Composer
I’m in Australia for two months before moving back to Beijing in late August. It’s been busy working on several new projects and a presentation I’ll be giving at ANU in Canberra next month, but lovely to meet new people, hear new music, and have the time and space to write.
A photo from Colleen’s performance of Water Music yesterday in Nashville:
I spent most of the winter writing a percussion concerto that Colleen Phelps, Alexander Colding Smith, and the Soundbox Orchestra premiered earlier this month on the New Concerto Project. Here are a few belated photos from the event:
The Cincinnati Enquirer did a feature on my new percussion concerto – read more here.
Contemporary music has not really embraced the concerto format in the way that the Romantic period and early 20th century did, so this performance has special interest. What new could these young composers possibly have to say about concert pieces for soloist and orchestra?
Movers & Makers Cincinnati named the New Concerto Project a top pick for this week’s events in Cincinnati. Read their line-up here.
Cincinnati CityBeat recently interviewed me about Cincinnati Soundbox, the New Concerto Project, and my new percussion concerto. Read more here.
I had a blast speaking with students at UC’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business earlier this week about my recent work, China, and entrepreneurism in the arts. Thanks to Dr. Charles Matthews for having me!
