Mid-December update
Busy. So are you, so I'll keep this brief:
* Finished preparing In the Cave of Aeolus, for flute quartet, for publication. Title (and movement sub-titles) are based on Greek mythology.
* Finished preparing Undercurrents, for (SATB) saxophone quartet, also for publication.
*Finished recomposing Volume 1 of The Etude Project and preparing the score for publication. (The six parts books--for treble clef C, bass clef C, B-flat, E-flat, F, and percussion--will be ready for publication in early 2010.) I will be presenting the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy School of Music with two copies of the score next week.
* Getting back into arranging, with an orchestra project staring me in the face and daring me to complete it.
* New short composition for piano to be finished by end of January, for my all-time favorite pianist, Laura Leon. Not only does she ask me to write works--repeatedly--she plays them. Very well. A lot. And has recorded most of it so far. What can I say besides a quiet yet ecstatic "wow"?
* Working out details on two 2011 commissions, one for orchestra, other for chamber ensemble.
* Working out details for a completely different kind of project, although still dealing with music. More on that when I have finalized things.
* Finished preparing In the Cave of Aeolus, for flute quartet, for publication. Title (and movement sub-titles) are based on Greek mythology.
* Finished preparing Undercurrents, for (SATB) saxophone quartet, also for publication.
*Finished recomposing Volume 1 of The Etude Project and preparing the score for publication. (The six parts books--for treble clef C, bass clef C, B-flat, E-flat, F, and percussion--will be ready for publication in early 2010.) I will be presenting the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy School of Music with two copies of the score next week.
* Getting back into arranging, with an orchestra project staring me in the face and daring me to complete it.
* New short composition for piano to be finished by end of January, for my all-time favorite pianist, Laura Leon. Not only does she ask me to write works--repeatedly--she plays them. Very well. A lot. And has recorded most of it so far. What can I say besides a quiet yet ecstatic "wow"?
* Working out details on two 2011 commissions, one for orchestra, other for chamber ensemble.
* Working out details for a completely different kind of project, although still dealing with music. More on that when I have finalized things.