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How do you clear your mind?
(And what do you see when you do?) Two bees on a thistle. I saw them today, when my head cleared, near the end of my run. I sometimes work at music or the engine that runs the business of music until my brain is as diffuse as the swirl of grey pouring out of a...
Speed Dating with Producers & Writers
I was in NYC just one week ago today for a “Writer-Producer” speed date presented by the “Theater Resources Unlimited” (TruOnline.org) folks. It was GREAT!!! Despite the fact that I locked myself out of my cellphone (I recommend NOT ever doing...
Ida Yang lets my “Nightingale” sing at TEDx
As a composer, the joy of hearing my music performed beautifully is the big payoff. Hearing performers make the music their own is what inspires me to write more, to get down on paper more of the music that fills my studio. One of the things I love about this...
New Blues on 5-Part Kokle
Composer’s Spotlight Series: Agna Eglite’s Kokle Ensemble plays ‘New Blues’ More and more these days, Google Alerts drops a video gift into my inbox of someone performing one of my pieces. Today I was floored by an arrangement of my “New Blues” the...
Composer – Performer
I usually consider myself a composer-performer. But I love the moments I become a composer to someone else’s performer. When I was 12 I knew I wanted to be a composer – to meld story with music in operas, musicals, art songs – stories with music in...
Inside … Brubecker for Cardiff CAMAC Harp Weekend Sun. March 5, 2017
I started writing this tune when I was on tour with Steve Vai and this video takes you inside the tune where I show you all the parts of it. Click on the video image to watch! Every night after sound check I’d work on it on an empty stage. It was inspires by “Blue...
Inside … Brubecker for TCAN Sat. Feb. 18, 2017
I started writing this tune when I was on tour with Steve Vai and this video takes you inside the tune where I show you all the parts of it. Click on the video image to watch! Every night after sound check I’d work on it on an empty stage. It was inspires by “Blue...
Baroque Flamenco Harp Ensemble – Now Available for Sale
Yaaaay! I’ve just published 2013 Arrangement of “Baroque Flamenco” for Harp Ensemble, commissioned by the American Youth Harp Ensemble – and now YOUR Harp Ensemble can play it! The Download Package includes 5 multi-page PDFs: The Full Score: So...
The Golden Cage: Project Update
The last month has been an intense one working on my musical “The Golden Cage.” After a NYC reading earlier this year, I started rewriting the beginning and ending of the show. After NYC reading, I started rewriting the beginning & ending of the show....
