News
The CD including Served Two Ways with trumpetist Christopher Gekker and saxophonist Chris Vadala was released this July by Divine Art Recordings of Vermont. Release of Aaron Witek's recording of my Sonata for trumpet and piano is pending. Editing is in progress of the recording of Postludes by Robert Young and the Crane Wind Ensemble, conducted by Brian Doyle, for a planned release by Mark Records. A recording of Four-Letter Words with Julianne Kirk-Doyle and Robert Young, as well as two other pieces with me playing the piano part, is now available as a CD, or can be downloaded from all the usual sites.
See the list below for upcoming performances.
Now that I'm retired, I've begun the process of entering some of my pre-1989 works into Finale and adding them to
this site. So far I've finished a brass quintet from 1985, a set of five Miniatures for piano from 1986, my masters thesis, Nightpiece for baritone voice and orchestra from 1977, and more. There's no rhyme or reason to the order I do the pieces in--just the order I find them in the pile.
The CD including Served Two Ways with trumpetist Christopher Gekker and saxophonist Chris Vadala was released this July by Divine Art Recordings of Vermont. Release of Aaron Witek's recording of my Sonata for trumpet and piano is pending. Editing is in progress of the recording of Postludes by Robert Young and the Crane Wind Ensemble, conducted by Brian Doyle, for a planned release by Mark Records. A recording of Four-Letter Words with Julianne Kirk-Doyle and Robert Young, as well as two other pieces with me playing the piano part, is now available as a CD, or can be downloaded from all the usual sites.
See the list below for upcoming performances.
Now that I'm retired, I've begun the process of entering some of my pre-1989 works into Finale and adding them to
this site. So far I've finished a brass quintet from 1985, a set of five Miniatures for piano from 1986, my masters thesis, Nightpiece for baritone voice and orchestra from 1977, and more. There's no rhyme or reason to the order I do the pieces in--just the order I find them in the pile.
Upcoming performances
March 7, 2020 Tuba Ferum, performer tba, College Music Society Northeast Regional Conference, Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 7, 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 26, 2020 Penumbra for bassoon and piano, performers tba, Society of Composers national conference,
University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington Texas
Recent performances
January 23-4, 2017 Mantis, Robert Young, soprano saxophone, David Heinick, piano, South Carolina Governor's
School for the Arts (1/23) and North Carolina School for the Arts (1/24)
February 1, 2017 Served Two Ways, John Kaplan, trumpet, Courtney Kuhn, tenor saxophone, Rice University
Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas
February 8, 2017 Mantis, Casey Grev, saxophone, David Heinick, faculty recital, Snell Music Theater,
SUNY- Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
February 15, 2017 From Joy to Joy, Jonathan Stinson, baritone, David Heinick, piano, composition faculty recital, Snell Music Theater, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
October 14, 2017 Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
November 13, 2017 Penumbra, Max Esformes, bassoon and pianist tba, Crane School of Music
January 13, 2018 Mantis and Four Letter Words, Robert Young, saxophones, Julianne Kirk-Doyle, clarinet, and David Heinick, piano, US Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
February 27, 2018 Served Two Ways, John Ellis, trumpet and Casey Grev, tenor saxophone, and
One for the Road, Raphael Sanders, clarinet and pianist tba, faculty composers
recital, Snell Music Theater, Potsdam, NY
March 3, 2018 Tweets for eleven winds, members of the Crane faculty, Brian Doyle, conductor,
New York State Band Directors Association 2018 Symposium, Liverpool, NY
March 13, 2018 After Hours, Lauren Becker, horn, Rosemary Suniga, piano; Quintet, Anna Hendrickson oboe,
Julianne Kirk Doyle, clarinet, Carol Lowe, bassoon, Casey Grev, alto saxophone,
and Kathryn Sherman, piano; Conversations, Julianne Kirk Doyle and Raphael
Sanders, clarinet; and Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano on a recital of
my works, Snell Music Theater, Potsdam, NY
April 5, 2018 Turns of Phrase, performers tba, Society of Composers Region VI conference,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
April 15, 2018 Prelude, Song and Dance, Edward Matin, trombone, Snell Music Theater, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
April 17, 2018 Tuba Ferum, Sarah Baker, tuba, Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
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, Carol Lowe, bassoon, Casey Grev, alto saxophone, and Kathryn Sherman, pianoICA Clarinetfest, Knoxville, Tenn.
January 23-4, 2017 Mantis, Robert Young, soprano saxophone, David Heinick, piano, South Carolina Governor's
School for the Arts (1/23) and North Carolina School for the Arts (1/24)
February 1, 2017 Served Two Ways, John Kaplan, trumpet, Courtney Kuhn, tenor saxophone, Rice University
Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas
February 8, 2017 Mantis, Casey Grev, saxophone, David Heinick, faculty recital, Snell Music Theater,
SUNY- Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
February 15, 2017 From Joy to Joy, Jonathan Stinson, baritone, David Heinick, piano, composition faculty recital, Snell Music Theater, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
October 14, 2017 Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
November 13, 2017 Penumbra, Max Esformes, bassoon and pianist tba, Crane School of Music
January 13, 2018 Mantis and Four Letter Words, Robert Young, saxophones, Julianne Kirk-Doyle, clarinet, and David Heinick, piano, US Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
February 27, 2018 Served Two Ways, John Ellis, trumpet and Casey Grev, tenor saxophone, and
One for the Road, Raphael Sanders, clarinet and pianist tba, faculty composers
recital, Snell Music Theater, Potsdam, NY
March 3, 2018 Tweets for eleven winds, members of the Crane faculty, Brian Doyle, conductor,
New York State Band Directors Association 2018 Symposium, Liverpool, NY
March 13, 2018 After Hours, Lauren Becker, horn, Rosemary Suniga, piano; Quintet, Anna Hendrickson oboe,
Julianne Kirk Doyle, clarinet, Carol Lowe, bassoon, Casey Grev, alto saxophone,
and Kathryn Sherman, piano; Conversations, Julianne Kirk Doyle and Raphael
Sanders, clarinet; and Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano on a recital of
my works, Snell Music Theater, Potsdam, NY
April 5, 2018 Turns of Phrase, performers tba, Society of Composers Region VI conference,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
April 15, 2018 Prelude, Song and Dance, Edward Matin, trombone, Snell Music Theater, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
April 17, 2018 Tuba Ferum, Sarah Baker, tuba, Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
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, Carol Lowe, bassoon, Casey Grev, alto saxophone, and Kathryn Sherman, pianoICA Clarinetfest, Knoxville, Tenn.