2015 saw a significant interest increase in purchases and performances of my choral pieces. It was a truly exciting year as a composer. I am thrilled that many conductors are discovering and performing my pieces. Like last year, I wanted to … Continue reading
Hello choral colleagues! I hope everyone has had great holiday programs. Although I do significant repertoire planning for the whole music year by September, about this time each year, I again take a look at some repertoire for my choirs. For … Continue reading
In the fall of 2012, my wife, Heidi, and I decided to write a new Christmas piece to send as a Christmas card.My wife, who is a writer as well as a musician, would write the poetry, and I would … Continue reading
I love great repertoire! If you have been following my blog for some time, you know I devote a considerable amount of time to this subject. In this post, I will recommend five great college level SATB pieces that you … Continue reading
Isaiah lived and prophesied in Judah during some rough times. Not long after his death, Judah was taken into complete captivity by the Babylonian armies of the famous Nebuchadnezzar. There they remained for 70 years before a chance came of … Continue reading
My wife, Heidi, is having her piano students do a 30 piece challenge for the teaching year (She is participating as a pianist as well). The idea is to work on a few challenging pieces, a few medium pieces, and … Continue reading
MusicSpoke is a retailer of artist owned (self-published) music. There are several other companies/services (SheetMusicPlus, JWPepper MyScore, CadenzaOne, Swirly Music, and several coops) also retailing artist owned music. All of these organizations are doing a great job in their various … Continue reading
My piece “Prayer And Answer” received a silver platter award on choralnet.org in September of 2014. The award includes being featured on the front page of the choralnet website for about a week in the site’s Composition Spotlight (by Jack … Continue reading
Several of my unaccompanied choral compositions begin with one voice part or one solo voice singing a principle melody. I like this type of introduction because it allowallows the beauty of a single melody to really be absorbed. Also there … Continue reading
Balancing composing, teaching, conducting, and marketing my music with family, health, church, etc… takes planning and focus. With my time spread between many important parts of my life, I have taken a simple philosophy for building up this website and … Continue reading
