Well, what is a bigger problem: having no material or having too much? I believe that Mr. Abraham has commissioned me to write about 4...

A lot has happened in the last two weeks, not the least of which was a fabulous lesson with the one-and-only David Braid. I was so...

I spent some time last night searching for rhythmic constraints through poetry. Eric Whitacre has said that poetry contains its own music...

For each section of the piece I want to give myself a reference of essence. I’ve heard Eric Whitacre and Bob Mintzer talk about this sort...

With this piece I hope to give the students an experience in the compositional process. I aim to realize some of their ideas. I hope to...

HERE is the first draft of the graphic organizer I began to develop today. I learned about these through other composers like Eric...

I learned from Stravinsky (by way of David Braid) that a composer (or any artist, really) should outline a list of constraints to breed...

After meeting with all the musicians and playing with some ideas in my mind, I have started putting pencil to paper and creating some...

The following are my notes from meetings I had with the students a VMC and SCI: Before we get started I want to express how incredibly...