Performed as part of Garrett’s final doctoral recital. At the Church of the Epiphany in Tempe, 7:30pm. Free admission. Also featuring terrific music by Charles Reskin and the great John Williams, among many others!
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‘Blues in Red’ at the NACUSA National Conference – Liberty, MO
Blues in Red is performed as part of the honors for its win of the NACUSA 37th Annual Young Composers’ Competition. Gano Chapel at William Jewell College, Liberty, MO (just outside Kansas City). More info at https://www.music-usa.org/nacusa/.
UNK New Music Festival: Greg Performs ‘The Way Through the Woods’
Performed as part of the University of Nebraska-Kearney New Music Festival. UNK Fine Arts Recital Hall. Livestream at http://www.unk.edu/academics/music/performing-art-live-stream-events.php. Don’t miss my Composer Conversation the next day at 11am!
OSU Meistersingers perform ‘Spirit’ at Northwest ACDA
The men from my old hometown of Corvallis, under the baton of Russ Christensen, take Spirit to the Northwest regional American Choral Directors’ Association Conference! Information about the performance here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cdQylkwe35pXZmhdwwRG0_on37fPKT5_rCkXcLzKpS4/edit
Atacameños at the HUB: Hyeyung Yoon presents “Desert of My Own Self”
Hyeyung Yoon, UNL colleague and a founding member of the Chiara Quartet, presents a beautiful new exploration concert in collaboration with dancer Hye-Won Hwang, featuring the Nebraska premiere of Atacameños for solo violin. 7:30pm at the HUB in Lincoln. Admission is free.
Rogue Two’s Recording of ‘Step Inside’ out now on Equilibrium Records!
The brilliant Andrew Allen and Gordon Hicken of Rogue Two, who commissioned Step Inside for soprano 
sax and marimba, have just released their tremendous first album! The aptly-named Step Inside features the premiere recording of the same piece, alongside other amazing music by composer-friends Jesse Jones, Jay Batzner, and many others. Makes a terrific stocking stuffer for your favorite new music fan! Get it now via digital download here — CD’s available for order soon!
Ritual Action performs ‘Devil Winds’ in Chicago
The great new trio Ritual Action performs Devil Winds at the Narloch Piano Studio in Chicago, IL. 4636 N Francisco Ave.; 8pm, $10 suggested donation. More info at http://narlochpiano.com/events/.
‘Spirit’ at Oregon State University
Performed as part of the Oregon State University Choirs’ concert event ‘Live as One – A Concert for Social Justice’. Performed by the OSU Meistersingers, directed by Russ Christensen. The LaSells-Stewart Center in Corvallis (my hometown!), 7:30pm. Free admission, but tickets recommended — reserve here.
Two Orchids at the La Crosse New Music Festival
Performed by Josh Baker, at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. 7:30pm in Annett Recital Hall. More information at https://www.uwlax.edu/music.
Musing: The Listener
I never thought of myself as one who cared what critics thought. But when I got my first negative review, which basically called me a two-bit knockoff of Aaron Copland, it rattled around in my head for months.
Especially in those moments when I didn’t have something else to occupy my hands, I found them pressed against my temples thinking of my critic. I imagined him, thin-lipped and bald, dressed unseasonably in an ugly tweed suit (I don’t know what he looked like), and found myself incredulous that he could have seen in my work such a caricature of my goals. His two-dimensional view of my piece, myopic as it seemed to me, was frustrating, maybe even infuriating. Long after I’ve forgotten the critic’s name, his words stay with me. (more…)
