New Videos Uploaded
For more information, see description section for each video on YouTube. Sumer Is Icumen In (Remix) (2018) The below is an animated visualization featuring an image by Hildegard von Bingen, from “Liber Divinorum Operum”. Listen for SATB Choir (2018) This is sort of a combination between a visualization and a cinemagraph, featuring a photograph by...
Listen (2018) Premiere
GLOBE GAZETTE ARTICLE I am so thrilled to be having my new work Listen premiered this evening by the Mason City High School Concert Choir. Commissioned by Dean Genth and Gary Swenson to address the problem of bullying, the piece has been nearly 2 years in the making. This is the most difficult compositional project...
SCTI 2017 Call for Scores Showcase Video – “Fanfare on Dies Irae”
Below is the video of my piece “Fanfare on Dies Irae” from the recent SCTI 2017 Call for Scores Showcase, performed by Casey Voss and Chris Weber. (video cued to start at 1:53:56; start a minute earlier if you would like to hear me speak about the piece)
“Indra’s Ear” Performed at Schubert Club Courtroom Concert
It was an honor to have my song cycle Indra’s Ear performed by RenegadeEnsemble as part of the Schubert Club Courtroom Concert series! Image: Q&A with Abbie Betinis following the performance.
2016 DRONE NOT DRONES Recording Now Available
All proceeds go to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS. NOTE: my set overlaps with the last 10 minutes or so of the International Novelty Gamelan set. DRONE NOT DRONES: the 3rd annual live 28-hour drone, Minneapolis 2016 by Drone Not Drones
Indra’s Ear: New Recording + Upcoming Performances!
I am very happy to present this new recording of my song cycle Indra’s Ear (2015). It was rehearsed and recorded during my time at the 2015 Source Song Festival, which took place August 3-7. I would recommend this festival without reservation to any composer, vocalist, and collaborative pianist working in the art song medium....
New Music Uploaded
I’ve finally gotten lots of new music uploaded to YouTube and SoundCloud, all from the last year. I’ve embedded each piece below in chronological order of performance for your convenience. Clicking on the piece title will take you to a page with more information about that piece. A Clear Midnight (2013) for SSAATTBB choir Fanfare...
Roseville Area High School (MN) to Perform “Two Movements for Wind Quintet”
UPDATE: The performance was postponed to February 12, 2013. The students played Mvt. II. —– I am pleased to announce that a student quintet from Roseville Area High School in Roseville, MN will be performing Two Movements for Wind Quintet! The performance will be December 4th at 7:30 PM. I adapted the original contrabassoon part...