Here’s a recording from the premiere of my short piece for chamber orchestra, “hayashi,”

The title of this piece, “hayashi,” refers to the must that fills the streets of local festivals, events that draw people together in joyful celebration of their community.

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The Triptych Ensemble is:
Tara Schwab, flute;
Kitty Steetle, oboe;
Nicoleen Willson, clarinet;
Joey Hartman, bassoon;
Jenifer Jaseau, alto sax;
John Dodge, horn;
Nathan Wilson, trumpet;
Ryan Chaney, trombone;
Ben Krause, piano;
Paul Owen, percussion;
Grayson Fiske, percussion;
Haley Engle, violin;
Sean O’Neal, violin;
Amanda German, viola;
Ralph Stricker-Chapman, cello;
Andrew Juul, bass.

This May 29th and 30th, ECCE (The Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble) will be playing a number of pieces commissioned for collaborations between University of Oregon graduate-student composers and choreographers. This event is truly exciting as both a composer and as a bassist for ECCE.

Choreographer Marcie Mamura and I worked together to create “The Morphology of Nature in an Industrialized World” for two dancers, clarinet and percussion, which will be premiered at this event.

Both concerts will have the same program, and both concerts are FREE, thanks to support from the UO School of Music and Dance.

Here is the link to the Facebook page for the concert

I hope to see you there.

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Here’s a stereo version of my eight-channel piece, “haru no umi,” that was performed at last Saturday’s Future Music Oregon Concert.

This piece is based on the text of a haiku by Japanese poet Yosa no Buson (1716-1783). The text, “haru no umi, hinemosu notari notari kana,” translates to: “The ocean in spring / all day ebbs / and flows undoubtedly”

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Sorry for the lack of updates, but as you can see from the calendar I’ve been busy. I have a lot of upcoming concerts in Oregon this month, including a premiere of my piece, “BEAM”, for Balinese Gamelan performed by the Pacific Rim Gamelan, a new electronic piece for 8-channels, “Haru no Umi”, and a piece for chamber ensemble, “Hayashi.”

For you facebookers out there:

Here is the page for the FMO concert, where “Haru no Umi” will be performed.

Here is the page for the OCF concert, where “Hayashi” will be be performed.