Current Position

• Visiting Professor of Music (Clarinet) and Distinguished Scholar, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

 

Compositions

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• Blues and March for clarinet quintet, 2022

• Five Miniatures for clarinet duo, 2022

• Angular Momentum for wind ensemble, 2021

• Wily Nonchalance for solo clarinet, 2020

• Double Up for clarinet and alto sax, 2020

• Winter Fantasy for solo clarinet, 2019

• Songs From Afar for clarinet and violin, 2019

• Desperate Measures for solo bass clarinet, 2019

• Of Foxes, Dragons, and Leprechauns for junior high band, 2018

• Togetherness for flute and clarinet, 2017

• Ignorance and Blitz for clarinet quintet, 2017

• The Bangui Anomaly for clarinet and bass clarinet duo, 2017

• Two Reflections on the Crab Nebula for solo alto saxophone, 2016

• Parallel Histories: An Excursion for 2 clarinets and band, 2016

• Ruff ‘em Up for clarinet quintet, 2016

• Mope & Boogie for clarinet and piano, 2014

• 2 Teez for clarinet and string quartet, 2013

• Chiral Symmetries for solo clarinet, 2013

• Shadows from Flames for solo clarinet with bass clarinet quartet, 2011

• Pursuits of Happiness for clarinet sextet, 2011

• Three Hasty Studies for clarinet ensemble, 2010

• Lines, Planes, Spaces for clarinet trio, 2010

• Four Tempers for three clarinetists and drum set, 2009

• Bipolarang for two B-flat clarinets, 2008

• Double Life for solo clarinet, 2007

• The Moon In My Window for solo clarinet, 2007                                         

• Peg & Hole Collide for clarinet quartet, 2006

• 2 Cool 2 B Flat for two E-flat clarinets and piano, 2005

• Rrowzer! for solo clarinet, 2005

• Black Swirls for clarinet duet, 2004

• Finger Food, etudes for clarinet, 2001-02

• 3 for 2 for clarinet and percussion, 2001

• One Liners for clarinet trio, 2000

• Coconut Candy for solo clarinet, 2000

• Ritual for clarinet duet, 2000

• Chips Off the Ol’ Block for solo bass clarinet, 1999

• So What Elsa’s New for clarinet duet, 1997

• Sub(t)rains O’ Strata’s Fears for solo clarinet, 1996

• Preludes, book I for solo clarinet, 1994

• Music for Clarinets for solo clarinet and clarinet ensemble, 1992-94

• Etude for Barney for solo clarinet, 1990

• The Jungle for solo clarinet, 1989                                          

• Folk Songs for solo clarinet, 1986

• Tricolor Capers for solo clarinet, 1980​

                       

Performance Highlights

• Solo performances – Performances of my compositions at international festivals in Tokyo, Stockholm, Madrid, Riga, Assisi, Ghent, Zurich, Porto, Vancouver, and throughout the United States, regular ongoing performance/lecture/workshop tours worldwide

• MusicNOW, Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, member 2000-2014 - performances and premieres by Golijov, Salonen, Ran, Hillborg, Bettison, Matthews, Benjamin, Berio, Turnage, Birtwistle, Knussen, Donatoni, and others; conductors: Boulez, Salonen, Benjamin, Macelaru, Colnot,

• Tone Road Ramblers – Performance tours throughout the US; residencies at major universities (UT-Austin, UCSD, U of South Florida, U of IL, U of Michigan, and others)

• Recordings on Centaur, Capstone, Cedille, Einstein, New World, and Cirrus labels                   

 

Awards, Honors, Residencies

• Collaborative Artist Residency, Brush Creek Center for the Arts, March 2015

• Individual Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, 2016, 2014, 2013

• Tone Road Ramblers, annual artist residencies, Ragdale Foundation, 1993-2009, 2012-2014

• Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowships for Music Composition, 2021, 2009, 2005, 2001

• Phi Kappa Phi North Central Region Artist Award for 1998-2001 triennium

• SIUC Outstanding Scholar Award, 1999 - http://excellenceawards.siu.edu/pastwinners/scholar/index.html

 

Education

• DMA, Eastman School of Music, Outstanding DMA Student Award, 1986

• MM, Yale School of Music, Yale Alumni Prize, 1981

• BM, North Texas State University, Pi Kappa Lambda Outstanding Senior Award, 1979