News

​While the coronavirus has obviously put a halt on live performances for the foreseeable future, 2020 has seen some good news.  My Two Nocturnes for piano has been selected for recording by Jeffrey Jacob; the date of that session is pending.  Four-Letter Words has been recorded by saxophonist Noah Getz, clarinetist Robert DeLutis, and pianist Jeffrey Chappell; release of that recording is pending (but not too far off).  I've also been notified by my high school alma mater (Dieruff High School in Allentown, PA) that I've been named to be included in their Wall of Distinction.  Meanwhile, I continue to write, having now completed ten pieces plus one transcription of an older piece in 2020.  Several of these will be performed at the Crane School of Music once things get back to some semblance of normal.

In the meantime, please check out a performance of  Cave by the Crane Concert Choir,  as well as works by Eastman friends and classmates Eric Ewazen, Chris Kollgaard, Pam Marshall, and David Snow, and a piece by Gary Schneider sung by Eastman friend Susan May Schneider.  The link is ​http://davidsnowmusic.org/lucid_streaming.html. 
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Upcoming performances

None currently scheduled

Recent performances

March 10, 2019             Four-Letter Words, Duo Nyans:  Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet, Johan Eriksson,
                                                  saxophone, with Adam Sears, piano, Chamber Music Montana Performance
                                                  Series, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana   
April 1, 2019                  "Lazy" (third movement of Four-Letter Words), Jared Cummings, saxophone et al., Schwob                                                         Saxophone Studio Recital, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
April 7, 2019                  Sonatina, Chris Estabrook, trombone, Deborah Dierks, piano, University of Louisville,                                                                  Louisville, Kentucky
April 10-12, 2019          Four-Letter Words, Duo Nyans:  Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet, Johan Eriksson,
                                                   saxophone, with Adam Sears, piano, North American Saxophone Alliance
​                                                   Region I conference, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
April 12, 2019                From Joy to Joy, performers tba, Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI
                                                   conference, Texas A&M-Commerce, Commerce, Texas  
June 25-59, 2019           Quiet Man, Eric Troiano, baritone saxophone, Great Plains Saxophone Workshop,
                                                   Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma
July 27, 2019                 Quintet, Anna Hendrickson oboe, Julianne Kirk Doyle, clarinet, Maxwell Grube, bassoon,
                                                   Casey Grev, alto saxophone, and Kathryn Sherman, piano, ICA Clarinetfest,
                                                   Knoxville, Tenn.
​February 6, 2020           Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano, Society of Composers Region VI conference,
                                                 Trinity University/University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
March 6, 2020                Postludes for alto saxophone and wind ensemble, Robert Young, saxophone, Arizona State
                                                 University Wind Ensemble, North American Saxophone Alliance national conference,
                                                 Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona
March 7, 2020                Tuba Ferum, Charles Guy, tuba, College Music Society Northeast Regional Conference,                                                             Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
​April 22, 2020                Quiet Man, Eric Troiano, baritone saxophone, University of Arkansas online concert