Fun stuff happening here, been to four concerts in five nights, all celebrating various aspects of the end of the school year. Meanwhile, the Espina-Browne-Shteinberg Trio is preparing to perform GPS Lady at the Treetops Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut, Sunday, May 3rd. Check it out if you can, more info here. And here is some backstory on the piece: One night, driving a rental car … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Back At Ya
My blogging has been sporadic to nonexistent over the last few months. After a surprise attack of keratoconus that left me fighting blindness from January to March, I was rescued by a pretty new technology that has me seeing much better. As soon as I made that life adjustment, my computer had a meltdown, which took a couple of weeks to resolve. Now I am back on track – at least today. Curve … [Read more...]
Paren(t)hesis
Over the years, many people have told me, and I may have told one or two myself, that you can’t really be a composer and have a family. Now that I’m nine+ years into fatherhood, I’d like to share my current perspective. History gives us conflicting – even paradoxical – evidence. Bach’s twenty-one kids didn’t seem to slow him down even a tad. On the other hand, we should probably be grateful … [Read more...]