Another Composer Symposium in the Rear View Mirror
What a great week I just experienced in Atlanta at Pine Lake Music, where I taught at Joseph Martin’s Composer Symposium. This was the 10th anniversary of the event, and I have been [...]
Christmas in Detroit and It’s Only June!
I just returned from a weekend workshop with the wonderful folks at Brightmoor Christian Church in Novi, MI (suburban Detroit). Brightmoor commissioned an entirely new, full-blown, 2 1/2 hour [...]
MORE NEW MUSIC FOR CHURCH ORCHESTRAS – Part 2: Christmas!
Recently, I blogged here about writing music for the plaza fountain at 1st Baptist Church, Dallas (you can find that here) Well, that was just the beginning. As Christmas approached last year, [...]
TAKING AN ALTERNATE ROUTE
The particular part of suburban Nashville, in which I live, has a town & country feel to it. Every year it becomes a little more “town” than “country,” but it still has its fair share of [...]
NEW MUSIC FOR CHURCH ORCHESTRAS – Part 1
Over the past few years, I have been working with the media department of 1st Baptist Church, Dallas, creating music for their specific needs. This involved writing several short film scores, [...]