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NEA Grant for New Work in 2017!

Very excited to announce this new project with the Tacoma Symphony for May 2017! Equally elated to working with Sarah Ioannides, my friend and colleague from our Curtis/Juilliard days! Homage To Mount Rainier Earns NEA Grant For Tacoma Symphony A … Continue reading

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3 Composers, 4 Quartets

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In just over one week from this precise moment†, my good friends Alex Freeman and Mathew Fuerst, together with the Amernet String Quartet, will present the second-ever program of our works on a concert at Merkin Hall on Manhattan’s Upper … Continue reading

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Together Again (for the First Time)

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On June 19, two of my closest friends and I will have our work presented on Bargemusic‘s “Here and Now” series in Brooklyn. I can’t tell you how excited I am (actually, yes I can—keep reading!). Alex Freeman, Mathew Fuerst, … Continue reading

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Summer Program for Young Composers!

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The New York Summer Music Festival, where I teach alongside my good friend and colleague, Manuel Sosa, is now accepting applications for its 2015 sessions. There are two, two-week sessions, and young composers may apply to one or both. If … Continue reading

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Arnica Quartet to Play String Quartet No. 2 in Tacoma, Wash.

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I’m really excited that my good friends in the Arnica Quartet will be performing my Second String Quartet at 7:30PM on Jan. 30 at the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Wash. The program is a homecoming of sorts, as the … Continue reading

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AAAL Prize

I am delighted to announce that I am one of the recipients of the 2013 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters! I am particularly happy to join such wonderful company—not only of the other current … Continue reading

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Goin’ International

As many of you may know, the Juilliard School is about to go international by planning to open a conservatory in China. In doing so she’ll follow countless others worldwide in a trend that has been going on for decades. … Continue reading

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ROBERT BAILEY, R.I.P.

Although I was not ever directly one of his students, I am nonetheless saddened by the loss of this wonderful man and musician. Prof. Bailey was one of the cornerstones of Juilliard’s Music History Department. He was also one of … Continue reading

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Radio Interview

A few months ago, I gave a radio interview for allclassical.org, along with a friend of mine, the violist Charles Noble. This was back in September, in preparation for a show his quartet did in Portland of my music and … Continue reading

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New website!

Welcome to my new website. Blog posts to follow very soon!

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