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NEWS

Selected a finalist in the Harvey Phillips Award for Excellence in Composition. Winner(s) to be announced at the International Tuba & Euphonium Conference in Linz, Austria on June 29, 2012.

Selected for MacDowell Colony Fellowship • 2012 Winter/Spring Residency

Selected for 2011/12 ASCAPLUS Award

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I am featured in a recent article detailing Atlanta's contemporary music history in ArtsATL. Also check out my recent profile in the GSU Magazine as well as my interview on the Atlanta Composers Blog

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

May 18 - 20, 2012: (5 performances)

Pavo - for soprano/alto sax, cello, percussion & D.J. Premiere performances by the Atlanta Ballet at the Alliance Theater, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA.

May 24, 2012:

Big, Bright & Beautiful Noise - for 10 Bb trumpets will be premiered by the GSU Trumpet Choir at the 2012 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Columbus, GA.

July 27, 2012:

Rites of Passage, for Bb clarinet (tripling on Eb, bass clarinet) & piano, will receive its official premiere in Lexington, KY at the Trinniel Delta Omicron Foundation Conference.

August 30, 2012:

Tonoi VIII, for solo trombone will be premiered by Jonathan Whitaker on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. More info coming soon!

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Featured writer on NewMusicBox, the Web Magazine from the American Music Center. Click HERE to read blog posts from the 2010 League of American Orchestras Conference.

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Photo by: Thomas McBride III

"...possibly Atlanta's most prolific composer..." - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Current Projects:

Pavo - Commissined by the Atlanta Ballet. Choreographer: Tara Lee. Click HERE to read a preview article.

The Kingdom of Beautiful Sounds - for orchestra [1-1-1-1/1-1-1-0/timp., 1 perc./pno./strings]

Odysseia - new album featuring premiere recordings of An Empty Blouse (baritone & mixed chamber ensemble) and Tonoi VII (solo alto sax). Forthcoming on Albany Records.

Rites of Passage - new album featuring premiere recordings of Rites of Passage (duo for bass clarinet tripling on Bb clarinet, Eb clarinet & piano) and Tonoi III (solo clarinet). Forthcoming on MSR Classics.

Citizens of Nowhere - new album featuring premiere recording of Citizens of Nowhere (duo for clarinet/bass clarinet and alto/soprano sax). Forthcoming on Albany Records.