A Most Productive Summer at the Farmhouse

I owe a great debt of gratitude to Rhonda and Stan Haught, my wife's aunt and uncle, for hosting us at their farmhouse in rural West Virginia these past several weeks. I am very excited about the new chamber music I have written during this artist's mini-sabbatical. There's Particles II for woodwind quintet and piano. There's Outside the Bluebird, a work that combines "classical" instruments (clarinet, bassoon, marimba...) with roots country instruments (resonator guitar, Appalachian dulcimer). And there's a new percussion quartet for Birmingham, Alabama group Iron Giant. Add to that an upcoming performance in New York City as part of the Circuit Bridges concert series... performances on the Birmingham New Music Festival... it's been a productive summer!