New developments

First, what's already happened: the three unaccompanied tenor duets were premiered unceremoniously but successfully last spring. I'm very glad to have performed them and to have had such a high-quality singing partner. It really was a lot of fun, though I'd like to sharpen them and give a better performance sometime.

Now, at last, I've begun working on a practical minimalist piece that is to be sung outdoors while walking to Crystal Lake, across its frozen water, and to the island. I am scoring it for a male quartet (a cappella, of course) and am hoping to have it performed in January sometime. I've been thinking about this composition, or perhaps just the act of performing it, for several years and am very anxious to get it off the ground. This is very much intended to be music for the performers' sake and for fleeting audiences only.

In non-practical minimalist news, I am working on a composition for symphonic wind ensemble that will be premiered in February. What an exciting development! It's my first composition for this medium, I'll be using some fun devices that I've been eager to whip out since 2006. I am truly blessed to have the opportunity to have such a work performed.