The very first video of the National Parks project is coming up the end of October at Carlsbad Caverns National Park! I spent a week in New Mexico in 2015 to perform Lon’s beautiful piece Carlsbad but didn’t make it to the Caverns. They look absolutely gorgeous in pictures…can’t wait to see them in person! […]
Category: Compositions
Website Is Live to the World!!
Website is ready!!! This website has been a long time in coming. I was totally gung-ho in 2014 with the Green Dot Journey Project which involved the composer competition and driving scenic (road atlas green dot) roads across the US while doing house concerts. The composer competition was a complete success and I’m so happy […]
Ohio House Concert, 2015
In 2015 I had the pleasure of playing a house concert in Ohio for parent’s of a friend of mine from college. Lindsey, now married to Joe, both musicians, sang and played the piano during the program. I played a Bach concerto and several compositions by Green Dot Competition winners. And then the three of […]
Lon Chaffin, Carlsbad Caverns NP Composer
Carlsbad Caverns is a perfect fit for Lon Chaffin who lives not far from the park. In 2015 he invited me to visit New Mexico to conduct several clinics at New Mexico State University where he is chairman of the music department. He also set up a performance of his piece Carlsbad at the Branigan […]
Video of James Bishop’s Witch Creek Rhapsody
Suite America by Wallace DePue Sr., Green Dot Journey Competition Winner
Wallace DePue Sr.’s Suite America commemorates the beautiful landscapes and waterways of America and Canada from the Cape Breton Highlands of Nova Scotia to the sand dunes of Michigan to the turbulent waters of Niagara Falls. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, DePue’s musical gifts were recognized and cultivated from an early age as showcased […]
Watercolors of Earth & Sky, Jeffrey Hoover
It was in 2015 that I received a phone call from Jeffrey Hoover offering to write me a piece inspired by nature and accompanied by his own artwork. He sent me several of his already composed violin pieces and I fell in love with his style. We settled on a piece to be written for […]
Witch Creek Rhapsody by James Bishop, Green Dot Journey Competition Winner
From learning how to swim and surf in the Pacific to taking family road trips down Highway 1, the Golden State’s scenic splendor indelibly marks James Bishop’s work: “This is not only a place of beauty for me, but also a place of creation. I see it in the artistry of the sky… I feel […]
Three Sketches of Unblemished Earth by Jordan Jinosko, Green Dot Journey Competition Winner
A native of Rochester, New York, hiking the Appalachian Trail several years ago left indelible impressions on Jordan Jinosko, and the memory of these experiences finds distinctly evocative echoes in this groundbreaking composition. Describing the transformative adventure and the impact that it would have on her creative impulses, Jinosko writes: “It expresses the feelings that […]
Ocean Cycles, by Mark Laroussini, Green Dot Journey Competition Winner
Daily walks on the beach during his summer retreats to North Topsail Beach, one of the long string of islands off the coast of North Carolina, provided the serendipitous inspiration for Laroussini’s composition Ocean Cycles. Exploring the relationship between the ocean and moon, this work contains many cycles including a foundational pattern of seventeen notes […]