Recording Session 4
Shoeless Joe Cello — Robert Lynn recording “Proxemics”
Ann Donner Records "Italian Dance Suite"
Ann Donner recording “Italian Dance Suite” for unaccompanied flute.
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I often compose during long road trips. In this case, I was keeping one eye on the road because the driver was my kid.
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My favorite pencils: Dixon, Ticonderoga HB2. No, not all pencils are alike!
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Me and my pal from college, Mitch Serslev who contacted me for a commision of “You Who Are Young” from the Quarryland Men’s Chorus of Bloomington, Indiana.
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This lovely quartet of seniors premiered “Unique and Magnificent” at their high school commencement ceremony. The piece was commissioned by their choir director, Marilyn Sextion Mason.

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Rhythmic sketch of “A Frog in a Frost” from my Keats cycle
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Becky Nelson, pianist w/Danny Belcher, baritone
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(L to R) Judy Marlett, mezzo-soprano, Daniel Belcher, baritone, and me — this was at Danny’s recital in Idaho where he performed 3 of my Keats songs
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Pamela Haynes — I love writing piano music for her. My Keats song cycle is specifically dedicated to her and baritone, Daniel Belcher
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Danny Belcher with my conducting class at MU
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Daniel Belcher specializes in premiering new operas. Here he is showing some of his stranger-looking scores to my conducting class at MU

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Me with my beloved composition mentor, Warren Gooch at MU New Music Festival 2015. My choir performed (and loved) his “Harvest Moon” at the festival.
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My sweet little Steinway at Manchester University, where all my compositions have begun since August of 1998.

 

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Greg Woodward conducting several of my compositions w/Truett-McConnell College Choir
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Greg Woodward conducting several of my compositions w/Truett-McConnell College Choir.
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Pamela Haynes & Daniel Belcher rehearsing “Your John Keats”