This past week I was pleased to be the composer in residence for the wonderful Honor Band of America presented by Music For All. Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner conducted three of my works Boomba, Grayscale and the world premiere of “A Tale of Robinhood” which was commissioned by MFA for this festival. The students and faculty were amazing and played …
I recently had the great honor have a work performed by the mighty Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Anthony Parnther at their heralded New Years Eve Gala.
Since I am primarily a headphone user (a trend I wish to reverse), I purchased the Slate VSX headphones. After an initial “getting to know you” period, I’ve become quite attached to them. At first, I found them phasey and disorienting, but my work on them translates very well to other audio devices. If you are on the fence, it …