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Alquimia by Piero Pierini

My publisher, Nikolas Sideris, is putting together a project pairing composers with visual artists from around the world. The project is entitled “Beauty and Hope in the 21st Century” and will result in concerts featuring the works, a CD, a DVD, and an accompanying book containing the artworks and musical scores.The image above is the one I’ve chosen to work with. It’s a wonderfully whimsical work, and I’ve enjoyed using it as a touchstone while composing my piano piece of the same name.

Nikolas has put together a Kickstarter page as one of several ways to raise awareness of the project, and the link in the highlighted title above will take you to a short video of Nikolas describing the project.

 I hope you’ll visit the page and consider supporting it!

Aperio – Photo by Trish Badger

Houston-based Aperio-Music of the Americas put together a wonderful show of new music which I had the pleasure of checking out.

Read all about it here.

I got to check out three fantastic albums recently and wrote about all three on NMBx.

Austin has amazing musical offerings in all sizes. From Bass Concert Hall to intimate backyard facilities, there are so many amazing places to hear music it’s hard to keep track of it all. I was lucky to catch local, regional, national, and international premieres in such disparate venues recently, and I’d love to know what you think about it!

Les Frères Méduses

Henry Kaiser

Austin has more than a few guitar players wandering its streets. Blues, folk, and indie strummers are not hard to find, but there is a whole world of amazing sounds out there for those who take a moment or two to look around. I saw Les Frères Méduses and Henry Kaiser coaxing all sorts of amazing sounds from their axes. Interested? Check it out HERE.

I recently saw the premiere of Daron Hagen’s new opera, A Woman in Morocco produced by the Butler Opera Center. I sat down with Hagen to get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this work.

From squiggles to sound, SoundSpace explores graphic notation in their latest installment!

I’m excited to be a part of the upcoming season of the New Music Conflagration!

I recently saw some fantastic performances by line upon line and konk pack!

I’m very happy to be the featured composer on Composers Circle today!