"THIS WILL BE OUR REPLY TO VIOLENCE: TO MAKE MUSIC MORE INTENSLY, MORE BEAUTIFULLY, MORE DEVOTEDLY THAN EVER BEFORE." - LEONARD BERNSTEIN This quote really rang true for me this week on a number of levels. For one thing, the attacks in Beirut and Paris and Afghanistan this week have been foremost in my mind, and I can't help but feel a little meaningless living alone on the other side of the world. I also couldn't help but feel extremely selfish when I looked at the news on F

Hello everyone (anyone???), I have returned. For the last couple months I’ve been working on one of my largest projects to date and it has practically taken all of my human effort to finish the job. For any of you who aren’t aware, I have scored a production of “Quixote: Book One” at Cornish College of the Arts and it goes on stage in two days! (I’m so ready…) I know what you’re thinking, Quixote, isn’t that already an opera? Answer: yes! It is! This is NOT that production, o