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The Composer’s CV

Posted on July 15, 2020

I’ve been obsessing over my own CV for about 15 years, and I’ve read many other people’s CVs during that time. Either I read the CV to learn about the person, to get some inspiration for my own work, or because I was invited to critique and give feedback.  You can see my CV here. Among the useful models for me are Nickitas J. Demos and Mark Applebaum. Of course, The Professor is In has great advice (and strong opinions)Read More→

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Restore album

Posted on July 8, 2020

Third post! This time I’m going to take a look at a recent musical project. My plan in this blog is to jump around between my “career advice” type posts, and posts about my music. Even with these, I hope younger/newer composers will gain some inspiration or insight. Restore is an album of piano music for yoga classes. The project had a pretty long gestation, so I am quite relieved to finally put it out into the world. Yogis onRead More→

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Quick advice for composers: bios, CVs, websites

Posted on July 1, 2020

Welcome back to the blog! This is my second post, and I’ve started planning out a lot more. In doing so, I think I’ve figured out what this blog will be “about.” While I’ll post about my creative work from time-to-time, a lot of my posts are going to be tips and thoughts about careers in composition and higher ed. Recently, I was invited to talk on two (virtual) panels at the Charlotte New Music Festival (I used to beRead More→

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Out with the Twitter, in with the Blog

Posted on June 25, 2020

Everybody’s making logs and pods When the pandemic hit, it seemed like everyone and his brother started making vlogs or podcasts. I had considered making one as well—kind of like movie commentary tracks about my own compositions. But with that enormous collective urge to vlog, I began rethinking that project. I’ve also been thinking a lot about social media over the years. Not only the phenomenon itself, but my consumption of it. Like many people, I’m addicted. It’s part ofRead More→

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