venezuela. I had a great opportunity to play the organ during my recent visit to South America. The glittering case reflects the colorful and inviting performance space – a part [...]